Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)

"Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)"
Single by The Cheeky Girls
from the album Partytime
B-side	Remix
Released	9 December 2002
Format	CD single, CD maxi, cassette, 12" vinyl
Genre	Pop
Label	Multiply
The Cheeky Girls singles chronology
"Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (2002) "Take Your Shoes Off (song)

"Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" is a 2002 single by Popstars The Rivals contestants The Cheeky Girls. The song was released while the show was still running, on 9 December 2002, and was later included on their debut album PartyTime. It spent four non-consecutive weeks at number two in the UK Singles Chart in December 2002 and January 2003.^[1] The song was also successful in the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders) and Japan where it hit the top ten; however, it was a failure in Australia where it entered the chart at a peak of 59, and did not chart at all in either Canada or the United States. The single would become one of the most popular songs to come out of a reality show and sold close to a million copies. Despite its success, the song was voted the worst pop record of all time in a Channel 4 poll, in January 2004.^[2]

Track listings

CD single

1. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (radio edit) – 3:21
2. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (clubstar remix) – 6:09

CD maxi

1. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (radio edit) – 3:21
2. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (Christmas remix) – 3:30
3. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (clubstar remix) – 6:09
4. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (LMC remix) – 5:18
5. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (video)

12" maxi

1. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (radio edit)
2. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (extended original mix)
3. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (LMC remix)
4. "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" (clubstar remix)

Charts and sales

Peak positions Chart (2002/03) Peak position Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 59 Belgium (Flanders) Singles Chart[4] 4 Belgium (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 50 Dutch Top 40[5] 6 Finnish Singles Chart[4] 16 French SNEP Singles Chart[4] 19 German Singles Chart[6] 52 Irish IRMA Singles Chart[7] 12 Japan Singles Chart 6 Swedish Singles Chart[4] 28 Swiss Singles Chart[4] 73 UK Singles Chart[8] 2

End of year charts End of year chart (2003) Position Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[9] 33 Dutch Top 40[5] 98 Certifications Country Certification Date Sales certified[10] UK[11] Silver 2 December 2002 200,000

See also

• 2002 in British music charts
• List of songs considered the worst

References

1. ^ UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
2. ^ "100 worst pop records". Channel 4. http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_records/results.html. Retrieved 25 November 2009. 
3. ^ "Australian Singles Chart, issue 677" (PDF). Pandora. 7 March 2003. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030307-0000/Issue677.pdf. Retrieved 25 November 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f} ""Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)", in various singles charts". Lescharts. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=5455&cat=s. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Single top 100 over 2003" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%202003.pdf. Retrieved 3 May 2010. 
6. ^ "The Cheeky Girls singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/CHEEKY+GIRLS%2CTHE/single. Retrieved 3 May 2010. 
7. ^ "Irish Singles Chart, database". Irishcharts. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
8. ^ ""Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)", UK Singles Chart". Chartstats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=30485. Retrieved 12 January 2009. 
9. ^ "2003 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (in Dutch). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2003. Retrieved 1 December 2009. 
10. ^ "Certification for every country in the world". IFPI. http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2009. 
11. ^ "UK certifications, database". Bpi. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 1 December 2009.