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"Ugly"
Song
B-side"Come Together"
"Future Shokk!"

"Ugly" is a pop song performed by British pop group Sugababes. It was written and produced by Dallas Austin for the band's fourth studio album. It is also the last song to feature founding member Mutya Buena. While the song peaked within the top 10 in the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom, "Ugly" entered the top twenty on the majority of all other charts it appeared on.

In August 2005, the track premiered on Chris Moyles' radio show on BBC Radio One, just presented as one of two tracks (next to "Push the Button") from the upcoming Sugababes album. However, the track was fancied as a second single, even before "Push the Button" was released on CD. In the UK "Ugly" maxi CD was released on December 5th, 2005.

Music video

The music video for "Ugly" is set in a warehouse in New York City which appears as if it is being used for auditions for different acts. It premiered November 12 , 2005.

The video features many different people of different ages and races displaying many different talents, corresponding with the theme of the song. It also shows the 2009 nominee of Mr Ugly UK (Kazim Mamun) who will be taking part in World's Ugliest Man competition in Bangladesh. The girls also hold up signs reading "Taller In More Ways". The video happens to be the last video of Mutya Buena as a Sugababe.

Chart performance

"Ugly" performed moderately well across the world, and continued the success achieved by its predecessor "Push The Button" entering the top twenty on the majority of charts it entered. "Ugly" entered the UK singles chart at #3 becoming the group's second consecutive top 3 hit, and remains one of the group's biggest hits in the UK to date. "Ugly" spent 15 weeks in the UK top 75 and has sold a final number of 166,315 copies, certified Silver by BPI.

In Ireland, "Ugly" peaked at #7 and became the group's second consecutive top 10 hit from the Sugababes' fourth studio album, "Taller In More Ways". In Australia, "Ugly" debuted at #16 on the singles chart becoming the group's highest debut to date, and descended to #17 in its third week. However eventually peaked at #13 in its fourth week, tying it with "Round, Round" as the girls' second biggest hit there, and ended as the year's 88th highest seller. In New Zealand, "Ugly" debuted at #7 on the New Zealand RIANZ singles chart and peaked at #5 in its third week, becoming the album's second and final top 5 hit. "Ugly" peaked at #2 on the Polish Singles Chart, where it is the song's highest peak worldwide.

In Denmark, "Ugly" peaked at #4 on the Danish Singles Chart, and in Norway, "Ugly" peaked at #7. "Ugly" has also peaked at #8 in Finland and the Czech Republic. In Austria, "Ugly" peaked at #14 giving the girls their second consecutive top twenty hit from the album. "Ugly" has also peaked at #18 on the Swedish singles chart, and #19 on the Swiss singles chart.

Track listings and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Ugly."

UK CD single 1
  1. "Ugly" (Radio Edit) - 3:02
  2. "Come Together" - 3:52
UK CD single 2/International CD single
  1. "Ugly" - 3:53
  2. "Future Shokk!" (Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, Lucas Secon, Maryann Morgan) - 4:05
  3. "Ugly" [The Desert Eagle Discs Remix] - 4:13
  4. "Ugly" [Suga Shaker Vocal Mix] - 5:42
  5. "Ugly" [Video] - 3:02
UK CD Promo[1]
  1. "Ugly" (Radio Edit) - 3:02
UK CDr Promo Single[2]
  1. "Ugly" (Radio Edit) - 3:02
  2. "Ugly" (Suga Shaker Vocal Mix) - 5:42
  3. "Ugly" (Suga Shaker Dub Mix) - 9:05
  4. "Ugly" (Le Doux Remix) - 4:57
  5. "Ugly" (Club Suga Mix) - 5:14
  6. "Ugly" (The Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Vocal) - 4:13
  7. "Ugly" (The Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Instrumental) - 4:12
UK 12" Promo 1[3]

Side A

  1. "Ugly" (Suga Shaker Vocal Mix) - 5:44
  2. "Ugly" (Suga Shaker Dub Mix) - 9:05

Side B

  1. "Ugly" (Le Doux Remix) - 5:40
  2. "Ugly" (Club Suga Mix) - 5:26
UK 12" Promo 2[4]

Side A

  1. "Ugly" (The Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Vocal) - 4:11

Side B

  1. "Ugly" (The Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Instrumental) - 4:11

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[5] 13
Austrian Singles Chart[5] 14
Croatian Singles Chart 2
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[5] 13
Czech Singles Chart 8
Danish Singles Chart[5] 4
Dutch Top 40[5] 7
Finnish Singles Chart[5] 8
German Singles Chart[5] 26
Irish Singles Chart[5] 7
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[5] 5
Norwegian Singles Chart[5] 9
Romanian Top 100 21
Swedish Singles Chart[5] 18
Swiss Singles Chart[5] 19
UK Singles Chart[5] 3

Official versions and appearances

These are the official versions and remixes and the release they appear on, of "Ugly".

Version Release appearance
Album Version Taller in More Ways
"Ugly" single
Overloaded: The Singles Collection
Change [French Version]
The Desert Eagle Discs Remix "Ugly" single
Suga Shaker Vocal Mix "Ugly" single
Overloaded: The Remix Collection
Le Doux Remix "Ugly" single
Video "Ugly" single
Overloaded: The Videos Collection
Acoustic version Overloaded: The Live Collection
Overloaded: Napster Live Session

References

  1. ^ Sugababes - Ugly
  2. ^ Sugababes - Ugly
  3. ^ Sugababes - Ugly
  4. ^ Sugababes - Ugly
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m ""Song performance"". A-Charts. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
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