Girls Up Explained
Girls Up |
Cover: | Belle Amie - Girls Up cover.jpg |
Border: | yes |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Belle Amie |
Recorded: | 2011 |
Genre: | Electropop[1] |
Length: | 3:14 |
Label: | Dodient Records |
Producer: | Chad Dexter |
Next Title: | Shine |
Next Year: | 2012 |
"Girls Up" is the debut single by British girl group Belle Amie. It was released to iTunes on 28 August 2011. The song was produced and written by Chad Dexter and Michaela Shiloh .
Chart performance
The single charted at #25 on the UK Indie Singles Chart, but moved down to #39 the next week. The single failed to chart in Ireland and Scotland, or on the overall UK Top 200.
Music video
The music video for "Girls Up" was directed by D. O. Fissoun and Mouktar Mohammed and premiered on 17 June 2011 via their official YouTube account. The video sees the girls portrays as dolls, reflecting on modern pressures of girls, and how pretty they feel they must look to impress people.[2] As of June 2012 the video has been viewed 1,024,144 times on YouTube.
Live performance
On 2 July 2011, they performed it at London Pride.[3] On 19 August 2011, they performed the single live on Lorraine.[4]
Track listing
- "Girls Up" – 3:58
- "Girls Up" (JME Grime Mix feat. JME) – 3:57
- "Girls Up" (DJ Q Remix feat. JME) – 5:23
- "Girls Up" (Skillzbeatz Urban Mix) – 4:16
- "Girls Up" (The Squatters Remix) – 6:19
- "Girls Up" (Crysta Healy Remix) – 3:34
- "Girls Up" (Money Anderson Soulful House Mix) – 6:13
Release history
Notes and References
- Web site: Belle Amie release debut single teaser – X Factor News – Music – Digital Spy. Digital Spy. 2011-10-11.
- Web site: X Factor Belle Amie premiere 'Girls Up' video. Digital Spy. 2011-12-14.
- Web site: London Pride 2011. 20 July 2011. 15 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051717/http://www.belleamie1.com/site/?p=767. 26 April 2012. dead.
- Web site: Here come the girls – Celebrity News . . 2011-12-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319173154/http://www.itv.com/lorraine/celebrity/belle-amie/ . 19 March 2012 .
- Web site: Girls Up (Remixes) – EP . iTunes . 2012-04-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111205111704/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/girls-up-remixes/id453427021 . 5 December 2011 .
- Web site: Girls Up (Remixes) – EP . iTunes . 2012-04-15 .
- Web site: Girls Up (Remixes) – EP . iTunes . 2012-04-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111205111704/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/girls-up-remixes/id453427021 . 5 December 2011 .