Round Round

"Round Round"
Single by Sugababes
from the album Angels with Dirty Faces
B-side "Groove Is Going On"
Released 12 August 2002
Format CD single, cassette single
Recorded 2002
Length 3:54
Label Island
Writer(s) Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, Miranda Cooper, Niara Scarlett, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Heidi Range, Shawn Lee, Lisa Cowling
Producer(s) Kevin Bacon, Jonathan Quarmby
Certification Gold (ARIA)
Silver (BPI)
Sugababes singles chronology
"Freak Like Me"
(2002)		 "Round Round"
(2002)		 "Stronger"/"Angels with Dirty Faces"
(2002)
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"Round Round" is a song performed by British girl group Sugababes, released on 12 August 2002 through Island Records. It was written by group members Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Heidi Range, as well as Miranda Cooper, Niara Scarlett, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Shawn Lee, and Lisa Cowling for the group's second studio album Angels with Dirty Faces (2002). Produced by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby, the song is based around an uncredited sample of "Tango Forte" by Dublex Inc. Following its release, "Round Round" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's second number-one single domestically. It was eventually certified Silver by the BPI. "Round Round" also managed to reach the top ten in Ireland, Austria, New Zealand and Italy among other countries. It is also an original soundtrack of the movie The Guru and was featured in the movie American Wedding. Alongside "Sound of the Underground" by Girls Aloud, this song has been credited in reshaping British pop music for the 2000s.[1]

Background

On the BBC2 series Secrets of the Pop Song, Xenomania's Brian Higgins described the genesis of the song: "We had a drum track which was just stunning and so I sat down with Miranda [Cooper] on the one day we had the Sugababes in the studio and said 'Right, you know, this is a hit, this piece of music is a hit. I haven't got anything on it, we don't have any song attached to it. So what are we gonna do about that? ..you've got three hours to come up with something.' So I came back to her three hours later ..and what Miranda had very cleverly done is she'd gone back through all the songs that she'd written over the last two or three years and sung the chorus of every single song against this particular piece of drumming and sang to me 'round round baby round round'. I said that's it, that's amazing."

Music video

The music video for "Round Round" has the group performing on a rotating platform, while being surrounded by a stationary tornado with dust and rubble accumlating in it. There is a rusty caged wall with an audience watching, a pair of sunglasses and a ring get sucked into the tornado from them. When Heidi's verse comes up, everything comes to a stand still, including the tornado. The girls slowly walk around 3 male dancers in the middle. In the end chorus it appears the tornado has disappeared.

Chart performance

"Round Round" debuted at number one on the UK singles chart and remained at the top spot for a week, giving the group their second consecutive UK number one single. The song was certified Silver by the BPI.[2] "Round Round" was also a success worldwide, reaching number 2 in Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The song also reached number 15 in Germany and number 8 in Austria. In Australia, "Round Round" debuted at number 21 and rose to a peak of #13, giving the group their first Australian top twenty hit. It was certified Gold by ARIA, making it the Sugababes' best selling Australian single up until the release of their 2005 single "Push the Button", which reached number 3 and was certified Platinum.

Track listings and formats

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

# Title Time
CD1
1. "Round Round" 3:57
2. "Groove Is Going On" 4:04
3. "Freak Like Me" [Girls On Top Dancehall Mix] 3:30
CD2
1. "Round Round" 3:57
2. "Round Round" [Craigie & Crichton Mix] 5:00
3. "Round Round" [Soulwax Mix] 4:12
4. "Round Round" [Seani B Mix] 4:25
Cassette
1. "Round Round" 3:57
2. "Groove Is Going On" 4:04
3. "Round Round" [Craigie & Crichton Mix] 5:00
Australian CD single
1. "Round Round" 3:57
2. "Round Round" [Craigie & Crichton Mix] 5:00
3. "Round Round" [Soulwax Mix] 4:12
4. "Groove Is Going On" 4:04
5. "Freak Like Me" [Girls On Top Dancehall Mix] 3:30

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 13
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 8
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[5] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 16
Denmark (Tracklisten)[7] 3
France (SNEP)[8] 71
Germany (Media Control Charts)[9] 15
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[10] 10
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 2
Italy (FIMI)[12] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[15] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 11
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[18] 1
Chart (2003) Peak
position
U.S. Hot Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[19] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
Australia (ARIA)[20] 85
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 34
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 58
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] 31

Certifications

Country Certification
Australia (ARIA) Gold[24]
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver[25]

References

  1. ↑ End of Decade: Sound Of The Overground (NME article, November 2009)
  2. ↑ "Home". Bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  3. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Sugababes – Round Round". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Sugababes – Round Round" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sugababes – Round Round" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sugababes – Round Round" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  7. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Sugababes – Round Round". Tracklisten. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  8. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Sugababes – Round Round" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  9. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Sugababes > Round Round – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  10. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  11. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 32, 2002". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  12. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Sugababes – Round Round". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Sugababes – Round Round" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  14. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Sugababes – Round Round". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  15. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Sugababes – Round Round". VG-lista. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  16. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Sugababes – Round Round". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Sugababes – Round Round". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  18. ↑ "Sugababes: Artist Chart History" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  19. ↑ "Sugababes – Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  20. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2003". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  21. ↑ "De populairste platen van 2002" (PDF). Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  22. ↑ "Swiss Year-End Charts 2002". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  23. ↑ "Charts Plus Year End 2002" (PDF). Charts Plus. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  24. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "Certified Awards Search" (TO ACCESS, ENTER THE SEARCH PARAMETER "SUGABABES" AND SELECT "SEARCH BY KEYWORD"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

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