Hook Me Up
Hook Me Up | ||||
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Released | 3 November 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
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Length | 41:19 | |||
Label | Sire | |||
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Singles from Hook Me Up | ||||
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Hook Me Up is the second
Writing and development
The album was mainly written and recorded in the girls' home in
In the song "Take Me on the Floor", the girls state that they "want to kiss a girl". Lisa states "Yeah, there's a sexual undertone to that song, but when we were writing it we were thinking about having fun, going to a club, being on the dancefloor. You can interpret it how you like."[5] Jessica stated:
It would have been so easy to have made a record just like the first, with unison voices on the verse and chorus. It worked for us on the first record; it became a trademark sound. Not degrading it, we loved it, but at some point you have to grow as an artist or you get stuck.[5]
According to Lisa:
We made that record [The Secret Life Of...] two years ago. It would be so dated to do it again. I feel we're staying current but staying ourselves. It was a natural progression. We wanted a challenge, to take it somewhere new. People had become used to our sound. Other artists released that sound using songs we'd written. We get asked, "Did you get pushed into this sound?" We were doing the pushing![5]
Critical reception and commercial performance
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Hook Me Up was commercially successful in Australia and New Zealand. In November 2007, it debuted at number two on the Australian
The album made its first appearance on the U.S.
Singles
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"Untouched" was released as the second single in Australia and as the lead single in New Zealand, North America and Europe. It was received well peaking at number two in Australia[28] and making their Billboard Hot 100 debut in the charts peaking at number twelve.[29] It also peaked at number nine in New Zealand,[30] number eight in the UK[31] and became their first number one hit, outside of Australia, in Ireland.[32] The song was also nominated for the ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Single.[27]
"This Love" was released as the third single in Australia and second single in New Zealand. The single reached number ten in Australia[33] and number fourteen in New Zealand.[34]
"Take Me on the Floor" was released as the fourth single in Australia, the third single in New Zealand and the second single in the United States and Canada. In Australia it became their fourth consecutive top ten hit from the album peaking at number seven.[35] It also peaked at number twenty-nine in New Zealand,[36] number fifty-four in Canada.[37] and number eighty-one in the US.[37]
"Popular" was released as the fifth single in Australia. The single only received airplay and didn't chart on the ARIA Charts Top 50 singles but peaked at number eleven on the Australian Airplay Chart.[38]
"4ever" was released as the album's second single in the UK and Ireland and re-released as the third single in the US. The single has so far peaked at number 17 in the UK[39] and number 20 in Ireland.[40]
Promotion
The Veronicas made several TV appearances around the world to promote the album including So You Think You Can Dance in
They have also filmed an episode of 90210 called Zero Tolerance where they performed Untouched[52] and also performed the song at the Miss USA 2009 pageant.[53] "Untouched," alongside their songs "Popular" and "Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were)" have all appeared on the reality series The Hills.[54][55]
The album received further promotion when they embarked on their They were also supposed to tour with Morningwood in 2009, but the tour fell through.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Untouched" | Gad | 4:14 | |
2. | "Hook Me Up" |
| Wells | 2:56 |
3. | "This Is How It Feels" |
| Gad | 4:12 |
4. | "This Love" |
| Gad | 2:59 |
5. | "I Can't Stay Away" |
| 3:26 | |
6. | "Take Me on the Floor" |
| Gad | 3:30 |
7. | "I Don't Wanna Wait" |
| Feldmann | 2:59 |
8. | "Popular" |
| Gad | 2:44 |
9. | "Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were)" |
| Gad | 3:42 |
10. | "Someone Wake Me Up" |
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| 3:33 |
11. | "All I Have" |
| Gad | 3:12 |
12. | "In Another Life" |
| Gad | 3:47 |
Total length: | 41:16 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Goodbye to You" | Zackery Holt Smith | Gad | 3:12 |
Total length: | 44:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Change the World" |
| Feldmann | 3:07 |
15. | "4ever" |
| 3:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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16. | "Everything I'm Not" |
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| 3:21 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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16. | "Everything" |
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| 3:20 |
17. | "Don't Say Goodbye" (featuring Tania Doko) |
| Gad | 2:54 |
18. | "Untouched" (Listen Deep Remix) |
| Gad | 4:32 |
19. | "Untouched" (music video) | 3:43 |
Personnel
- The Veronicas
- Jessica Origliasso – lead vocals, background vocals, writer, main artist
- Lisa Origliasso – lead vocals, background vocals, writer, main artist
- Additional personnel
- Jeff Aldrich – A&R
- programming, guitar
- Matt Appleton – engineering
- Joel Bajrech – logo design
- Dean Butterworth – drums
- Donny Campion – beats
- string arrangement, percussion
- Jens Gad – drums
- mastering
- Chris Garcia – digital editing
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
- Gersh – drum tech
- Michael Goldstone – A&R
- Nick Haussling – A&R Coordinator
- Brandon Kilgour – mixing
- Steve Martin – programming
- Kyle Moorman – engineering
- Erik Ron – engineering
- Carlotta Moye – photography
- Drew Pearson – recording
- Scott Roewe – Pro Tools, logic tech
- Dave Russell – mixing
- Billy Steinberg – production
- Stuart Stuart – vocal production
- Stephen Walker – design
- Fabien Waltmann – programming
- Greg Wells – production, mixing, programming, piano, beats
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[71] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[72] | Gold | 7,500^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
The album was made available for pre-order on the Australian iTunes Music Store on 16 October 2007. It includes a digital booklet, the music video for the single "Hook Me Up" and a track by track commentary by the Veronicas. It was released as a compact disc in Australia on 3 November 2007. The group recently posted a message on their Myspace page stating that the album will be released in the U.S. in May 2008.[73] It was added to pre-order on iTunes, where it release was stated to 13 May, with a bonus track, a cover of Scandal's "Goodbye to You." In June 2008, it was added to Amazon on the "First to know," and it means a physical release on the U.S. Fansite lovetheveronicas.com reports that the album will have a physical CD release on 16 September 2008.
In a recent YouTube message,[when?] the Veronicas confirmed that the U.S. release of Hook Me Up has been pushed up and is now going to release on 26 August 2008. The clean version of the American release was released on 9 September In America, a recent YAZ Birth Control Commercial uses the track "Goodbye to You." The UK release was originally scheduled for 22 June, but was bumped back to 21 September, then again to 5 October,[74] after the Veronicas announced plans to release a second UK single, "4ever" following the success of "Untouched".
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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Australia | 3 November 2007 | Sire Records | CD, digital download | 9362499015 |
New Zealand | 7 April 2008 | Warner Bros. Records
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CD, digital download | 9362499154 |
Chile | 12 May 2008 | Sire Records | CD, digital download | |
Canada | 20 January 2009 | Sire Records | CD | 2395260 |
United States | 13 May 2008 | Sire Records | Digital download | 395260 |
26 August 2008 | CD | |||
9 June 2009 | Re-issue CD | |||
Brazil | 27 March 2009[75] | Warner Music | CD | 9362498923 |
Japan | 14 April 2009[76] | Pony Canyon | CD | |
Italy | 3 April 2009 | Warner Music | CD | |
France | 6 April 2009[77] | Warner Music | CD | |
Mexico | 23 June 2009 | Warner Music | CD | 093624989233 |
UK | 12 October 2009[74] | Warner Music | CD, digital download | 9362497101 |
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