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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Red Dress
| name = Red Dress
| cover = RedDressCD1Cover.jpg
| cover = RedDressCD1Cover.jpg
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| type = single
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| B-side = [[I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor]]
| B-side = [[I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor]]
| released = 6 March 2006
| released = 6 March 2006
| format = {{Flatlist|
| recorded = 2005
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| studio = [[Eden Studios]], [[London]], [[England]]
*[[CD single]]
*[[music download|digital download]]
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| recorded = {{Plainlist|
*[[Eden Studios]], 2005
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| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=38}}
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=38}}
| label = [[Island Records|Island]]
| label = [[Island Records|Island]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Keisha Buchanan]]|[[Mutya Buena]]|[[Heidi Range]]|[[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]]|[[Miranda Cooper]]|[[Tim Powell (producer)|Tim Powell]]|[[Nick Coler]]|[[Shawn Lee (musician)|Shawn Lee]]|Lisa Cowling|[[Bob Bradley (composer/producer)|Bob Bradley]]}}
| writer = {{Flatlist|
| producer = {{hlist|Brian Higgins|[[Xenomania]]}}
*[[Keisha Buchanan]]
*[[Mutya Buena]]
*[[Heidi Range]]
*[[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]]
*[[Miranda Cooper]]
*[[Tim Powell (producer)|Tim Powell]]
*[[Nick Coler]]
*[[Shawn Lee (musician)|Shawn Lee]]
*[[Jessica Cornish]]
*[[Bob Bradley (composer/producer)|Bob Bradley]]
}}
| producer = {{Flatlist|
*Brian Higgins
*[[Xenomania]]
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| prev_title = [[Ugly (Sugababes song)|Ugly]]
| prev_title = [[Ugly (Sugababes song)|Ugly]]
| prev_year = 2005
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = [[Follow Me Home (song)|Follow Me Home]]
| next_title = [[Follow Me Home (song)|Follow Me Home]]
| next_year = 2006
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|6LPqkAyICO8|"Sugababes - Red Dress"}}}}
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"'''Red Dress'''" is a song by British [[girl group]] [[Sugababes]] from their fourth studio album, ''[[Taller in More Ways]]'' (2005). The group's members wrote the song in collaboration with its producers, the British songwriting and production team [[Xenomania]], based on the perception that women must expose their body to be noticed "Red Dress" was released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2006 as the album's third single, and is the first to feature vocals by [[Amelle Berrabah]], following the departure of [[Mutya Buena]] in December 2005. The Sugababes performed a [[cover version|cover]] of the [[Arctic Monkeys]]' song "[[I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor]]" as the single's [[B-side]].
"'''Red Dress'''" is a song by British [[girl group]] [[Sugababes]] from their fourth studio album, ''[[Taller in More Ways]]'' (2005). The group's members wrote the song in collaboration with its producers, the British songwriting and production team [[Xenomania]], based on the perception that women must expose their body to be noticed. "Red Dress" was released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2006 as the album's third single, and is the first to feature vocals by [[Amelle Berrabah]], following the departure of [[Mutya Buena]] in December 2005. The Sugababes performed a [[cover version|cover]] of the [[Arctic Monkeys]]' song "[[I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor]]" as the single's [[B-side]].


The song is an [[uptempo]] [[pop music|pop]] record that contains a sample from "Landslide", a [[Northern soul]] recording by [[Tony Clarke (singer)|Tony Clarke]]. It received positive reviews from critics, who commended its composition and Xenomania's contribution in particular. "Red Dress" peaked at number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]], number seven on the Netherlands' [[Dutch Top 40]] chart, and inside the top twenty on the singles charts of Ireland, New Zealand and Norway. The song's [[music video]] was directed by [[Tim Royes]] in January 2006 and features the group's members in red dresses. The Sugababes performed the single as part of the [[set list]]s for their ''Taller in More Ways'', ''[[Overloaded: The Singles Collection]]'' and ''[[Change (Sugababes album)|Change]]'' tours, and at the [[Liverpool Summer Pops]] and [[Oxegen Festival]] music festivals.
The song is an [[uptempo]] [[pop music|pop]] record that contains a sample from "Landslide", a [[Northern soul]] recording by [[Tony Clarke (singer)|Tony Clarke]]. It received positive reviews from critics, who commended its composition and Xenomania's contribution in particular. "Red Dress" peaked at number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]], number seven on the Netherlands' [[Dutch Top 40]] chart, and inside the top twenty on the singles charts of Ireland, New Zealand and Norway. The song's [[music video]] was directed by [[Tim Royes]] in January 2006 and features the group's members in red dresses. The Sugababes performed the single as part of the [[set list]]s for their ''Taller in More Ways'', ''[[Overloaded: The Singles Collection]]'' and ''[[Change (Sugababes album)|Change]]'' tours, and at the [[Liverpool Summer Pops]] and [[Oxegen Festival]] music festivals.


For the single release, the song was re-recorded to feature vocals from Berrabah. The 'single version' also features slightly different vocals from Buchanan and Range.
For the single release, the song was re-recorded to feature vocals from Berrabah. The 'single version' also features some re-recorded vocals from Buchanan and Range.


==Background and composition==
==Background and composition==
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|description = A sample of the chorus of "Red Dress", which consists of keyboards, bass and guitars and features a [[girl power]] theme.<ref name="Liner Notes"/><ref name="Digital Spy"/>
|description = A sample of the chorus of "Red Dress", which consists of keyboards, bass and guitars and features a [[girl power]] theme.<ref name="Liner Notes"/><ref name="Digital Spy"/>
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"Red Dress" was written by the [[Sugababes]]—[[Keisha Buchanan]], [[Mutya Buena]] and [[Heidi Range]]—in collaboration with [[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]], [[Miranda Cooper]], [[Tim Powell (producer)|Tim Powell]], [[Nick Coler]], [[Shawn Lee (musician)|Shawn Lee]], Lisa Cowling, and [[Bob Bradley (composer/producer)|Bob Bradley]], for the group's fourth studio album ''[[Taller in More Ways]]'' (2005).<ref name="Liner Notes"/> According to Range, the song was inspired by the perception that women must expose their body to be noticed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sugababes.com/site/article/52/taller-in-more-ways-track-by-track|title=Taller In More Ways: Track by track|publisher=sugababes.com|date=4 October 2005|accessdate=3 August 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206210242/http://www.sugababes.com/site/article/52/taller-in-more-ways-track-by-track|archivedate=6 February 2007}}</ref> It was produced by Higgins and [[Xenomania]], who also produced the album track "Ace Reject".<ref name="The Guardian 2"/> "Red Dress" was [[Mixing (music production)|mixed]] by Jeremy Wheatley and Powell with assistance from Richard Edgeler, and [[Programming (music)|programmed]] by Powell and Higgins.<ref name="Liner Notes"/> The accompanying [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] for the track were provided by Powell, Higgins, Tim Larcombe and [[Jon Shave]]. The [[bass (instrument)|bass]] was provided by Bradley, while the guitars were provided by Coler and Lee.<ref name="Liner Notes"/> "Red Dress" was recorded by Dario Dendi at [[Eden Studios]], London, with assistance from Chris Poulter and Zoe Smith.<ref name="Liner Notes"/>
"Red Dress" was written by the [[Sugababes]]—[[Keisha Buchanan]], [[Mutya Buena]] and [[Heidi Range]]—in collaboration with [[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]], [[Miranda Cooper]], [[Tim Powell (producer)|Tim Powell]], [[Nick Coler]], [[Shawn Lee (musician)|Shawn Lee]], Lisa Cowling, and [[Bob Bradley (composer/producer)|Bob Bradley]], for the group's fourth studio album ''[[Taller in More Ways]]'' (2005).<ref name="Liner Notes"/> According to Range, the song was inspired by the perception that women must expose their body to be noticed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sugababes.com/site/article/52/taller-in-more-ways-track-by-track|title=Taller in More Ways: Track by track|publisher=sugababes.com|date=4 October 2005|access-date=3 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206210242/http://www.sugababes.com/site/article/52/taller-in-more-ways-track-by-track|archive-date=6 February 2007}}</ref> It was produced by Higgins and [[Xenomania]], who also produced the album track "Ace Reject".<ref name="The Guardian 2"/> "Red Dress" was [[Mixing (music production)|mixed]] by Jeremy Wheatley and Powell with assistance from Richard Edgeler, and [[Programming (music)|programmed]] by Powell and Higgins.<ref name="Liner Notes"/> The accompanying [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] for the track were provided by Powell, Higgins, Tim Larcombe and [[Jon Shave]]. The [[bass (instrument)|bass]] was provided by Bradley, while the guitars were provided by Coler and Lee.<ref name="Liner Notes"/> "Red Dress" was recorded by Dario Dendi at [[Eden Studios]], London, with assistance from Chris Poulter and Zoe Smith.<ref name="Liner Notes"/>


"Red Dress" is an [[uptempo]] [[pop music|pop]] song<ref name="Digital Spy">{{cite web|last=Edwards |first=Fiona |url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/singlesreviews/a30237/sugababes-red-dress.html |title=Sugababes: 'Red Dress' |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines]] |date=9 March 2006 |accessdate=28 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJnzhC8?url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/singlesreviews/a30237/sugababes-red-dress.html |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="The Guardian 2"/> with elements of [[funk]].<ref name="Digital Spy"/><ref name="Virgin Media"/> Its [[instrumentation (music)|instrumentation]] consists of keyboards, bass and guitars.<ref name="Liner Notes"/> The song's main [[Riff (music)|riff]] is [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] from "Landslide", a [[Northern soul]] recording by [[Tony Clarke (singer)|Tony Clarke]].<ref name="Digital Spy"/> "Red Dress" features two choruses,<ref name="The Guardian"/> as well as [[Verse (popular music)|verses]] that are reminiscent of "[[Rapture (Blondie song)|Rapture]]" by American pop band [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Courtney|first=Kevin|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24828840.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307214033/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24828840.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2016|title=Singles|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=3 March 2006|accessdate=26 January 2013}} {{subscription}}</ref> Talia Kraines of [[BBC]] noted that the song has a "[[foot-tapping]]" vibe to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nv9x |title=Sugababes Taller in More Ways Review |work=[[BBC Music]] |publisher=BBC |date=23 September 2005 |accessdate=6 April 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJr8czf?url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nv9x |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Red Dress" features a [[girl power]] theme, and is lyrically about a woman who uses her sexuality to gain power over men.<ref name="Digital Spy"/> The Sugababes repeatedly sing the line "Cause I'm cooler than the red dress" during the beginning of the song and in the first chorus.<ref name="Liner Notes"/><ref name="Digital Spy"/> Ross Hoffman of [[AllMusic]] noted that "Red Dress" is evocative of Xenomania's "frisky" productions for British girl group [[Girls Aloud]].<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/taller-in-more-ways-r805636/review |title=Taller in More Ways – Sugababes |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |accessdate=27 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJstNGG?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/taller-in-more-ways-mw0000761078 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
"Red Dress" is an [[uptempo]] [[pop music|pop]] song<ref name="Digital Spy">{{cite web|last=Edwards |first=Fiona |url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/singlesreviews/a30237/sugababes-red-dress.html |title=Sugababes: 'Red Dress' |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=9 March 2006 |access-date=28 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414043837/http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/singlesreviews/a30237/sugababes-red-dress.html |archive-date= 14 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="The Guardian 2"/> with elements of [[funk]].<ref name="Digital Spy"/><ref name="Virgin Media"/> Its [[instrumentation (music)|instrumentation]] consists of keyboards, bass and guitars.<ref name="Liner Notes"/> The song's main [[Riff (music)|riff]] is [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] from "Landslide", a [[Northern soul]] recording by [[Tony Clarke (singer)|Tony Clarke]].<ref name="Digital Spy"/> "Red Dress" features two choruses,<ref name="The Guardian"/> as well as [[Verse (popular music)|verses]] that are reminiscent of "[[Rapture (Blondie song)|Rapture]]" by American pop band [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Courtney|first=Kevin|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24828840.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307214033/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24828840.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2016|title=Singles|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=3 March 2006|access-date=26 January 2013}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Talia Kraines of [[BBC]] noted that the song has a "[[foot-tapping]]" vibe to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nv9x |title=Sugababes Taller in More Ways Review |work=[[BBC Music]] |publisher=BBC |date=23 September 2005 |access-date=6 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208005523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nv9x |archive-date= 8 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Red Dress" features a [[girl power]] theme, and is lyrically about a woman who uses her sexuality to gain power over men.<ref name="Digital Spy"/> The Sugababes repeatedly sing the line "Cause I'm cooler than the red dress" during the beginning of the song and in the first chorus.<ref name="Liner Notes"/><ref name="Digital Spy"/> Ross Hoffman of [[AllMusic]] noted that "Red Dress" is evocative of Xenomania's "frisky" productions for British girl group [[Girls Aloud]].<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/taller-in-more-ways-r805636/review |title=Taller in More Ways – Sugababes |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=27 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821070526/http://www.allmusic.com/album/taller-in-more-ways-mw0000761078 |archive-date= 21 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{clear}}


==Release==
==Release==
On 21 December 2005 it was announced that Buena had left the Sugababes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4548144.stm |title=Mutya leaves pop trio Sugababes |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=21 December 2005 |accessdate=11 February 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJQPRIf?url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4548144.stm |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Amelle Berrabah]] was revealed as her replacement one day later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4550000/newsid_4551900/4551956.stm |title=New Sugababe Amelle is revealed |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=22 December 2005 |accessdate=11 February 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJTJbgH?url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4550000/newsid_4551900/4551956.stm |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As a result of the line-up change, ''Taller in More Ways'' was re-released to feature Berrabah's vocals on three tracks, which included "Red Dress", "[[Gotta Be You (Sugababes song)|Gotta Be You]]" and "[[Follow Me Home (song)|Follow Me Home]]".<ref name="AllMusic"/> "Red Dress" was subsequently chosen as the third single from the album.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams |first=Andrew |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/10618-60-seconds-amelle-berrabah |title=60 SECONDS: Amelle Berrabah |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |publisher=[[Associated Newspapers]] |accessdate=28 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJVS3Oy?url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/10618-60-seconds-amelle-berrabah |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/staying-in/single-of-the-week-698814 |title=Single of the Week |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=5 March 2006 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fQ3pE0q?url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/staying-in/single-of-the-week-698814 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Buena later revealed that she had been uncomfortable with the original version of the song after recording it, clarifying that she "absolutely hated" it. Upon hearing the new version with Berrabah, she became "quite happy they did it."<ref name="The Guardian 2">{{cite news|last=Patterson|first=Sylvia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/apr/07/popandrock.culture|title=Sylvia Patterson talks to ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena about her new solo career|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News & Media|date=7 April 2007}}</ref> The song was released as a [[CD single]] and [[music download|digital download]] on 6 March 2006 by [[Island Records]].<ref name="CD Single"/><ref name="Digital Single"/> It is featured on the Sugababes' [[greatest hits]] album, ''[[Overloaded: The Singles Collection]]'' (2006),<ref name="Liner Notes"/> and the soundtrack for the 2006 film ''[[It's a Boy Girl Thing]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/its-boy-girl-thing-original/id211596070|title=It's a Boy Girl Thing (Original Soundtrack) – Various Artists|work=[[iTunes Store]] (GB)|publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|accessdate=6 October 2012}}</ref> The Sugababes confirmed in January 2006 that the [[B-side]] to "Red Dress" would be a [[cover version]] of [[Arctic Monkeys]]' debut single "[[I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor]]", which replaced the group's 2005 single "[[Push the Button (Sugababes song)|Push the Button]]" at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="Digital Spy-uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a28614/sugababes-to-cover-arctic-monkeys.html |title=Sugababes to cover Arctic Monkeys |work=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines |date=31 January 2006 |accessdate=9 April 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJZTwbP?url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a28614/sugababes-to-cover-arctic-monkeys.html |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Upon the recording of the B-side, the Sugababes said: "When our bosses asked us to think of covers for the B-side, we knew which song we would all love to do."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-142199409|title=Love Actually star loses cancer fight|work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=17 February 2006|accessdate=6 October 2012}} {{subscription}}</ref> Ben Thompson of ''[[The Observer]]'' praised Berrabah's "bluesy rasp" as a novelty,<ref>{{cite news|last=Thompson |first=Ben |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/feb/19/11 |title=Hot tunes |work=[[The Observer]] |publisher=[[Guardian News & Media]] |date=19 February 2006 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fQOGcFv?url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/feb/19/11 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while Jimmy Draper of ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' wrote: "It transforms the [[punk music|punky]] rave-up into a disco stomper that could make even the staunchiest pop-hater get up and dance".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/pop-justice-100-solid-pop-music |title=Pop! Justice: 100olid Pop Music |work=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] |publisher=[[Time Out Group]] |date=16 November 2006 |accessdate=9 April 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJitYxU?url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/pop-justice-100-solid-pop-music |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 21 December 2005 it was announced that Buena had left the Sugababes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4548144.stm |title=Mutya leaves pop trio Sugababes |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=21 December 2005 |access-date=11 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203110348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4548144.stm |archive-date= 3 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Amelle Berrabah]] was revealed as her replacement one day later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4550000/newsid_4551900/4551956.stm |title=New Sugababe Amelle is revealed |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=22 December 2005 |access-date=11 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505072554/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4550000/newsid_4551900/4551956.stm |archive-date= 5 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As a result of the line-up change, ''Taller in More Ways'' was re-released to feature Berrabah's vocals on three tracks, which included "Red Dress", "[[Gotta Be You (Sugababes song)|Gotta Be You]]" and "[[Follow Me Home (song)|Follow Me Home]]".<ref name="AllMusic"/> "Red Dress" was subsequently chosen as the third single from the album.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams |first=Andrew |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/10618-60-seconds-amelle-berrabah |title=60 SECONDS: Amelle Berrabah |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=28 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801083151/http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/10618-60-seconds-amelle-berrabah |archive-date= 1 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/staying-in/single-of-the-week-698814 |title=Single of the Week |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=5 March 2006 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106055623/http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/staying-in/single-of-the-week-698814 |archive-date= 6 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Buena later revealed that she had been uncomfortable with the original version of the song after recording it, clarifying that she "absolutely hated" it. Upon hearing the new version with Berrabah, she became "quite happy they did it."<ref name="The Guardian 2">{{cite news|last=Patterson|first=Sylvia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/apr/07/popandrock.culture|title=Sylvia Patterson talks to ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena about her new solo career|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News & Media|date=7 April 2007}}</ref> The song was released as a [[CD single]] and [[music download|digital download]] on 6 March 2006 by [[Island Records]].<ref name="CD single"/><ref name="Digital Single"/> It is featured on the Sugababes' [[greatest hits]] album, ''[[Overloaded: The Singles Collection]]'' (2006),<ref name="Liner Notes"/> and the soundtrack for the 2006 film ''[[It's a Boy Girl Thing]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/its-boy-girl-thing-original/id211596070|title=It's a Boy Girl Thing (Original Soundtrack) – Various Artists|work=[[iTunes Store]] (GB)|publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref> The Sugababes confirmed in January 2006 that the [[B-side]] to "Red Dress" would be a [[cover version]] of [[Arctic Monkeys]]' debut single "[[I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor]]", which replaced the group's 2005 single "[[Push the Button (Sugababes song)|Push the Button]]" at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="Digital Spy-uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a28614/sugababes-to-cover-arctic-monkeys.html |title=Sugababes to cover Arctic Monkeys |work=Digital Spy |date=31 January 2006 |access-date=9 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019052640/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a28614/sugababes-to-cover-arctic-monkeys.html |archive-date= 19 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Upon the recording of the B-side, the Sugababes said: "When our bosses asked us to think of covers for the B-side, we knew which song we would all love to do."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-142199409|title=Love Actually star loses cancer fight|work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|date=17 February 2006|access-date=6 October 2012}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Ben Thompson of ''[[The Observer]]'' praised Berrabah's "bluesy rasp" as a novelty,<ref>{{cite news|last=Thompson |first=Ben |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/feb/19/11 |title=Hot tunes |work=[[The Observer]] |publisher=[[Guardian News & Media]] |date=19 February 2006 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309214407/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/feb/19/11 |archive-date= 9 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while Jimmy Draper of ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' wrote: "It transforms the [[punk music|punky]] rave-up into a disco stomper that could make even the staunchiest pop-hater get up and dance".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/pop-justice-100-solid-pop-music |title=Pop! Justice: 100olid Pop Music |work=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] |date=16 November 2006 |access-date=9 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020235829/http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/pop-justice-100-solid-pop-music |archive-date= 20 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==


===Critical response===
===Critical response===
"Red Dress" received positive reviews from music critics. Stuart McCaighy of ''[[This Is Fake DIY]]'' described the song as "top of the range pop", and considered it an example that Xenomania "don't keep all their best songs for [[Girls Aloud]]."<ref>{{cite web|last=McCaighy |first=Stuart |url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/sugababes-overloaded-the-singles-collection/ |title=Sugababes – Overloaded: The Singles Collection |work=[[This Is Fake DIY]] |date=13 November 2006 |accessdate=26 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJ3A83B?url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/sugababes-overloaded-the-singles-collection/ |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Peter Robinson (journalist)|Peter Robinson]] of ''[[The Observer]]'' called the track a "thumping tour de force from Xenomania", and noted that it "[[Flirting|flirts]] vivaciously with pop songwriting convention".<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|last=Robinson |first=Peter |authorlink=Peter Robinson (journalist) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/sep/18/shopping7 |title=The first ten: 2, Sugababes, Taller in More Ways |work=[[The Observer]] |publisher=Guardian News & Media |date=18 October 2005 |accessdate=26 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJ635Yo?url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2005/sep/18/shopping7 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A journalist from [[Virgin Media]] regarded "Red Dress" as an "irresistibly funky effort from the amorphous trio and their producers".<ref name="Virgin Media">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/singlereviews/sugababes_reddress.php |title=Sugababes – Red Dress |work=[[Virgin Media]] |publisher=[[Virgin Group]] |accessdate=27 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605181812/http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/singlereviews/sugababes_reddress.php |archivedate= 5 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> AllMusic critic K. Ross Hoffman praised the bassline sampled from Tony Clarke's "Landslide",<ref name="AllMusic"/> while Fiona Edwards of [[Digital Spy]] applauded the song's bass, beats, and chorus.<ref name="Digital Spy-uk"/> Nick Southall of [[Stylus Magazine]] described the song as an "up-tempo floor-filler" with a "maximalist stomp."<ref name="Stylus Magazine">{{cite web|last=Southall |first=Nick |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/sugababes/taller-in-more-ways.htm |title=Sugababes – Taller In More Ways – Review |publisher=[[Stylus Magazine]] |date=20 October 2005 |accessdate=6 April 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJE5Z6l?url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/sugababes/taller-in-more-ways.htm |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Joe Muggs praised "Red Dress" as a dancefloor hit;<ref>{{cite news|last=Muggs |first=Joe |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3647046/Pop-CDs-of-the-week-Sugababes-Sinead-OConnor-Paul-Weller-and-more....html |title=Pop CDs of the week: Sugababes, Sinéad O'Connor, Paul Weller and more... |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]] |date=8 October 2005 |accessdate=28 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJ8bB6Z?url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3647046/Pop-CDs-of-the-week-Sugababes-Sinead-OConnor-Paul-Weller-and-more....html |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> similarly, Digital Spy critics Nick Levine and David Balls considered it one of the group's most danceable singles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Levine |first1=Nick |last2=Balls |first2=David |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a164117/sugababes-get-sexy-right-now.html |title=Sugababes get sexy RIGHT NOW! |work=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines |date=7 July 2009 |accessdate=7 April 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJJheBv?url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a164117/sugababes-get-sexy-right-now.html |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A journalist from ''[[The Scotsman]]'' characterised the track as "mechanically groovy",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/music/news-and-features/the-time-is-now-but-the-songs-aren-t-here-1-1099276 |title=The time is now, but the songs aren't here |work=[[The Scotsman]] |publisher=[[Johnston Publishing]] |date=7 October 2005 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fJLpz9D?url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/music/news-and-features/the-time-is-now-but-the-songs-aren-t-here-1-1099276 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while a ''[[Birmingham Mail]]'' critic described it as "a stomping anthem with attitude-drenched verses and killer chorus".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143094490.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041102/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143094490.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Sugababes: Red Dress|work=[[Birmingham Mail]]|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=11 March 2006|accessdate=13 April 2013}} {{subscription}}</ref> Alexis Petridis of ''[[The Guardian]]'' characterised "Red Dress" as a "brilliant, immaculately written pop song".<ref name="The Guardian 3">{{cite news|last=Petridis |first=Alexis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/oct/07/popandrock.shopping1 |title=CD: Sugababes, Taller in More Ways |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media |date=7 October 2005 |accessdate=6 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69hlBIbDk?url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/oct/07/popandrock.shopping1 |archivedate= 6 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, Andrew Mueller of the same publication called it "a lazy and rather too obvious retread" of the group's 2004 single, "[[In the Middle (Sugababes song)|In the Middle]]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Mueller |first=Andrew |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguide/music/story/0,,1721677,00.html |title=New singles |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media |date=4 March 2006 |accessdate=3 October 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69mw8BBIT?url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/music/story/0%2C%2C1721677%2C00.html |archivedate= 9 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
"Red Dress" received positive reviews from music critics. Stuart McCaighy of ''[[This Is Fake DIY]]'' described the song as "top of the range pop", and considered it an example that Xenomania "don't keep all their best songs for [[Girls Aloud]]."<ref>{{cite web|last=McCaighy |first=Stuart |url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/sugababes-overloaded-the-singles-collection/ |title=Sugababes – Overloaded: The Singles Collection |work=[[This Is Fake DIY]] |date=13 November 2006 |access-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813161613/http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/sugababes-overloaded-the-singles-collection/ |archive-date= 13 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Peter Robinson (journalist)|Peter Robinson]] of ''[[The Observer]]'' called the track a "thumping tour de force from Xenomania", and noted that it "[[Flirting|flirts]] vivaciously with pop songwriting convention".<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|last=Robinson |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Robinson (journalist) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/sep/18/shopping7 |title=The first ten: 2, Sugababes, Taller in More Ways |work=[[The Observer]] |date=18 October 2005 |access-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002100049/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2005/sep/18/shopping7 |archive-date= 2 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A journalist from [[Virgin Media]] regarded "Red Dress" as an "irresistibly funky effort from the amorphous trio and their producers".<ref name="Virgin Media">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/singlereviews/sugababes_reddress.php |title=Sugababes – Red Dress |work=[[Virgin Media]] |publisher=[[Virgin Group]] |access-date=27 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605181812/http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/singlereviews/sugababes_reddress.php |archive-date= 5 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> AllMusic critic K. Ross Hoffman praised the bassline sampled from Tony Clarke's "Landslide",<ref name="AllMusic"/> while Fiona Edwards of [[Digital Spy]] applauded the song's bass, beats, and chorus.<ref name="Digital Spy-uk"/> Nick Southall of [[Stylus Magazine]] described the song as an "up-tempo floor-filler" with a "maximalist stomp".<ref name="Stylus Magazine">{{cite web|last=Southall |first=Nick |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/sugababes/taller-in-more-ways.htm |title=Sugababes – Taller in More Ways – Review |work=[[Stylus Magazine]] |date=20 October 2005 |access-date=6 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010234418/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/sugababes/taller-in-more-ways.htm |archive-date= 10 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Joe Muggs praised "Red Dress" as a dancefloor hit;<ref>{{cite news|last=Muggs |first=Joe |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3647046/Pop-CDs-of-the-week-Sugababes-Sinead-OConnor-Paul-Weller-and-more....html |title=Pop CDs of the week: Sugababes, Sinéad O'Connor, Paul Weller and more... |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=8 October 2005 |access-date=28 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213184436/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3647046/Pop-CDs-of-the-week-Sugababes-Sinead-OConnor-Paul-Weller-and-more....html |archive-date= 13 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> similarly, Digital Spy critics Nick Levine and David Balls considered it one of the group's most danceable singles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Levine |first1=Nick |last2=Balls |first2=David |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a164117/sugababes-get-sexy-right-now.html |title=Sugababes get sexy RIGHT NOW! |work=Digital Spy |date=7 July 2009 |access-date=7 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019045626/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a164117/sugababes-get-sexy-right-now.html |archive-date= 19 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A journalist from ''[[The Scotsman]]'' characterised the track as "mechanically groovy",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/music/news-and-features/the-time-is-now-but-the-songs-aren-t-here-1-1099276 |title=The time is now, but the songs aren't here |work=[[The Scotsman]] |publisher=[[Johnston Publishing]] |date=7 October 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422090714/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/music/news-and-features/the-time-is-now-but-the-songs-aren-t-here-1-1099276 |archive-date= 22 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while a ''[[Birmingham Mail]]'' critic described it as "a stomping anthem with attitude-drenched verses and killer chorus".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143094490.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041102/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143094490.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Sugababes: Red Dress|work=[[Birmingham Mail]]|date=11 March 2006|access-date=13 April 2013}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Alexis Petridis of ''[[The Guardian]]'' characterised "Red Dress" as a "brilliant, immaculately written pop song".<ref name="The Guardian 3">{{cite news|last=Petridis |first=Alexis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/oct/07/popandrock.shopping1 |title=CD: Sugababes, Taller in More Ways |work=The Guardian |date=7 October 2005 |access-date=6 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007200945/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/oct/07/popandrock.shopping1 |archive-date= 7 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, Andrew Mueller of the same publication called it "a lazy and rather too obvious retread" of the group's 2004 single, "[[In the Middle (Sugababes song)|In the Middle]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Mueller |first=Andrew |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguide/music/story/0,,1721677,00.html |title=New singles |work=The Guardian |date=4 March 2006 |access-date=3 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902055001/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/music/story/0,,1721677,00.html |archive-date=2 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


===Chart performance===
===Chart performance===
"Red Dress" debuted at number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in the issue dated 18 March 2006 with 18,210 copies sold.<ref name="Music Week">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/gilmour-dethrones-bailey-rae/029351 |title=Gilmour dethrones Bailey Rae |work=[[Music Week]] |publisher=Intent Media |date=13 March 2006 |accessdate=3 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fIxcuIY?url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/gilmour-dethrones-bailey-rae/029351 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was the highest-ranked debut for that week.<ref name="Music Week"/> ''Taller in More Ways'' subsequently became the first album by the Sugababes to produce three UK top-five hits.<ref name="UK"/> "Red Dress" spent ten weeks on the chart and has sold 100,000 copies in the country, ranking as the group's fourteenth best-selling single in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/sugababes/|title=Sugababes|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=25 April 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419005418/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/Sugababes/|archivedate=19 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/mtv-official-countdowns/episode/sugababes-official-top-20 |title=Sugababes Official Top 20 Best Selling Singles |work=[[MTV UK]] |publisher=[[MTV Networks]] |accessdate=25 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fIt5B0V?url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/mtv-official-countdowns/episode/sugababes-official-top-20 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song debuted and peaked at number twelve on the [[Irish Singles Chart]].<ref name="Ireland"/> "Red Dress" appeared on the [[Dutch Top 40]] chart at number nine, and peaked at number seven the following week for two non-consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/sugababes/sugababes-red-dress_11203|title=Sugababes – Red Dress|work=[[Dutch Top 40]]|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> It was the chart's 66th best-performing single of 2006.<ref name="Dutch40 Yearly"/> The single reached the top twenty on the charts in Denmark and Norway,<ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="Norway"/> and the top forty on the charts in Belgium (Flanders),<ref name="Flanders"/> Germany,<ref name="Germany" /> Hungary,<ref name="Hungary Dance"/> and Switzerland.<ref name="Switzerland"/> It reached number 41 on the [[Austrian Singles Chart]], and number 61 on the [[Czech Singles Chart]].<ref name="Austria"/><ref name="Czech Republic"/> The song's performance throughout Europe allowed it to chart on the [[European Hot 100 Singles]] chart, where it peaked at number fourteen.<ref name="Billboard"/> "Red Dress" debuted and peaked at number 22 on the [[Australian Singles Chart]], where it charted for twelve weeks.<ref name="Australia"/> The single peaked at number sixteen on the [[New Zealand Singles Chart]] and was the group's third consecutive top-twenty hit in the country.<ref name="New Zealand"/> A writer from the ''[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]]'' noted that the line-up change did not affect the song's commercial performance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143155265.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409061803/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143155265.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 April 2016|title=Time not yet called on Chico|work=[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]]|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=13 March 2006|accessdate=4 October 2012}} {{subscription}}</ref>
"Red Dress" debuted at number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in the issue dated 18 March 2006 with 18,210 copies sold.<ref name="Music Week">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/gilmour-dethrones-bailey-rae/029351 |title=Gilmour dethrones Bailey Rae |work=[[Music Week]] |date=13 March 2006 |access-date=3 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102753/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/gilmour-dethrones-bailey-rae/029351 |archive-date= 24 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was the highest-ranked debut for that week.<ref name="Music Week"/> ''Taller in More Ways'' subsequently became the first album by the Sugababes to produce three UK top-five hits.<ref name="UK"/> "Red Dress" spent ten weeks on the chart and has sold 100,000 copies in the country, ranking as the group's fourteenth best-selling single in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/sugababes/|title=Sugababes|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=25 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419005418/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/Sugababes/|archive-date=19 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/mtv-official-countdowns/episode/sugababes-official-top-20 |title=Sugababes Official Top 20 Best Selling Singles |work=[[MTV UK]] |access-date=25 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013141952/http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/mtv-official-countdowns/episode/sugababes-official-top-20 |archive-date= 13 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song debuted and peaked at number twelve on the [[Irish Singles Chart]].<ref name="Ireland"/> "Red Dress" appeared on the [[Dutch Top 40]] chart at number nine, and peaked at number seven the following week for two non-consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/sugababes/sugababes-red-dress_11203|title=Sugababes – Red Dress|work=[[Dutch Top 40]]|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> It was the chart's 66th best-performing single of 2006.<ref name="Dutch40 Yearly"/> The single reached the top twenty on the charts in Denmark and Norway,<ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="Norway"/> and the top forty on the charts in Belgium (Flanders),<ref name="Flanders"/> Germany,<ref name="Germany" /> Hungary,<ref name="Hungary Dance"/> and Switzerland.<ref name="Switzerland"/> It reached number 41 on the [[Austrian Singles Chart]], and number 61 on the [[Czech Singles Chart]].<ref name="Austria"/><ref name="Czech Republic"/> The song's performance throughout Europe allowed it to chart on the [[European Hot 100 Singles]] chart, where it peaked at number fourteen.<ref name="Billboard"/> "Red Dress" debuted and peaked at number 22 on the [[Australian Singles Chart]], where it charted for twelve weeks.<ref name="Australia"/> The single peaked at number sixteen on the [[New Zealand Singles Chart]] and was the group's third consecutive top-twenty hit in the country.<ref name="New Zealand"/> A writer from the ''[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]]'' noted that the line-up change did not affect the song's commercial performance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143155265.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409061803/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143155265.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 April 2016|title=Time not yet called on Chico|work=[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]]|date=13 March 2006|access-date=4 October 2012}} {{subscription required}}</ref>


==Promotion==
==Promotion==
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===Music video===
===Music video===
[[File:Sugababes - Red Dress screenshot.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Amelle Berrabah, Heidi Range and Keisha Buchanan wearing red dresses in the music video for "Red Dress".]]
[[File:Sugababes - Red Dress screenshot.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Amelle Berrabah, Heidi Range and Keisha Buchanan wearing red dresses in the music video for "Red Dress".]]
The accompanying [[music video]] for "Red Dress" was directed by [[Tim Royes]] and filmed in January 2006.<ref name="sugababes.com"/> Berrabah revealed details about the music video during an interview that was published on the group's official website, saying: "We're shooting the vid this week with director Tim Royce. We're really looking forward to it as there are going to be lots of costume changes. It's going to have a catwalk show theme with lots of mad outfits – very over the top and extravagant – we can't wait!"<ref name="sugababes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sugababes.com/site/article/105/exclusive-sugababes-interview-jan-2006|title=Exclusive Sugababes Interview Jan 2006|publisher=sugababes.com|date=25 January 2006|accessdate=3 August 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206211005/http://www.sugababes.com/site/article/105/exclusive-sugababes-interview-jan-2006|archivedate=6 February 2007}}</ref> Royes went on to direct the music video for Sugababes' single "[[Easy (Sugababes song)|Easy]]" in the same year.<ref name="DVD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Overloaded: The Singles Collection|type=DVD liner notes|publisher= Island Records|date=28 April 2012}}</ref> The Sugababes wore endorsed hosiery in scenes for the video as part of their endorsement with [[Pretty Polly (hosiery)|Pretty Polly]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/fashion/a-last-glimpse-of-stockings-1040021.html |title=A last glimpse of stockings |work=[[Irish Independent]] |publisher=[[Independent News & Media]] |date=19 July 2007 |accessdate=28 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fIo7eGj?url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/fashion/a-last-glimpse-of-stockings-1040021.html |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The accompanying [[music video]] for "Red Dress" was directed by [[Tim Royes]] and filmed in January 2006.<ref name="sugababes.com"/> Berrabah revealed details about the music video during an interview that was published on the group's official website, saying: "We're shooting the vid this week with director Tim Royce. We're really looking forward to it as there are going to be lots of costume changes. It's going to have a catwalk show theme with lots of mad outfits – very over the top and extravagant – we can't wait!"<ref name="sugababes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sugababes.com/site/article/105/exclusive-sugababes-interview-jan-2006|title=Exclusive Sugababes Interview Jan 2006|publisher=sugababes.com|date=25 January 2006|access-date=3 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206211005/http://www.sugababes.com/site/article/105/exclusive-sugababes-interview-jan-2006|archive-date=6 February 2007}}</ref> Royes went on to direct the music video for Sugababes' single "[[Easy (Sugababes song)|Easy]]" in the same year.<ref name="DVD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Overloaded: The Singles Collection|type=DVD liner notes|publisher= Island Records|date=28 April 2012}}</ref> The Sugababes wore endorsed hosiery in scenes for the video as part of their endorsement with [[Pretty Polly (hosiery)|Pretty Polly]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/fashion/a-last-glimpse-of-stockings-1040021.html |title=A last glimpse of stockings |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=19 July 2007 |access-date=28 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709041247/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/fashion/a-last-glimpse-of-stockings-1040021.html |archive-date= 9 July 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


The video begins with close-up shots of Berrabah, Buchanan and Range; all three are wearing red dresses, while Berrabah is also wearing a black mask. Buchanan drops two large, blue feathers on the floor and begins strutting. Berrabah later removes her mask and is shown lying on a red chair. The next scene shows all three members on a fluffy, white couch in hosiery; Range, Buchanan and Berrabah are wearing blue, pink and white tops, respectively. The trio begin strutting together in a linear motion, resembling a catwalk. Range is shown on a [[bubble chair]], and later on a red floor, resting her leg on a [[disco ball]]. Throughout the video, the Sugababes continue to strut in red dresses, corresponding with the song's theme. The video ends with Range, Buchanan and Berrabah posing with their hands on their hips. The music video for "Red Dress" earned the Sugababes a 2006 Music Vision Award nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-147055717/cads-awards-announces-host|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307162841/https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-147055717/cads-awards-announces-host|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2016|title=CADS Awards announces host|work=Music Week|publisher=Intent Media|date=27 May 2006|accessdate=4 August 2012}} {{subscription}}</ref> The video peaked at number two on the UK TV airplay chart for three weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-146692732/tv-airplay-chart-gnarls-barkley-and-rihanna-hold-steady|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309181855/https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-146692732/tv-airplay-chart-gnarls-barkley-and-rihanna-hold-steady|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2016|title=TV airplay chart: Gnarls Barkley and Rihanna hold steady at the top, while LeAnn Rimes climbs to three and Sugababes leap into the Top 10|work=Music Week|publisher=Intent Media|date=20 May 2006|accessdate=26 January 2013}} {{subscription}}</ref>
The video begins with close-up shots of Berrabah, Buchanan and Range; all three are wearing red dresses, while Berrabah is also wearing a black mask. Buchanan drops two large, blue feathers on the floor and begins strutting. Berrabah later removes her mask and is shown lying on a red chair. The next scene shows all three members on a fluffy, white couch in hosiery; Range, Buchanan and Berrabah are wearing blue, pink and white tops, respectively. The trio begin strutting together in a linear motion, resembling a catwalk. Range is shown on a [[bubble chair]], and later on a red floor, resting her leg on a [[disco ball]]. Throughout the video, the Sugababes continue to strut in red dresses, corresponding with the song's theme. The video ends with Range, Buchanan and Berrabah posing with their hands on their hips. The music video for "Red Dress" earned the Sugababes a 2006 Music Vision Award nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-147055717/cads-awards-announces-host|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307162841/https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-147055717/cads-awards-announces-host|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2016|title=CADS Awards announces host|work=Music Week|date=27 May 2006|access-date=4 August 2012}} {{subscription required}}</ref> The video peaked at number two on the UK TV airplay chart for three weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-146692732/tv-airplay-chart-gnarls-barkley-and-rihanna-hold-steady|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309181855/https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-146692732/tv-airplay-chart-gnarls-barkley-and-rihanna-hold-steady|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2016|title=TV airplay chart: Gnarls Barkley and Rihanna hold steady at the top, while LeAnn Rimes climbs to three and Sugababes leap into the Top 10|work=Music Week|date=20 May 2006|access-date=26 January 2013}} {{subscription required}}</ref>


===Live performances===
===Live performances===
The Sugababes performed "Red Dress" in [[Turin]], Italy, in February 2006 for ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' at the [[Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lyons|first1=Beverley|last2=Bennett|first2=Cath|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-141983982.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310062821/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-141983982.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2016|title=Hot Babes warm up winter show|work=Daily Record|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=13 February 2006|accessdate=16 January 2013}} {{subscription}}</ref> To promote the song's release, they performed it on 6 March 2006 at the [[HMV]] store on [[Oxford Street]], London.<ref name="The People">{{cite news|last1=Manley|first1=Debbie|last2=Walker|first2=Alice|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-142531497.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075149/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-142531497.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 December 2016|title=ViP: Sugababes will be performing at the HMV|work=[[The People (newspaper)|The People]]|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=26 February 2006|accessdate=4 October 2012}} {{subscription}}</ref> The single appeared in the [[set list]] for the group's ''Taller in More Ways'' tour in 2006, and served as the shows' encore in conjunction with "Push the Button".<ref name="Chronicle Live"/> According to Craig Hope of ''Chronicle Live'', the song "came amid a sea of manic applause".<ref name="Chronicle Live">{{cite news|last=Hope |first=Craig |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2006/03/24/pushing-all-the-right-buttons-72703-16859359/ |title=Pushing all the right buttons |work=Chronicle Live |publisher=ncjMedia |date=24 March 2006 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fHgxKLd?url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2006/03/24/pushing-all-the-right-buttons-72703-16859359/ |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Red Dress" was featured in the set list for their 2007 tour in support of ''Overloaded: The Singles Collection''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Power |first=Ed |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/peerless-pop-sweetens-up-a-lacklustre-performance-52010.html |title=Peerless pop sweetens up a lacklustre performance |work=[[Independent.ie|Independent Ireland]] |publisher=Independent News & Media |date=29 March 2007 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fIHov2r?url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/peerless-pop-sweetens-up-a-lacklustre-performance-52010.html |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Sugababes performed the single at the [[Aintree Racecourse|Aintree Pavilion]] in July 2007 as part of the [[Liverpool Summer Pops]] music event.<ref name="Daily Post">{{cite news|last=Grant|first=Peter|url=http://www.liverpool.com/reviews/sugababes-summer-pops-aintree-pavilion.html|title=Sugababes, Summer Pops, Aintree Pavilion|work=[[Liverpool Daily Post]]|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=14 July 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021030415/http://www.liverpool.com/reviews/sugababes-summer-pops-aintree-pavilion.html|archivedate=21 October 2007}}</ref> It was the opening song of the gig,<ref>{{cite news|last=Tansley |first=Janet |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/article-archive/2007/07/16/babes-know-how-to-sweet-talk-their-fans-100252-19462877/ |title=Babes know how to sweet talk their fans |work=Liverpool Echo |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=16 July 2007 |accessdate=13 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Fq6mBXMa?url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/article-archive/2007/07/16/babes-know-how-to-sweet-talk-their-fans-100252-19462877/ |archivedate=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the trio was backed by a five-piece band.<ref name="Daily Post"/> The single was performed on 14 September 2007 during their gig at [[indig02]], a live club for smaller music events.<ref name="Digital Spy 2">{{cite web|last=Levine |first=Nick |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/gigreports/a75805/sugababes--indigo2-september-14.html |title=Sugababes @ IndigO2, September 14 |work=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines |date=17 September 2007 |accessdate=3 October 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6B7OKYIYo?url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/gigreports/a75805/sugababes--indigo2-september-14.html |archivedate= 2 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nick Levine of Digital Spy described the performance as "one of the night's pulsating highlights".<ref name="Digital Spy 2"/>
The Sugababes performed "Red Dress" in [[Turin]], Italy, in February 2006 for ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' at the [[Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lyons|first1=Beverley|last2=Bennett|first2=Cath|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-141983982.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310062821/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-141983982.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2016|title=Hot Babes warm up winter show|work=Daily Record|date=13 February 2006|access-date=16 January 2013}} {{subscription required}}</ref> To promote the song's release, they performed it on 6 March 2006 at the [[HMV]] store on [[Oxford Street]], London.<ref name="The People">{{cite news|last1=Manley|first1=Debbie|last2=Walker|first2=Alice|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-142531497.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075149/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-142531497.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 December 2016|title=ViP: Sugababes will be performing at the HMV|work=[[The People (newspaper)|The People]]|date=26 February 2006|access-date=4 October 2012}} {{subscription required}}</ref> The single appeared in the [[set list]] for the group's ''Taller in More Ways'' tour in 2006, and served as the shows' encore in conjunction with "Push the Button".<ref name="Chronicle Live"/> According to Craig Hope of ''Chronicle Live'', the song "came amid a sea of manic applause".<ref name="Chronicle Live">{{cite news|last=Hope |first=Craig |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2006/03/24/pushing-all-the-right-buttons-72703-16859359/ |title=Pushing all the right buttons |work=Chronicle Live |publisher=ncjMedia |date=24 March 2006 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222162723/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2006/03/24/pushing-all-the-right-buttons-72703-16859359/ |archive-date= 22 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Red Dress" was featured in the set list for their 2007 tour in support of ''Overloaded: The Singles Collection''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Power |first=Ed |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/peerless-pop-sweetens-up-a-lacklustre-performance-52010.html |title=Peerless pop sweetens up a lacklustre performance |work=[[Independent.ie|Independent Ireland]] |date=29 March 2007 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626220643/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/peerless-pop-sweetens-up-a-lacklustre-performance-52010.html |archive-date= 26 June 2022 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Sugababes performed the single at the [[Aintree Racecourse|Aintree Pavilion]] in July 2007 as part of the [[Liverpool Summer Pops]] music event.<ref name="Daily Post">{{cite news|last=Grant|first=Peter|url=http://www.liverpool.com/reviews/sugababes-summer-pops-aintree-pavilion.html|title=Sugababes, Summer Pops, Aintree Pavilion|work=[[Liverpool Daily Post]]|date=14 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021030415/http://www.liverpool.com/reviews/sugababes-summer-pops-aintree-pavilion.html|archive-date=21 October 2007}}</ref> It was the opening song of the gig,<ref>{{cite news|last=Tansley |first=Janet |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/article-archive/2007/07/16/babes-know-how-to-sweet-talk-their-fans-100252-19462877/ |title=Babes know how to sweet talk their fans |work=Liverpool Echo |date=16 July 2007 |access-date=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413034421/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/article-archive/2007/07/16/babes-know-how-to-sweet-talk-their-fans-100252-19462877/ |archive-date=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the trio was backed by a five-piece band.<ref name="Daily Post"/> The single was performed on 14 September 2007 during their gig at [[indig02]], a live club for smaller music events.<ref name="Digital Spy 2">{{cite web|last=Levine |first=Nick |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/gigreports/a75805/sugababes--indigo2-september-14.html |title=Sugababes @ IndigO2, 14 September |work=Digital Spy |date=17 September 2007 |access-date=3 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116165219/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/gigreports/a75805/sugababes--indigo2-september-14.html |archive-date= 16 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nick Levine of Digital Spy described the performance as "one of the night's pulsating highlights".<ref name="Digital Spy 2"/>


"Red Dress" was also included on the set list for the Sugababes' [[Change Tour]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last=Anson |first=John |url=http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/leisure/2158817.Sugababes___King_George_s_Hall__Blackburn/ |title=Sugababes @ King George's Hall, Blackburn |work=The Citizen |publisher=[[Newsquest]] |date=31 March 2008 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fNIgq7c?url=http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/leisure/2158817.Sugababes___King_George_s_Hall__Blackburn/ |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the performance, the song was [[Mashup (music)|mashed]] with [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]'s 1984 single "[[Two Tribes]]".<ref name="The Scotsman">{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/sugababes-review-the-new-material-girls-1-1257867 |title=Sugababes review: The new material girls |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Publishing |date=28 April 2008 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fIKt9P9?url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/sugababes-review-the-new-material-girls-1-1257867 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Corresponding with the title of the song, the trio wore red, cellophane dresses for the performance.<ref name="The Scotsman"/> Berrabah named the outfit one of her favourites to wear during the tour.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dingwall |first=John |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/tours-taken-sugababes-mind-off-troubles-972039 |title=Tour's Taken Sugababe's Mind Off Troubles |work=Daily Record |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=21 March 2008 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fPhzwBm?url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/tours-taken-sugababes-mind-off-troubles-972039 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Red Dress" was performed at the 2008 [[Oxygen Festival]] as part of a set list which included numerous of the group's previous singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/sugababes/38024 |title=Sugababes draw huge crowd at Oxegen |work=[[NME]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]] |date=11 July 2008 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fINaV0N?url=http://www.nme.com/news/sugababes/38024 |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In June 2009, the band performed "Red Dress" at the [[Cannock Chase District|Cannock Chase Forrest]] as part of a 75-minute show,<ref>{{cite news|last=Caffrey |first=Adrian |url=http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2009/06/29/review-sugababes-at-cannock-chase-forest-65233-24018483/ |title=Review: Sugababes, at Cannock Chase Forest |work=[[Birmingham Post]] |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=29 June 2009 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69fHxya3a?url=http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2009/06/29/review-sugababes-at-cannock-chase-forest-65233-24018483/ |archivedate= 4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and at [[Canterbury, Kent]] as the thirteenth song on the set list.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lyons |first=Beverley |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/sugababes-apologise-after-blundering-through-1029620 |title=Sugababes apologise after blundering through gig – including forgetting words to their songs |work=Daily Record |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=30 June 2009 |accessdate=13 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Fq5L2KoM?url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/sugababes-apologise-after-blundering-through-1029620 |archivedate=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Red Dress" was one of many songs that the group performed on 10 July 2009 at the [[Riverside Ground]] in [[County Durham]], England.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barr |first=Gordon |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sugababes-thrill-durham-riverside-crowd-1457119 |title=Sugababes thrill Durham Riverside crowd |work=Chronicle Live |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=11 July 2009 |accessdate=24 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6G5luwRQc?url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sugababes-thrill-durham-riverside-crowd-1457119 |archivedate=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The fourth line-up of the Sugababes, consisting of Range, Berrabah and [[Jade Ewen]], performed the single in November 2010 at the Yas Hotel in [[Abu Dhabi]], as part of a set list.<ref>{{cite news|last=Crane|first=Kelly|url=http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/sweet-as-sugar-sugababes-entertain-uae-fans-1.711955|title=Sweet as sugar: Sugababes entertain UAE fans|work=[[Gulf News]]|publisher=[[Al Nisr Publishing]]|date=14 November 2010|accessdate=29 April 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117050617/http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/sweet-as-sugar-sugababes-entertain-uae-fans-1.711955|archivedate=17 November 2010}}</ref> The trio played the song in September 2011 during their gig at London's nightclub, [[G-A-Y]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manchesterpride.com/press/release/alexandraburke |title=G-A-Y brings Alexandra Burke to headline Manchester Pride's 'Big Weekend' |publisher=[[Manchester Pride]] |date=2 August 2011 |accessdate=13 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Fq521m8t?url=http://www.manchesterpride.com/press/release/alexandraburke |archivedate=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in which they wore coordinating, pastel rubber outfits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/view/39567/Sugababe-Amelle-Berrabah-is-looking-slender-and-slippery/ |title=Sugababe Amelle Berrabah is looking slender... and slippery |work=[[OK!]] |publisher=[[Northern and Shell Media]] |date=12 September 2011 |accessdate=13 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Fq5twh1b?url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/view/39567/Sugababe-Amelle-Berrabah-is-looking-slender-and-slippery/ |archivedate=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/gallery/gallery-specials/34339/2/2/sugababes-show-off-new-sexy-style-in-racy-rubber-as-they-perform-in-london/1 |title=Sugababes show off new sexy style in racy rubber as they perform in London |work=[[NOW (UK magazine)|NOW]] |publisher=IPC Media |accessdate=13 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Fq69xvmv?url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/gallery/gallery-specials/34339/2/2/sugababes-show-off-new-sexy-style-in-racy-rubber-as-they-perform-in-london/1 |archivedate=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Rockamerica remix of "Red Dress", which is a [[Mashup (music)|mashup]] with [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]'s 1984 single "[[Two Tribes]]", was included on the set list for the Sugababes' [[Change Tour]] in 2008 and in subsequent live performances.<ref>{{cite news|last=Anson |first=John |url=http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/leisure/2158817.Sugababes___King_George_s_Hall__Blackburn/ |title=Sugababes @ King George's Hall, Blackburn |work=The Citizen |publisher=[[Newsquest]] |date=31 March 2008 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240526030848/https://www.webcitation.org/69fNIgq7c?url=http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/leisure/2158817.Sugababes___King_George_s_Hall__Blackburn/ |archive-date= 26 May 2024 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="The Scotsman">{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/sugababes-review-the-new-material-girls-1-1257867 |title=Sugababes review: The new material girls |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Publishing |date=28 April 2008 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819152625/http://www.scotsman.com/news/sugababes-review-the-new-material-girls-1-1257867 |archive-date= 19 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Corresponding with the title of the song, the trio wore red, cellophane dresses for the performance.<ref name="The Scotsman"/> Berrabah named the outfit one of her favourites to wear during the tour.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dingwall |first=John |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/tours-taken-sugababes-mind-off-troubles-972039 |title=Tour's Taken Sugababe's Mind Off Troubles |work=Daily Record |date=21 March 2008 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080834/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/tours-taken-sugababes-mind-off-troubles-972039 |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Red Dress" was performed at the 2008 [[Oxygen Festival]] as part of a set list which included numerous of the group's previous singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/sugababes/38024 |title=Sugababes draw huge crowd at Oxegen |work=[[NME]]|date=11 July 2008 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926005937/http://www.nme.com/news/sugababes/38024 |archive-date= 26 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In June 2009, the band performed "Red Dress" at the [[Cannock Chase District|Cannock Chase Forrest]] as part of a 75-minute show,<ref>{{cite news|last=Caffrey |first=Adrian |url=http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2009/06/29/review-sugababes-at-cannock-chase-forest-65233-24018483/ |title=Review: Sugababes, at Cannock Chase Forest |work=[[Birmingham Post]] |date=29 June 2009 |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704082544/http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2009/06/29/review-sugababes-at-cannock-chase-forest-65233-24018483/ |archive-date= 4 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and at [[Canterbury, Kent]] as the thirteenth song on the set list.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lyons |first=Beverley |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/sugababes-apologise-after-blundering-through-1029620 |title=Sugababes apologise after blundering through gig – including forgetting words to their songs |work=Daily Record |date=30 June 2009 |access-date=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413032222/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/sugababes-apologise-after-blundering-through-1029620 |archive-date=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Red Dress" was one of many songs that the group performed on 10 July 2009 at the [[Riverside Ground]] in [[County Durham]], England.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barr |first=Gordon |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sugababes-thrill-durham-riverside-crowd-1457119 |title=Sugababes thrill Durham Riverside crowd |work=Chronicle Live |date=11 July 2009 |access-date=24 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423094657/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sugababes-thrill-durham-riverside-crowd-1457119 |archive-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The fourth line-up of the Sugababes, consisting of Range, Berrabah and [[Jade Ewen]], performed the single in November 2010 at the Yas Hotel in [[Abu Dhabi]], as part of a set list.<ref>{{cite news|last=Crane|first=Kelly|url=http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/sweet-as-sugar-sugababes-entertain-uae-fans-1.711955|title=Sweet as sugar: Sugababes entertain UAE fans|work=[[Gulf News]]|publisher=[[Al Nisr Publishing]]|date=14 November 2010|access-date=29 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117050617/http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/sweet-as-sugar-sugababes-entertain-uae-fans-1.711955|archive-date=17 November 2010}}</ref> The trio played the song in September 2011 during their gig at London's nightclub, [[G-A-Y]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manchesterpride.com/press/release/alexandraburke |title=G-A-Y brings Alexandra Burke to headline Manchester Pride's 'Big Weekend' |publisher=[[Manchester Pride]] |date=2 August 2011 |access-date=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413031740/http://www.manchesterpride.com/press/release/alexandraburke |archive-date=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in which they wore coordinating, pastel rubber outfits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/view/39567/Sugababe-Amelle-Berrabah-is-looking-slender-and-slippery/ |title=Sugababe Amelle Berrabah is looking slender... and slippery |work=[[OK!]] |publisher=[[Northern and Shell Media]] |date=12 September 2011 |access-date=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413033059/http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/view/39567/Sugababe-Amelle-Berrabah-is-looking-slender-and-slippery/ |archive-date=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/gallery/gallery-specials/34339/2/2/sugababes-show-off-new-sexy-style-in-racy-rubber-as-they-perform-in-london/1 |title=Sugababes show off new sexy style in racy rubber as they perform in London |work=[[NOW (UK magazine)|NOW]] |access-date=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413033453/http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/gallery/gallery-specials/34339/2/2/sugababes-show-off-new-sexy-style-in-racy-rubber-as-they-perform-in-london/1 |archive-date=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The song was performed on the Sugababes UK tour in 2022, much to the surprise of Sugababes fans, due to Keisha and Mutya both stating they hated singing the song.


==Formats and track listings==
==Formats and track listings==
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*'''CD single 2'''<ref name="CD Single">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Dress-Sugababes/dp/B000EGD1UQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365825919&sr=8-1&keywords=%22sugababes%22+%22red+dress%22 |title=Red Dress (Single) |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon]] (UK) |accessdate=13 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Fq8LaumK?url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Dress-Sugababes/dp/B000EGD1UQ |archivedate=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''CD single 1 and digital single'''<ref name="Digital Single">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/red-dress-single/id128466649|title=Red Dress – Sugababes|work=iTunes Store (GB)|publisher=Apple|access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref>
#"Red Dress" – 3:38
# "Red Dress" (radio edit) – 3:37
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# "[[I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor]]" – 2:47
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#"Red Dress" (Cagebaby Remix) – 5:08
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#"Red Dress" (Dennis Christopher Vocal Mix) – 7:16
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#"Red Dress" (Video)


*'''CD single 1 / Digital download'''<ref name="Digital Single">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/red-dress-single/id128466649|title=Red Dress – Sugababes|work=iTunes Store (GB)|publisher=Apple|accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref>
* '''CD single 2'''<ref name="CD single">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Dress-Sugababes/dp/B000EGD1UQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365825919&sr=8-1&keywords=%22sugababes%22+%22red+dress%22 |title=Red Dress (Single) |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon]] (UK) |access-date=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413040815/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Dress-Sugababes/dp/B000EGD1UQ |archive-date=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
#"Red Dress" (Radio Edit) – 3:37
# "Red Dress" – 3:38
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# "Red Dress" (Cagebaby remix) – 5:08
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#"I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor" – 2:47
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# "Red Dress" (Dennis Christopher vocal mix) – 7:16
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# "Red Dress" (video)
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*'''Extended mix'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/red-dress-extended-mix-single/id128445389|title=Red Dress (Extended Mix) – Sugababes|work=iTunes Store (GB)|publisher=Apple|accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref>
* '''Extended mix'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/red-dress-extended-mix-single/id128445389|title=Red Dress (Extended Mix) – Sugababes|work=iTunes Store (GB)|date=January 2006 |publisher=Apple|access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref>
#"Red Dress" (Extended Mix) – 4:15
# "Red Dress" (extended mix) – 4:15


*'''Radio version'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/red-dress-radio-version-single/id124498941|title=Red Dress (Radio Version) – Sugababes|work=iTunes Store (GB)|publisher=Apple|accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref>
* '''Radio version'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/red-dress-radio-version-single/id124498941|title=Red Dress (Radio Version) – Sugababes|work=iTunes Store (GB)|date=January 2006 |publisher=Apple|access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref>
#"Red Dress" (Radio Version) – 3:37
# "Red Dress" (radio version) – 3:37


*'''Extended play'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/red-dress-international-maxi/id134742762|title=Red Dress (International Maxi) – Sugababes|work=iTunes Store (GB)|publisher=Apple|accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref>
* '''Extended play'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/red-dress-international-maxi/id134742762|title=Red Dress (International Maxi) – Sugababes|work=iTunes Store (GB)|date=January 2006 |publisher=Apple|access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref>
#"Red Dress" (Radio Edit) – 3:37
# "Red Dress" (radio edit) – 3:37
#"Red Dress" (Cagedbaby Remix) – 5:08
# "Red Dress" (Cagedbaby remix) – 5:08
#"Red Dress" (Dennis Christopher Vocal Mix) – 7:16
# "Red Dress" (Dennis Christopher vocal mix) – 7:16
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*Guitars – Nick Coler, Shawn Lee
*Guitars – Nick Coler, Shawn Lee


Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''[[Overloaded: The Singles Collection]]''.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Overloaded: The Singles Collection|titlelink=Overloaded: The Singles Collection|others=[[Sugababes]]|year=2006|pages=13–14|type=album|publisher=[[Island Records|Universal Island Records]]|id=1712650}}</ref>
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''[[Overloaded: The Singles Collection]]''.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Overloaded: The Singles Collection|title-link=Overloaded: The Singles Collection|others=[[Sugababes]]|year=2006|pages=13–14|type=album|publisher=[[Island Records|Universal Island Records]]|id=1712650}}</ref>


==Charts==
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
===Weekly charts===
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|+Weekly chart performance for "Red Dress"
!scope="col"|Chart (2006)
!scope="col"|Chart (2006)
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!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Australia|22|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|accessdate=5 May 2011|refname="Australia"}}
{{single chart|Australia|22|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|access-date=5 May 2011|refname="Australia"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Austria|41|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="Austria"}}
{{single chart|Austria|41|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="Austria"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Flanders|35|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="Flanders"}}
{{single chart|Flanders|35|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="Flanders"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Czech Republic|61|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|year=2006|week=19|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="Czech Republic"}}
{{single chart|Czech Republic|61|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|year=2006|week=19|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="Czech Republic"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Denmark Airplay|14|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|year=2006|week=23|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="Denmark"}}
{{single chart|Denmark Airplay|14|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|year=2006|week=23|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="Denmark"|rowheader=true}}
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|-
!scope="row"|European Hot 100 ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sugababes|chart=European Hot 100}} |title=Sugababes – Chart History |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |date=25 March 2006 |accessdate=26 February 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6EiNdiMLw?url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/280930/sugababes/chart?page=10&f=349 |archivedate=26 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!scope="row"|European Hot 100 ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sugababes|chart=European Hot 100}} |title=Sugababes – Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=25 March 2006 |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6EiNdiMLw?url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/280930/sugababes/chart?page=10&f=349 |archive-date=26 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|14
|14
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Germany2|27|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|songid=150882|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="Germany"}}
{{single chart|Germany|27|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|songid=150882|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="Germany"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Hungarydance|22|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|year=2006|week=19|accessdate=3 August 2012|refname="Hungary Dance"}}
{{single chart|Hungarydance|22|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|year=2006|week=19|access-date=3 August 2012|refname="Hungary Dance"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Ireland2|12|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|accessdate=26 January 2020|refname="Ireland"}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|12|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|access-date=26 January 2020|refname="Ireland"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Dutch40|7|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|year=2006|week=15|accessdate=3 August 2012|refname="Dutch40"}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|7|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|year=2006|week=15|access-date=3 August 2012|refname="Dutch40"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Dutch100|10|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="Dutch100"}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="Dutch100"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|New Zealand|16|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="New Zealand"}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|16|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="New Zealand"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Norway|17|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="Norway"}}
{{single chart|Norway|17|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="Norway"|rowheader=true}}
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|-
!scope="row"|Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html|title=Romanian Top 100 Edition 538|publisher=[[Romanian Top 100]]|accessdate=3 January 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717022226/http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html|archivedate=17 July 2006}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html|title=Romanian Top 100 Edition 538|publisher=[[Romanian Top 100]]|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717022226/http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html|archive-date=17 July 2006}}</ref>
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Scotland|2|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|date=20060318|accessdate=12 October 2018}}
{{single chart|Scotland|2|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|date=20060318|access-date=12 October 2018|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|Switzerland|31|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="Switzerland"}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|31|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="Switzerland"|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"{{singlechart|UK|4|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|date=20060318|accessdate=30 March 2012|refname="UK"}}
{{single chart|UK|4|artist=Sugababes|song=Red Dress|date=20060318|access-date=30 March 2012|refname="UK"|rowheader=true}}
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===Year-end charts===
===Year-end charts===
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!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref name="Dutch40 Yearly">{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/top100/top100-2006.pdf |title=Top 100 2006 |publisher=Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40 |format=PDF |accessdate=6 November 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6BzfXOod5?url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/top100/top100-2006.pdf |archivedate= 7 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref name="Dutch40 Yearly">{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/top100/top100-2006.pdf |title=Top 100 2006 |publisher=Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|access-date=6 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004213440/http://www.top40.nl/pdf/top100/top100-2006.pdf |archive-date= 4 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|UK Singles (Official Charts Company)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2006.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2006|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|format=PDF|accessdate=12 October 2018}}</ref>
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2006.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2006|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 19:53, 22 November 2024

"Red Dress"
Single by Sugababes
from the album Taller in More Ways
B-side"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
Released6 March 2006
Recorded2005
StudioEden Studios, London, England
GenrePop
Length3:38
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sugababes singles chronology
"Ugly"
(2005) 		"Red Dress"
(2006) 		"Follow Me Home"
(2006)
Music video
"Sugababes - Red Dress" on YouTube

"Red Dress" is a song by British girl group Sugababes from their fourth studio album, Taller in More Ways (2005). The group's members wrote the song in collaboration with its producers, the British songwriting and production team Xenomania, based on the perception that women must expose their body to be noticed. "Red Dress" was released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2006 as the album's third single, and is the first to feature vocals by Amelle Berrabah, following the departure of Mutya Buena in December 2005. The Sugababes performed a cover of the Arctic Monkeys' song "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" as the single's B-side.

The song is an uptempo pop record that contains a sample from "Landslide", a Northern soul recording by Tony Clarke. It received positive reviews from critics, who commended its composition and Xenomania's contribution in particular. "Red Dress" peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, number seven on the Netherlands' Dutch Top 40 chart, and inside the top twenty on the singles charts of Ireland, New Zealand and Norway. The song's music video was directed by Tim Royes in January 2006 and features the group's members in red dresses. The Sugababes performed the single as part of the set lists for their Taller in More Ways, Overloaded: The Singles Collection and Change tours, and at the Liverpool Summer Pops and Oxegen Festival music festivals.

For the single release, the song was re-recorded to feature vocals from Berrabah. The 'single version' also features some re-recorded vocals from Buchanan and Range.

Background and composition

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Sugababes – "Red Dress"
A sample of the chorus of "Red Dress", which consists of keyboards, bass and guitars and features a girl power theme.[1][2]
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"Red Dress" was written by the Sugababes—Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Heidi Range—in collaboration with Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Shawn Lee, Lisa Cowling, and Bob Bradley, for the group's fourth studio album Taller in More Ways (2005).[1] According to Range, the song was inspired by the perception that women must expose their body to be noticed.[3] It was produced by Higgins and Xenomania, who also produced the album track "Ace Reject".[4] "Red Dress" was mixed by Jeremy Wheatley and Powell with assistance from Richard Edgeler, and programmed by Powell and Higgins.[1] The accompanying keyboards for the track were provided by Powell, Higgins, Tim Larcombe and Jon Shave. The bass was provided by Bradley, while the guitars were provided by Coler and Lee.[1] "Red Dress" was recorded by Dario Dendi at Eden Studios, London, with assistance from Chris Poulter and Zoe Smith.[1]

"Red Dress" is an uptempo pop song[2][4] with elements of funk.[2][5] Its instrumentation consists of keyboards, bass and guitars.[1] The song's main riff is sampled from "Landslide", a Northern soul recording by Tony Clarke.[2] "Red Dress" features two choruses,[6] as well as verses that are reminiscent of "Rapture" by American pop band Blondie.[7] Talia Kraines of BBC noted that the song has a "foot-tapping" vibe to it.[8] "Red Dress" features a girl power theme, and is lyrically about a woman who uses her sexuality to gain power over men.[2] The Sugababes repeatedly sing the line "Cause I'm cooler than the red dress" during the beginning of the song and in the first chorus.[1][2] Ross Hoffman of AllMusic noted that "Red Dress" is evocative of Xenomania's "frisky" productions for British girl group Girls Aloud.[9]

Release

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On 21 December 2005 it was announced that Buena had left the Sugababes.[10] Amelle Berrabah was revealed as her replacement one day later.[11] As a result of the line-up change, Taller in More Ways was re-released to feature Berrabah's vocals on three tracks, which included "Red Dress", "Gotta Be You" and "Follow Me Home".[9] "Red Dress" was subsequently chosen as the third single from the album.[12][13] Buena later revealed that she had been uncomfortable with the original version of the song after recording it, clarifying that she "absolutely hated" it. Upon hearing the new version with Berrabah, she became "quite happy they did it."[4] The song was released as a CD single and digital download on 6 March 2006 by Island Records.[14][15] It is featured on the Sugababes' greatest hits album, Overloaded: The Singles Collection (2006),[1] and the soundtrack for the 2006 film It's a Boy Girl Thing.[16] The Sugababes confirmed in January 2006 that the B-side to "Red Dress" would be a cover version of Arctic Monkeys' debut single "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", which replaced the group's 2005 single "Push the Button" at number one on the UK Singles Chart.[17] Upon the recording of the B-side, the Sugababes said: "When our bosses asked us to think of covers for the B-side, we knew which song we would all love to do."[18] Ben Thompson of The Observer praised Berrabah's "bluesy rasp" as a novelty,[19] while Jimmy Draper of Time Out wrote: "It transforms the punky rave-up into a disco stomper that could make even the staunchiest pop-hater get up and dance".[20]

Reception

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Critical response

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"Red Dress" received positive reviews from music critics. Stuart McCaighy of This Is Fake DIY described the song as "top of the range pop", and considered it an example that Xenomania "don't keep all their best songs for Girls Aloud."[21] Peter Robinson of The Observer called the track a "thumping tour de force from Xenomania", and noted that it "flirts vivaciously with pop songwriting convention".[6] A journalist from Virgin Media regarded "Red Dress" as an "irresistibly funky effort from the amorphous trio and their producers".[5] AllMusic critic K. Ross Hoffman praised the bassline sampled from Tony Clarke's "Landslide",[9] while Fiona Edwards of Digital Spy applauded the song's bass, beats, and chorus.[17] Nick Southall of Stylus Magazine described the song as an "up-tempo floor-filler" with a "maximalist stomp".[22] Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Joe Muggs praised "Red Dress" as a dancefloor hit;[23] similarly, Digital Spy critics Nick Levine and David Balls considered it one of the group's most danceable singles.[24] A journalist from The Scotsman characterised the track as "mechanically groovy",[25] while a Birmingham Mail critic described it as "a stomping anthem with attitude-drenched verses and killer chorus".[26] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian characterised "Red Dress" as a "brilliant, immaculately written pop song".[27] However, Andrew Mueller of the same publication called it "a lazy and rather too obvious retread" of the group's 2004 single, "In the Middle".[28]

Chart performance

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"Red Dress" debuted at number four on the UK Singles Chart in the issue dated 18 March 2006 with 18,210 copies sold.[29] It was the highest-ranked debut for that week.[29] Taller in More Ways subsequently became the first album by the Sugababes to produce three UK top-five hits.[30] "Red Dress" spent ten weeks on the chart and has sold 100,000 copies in the country, ranking as the group's fourteenth best-selling single in the UK.[31][32] The song debuted and peaked at number twelve on the Irish Singles Chart.[33] "Red Dress" appeared on the Dutch Top 40 chart at number nine, and peaked at number seven the following week for two non-consecutive weeks.[34] It was the chart's 66th best-performing single of 2006.[35] The single reached the top twenty on the charts in Denmark and Norway,[36][37] and the top forty on the charts in Belgium (Flanders),[38] Germany,[39] Hungary,[40] and Switzerland.[41] It reached number 41 on the Austrian Singles Chart, and number 61 on the Czech Singles Chart.[42][43] The song's performance throughout Europe allowed it to chart on the European Hot 100 Singles chart, where it peaked at number fourteen.[44] "Red Dress" debuted and peaked at number 22 on the Australian Singles Chart, where it charted for twelve weeks.[45] The single peaked at number sixteen on the New Zealand Singles Chart and was the group's third consecutive top-twenty hit in the country.[46] A writer from the Coventry Evening Telegraph noted that the line-up change did not affect the song's commercial performance.[47]

Promotion

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Music video

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Amelle Berrabah, Heidi Range and Keisha Buchanan wearing red dresses in the music video for "Red Dress".

The accompanying music video for "Red Dress" was directed by Tim Royes and filmed in January 2006.[48] Berrabah revealed details about the music video during an interview that was published on the group's official website, saying: "We're shooting the vid this week with director Tim Royce. We're really looking forward to it as there are going to be lots of costume changes. It's going to have a catwalk show theme with lots of mad outfits – very over the top and extravagant – we can't wait!"[48] Royes went on to direct the music video for Sugababes' single "Easy" in the same year.[49] The Sugababes wore endorsed hosiery in scenes for the video as part of their endorsement with Pretty Polly.[50]

The video begins with close-up shots of Berrabah, Buchanan and Range; all three are wearing red dresses, while Berrabah is also wearing a black mask. Buchanan drops two large, blue feathers on the floor and begins strutting. Berrabah later removes her mask and is shown lying on a red chair. The next scene shows all three members on a fluffy, white couch in hosiery; Range, Buchanan and Berrabah are wearing blue, pink and white tops, respectively. The trio begin strutting together in a linear motion, resembling a catwalk. Range is shown on a bubble chair, and later on a red floor, resting her leg on a disco ball. Throughout the video, the Sugababes continue to strut in red dresses, corresponding with the song's theme. The video ends with Range, Buchanan and Berrabah posing with their hands on their hips. The music video for "Red Dress" earned the Sugababes a 2006 Music Vision Award nomination.[51] The video peaked at number two on the UK TV airplay chart for three weeks.[52]

Live performances

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The Sugababes performed "Red Dress" in Turin, Italy, in February 2006 for Top of the Pops at the Winter Olympics.[53] To promote the song's release, they performed it on 6 March 2006 at the HMV store on Oxford Street, London.[54] The single appeared in the set list for the group's Taller in More Ways tour in 2006, and served as the shows' encore in conjunction with "Push the Button".[55] According to Craig Hope of Chronicle Live, the song "came amid a sea of manic applause".[55] "Red Dress" was featured in the set list for their 2007 tour in support of Overloaded: The Singles Collection.[56] The Sugababes performed the single at the Aintree Pavilion in July 2007 as part of the Liverpool Summer Pops music event.[57] It was the opening song of the gig,[58] and the trio was backed by a five-piece band.[57] The single was performed on 14 September 2007 during their gig at indig02, a live club for smaller music events.[59] Nick Levine of Digital Spy described the performance as "one of the night's pulsating highlights".[59]

The Rockamerica remix of "Red Dress", which is a mashup with Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 1984 single "Two Tribes", was included on the set list for the Sugababes' Change Tour in 2008 and in subsequent live performances.[60][61] Corresponding with the title of the song, the trio wore red, cellophane dresses for the performance.[61] Berrabah named the outfit one of her favourites to wear during the tour.[62] "Red Dress" was performed at the 2008 Oxygen Festival as part of a set list which included numerous of the group's previous singles.[63] In June 2009, the band performed "Red Dress" at the Cannock Chase Forrest as part of a 75-minute show,[64] and at Canterbury, Kent as the thirteenth song on the set list.[65] "Red Dress" was one of many songs that the group performed on 10 July 2009 at the Riverside Ground in County Durham, England.[66] The fourth line-up of the Sugababes, consisting of Range, Berrabah and Jade Ewen, performed the single in November 2010 at the Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi, as part of a set list.[67] The trio played the song in September 2011 during their gig at London's nightclub, G-A-Y,[68] in which they wore coordinating, pastel rubber outfits.[69][70]

The song was performed on the Sugababes UK tour in 2022, much to the surprise of Sugababes fans, due to Keisha and Mutya both stating they hated singing the song.

Formats and track listings

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Credits and personnel

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Recording
  • Recorded by Dario Dendi at Eden Studios, London
    • Assisted by Chris Poulter and Zoe Smith
Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Overloaded: The Singles Collection.[1]

Charts

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