Ugly (song)
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| "Ugly" | ||
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| Single by Sugababes | ||
| from the album Taller In More Ways | ||
| B-side(s) | "Come Together" "Future Shokk!" |
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| Released | December 2005 | |
| Format | CD maxi single, 5" maxi single, digital download | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:53 | |
| Label | Island | |
| Writer(s) | Dallas Austin Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena Heidi Range |
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| Producer(s) | Dallas Austin | |
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| Sugababes singles chronology | ||
| "Push the Button" (2005) |
"Ugly" (2005) |
"Red Dress" (2006) |
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| UK CD 2 cover | ||
"Ugly" is a pop song written by Dallas Austin, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, and Heidi Range for the Sugababes' fourth studio album Taller In More Ways (2005). Produced by Dallas, it was released as the album's second and final single with former band member and co-founder, Mutya Buena in December 2005. While the song peaked within the top 10 in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and the UK, "Ugly" entered the top twenty on the majority of all other charts it appeared on.
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[edit] Song information
Dallas Austin both wrote and produced this second single. Based on lyrics about self-acceptance and inner beauty (in similar ways to Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful"), the guitar driven up-beat ballad is seen as a continuation from TLC's "Unpretty", a 1999 single release by the R&B trio, whose own interpretation had also been produced by Dallas and picked up similar lyrics.
In August 2005, the track premiered on Chris Moyles' radio show on BBC Radio One, just presented as one of two tracks (next to "Push the Button") from the upcoming Sugababes album. However, the track was fancied as a second single, even before "Push the Button" was released on CD. In the UK "Ugly" maxi CD was released on December 5th, 2005.
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Ugly" is set in a warehouse in New York City which seems to as if its being used for auditons for different acts.
The video features many different people of different ages and races displaying many different talents, corresponding with the theme of the song.
The girls also hold up signs reading "Taller In More Ways".
[edit] Track listings and formats
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Ugly".
| # | Title | Time |
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| International CD single | ||
| 1. | "Ugly" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Future Shokk!" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Ugly" [The Desert Eagle Discs Remix] | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Ugly" [Suga Shaker Vocal Mix] | 5:42 |
| 5. | "Ugly" [Video] | 3:53 |
| UK CD single Part 1 | ||
| 1. | "Ugly" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Come Together" | 3:52 |
| UK CD single Part 2 | ||
| 1. | "Ugly" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Future Shokk!" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Ugly" [The Desert Eagle Discs Remix] | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Ugly" [Suga Shaker Vocal Mix] | 5:42 |
| 5. | "Ugly" [Video] | 3:53 |
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| Denmark Singles Chart | 4 |
| Itunes Chart | 5 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 5 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 7 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 7 |
| Norwegian Singles & Downloads Chart | 7 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 8 |
| Czech IFPI Chart | 8 |
| European Singles Chart | 8 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 13 |
| Belgium Singles Chart | 13 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 14 |
| World Singles Chart | 15 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 18 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 19 |
| German Singles Chart | 26 |
Keisha Buchanan · Heidi Range · Amelle Berrabah
Siobhán Donaghy · Mutya Buena
Albums: One Touch · Angels with Dirty Faces · Three · Taller in More Ways ·
Compilation albums: Overloaded: The Singles Collection
Singles: "Overload" · "New Year" · "Run for Cover" · "Soul Sound" · "Freak like Me" · "Round Round" · "Stronger" · "Angels with Dirty Faces" · "Shape" · "Hole in the Head" · "Too Lost in You" · "In the Middle" · "Caught in a Moment" · "Push the Button" · "Ugly" · "Red Dress" · "Follow Me Home" · "Easy" · "Walk This Way"
