Stickwitu

Infobox Single
Name = Stickwitu

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Artist = Pussycat Dolls
Album = PCD
B-side = "Santa Baby"
Released = September 2005 (U.S.)
November 28 2005 (UK)
Format = CD single, CD maxi single, digital download
Recorded =
Genre = Pop, R&B
Length = 3:27
Label = A&M
Writer = Frannie Golde, Kasia Livingston, Robert D. Palmer
Producer = Jimmy Iovine, Robin Antin, Ron Fair, Tal Herzberg
Certification = Gold
Last single = "Don't Cha"
(2005)
This single = "Stickwitu"
(2005)
Next single = "Beep"
(2006)

"Stickwitu" is the second single from the Pussycat Dolls' debut album, "PCD". The title is a colloquialism for "stick with you".

The ballad, expressing loyalty in a relationship , was a success in the United States and it debuted at number one in the UK, making it their second consecutive number one single there. The single peaked at number two in Australian charts. The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart at 85, and nine weeks later was number five in the chart, where it peaked.

A commercial single of "Stickwitu" was never released in the U.S., although commercial singles were imported from Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom. The majority of the commercial singles contained the LP version of "Stickwitu" along with the bonus track "Santa Baby" (with lead vocals performed by Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts, and Carmit Bachar) and a remix featuring Avant.

Club mixes of "Stickwitu" were created by Dave Audé, Solar City, Richard Vission, and the Groove Junkies, none of which were made official.

This song gave the Dolls a Grammy nomination at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.

The song appears on the game .

Music video

The video, directed by Nigel Dick, begins with the group at a hotel being awoken by someone knocking on the door. The Pussycat Dolls begin to pack their belongings, then walk to their tour bus, stopping to sign autographs for fans on the way.

The video continues to show footage of the girls on the bus, in dance rehearsals and practicing the song "Stickwitu". The video ends with group coming out of a back entrance of a building posing for some pictures.

Throughout the video, the members of PCD, and in particular Nicole Scherzinger, are seen talking on Nokia mobile phones, presumably to their partners.

Vocals

The recorded version of the track featured Nicole Scherzinger on lead vocals, with ad-libs and backing vocals by Melody Thornton, also contributing additional background vocals by Carmit Bachar and Ashley Roberts . On most recent concert tours such as the Honda Civic Tour and Back to Basics Tour, Nicole Scherzinger sang the first verse right after she finishes her solo rendition of "Feelin' Good". Melody Thornton and Carmit Bachar came out on stage to sing their background vocals at the end of the first verse while Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts, and Kimberly Wyatt entered during the chorus. During this time, Sutta, Roberts, and Wyatt only lip-synched half of the chorus section. However, with Bachar's departure from the group, they all sing the chorus together with Thornton and Scherzinger.

Track listings and formats

* U.S. promo CD single
# "Stickwitu" (R&B remix; featuring Avant)
# "Stickwitu" (LP version/album version)
# "Stickwitu" (R&B instrumental)

* UK 2-track CD single
# "Stickwitu" (album version)
# "Stickwitu" (R&B remix; featuring Avant)

* UK./international CD maxi single
# "Stickwitu" (album version)
# "Santa Baby"
# "Stickwitu" (R&B remix; featuring Avant)
# "Stickwitu" (video)

Chart performance

"Stickwitu" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number eighty-five and ascended to number sixty-seven in its second week. By its fourth week, "Stickwitu" had already become the group's second top 40 single and by its ninth week had peaked at number five where it spent three non-consecutive weeks. "Stickwitu" also peaked at number-one for two weeks on the Pop 100 Airplay, and number-two on the "Billboard" Pop 100 charts respectively. "Stickwitu" also charted on the "Billboard" Hot R&B/hip-hop songs, and has peaked at number sixty-three.

In the United Kingdom, "Stickwitu" debuted and peaked at number-one for two consecutive weeks, becoming the group's second consecutive UK number one single. "Stickwitu" spent 6 weeks within the top ten, and remained on the chart for a total of 17 weeks. [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=1083] In Canada, "Stickwitu" peaked at number fifteen on the Canadian BDS airplay chart and at number-nine on the Canadian Singles Chart, and is to date the group's second top ten single, and also their second most successful song on this chart.

"Stickwitu" was also a major success in Oceania. In Australia, "Stickwitu" debuted at number-three on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts and eventually peaked at number-two for two consecutive weeks, and was certified Platinum by ARIA for sales in excess of 70,000. [http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Pussycat+Dolls&titel=Stickwitu&cat=s] "Stickwitu" appeared on the ARIA Year-End Singles Chart the following year and was ranked at number twenty-nine. It was one of four releases by the group to have made this chart, with the others being its successors; "Beep", "Buttons" and "I Don't Need A Man". In New Zealand, "Stickwitu" peaked at number one for two non-consecutive weeks on the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart, one week more than its predecessor, "Don't cha" had spent at number one, and becoming the group's second consecutive number one hit. "Stickwitu" was ranked at number-fifteen on the Year-End RIANZ Singles Chart for 2006. [http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Pussycat+Dolls&titel=Stickwitu&cat=s]

"Stickwitu" was also a success in Europe. "Stickwitu" was most successful in the Netherlands where it peaked at number-two for two consecutive weeks, becoming the group's second consecutive single to peak at number-two. [http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Pussycat+Dolls&titel=Stickwitu&cat=s] "Stickwitu" was also successful elsewhere in Europe reaching the top ten in Switzerland, Belgium, Norway and Italy. It also peaked within the top twenty in Germany, Austria and France, as well as the top 40 in Sweden. "Stickwitu" peaked at number-four on the European Hot 100 following its success across Europe.

"Stickwitu" reached a peak position of #2 on the United World Chart, and had sold 2,946,000 copies worldwide as of 2006.

Charts

Procession and succession

References