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| Single by Sugababes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Three | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Who" "This Ain't a Party Thing" |
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| Released | 13 October 2003 3 November 2003 26 April 2004 |
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| Format | CD single, vinyl single, digital download |
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| Genre | Pop, urban, dance-pop, ska | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Niara Scarlett, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Brian Higgins, Jeremy Wheatley | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Hole in the Head" is a dance-pop song performed by Sugababes, released in October 2003 as the lead single from their third studio album Three (2003). It was written by Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Niara Scarlett, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, and Heidi Range, and co-produced by Higgins and Jeremy Wheatley.
The song reached number one in the United Kingdom and Denmark, becoming the group's third domestic number one single and first Danish chart-topper. It also managed to chart in the top ten in Austria, Ireland, Germany, Norway and Switzerland. "Hole in the Head" is the first (and to date only) single by Sugababes to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 96.
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The music video for "Hole in the Head" was directed by Matthew Rolston and filmed on various locations in London in September 2003.
The video shows the girls wearing heavy make up whlie dressed in gothic-like clothing and accessories and dancing around. They are also shown dating a rock band called Erased with whom they go to a gig with. The girls discover the band getting intimate with other girls during the show. In the end, while the band is performing in front of the crowd, the girls come out first grabbing the guys and throwing them off the stage and start damaging the instruments. There is an uncensored version of the video, with extra footage in it. Aside from being the original explicit version of the song, there is also a scene where Buchanan gives the middle finger to the camera.
"Hole in the Head" received positive reviews from music critics. NME stated that the song was "one of the most satisfying pop phenomenons" and praised the group's upbeat vocals.[1] Peter Robinson of The Guardian described the song as an "incendiary lead single".[2] Alan Braidwood of BBC gave a favorable review by suggesting that the song was "quality pop".[3]
In the United Kingdom, the song entered at #1, selling 58,500 copies in its first week of release.[4] It topped the chart for a week, but fell to #5 in its second week.[5] It spent 13 weeks in the top 75. The song has sold 183,598 copies in the UK alone. In the United States, the song is the only one by the Sugababes to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #96. It did, however, top the American Club Play chart and also reach #24 on the country's Mainstream Top 40 Pop Chart.
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Hole in the Head."
These are the official versions and remixes and the release they appear on:
| Version | Release appearance |
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| Radio Edit | "Hole in the Head" single, |
| Album Version | Three, "Hole in the Head" single, Overloaded: The Singles Collection, Change [French Version] |
| Full Intention Vocal Mix | "Hole in the Head" single, Overloaded: The Remix Collection |
| Gravitas Clean Mix | "Hole in the Head" single |
| Armand Van Helden Remix | |
| Video | "Hole in the Head" single, Overloaded: The Videos Collection |
| Sessions at AOL | "Caught in a Moment" single, Overloaded: The Live Collection |
| Acoustic version | Overloaded: Napster Live Session |
| Live at V Festival | "Easy" single |
| Chart (2003/04) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart[8] | 25 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[8] | 5 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[8] | 20 |
| Danish Singles Chart[8] | 1 |
| Dutch Top 40[8] | 2 |
| Finnish Singles Chart[8] | 11 |
| German Singles Chart[9] | 9 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[10] | 17 |
| Irish Singles Chart[9] | 2 |
| Italian Singles Chart[9] | 23 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[8] | 11 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[8] | 2 |
| Romanian Top 100[11] | 53 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[8] | 7 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[8] | 8 |
| UK Singles Chart[9] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] | 96 |
| U.S.Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs[13] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs[13] | 24 |
| Preceded by "Where Is the Love?" by The Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake |
UK Singles Chart 19 October 2003 - 26 October 2003 |
Succeeded by "Be Faithful" by Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan |
| Preceded by "Guilty" by Blue |
Danish Singles Chart[14] 12 November 2003 - 19 November 2003 |
Succeeded by "Slow" by Kylie Minogue |
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