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LYRICS:
Cooler than the red dress Cos I'm cooler Cos I'm cooler Cos I'm cooler than the red dress Cos I'm cooler Cos I'm cooler A girl's entitled to flaunt To get what she wants Can't say that it's wrong No baby A man's not a boy can't you see We're pulling the strings We're taking the lead And when you're sure You'll never let her play you again She'll put on your favourite smile Unplug the phone to get you alone, Dirty dance Her hips will send you into a trance Cos I'm cooler than the red dress I'd rather catch a guy on my own (Give me credit) 'Cos what you see the man gets (Don't forget it) And if he don't I'm better off here alone Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Don't need candlelight to make you stay over I'm giving it up now, baby If that's what I gotta do just to own you I'm giving it up now maybe (To you) I've played the desperate lady Jumped through all of the hoops boy Instead of constant craving I leave the chasing to you And if you don't respect it I'll kick with my Jimmy Choos Cos boy if you don't love me Then I've got nothing to lose Cos I've been down this roads before I should have known that I was to blame Won't put on your Favourite smile Unplug the phone to get you alone, dirty dance That's not the way I get my romance Cos I'm cooler than the red dress I'd rather catch a guy on my own Cos what you see the man gets And if he don't I'm better off here alone (Save your kisses) Cos I'm cooler than the red dress (Do you get it) I'd rather catch a guy on my own (Give me credit) Cos what you see the man gets (Don't forget it) And if he don't I'm better off here alone Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Don't need candlelight to make you stay over I'm giving it up now baby If that's what I gotta do just to own you I'm giving it up now baby Don't need candlelight to make you stay over (Right now) I'm giving it up now baby If that's what I gotta do just to own you (Own you, own you baby) I'm giving it up now maybe So don't call me baby (Cooler than the red dress) So don't call me baby (Cooler than the red dress)
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INFORMATION:
x appears on: Taller In More Ways (2005) Red Dress (2006) CD-S
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Written by: Buchanan/Buena/Range/Xenomania. x "Red Dress" was the first Sugababes single with Amelle Berrabah, who re-recorded parts of the song, after the departure of Mutya Buena.
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The main riff of the song is sampled from "Landslide", recorded by Tony Clarke.
REVIEWS: x (...) 'Red Dress' is a thumping tour de force from Xenomania, the hitmakers behind signature Sugababes hits 'Round Round' and 'Hole in the Head'. Not unexpectedly, it flirts vivaciously with pop songwriting convention, boasting not one but two killer choruses. Peter Robinson
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The Sugababes are getting as bad as Oasis once were, what with losing
all these original members. Keisha may be the only original 'babe left in the
line up now, but it's still business as usual for one of the few manufactured groups
it's cool to like.
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Xenomania are a production house in every way. Each sound is tailored to their singers. That's why generally they co-write when an artist commissions them for a part-work on their album. Each production tic and melody is designed to work with that singer. That's why Nothing Good About This Goodbye had to be tweaked and sped up for it to work with Rachel Stevens, or why Here We Go had to be made less plastic-rock to work for Girls Aloud. Interplay of textures. Aligment of sound with word. Attention to detail and precision. x (...) the monstrously funky "Red Dress," a Xenomania track reminiscent of their frisky Girls Aloud productions, that makes excellent use of a rejiggered horn section sampled from a '60s Northern soul cut ("Landslide" by Tony Clarke). Ross Hoffman x 'Red Dress' is top of the range pop (...), demonstrating that Xenomania don't keep all their best songs for Girls Aloud. Stuart McCaighy x Re-recorded to replace all trace of the departed Mutya with sparkly new member Amelle Berrabah, Red Dress is an irresistibly funky effort from the amorphous trio and their producers - good enough, in fact, to erase all memory of its disappointing predecessor, Ugly. On first impression it sounds rather like they've swiped a large leaf from Girls Aloud's book, which is probably why we love it - shedloads of quirky sassiness mix with an infectious, fuzzy bassline, borrowed from Tony Clarke's Northern Soul classic Landslide. It's little surprise, then, to find that Xenomania, the team behind Girls Aloud's many hits, are the production force behind this single. Virgin.net LINKS: x video on YouTube x Wikipedia page
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