Lipstick (Alesha song)

"Lipstick"
Single by Alesha
from the album Fired Up
Released	14 August 2006 (2006-08-14) (UK)
Format	CD, download
Recorded	2006
Genre	R&B, funk
Length	2:47
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Alesha Dixon, Anders Bagge, Peer Åström, Henrik Jansen
Producer(s)	Anders Bagge, Peer Astrom
Alesha singles chronology
"Lipstick" (2006) "Knockdown" (2006)

"Lipstick" is the debut solo single from former Mis-Teeq singer Alesha Dixon,^[1] and the Murlyn production team in Sweden for Alesha's debut solo album Fired Up (2006). Produced by Anders Bagge and Peer Åström of Murlyn Music, the song peaked at #14 on the UK singles chart.

Song information

The music video for the single was released on television in the UK in the last three weeks of July 2006, and the single was released on 14 August 2006, peaking at #14 on the UK Single Charts. Unusually for singles at the time, downloads were repressed to tie-in with the week of the physical release. The single was not commercially released outside of the UK and Ireland, and has only been available on import in Europe. "Lipstick" was chosen as the main promotional song for the Japanese release of Fired Up. The single was quite successful in Japan, even managing to peak at #2 on the Tokio Hot 100's International Chart.

Music video

Alesha Dixon in the video

The music video for "Lipstick", which was directed by Paul Gore was recorded during June 2006 and was edited during July 2006 and was released on the last three weeks of July 2006 on music video channels in UK. In the music video, Dixon wears a tight black shirt with matching black short trousers. She has dancers in similar attire, and she is in a hallway with lipstick in her hand as she drags it across the dilapidated walls. She is also in a room where you could see chandeliers surrounding her as she performs, to which Popjustice stated it looked like Dixon had "filmed her new pop video in a lampshade shop."^[2]

Charts

Formats & tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Lipstick".

CD single

1. "Lipstick" (Album Version) – 2:47
2. "Lipstick" (Agent X Remix) – 5:08

Digital download / CD Promo

1. "Lipstick" (Al Stone Mix) – 2:47

Remix promo CD

1. "Lipstick" (Ignorants Mix) – 3:41
2. "Lipstick" (Ignorants Instrumental) – 3:41
3. "Lipstick" (The Brooklyn Moxie Clean Edit) – 3:37
4. "Lipstick" (The Brooklyn Moxie Instrumental) – 3:37
5. "Lipstick" (The Brooklyn Moxie Dirty Edit) – 3:37
6. "Lipstick" (The Brooklyn Moxie Accapella) – 3:17

References