Hole in the Head

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“Hole in the Head”
Single by Sugababes from the album Three
B-side	"Who" "This Ain't a Party Thing"
Released	13 October 2003 3 November 2003 26 April 2004
Format	CD Single, vinyl single, digital download
Genre	Pop, dance-pop
Length	3:38
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Niara Scarlett, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range
Producer	Brian Higgins, Jeremy Wheatley
Sugababes singles chronology
"Shape" (2003) "Hole in the Head"' (2003) "Too Lost in You" (2003)
Overloaded: The Singles Collection track listing
"Run for Cover" (13) "Hole in the Head" (14) "Push the Button" (15)
Alternate cover
UK CD 2 cover
Audio sample
Info "Hole in the Head" (help·info)

"Hole in the Head" is a dance-pop song written by Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Niara Scarlett, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, and Heidi Range for the Sugababes' third studio album Three (2003). Co-produced by Higgins and Jeremy Wheatley, it was released to a positive reception from music critics as the album's lead single in October 2003.

While the song became the group's third number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart, it also peaked on top of the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart. It was the bands' first, and to date, only single to chart on the official American Billboard Hot 100 with a peak position of number 96.

Contents 1 Music video 2 Track listings and formats 3 Charts 4 Official versions and appearances 5 Cover versions 6 References

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Hole in the Head" was directed by Matthew Rolston and filmed on various locations in London in September 2003.

The video shows the girls wearing heavy make up and dancing around. They are also shown dating a rock band called Erased with whom they go to a gig with. The girls discover the band getting intimate with other girls during the show. In the end, while the band is performing in front of the crowd, the girls come out first grabbing the guys and throwing them off the stage and start damaging the instruments.

In America the video was slightly altered, with the shots of the band taken out and replaced with more individual and group shots in black and white.

[edit] Track listings and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Hole in the Head."

UK CD single 1

1. "Hole in the Head" - 3:38
2. "Who" - 3:47
3. "Hole in the Head" [Full Intention Vocal Mix] - 9:48
4. "Hole in the Head" [Video] - 3:38

UK CD single 2

1. "Hole in the Head" [Radio Edit] - 3:38
2. "This Ain't A Party Thing" - 4:00
3. "Hole in the Head" [Gravitas Clean Mix] - 8:27

US CD single

1. "Hole in the Head" [Radio Edit] - 3:38
2. "Hole in the Head" [Armand Van Helden Remix] - 7:33

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart[1]	25
Austrian Singles Chart[1]	5
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[1]	20
Danish Singles Chart[1]	1
Dutch Top 40[1]	3
Euro 200 Chart	3
Finnish Singles Chart[1]	11
German Singles Chart	9
Irish Singles Chart	2
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[1]	11
Norwegian Singles Chart[1]	2
Romanian Airplay Chart	53
Swedish Singles Chart[1]	7
Swiss Singles Chart[1]	8
UK Singles Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2]	96

[edit] Official versions and appearances

These are the official versions and remixes and the release they appear on, of:

"Hole in the Head"

Version	Release appearance
Radio Edit	"Hole in the Head" single,
Album Version	Three, "Hole in the Head" single, Overloaded: The Singles Collection
Full Intention Vocal Mix	"Hole in the Head" single, Overloaded: The Remix Collection
Gravitas Clean Mix	"Hole in the Head" single
Armand Van Helden Remix
Video	"Hole in the Head" single, Overloaded: The Videos Collection
Sessions at AOL	"Caught in a Moment" single, Overloaded: The Live Collection
Acoustic version	Overloaded: Napster Live Session
Live at V Festival	"Easy" single

[edit] Cover versions

• Ann & David Blake on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 2
• Sabrina Salerno when she took part in ITV's Hit Me Baby One More Time.

[edit] References

v • d • e Sugababes Keisha Buchanan · Heidi Range · Amelle Berrabah Siobhán Donaghy · Mutya Buena Studio albums One Touch · Angels with Dirty Faces · Three · Taller in More Ways · Change Compilation albums Overloaded: The Singles Collection Singles "Overload" · "New Year" · "Run for Cover" · "Soul Sound" · "Freak like Me" · "Round Round" · "Stronger"/"Angels with Dirty Faces" · "Shape" · "Hole in the Head" · "Too Lost in You" · "In the Middle" · "Caught in a Moment" · "Push the Button" · "Ugly" · "Red Dress" · "Follow Me Home" · "Easy" · Walk This Way" · "About You Now" · "Change" · "Denial" Other songs "Sing" with Annie Lennox · "My Love Is Pink" Tours Taller in More Ways Tour · Overloaded: The Singles Tour · Change Tour Related topics Discography · Songs · Island Records · London Records · Xenomania · Dallas Austin · Dr. Luke · Cathy Dennis · Richard X

Preceded by "Where Is the Love?" by Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake

UK number one single October 19, 2003 - October 26, 2003

Succeeded by Be Faithful by Fatman Scoop