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Sexy! No No No...
"Sexy! No No No…" Aloud, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production
team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xeno-
mania. The song samples Nazareth’s "Hair of the Dog",
for which they have received a writing credit. Composed
of three songs welded together, the "pounding electro-
punk number" avoids the verse-chorus form present in
most contemporary pop music. "Sexy! No No No..." was
released as a single in September 2007. The song charted
at number five on the UK Singles Chart, continuing Girls
Aloud’s streak of top ten hits.
The music video witnesses Girls Aloud dance through
pins and wires in black latex catsuits and billowing red
dresses, providing a more artistic, "edgier" approach for
the group. "Sexy! No No No..." was promoted through nu-
Single by Girls Aloud
merous live appearances and has since been performed
from the album Tangled Up on all of Girls Aloud’s subsequent concert tours. The
song, described as "ambitious", received widespread ac-
B-side "Dog Without a Bone"
claim from contemporary music critics.
Released August 31, 2007
Format CD single Background and composition
Digital download
"Sexy! No No No…" was co-written by the members of
Recorded London, England Girls Aloud in collaboration with Brian Higgins, Miranda
Genre Electropop, electro rock Cooper, Niara Scarlett, Nick Coler and Tim Powell of
Xenomania. Similar to previous Girls Aloud singles,
Length 3:16
"Sexy! No No No..." is also produced by Brian Higgins and
Label Fascination Records Xenomania. The song was recorded in 2007 at Eden Stu-
dios in London England. It was mixed by Jeremy Wheat-
Writer(s) Girls Aloud, Nazareth, Xenomania
ley and mastered by Dick Beetham.
Producer Xenomania The song was described as having a "catchy" chorus,
Girls Aloud singles chronology
vocodered vocals, "pounding" guitar riffs and "atmos-
pheric" synths. "Sexy! No No No" consists of three songs
"Walk This "Sexy! No No
Sexy! "Call the welded together: one with a samba rhythm, one with a
Way" No…
No…" Shots" sped-up sample and a breakbeat, and an intro from else-
(2007) (2007) (2007) where.[1] The guitar riff is sampled from Scottish rock
band Nazareth’s 1975 track "Hair of the Dog."[2] "Sexy!
Tangled Up track listing No No No…" shares similarities to the "new rave" genre
popularised by NME in 2006 and 2007. The song’s
"Close to Sexy!
"Sexy! No No "Girl
vocodered introduction is sung by Cheryl Cole over a
Love" No…"
No… Overboard"
(2) (3) (4) choir and a minimal piano section. The song then segues
into a loud, chaotic backing track. "Sexy! No No No…"
strays from the general verse-chorus form of pop songs.
UK CD2 cover
It is made up of only one verse, bridge, repeated chorus,
Music video and a middle 8 which is sung over the chorus, before con-
cluding with a repetition of the verse until the end.
"Sexy! No No No…" on YouTube
Sarah Harding has described "Sexy! No No No…" on
the official Girls Aloud website as "edgy" and a major ad-
"Sexy! No No No…" is a song by the British all-female vance in Girls Aloud’s sound.
pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their fourth studio
album Tangled Up (2007). The song was written by Girls
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Release Critical reception
Despite rumours in April 2007 that Girls Aloud were to "Sexy! No No No..." received widespread acclaim from
split in September that year, the group announced they contemporary music critics. Girls Aloud were compli-
were in the process of recording their sixteenth single mented for restyling themselves and for their willingness
and fourth studio album following their tour, The Sound to experiment with a new direction in the song. John
of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits Tour.[3][4] In July 2007, Lucas of Allmusic described the "pounding electro-punk
"Sexy! No No No..." was announced as the first single number" as "one of the most daring songs they’ve yet
from Tangled Up, Girls Aloud’s follow-up to the greatest released."[15] CBBC Newsround said that "Sexy! No No
hits collection The Sound of Girls Aloud (2006). A high qual- No..." is "yet another sample of their [Girls Aloud’s] per-
ity radio rip of "Sexy! No No No..." then leaked onto the fect pop: bold, sassy, slightly loopy and unbelievably
internet in the early hours of the morning on 20 July catchy", stating the song has "a knack of being hard-
2007.[5] It officially premiered on BBC Radio 1’s The Chris wired into your head from the first time you hear [it]".[16]
Moyles Show the same morning.[6] The official radio edit The song was said to "sound like perfect pop to dance
of the song leaked onto the Internet the day of the radio around your bedroom to" by John Murphy of musicOMH,
premiere.[5] In August 2007, "Sexy! No No No..." became who went on to say: "After a stunningly weird chorus
Girls Aloud’s sixth single to be A-listed on the BBC Radio - all atmospheric synths, vocoder vocals, and a strange
1 playlist.[7] sense of doom, it just explodes into a big burst of electro-
On 3 August 2007, the cover art, release date and sin- pop that sounds like it’s been beamed down from another
gle track listings for "Sexy! No No No..." were revealed planet".[17] Murphy went on to praise Xenomania’s will-
on the group’s official website.[8] The single was released ingness to experiment, pointing out that the song "isn’t
as a digital download on 31 August 2007 and on physical even structured like a proper pop song - there’s no verse-
formats on 3 September 2007. It was available on two CD chorus-verse".[17] The single received further praise by
single formats. The first disc included a live version of Nick Levine from Digital Spy who called it a "noisy riot
"Something Kinda Ooooh", recorded at the Bournemouth of multi-layered guitar riffs, whipcrackin’ call-and-re-
International Centre.[9] The second CD format featured sponse vocals and euphoria ’woo woo-oo’ harmonies.[18]
a new track entitled "Dog Without a Bone" and Tony Levine, like Murphy of musicOMH, also complimented
Lamezma’s "Yes Yes Yes" Mix of "Sexy! No No No...".[10] Xenomania’s work on the song: sacrificing "conventional
These songs were also available as part of a digital down- song structure in the name of keeping [...] hooks coming
load.[11] The Xenomania Club Mix was also released as a thick and fast - and quite right too."[18] He also praised
digital exclusive. Girls Aloud for restyling themselves "as teasing minxes,
In addition to acting as the lead single of Tangled Up, claiming that they’ve ’dropped their d-d-dirty style’".[18]
"Sexy! No No No..." was included in the promotional cam- Lauren Murphy of Entertainment.ie said that "Sexy!
paign for the Samsung SGH-F210 mobile phone as part of No No No..." was a "stellar single", describing it as an
a deal Samsung sealed with Girls Aloud in June 2007.[12] "’80s-flavoured radio hit".[19] The vocal interplay of
"Sexy! No No No..." was described as "mesmerising" by
B-side John Aizlewood from the Evening Standard.[20] Matt
The single release was accompanied by a previously un- O’Leary of Virgin Media positively reviewed the single
release b-side entitled "Dog Without a Bone". The song saying it "slam[s] home the power-pop message we’re
was originally written in 2006 recording sessions in an at- used to [from Girls Aloud]."[21] Sharon O’Connell of Ya-
tempt to come up with a lead single to sell Girls Aloud’s hoo! Music called the "hyperactive, hi-NRG lead single"
greatest hits compilation The Sound of Girls Aloud.[13] "Dog one of the "most notable" tracks on Tangled Up,[22] while
Without a Bone" has been described as a mixture be- the Liverpool Daily Post said that the song "see girls up and
tween Jamelia’s "Beware of the Dog" and a glam rock- down the country dancing around their handbags".[23]
styled version of Goldfrapp’s "Train".[14] On 16 August
2007, a 29 second clip of "Dog Without A Bone" leaked Chart performance
onto the Internet.[14] Online music publication Popjus-
tice named it as their ’Song of the Day’ four days later.[14] Because "Sexy! No No No..." was available to download
The website later featured another 30 second sample, starting the Friday ahead of its physical release, the song
this time containing the chorus of the song.[14] On 31 Au- entered the UK Singles Chart at number 64 based on legal
gust, the full version of "Dog Without a Bone" was leaked download sales.[24] The following week, it rose 59 places
three days before the release of the single on 3 Septem- to peak at number five.[25] This made the song Girls
ber 2007.[14] Aloud’s sixteenth consecutive top ten single, a record for
a female group.[26] The track slipped two places from
number five to number seven in its third week on the
chart and spent five more weeks in the top 75.[24] The
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song briefly reentered the top 75 for two weeks in was accompanied by a high-energy dance routine. For
November, following the release of Tangled Up.[24] Over- 2009’s Out of Control Tour, the group performed the song
all, the single spent ten weeks in the top 75 and three on a smaller stage in the middle of the venues. The song
more in the top 100.[24][27] was mixed with the backing track of Rihanna’s "Distur-
In Ireland, the song peaked at number eleven.[28] It bia". "Sexy! No No No..." was also performed at Wembley
spent two more weeks in the top twenty of the Irish Sin- Stadium when Girls Aloud opened for Coldplay.
gles Chart, at numbers twelve and thirteen respective-
ly.[29][30]
Track listings and formats
Music video UK CD1 (Polydor /
1744931) / digital bundle
The Singles Boxset (CD16)
1. "Sexy! No No No…" —
Nadine Coyle appeared on the RTÉ One show "Saturday 1. "Sexy! No No No…" — 3:18
Night With Miriam" on 14 July 2007, saying that Girls 3:18 2. "Something Kinda
Aloud would film the video the week beginning 16 Ju- 2. "Something Kinda Ooooh" (Live at
ly.[31] Backstage at T4 on the Beach, Kimberley Walsh said Ooooh" (Live at Bournemouth
that the video would be more artistic and edgier. On 7 Bournemouth International Centre)
August 2007, British tabloids released pictures of Girls International Centre) — 3:24
Aloud dressed in tight black latex catsuits while stand- — 3:24 3. "Sexy! No No No…"
ing in front of a green screen, like the left image, sug- UK CD2 (Polydor / (Tony Lamezma’s "Yes
gesting that special effects would be used in the video.[32] 1744981) / digital bundle Yes Yes" Mix) — 6:13
The music video, which premiered on satellite and cable 1. "Sexy! No No No…" — 4. "Dog Without a Bone"
music channels on August 10, was directed by Trudy 3:18 — 4:00
Bellinger ("The Show", "I’ll Stand by You").[33] 2. "Sexy! No No No…" 5. "Sexy! No No No…"
At the start, the girls are wearing their PVC catsuits, (Tony Lamezma’s "Yes (Xenomania Club Mix)
standing in front of red material, with flowers being Yes Yes" Mix) — 6:13 — 5:00
shown and a seamstress starting work on a dress. Cheryl 3. "Dog Without a Bone" 6. "Sexy! No No No…"
Cole then sings her opening lines. When the chorus be- — 4:00 (Flip & Fill Mix) — 6:07
gins, the camera zooms out to show the girls wearing gi- 4. "Sexy! No No No…" 7. "Sexy! No No No…"
ant inflatable red dresses. The seamstress starts putting (video) — 3:18 (video) — 3:18
large pins into her dress, poking their way around the Digital exclusive
girls, until the pins start tearing into their dresses. The 1. "Sexy! No No No…"
pins tear the dresses off, and the girls are back in their (Xenomania Club Mix)
catsuits, surrounded by the threads of their dresses. — 5:00
The video won the Virgin Media Award for ’Best
Video’.[citation needed]
Credits and personnel
Live performances • Guitar – Nick Coler, Owen Parker
• Keyboard – Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim
Girls Aloud gave their first TV performance of the song Powell, Toby Scott
on T4 on the Beach on Channel 4 on 22 July 2007. They • Mastering – Dick Beetham for 360 Mastering
promoted the single by performing on a number of tele- • Mixing – Jeremy Wheatley
vision programmes, such as Dance X, GMTV (twice), The • Production – Brian Higgins, Xenomania
National Lottery, This Morning, and the ITV1 special Satur- • Programming – Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim
day Night Divas.[34] The group have performed the song at Powell, Toby Scott
various live events, such as G-A-Y and 2008’s V Festival, • Songwriting – Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Niara
as well as the group’s summer open-air concerts. Scarlett, Nick Coler, Tim Powell, Girls Aloud (Cheryl
"Sexy! No No No..." served as the opening for 2008’s Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts,
Tangled Up Tour. Girls Aloud were suspended on wires as Kimberley Walsh)
they hovered in the air in black cloaks, suggesting a su- • Contains a sample of "Hair of the Dog" by
perheroin motif.[35][36] They slowly descended onto the Nazareth (Dan McCafferty, Darrell Sweet, Manny
stage, filled with dry ice, as an extended instrumental in- Charlton, Pete Agnew)
troduction to the song played.[37] A video screen showed • Vocals - Girls Aloud
Cheryl singing the vocodered introduction. As the intro • Published by Warner/Chappell Music and
ends and the song picks up energy, the stage was lit up Xenomania Music
and Girls Aloud removed their cloaks to reveal stage out-
fits designed by Julien Macdonald.[38] The performance
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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[39] 11
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[40] 5
Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Singles (2007) 48
Region Date Format
United Kingdom 31 August 2007[41] Digital Download
3 September 2007[42] CD Single
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