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The Saturdays are a pop girl group formed in Britain in 2007, comprising of Frankie Sandford, Una Healy, Mollie King, Rochelle Wiseman and Vanessa White. Both Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman had previously worked together in the band S Club 8. The Saturdays made their recording debut in 2008 under the record label Fascination Records, a sub-division of Polydor Records. Their album, Chasing Lights, has produced four UK top ten singles: "If This Is Love", "Up", "Issues" and "Just Can't Get Enough" (the band's Comic Relief 2009 single). The band was chosen to release the 2009 Comic Relief single, "Just Can't Get Enough", a cover of the Depeche Mode original. This reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. The album 'Chasing Lights' was re-issued on 16 March 2009 to include this track. The band embarked on their first headlining UK tour, 'The Work Tour', in June 2009.
2008-2009: Chasing Lights
The Saturdays are signed to Fascination Records, a sub-label of Polydor Records. Their album, Chasing Lights, was recorded during May and June 2008 with input from multiple producers and writers, including Ina Wroldsen and Alex Cartana. The group supported Girls Aloud on their Tangled Up Tour before the release of their first single, "If This Is Love". The single was released in July 2008 and peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
The second single, "Up", was released in October 2008 and peaked at number 5. Also in October, the album Chasing Lights was released to generally mixed reviews. The album peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart. The third single, "Issues", was released in January 2009 and reached number four.
As well as supporting Girls Aloud, The Saturdays also supported The Jonas Brothers at their Hammersmith Apollo gig on 11 September. They also played at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball at the The O2 Arena in December. On 5 November they performed at Perez Hilton's One Night In Liverpool. And played at Cardiff's Gay Pride event. On the Christmas 2008 special of British Nickelodeon show Ross Lee's Ghoulies, The Saturdays made a special appearance.[1] They also guest starred in Hollyoaks Later on 18 September 2008 and on a short BBC show called myths. In December 2008 The Saturdays performed in Barnsley, as part of their Christmas lights switch on.
In January, the group released their fourth single, a cover of the Depeche Mode song "Just Can't Get Enough". It was released as one of the official Comic Relief 2009 singles, released on digital sales, 1 March, and on physical sales, 2 March. On 8 March 2009, the single peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, just behind Flo Rida's single Right Round, making this the first Comic Relief single not to reach number one since 1994. However, this is the band's best selling single to date and their highest charting single.[2] The song also was the girl's third consecutive top twenty hit in Ireland, breaking into the top ten at number 9 in its second week of release, giving them their first top ten single and their first top ten appearance in a foreign music market.
Source: Wikipedia
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