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"Push the Button"
Song
B-side"Favourite Song",
"Like the Weather"

"Push the Button" is a pop song written by Dallas Austin, Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, and Heidi Range for the Sugababes' fourth studio album Taller in More Ways (2005). Produced by Austin, the song was released to positive reaction from music critics as the album's lead single in September 2005. It reached number one in Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, becoming the group's fourth number one single domestically. Thematically, the electro influenced pop song focuses upon how a girl tries to wrap a man around the little finger, prompting him to "push the button" instead of hesitating any longer.

In the UK the maxi CDs release was on September 26, 2005. The single was featured on the soundtrack for the 2006 romantic comedy It's a Boy/Girl Thing, and in a commercial for Tassimo coffee machines.

Music video

The music video for "Push the Button" was directed by American director Matthew Rolston and produced by Lindsay Turnham for Exposure Films.[8] It was filmed in various locations throughout Shepherds Bush, London in July 2005 and first aired in the United Kingdom in the week of September 12, 2005.[9] The video primarily focuses around Buena, Buchanan and Range dancing in an elevator for an extremely tall (and computer animated) building. "So there's Keisha, Heidi in a lift and on each floor that the lifts stops at, a different guy gets in, one for each of us," Mutya Buena told in an interview with the band's official website. "We end up with Mr 'Too Cool', Mr 'Perfect' and Mr 'Shy Guy' (Emrhys Cooper) and of course we flirt with them, tease them and push them away... all in a fun way." There is an uncensored version of the video, with extra footage in it. Buena is dancing on one of the men in a sexual manner, and Range bends over in front of another man.

Chart performance

"Push The Button" became the Sugababes' most successful single to date worldwide peaking at #1 the singles charts in the UK, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, Croatia, Serbia, Austria and Poland. "Push the button" also peaked at #2 in Germany with sales over 150,000 and also peaked at #2 in Norway, and #3 in Switzerland. The girls received their second 'best British single' nomination at the 2006 BRIT Awards, but lost the award to Coldplay's Speed of Sound. It has sold 420,982 copies in the UK.

"Push the Button" debuted at #24 and peaked at #3 in Australia, making it their highest charting Australian single and biggest hit. It was certified Platinum by ARIA making it their best selling Australian single ahead of "Round Round" which peaked at #13 in 2002, which was certified gold. The single was also a club hit in the United States. The song was also successful in France, a difficult market for the group in the past, peaking at #17 and where it is their highest peaking single to date. Also in Sweden, "Push the Button" peaked at #4 to become the Sugababes' most successful single to date. In the Netherlands, "Push the Button" peaked at #3 spending 23 weeks on the chart, and is tied with "Hole in the Head" as their biggest hit, which peaked at #3 in 2003.

Track listings and formats

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

UK CD single 1
  1. "Push the Button" - 3:37
  2. "Favourite Song" - 3:47
UK CD single 2 / International CD
  1. "Push the Button" - 3:37
  2. "Like the Weather" - 3:51
  3. "Push the Button" [DJ Prom Remix] - 8:13
  4. "Push the Button" [Video] - 3:37

Official versions and appearances

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

Version Release appearance
Album Version "Push the Button" single,
Taller in More Ways
Overloaded: The Singles Collection,
Change [French Version]
DJ Prom Remix "Push the Button" single
Overloaded: The Remix Collection
Video "Push the Button" single
Overloaded: The Videos Collection
Live at London Overloaded: The Live Collection
Acoustic version Overloaded: Napster Live Session

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[10] 1
Australian Singles Chart[10] 3
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart [10] 2
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[10] 33
Czech Singles Chart[11] 3
Danish Singles Chart[10] 3
Dutch Top 40[12] 3
Finnish Singles Chart[12] 8
French Singles Chart[12] 17
German Singles Chart[12] 2
Hungarian Singles Chart[13] 2
Irish Singles Chart[12] 1
Italian Singles Chart[10] 11
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[10] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[10] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[12] 4
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 3
UK Singles Chart[12] 1
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1

End Of Year Charts

Year Country Chart Ranking
2005 Germany IFPI #19[14]
2006 Australia ARIA #45[15]
Romania RT100 #60[16]

Certifications

Country Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Germany Gold [17]
Preceded by RIANZ (New Zealand) number-one single
23 January 2006 - February 13, 2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK number one single
October 8, 2005 - October 28, 2005 		Succeeded by
UK Download Chart number one single
October 5, 2005 - October 26, 2005 		Succeeded by
Irish Singles Chart number one single
October 6, 2005 - October 20, 2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Austrian Singles Chart number one single
October 16, 2005 - November 18, 2005 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "British silver certification for "Push the Button"". British Phonographic Industry. 26 September 2005. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
  2. ^ Austrian Certification
  3. ^ German certification
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ PDF Format, Swedish certification
  6. ^ Danish Certifications, 2006
  7. ^ Australian Awards
  8. ^ ""Push the Button" @ MVD-Base". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  9. ^ ""News from Mutya"". sugababes.com. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h ""SUGABABES - PUSH THE BUTTON (SONG)"". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  11. ^ Czech Singles Chart
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h ""Song performance"". A-Charts. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  13. ^ Hungarian Singles Chart Archives
  14. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2005
  15. ^ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20070120-0000/2006%20EOY%20Report.pdf
  16. ^ Romanian Top 100 - 2006
  17. ^ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank_beta/#topSearch
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