| "Graffiti My Soul" | ||||
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| Song by Girls Aloud from the album What Will The Neighbours Say? | ||||
| Released | November 29, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Pop, power pop | |||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | Polydor Records | |||
| Writer | Miranda Cooper Brian Higgins Lisa Cowling Tim Powell Peplab |
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| Producer | Xenomania | |||
| What Will The Neighbours Say? track listing | ||||
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"Graffiti My Soul" is a song by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, written and produced by Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania. Originally written for Britney Spears and including a sample of Peplab's "It's Not The Drug", the song appeared on Girls Aloud's second album What Will The Neighbours Say?. It was expected to be the album's final single, but was canceled so Girls Aloud could begin recording their third album Chemistry.
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In a 2004 interview with The Observer, producer Brian Higgins revealed that "Graffiti My Soul" was intended for Britney Spears's In The Zone.[1] While the record company loved "Graffiti My Soul", Britney's people felt that the song needed more of a chorus. Higgins said that they wanted "essentially Sound of the Underground 2."
Cheryl Cole said in January 2008 that if there was an album track she'd like to release, it would be "Graffiti My Soul". She described Britney's version as "strange,"[2] adding that it wasn't fully mixed.[3] Cole said that Spears sang it in "that really strange voice and it freaked me out."[3]
The song was performed at two of Girls Aloud's tours, What Will the Neighbours Say? Live and Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena.
The Observer described "Graffiti" as a standout track on Girls Aloud's album, describing it as "a full-scale collision between Madonna, Michael Jackson and the Prodigy".[1] The Guardian, the sister publication of The Observer, also said the song makes you question: "What if the Prodigy hadn't turned down the chance to write with Madonna?"[4] Yahoo! Music called the song "frighteningly sharp and sassy."[5]
Matt Helders, the drummer of indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, praised the song: "Their songs do really musical, clever things; the stutter-rapping in Graffiti My Soul… They're unbeatable."[6]
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