My Love Is Pink

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"My Love Is Pink"
Promotional single by Sugababes
from the album Change
Released10 December 2007 (2007-12-10)
Genre
Length3:44
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

"My Love Is Pink" is a song by English

Slovakian Singles Chart
.

Background and composition

"My Love Is Pink"
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"My Love Is Pink" was written by Sugababes members

mixed by Powell and Higgins; programmed it with Cooper and Gray.[1] "My Love Is Pink" was sent to digital retailers in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 10 December 2007 as the second single from Change.[2]

The song is an

uptempo[3] dance-pop and electropop record with a high-energy dance beat.[4] The instrumentation is provided by keyboards and a guitar.[1] Nick Levine of Digital Spy described it as a "slightly unhinged handbag anthem operating at the point where nineties dance and noughties electro collide".[5] Several critics noted similarities between the song and those performed by British girl group, Girls Aloud.[6][7] "My Love Is Pink" was also considered by critics to be a gay anthem.[4][8][9]

Reception

The Sugababes performing live during the Change Tour in 2008.

The song received mixed reviews from critics, who were ambivalent towards its composition. Thomas H Green of

The Liverpool Daily Post & Echo considered it one of the album's highlights.[7][14]

However, the song's lyrics were a focal point for criticism. Andy Gill of

Slovakian Singles Chart.[19]

Live performances

"My Love Is Pink" was included in the set list for the Sugababes' 2008 Change Tour, in which they wore silver, plastic dresses.[20] The trio performed the song at the Oxegen 2008 festival as part of a set list, which included their number one singles "Freak like Me", "Round Round", "Hole in the Head", "Push the Button" and "About You Now".[21]

Track listings and formats

  • Digital single/CD-R Promo[2]
  1. My Love Is Pink (Radio Version) – 3:44

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Change, Island Records.[1]

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[22] 51
UK Commercial Pop Club (Music Week)[18] 5

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Ireland 10 December 2007 Digital download[2] Island Records
United Kingdom

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Change (album). Sugababes. Universal Island Records. 2007. pp. 13–14. 1747641.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b c "My Love Is Pink" was digitally released in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 10 December 2007:
  3. ^ "Sugababes – Change". Maidenhead Advertiser. Baylis Media. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ^
    Trinity Mirror
    . Retrieved 15 September 2012. (subscription required)
  5. ^ Levine, Nick (9 October 2007). "Sugababes: 'Change'". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  6. ^ a b Young, Tom (8 October 2007). "Sugababes Change Review". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  7. ^ a b Polonowski, Colin (22 November 2007). "Sugababes – Change". The Digital Fix. Poisonous Monkey. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b Murphy, Lauren (12 November 2007). "Sugababes – Change". Entertainment Ireland. Entertainment Media Networks. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  9. ^
    Johnston Publishing. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original
    on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  10. ^ Green, Thomas H (6 October 2007). "Pop CDs of the week". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  11. Guardian News & Media. Archived
    from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  12. News International. Archived from the original
    on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  13. The Sunday Herald. Newsquest. Archived from the original
    on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2012. (subscription required)
  14. Liverpool Daily Post & Echo
    . Trinity Mirror. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2012. (subscription required)
  15. Independent News & Media. Archived
    from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  16. ^ Bruce, Keith (6 October 2007). "Change Sugababes". The Sunday Herald. Newsquest. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2012. (subscription required)
  17. ^ Murphy, Peter (23 October 2007). "Change". Hot Press. Niall Stokes. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  18. ^ a b Jones, Alan (1 March 2008). "Datafile Club Charts". Music Week. p. 19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  19. ^ "SNS IFPI". IFPI Slovakia. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  20. ^ "Sugababes review: The new material girls". The Scotsman. Johnston Publishing. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  21. IPC Media. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original
    on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  22. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200835 into search. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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