| "The Show" | ||||
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| Single by Girls Aloud | ||||
| from the album What Will the Neighbours Say? | ||||
| Released | 28 June 2004 | |||
| Genre | Electropop | |||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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| "The Show" on YouTube | ||||
"The Show" is a song by English girl group Girls Aloud from their second studio album, What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004).
Critical reception
editDotmusic's Adam Webb gave the song a rating of five out of ten, calling it "a great cheesy lump of Europop riffery".[1] David Welsh of musicOMH dismissed it as "old ground in every sense".[2]
Chart performance
editIn July 2004, "The Show" entered the UK Singles Chart at number two, becoming Girls Aloud's fifth consecutive top-three single in the UK.[3] It was kept off the top spot by Usher's "Burn" which debuted with over 20,000 more sales than "The Show".[4] The song charted for 10 weeks and placed at number 76 in the 2004 year-end chart.[5][6] According to the Official Charts Company, it has sold 136,000 units in the UK.[4]
In Ireland, "The Show" peaked at number five on the Irish Singles Chart in its third week,[7] and spent 11 weeks on the chart.[8] In Scotland, it became the group's second chart topper, outselling Britney Spears' "Everytime" by 11 copies.[9] Following a 2006 release in Australia, "The Show" entered the ARIA Charts at number 67.[10]
References
editCitations
- ^ Webb, Adam (5 July 2004). "Girls Aloud - The Show". Dotmusic. Archived from the original on 9 July 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Welsh, David (28 June 2004). "single reviews | Girls Aloud - The Show". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 19 July 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "The official UK singles chart" (PDF). Music Week. 10 July 2004. p. 28.
- ^ a b Copsey, Rob (5 August 2021). "Official Chart Flashback 2004: Usher's Burn beats Girls Aloud's The Show to Number 1". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "The Show – Girls Aloud". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "2004 Singles Top 100" (PDF). Music Week. 22 January 2005. p. 19. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Top 50 singles, week ending 15 July 2004". Irish Recorded Music Association. 15 July 2004. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "Discography Girls Aloud". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Datafile: Scottish Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 10 July 2004. p. 19.
- ^ "Week Commencing ~ 12th June 2006 ~ Issue #849" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 12 June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-06-19. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
Bibliography
- Appleton, Natalie; Appleton, Nicole (2002). Together. Michael Joseph Ltd. ISBN 0-7181-4544-5.