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| Push the Button | |||||
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| Single by Sugababes | |||||
| Album | Taller in More Ways | ||||
| Released | August 2, 2005 | ||||
| Recorded | 2004 | ||||
| Genre(s) | Electropop, R&B | ||||
| Length | 3:36 | ||||
| Label(s) | Island | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Dallas Austin, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range | ||||
| Producer(s) | Dallas Austin | ||||
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| Music video | |||||
 "Push the Button" on YouTube |
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"Push the Button" is a song recorded by English girl group Sugababes. It was released on August 2, 2005 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Taller in More Ways.
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Push the Button" | 3:36 | |
| 2. | "Like the Weather" | 3:51 | |
| 3. | "Push the Button" (DJ Prom Remix) | 8:13 |
Music video[]
The music video for "Push the Button" was directed by American director Matthew Rolston, who collaborated with the Sugababes on the videos for their singles "Hole in the Head" and "In the Middle", and was produced by Lindsay Turnham for Exposure Films.[1] It was filmed in Shepherd's Bush, London, in 18-20 July 2005.[2][3][1] The men who appear in the video are models and dancers, and were selected based on their dancing ability.[4] Buena described the video as "really cheeky" and stated that it "turned out really great in the end".[3] Some clips were removed from the final product because of their sexual content,[4][5] although Buchanan admitted that she wanted it to be more suggestive.[5]
The video features Range, Buchanan and Buena emerging from a lift onto separate floors of a tall building, the lift having been called by unsuspecting men.[6] Range arrives on the floor of the first man, described by Buena as 'Mr Shy Guy', and the two begin flirting with each other.[3] Buchanan opens the lift door to see, the second man, 'Mr Too Cool' and Buchanan is shown flirting and dancing with him. Buena emerges from the lift to find 'Mr Perfect', the third man.[6] Buena takes his folded umbrella and throws it away, and soon begins flirting with him.[6] Template:Quote box
Towards the end of the video, Range bends over 'Mr Shy Guy' in a seductive manner, Buchanan pushes 'Mr Too Cool' to the floor, and Buena gives 'Mr Perfect' a lap dance.[6] The Sugababes are shown dancing in the lift throughout the video.[6] Daily Mirror's Gavin Martin wrote that they "throw caution aside and present themselves as voracious maneaters" in the video.[5] He compared Buchanan's dancing to that of American girl group Destiny's Child in the video for their single "Bootylicious".[5] Madeline Crisp of the same publication described the Sugababes as having a "60s look".[7] The video peaked at number one on the UK TV Airplay chart for two consecutive weeks.[8] In Australia, the clip reached number three on Rage's top 50 video countdown.[9]
Other versions[]
- Rag'n'Bone Man re-recorded his own version of the song and will be released in 2022.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite AV media notes
- ↑ Wiki – Push the Button — Sugababes.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 News from Mutya. sugababes.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hayden, Jackie (4 January 2006). And baby makes three. Hot Press. Niall Stokes.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Martin, Gavin (23 September 2005). "Sugababes are back and their hot new video proves they're just as sexy as ever". Daily Mirror. https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-136524809.Template:Subscription required
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Template:Cite video
- ↑ Crisp, Madeline (13 December 2005). "Glamour on a budget". Daily Mirror. https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-139708007.Template:Subscription required
- ↑ TV airplay chart: Sugababes and Pussycat Dolls rules, but Robbie Williams makes the biggest move, straight in at four with Tripping. Music Week (1 October 2005).Template:Subscription required
- ↑ Playlist. Rage. ABC (14 January 2006).