- Hole in the Head
Single infobox
Name = Hole in the Head
|200 px
Artist =Sugababes
from Album = Three
B-side = "Who"
"This Ain't a Party Thing"
Released = flagicon|European Union13 October 2003
flagicon|Australia3 November 2003
flagicon|United States flagicon|Canada26 April 2004
Format =CD Single , vinyl single,digital download
Recorded =
Genre = Pop,dance-pop
Length = 3:38
Label = Island
Writer = Brian Higgins,Miranda Cooper , Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Niara Scarlett,Keisha Buchanan ,Mutya Buena ,Heidi Range
Producer =Brian Higgins , Jeremy Wheatley
Last single = "Shape"
(2003)
This single = "Hole in the Head"'
(2003)
Next single = "Too Lost in You "
(2003)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album =
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Run for Cover"
prev_no = 13
this_track = "Hole in the Head"
track_no = 14
next_track = "Push the Button"
next_no = 15Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki
Lower caption = UK CD 2 coverAudiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = Hole in the Head
Audio file= HoleInTheHeadSample.ogg"Hole in the Head" is a
dance-pop song written byBrian Higgins ,Miranda Cooper , Tim Powell, Nick Coler,Niara Scarlett ,Keisha Buchanan ,Mutya Buena , andHeidi Range for theSugababes ' third studio album "Three" (2003). Co-produced by Higgins and Jeremy Wheatley, it was released to a positive reception from music critics as the album's lead single inOctober 2003 .While the song became the group's third number-one hit on the
UK Singles Chart , it also peaked on top of the U.S. "Billboard " Dance Chart. It was the bands' first, and to date, only single to chart on the official American "Billboard" Hot 100 with a peak position of number 96.Music video
The music video for "Hole in the Head" was directed by
Matthew Rolston and filmed on various locations inLondon inSeptember 2003 .The video shows the girls wearing heavy make up and dancing around. They are also shown dating a rock band called "Erased" with whom they go to a gig with. The girls discover the band getting intimate with other girls during the show. In the end, while the band is performing in front of the crowd, the girls come out first grabbing the guys and throwing them off the stage and start damaging the instruments.
In America the video was slightly altered, with the shots of the band taken out and replaced with more individual and group shots in black and white.
Track listings and formats
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Hole in the Head."
; UK CD single 1
# "Hole in the Head" - 3:38
# "Who" - 3:47
# "Hole in the Head" [Full Intention Vocal Mix] - 9:48
# "Hole in the Head" [Video] - 3:38;UK CD single 2
# "Hole in the Head" [Radio Edit] - 3:38
# "This Ain't A Party Thing" - 4:00
# "Hole in the Head" [Gravitas Clean Mix] - 8:27;US CD single
# "Hole in the Head" [Radio Edit] - 3:38
# "Hole in the Head" [Armand Van Helden Remix] - 7:33Charts
Official versions and appearances
These are the official versions and remixes and the release they appear on, of:
"Hole in the Head"
Cover versions
*Ann & David Blake on "
Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 2 "
*Sabrina Salerno when she took part inITV 'sHit Me Baby One More Time .References
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