Life Got Cold

Infobox Single
Name = Life Got Cold

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Artist = Girls Aloud
from Album = Sound of the Underground
B-side = "Girls On Film" "Lights, Music, Camera, Action"
Released = August 18, 2003
Format = CD single, Cassette
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Pop rock, Ballad
Length = 3:55
Label = Polydor
Writer = Miranda Cooper Lisa Cowling Nick Coler Brian Higgins Xenomania
Producer = Xenomania
Last single = "No Good Advice" (2003)
This single = ""Life Got Cold" (2003)
Next single = "Jump" (2003)Extra tracklisting
Album = Sound of the Underground
Type = studio
prev_track = "All I Need (All I Don't)"
prev_no = 4
this_track = ""Life Got Cold"
track_no = 5
next_track = "Mars Attack"
next_no = 6
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = The Sound of Girls Aloud
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Wake Me Up"
prev_no = 9
this_track = ""Life Got Cold"
track_no = 10
next_track = "Something Kinda Ooooh"
next_no = 11Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = UK CD 2 coverAudiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = Life Got Cold
Audio file= LifeGotColdSample.ogg

"Life Got Cold" was the third single released by UK pop group Girls Aloud from their debut album "Sound of the Underground". It was their third consecutive top three hit in the UK, and the third top two hit in Ireland.

Release and reception

"Life Got Cold" was not the original choice for the group's third single. Polydor Records originally chose "Some Kind of Miracle" but that plan was dropped after a huge fan response to this release. "Life Got Cold" was released in the United Kingdom on August 18 2003. The single featured a cover of the Duran Duran song "Girls On Film" as the b-side, as well as remixes. The cassette features "Lights, Music, Camera Action" as a b-side.

Many reviewers criticised the track, alluding that the riff of the chorus ripped off the 1995 Oasis hit "Wonderwall". A BBC review called the song a "charming ballad", but also stated "part of the chorus sounds like it is going to turn into Wonderwall by Oasis." [ cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3051139.stm | title=Girls Aloud trounce pop rivals | publisher=BBC News | date=2003-05-23 | accessdate=2008-02-25 ] A source told "The Sun" that Girls Aloud "are all big Oasis fans so I’m sure they won’t mind comparisons with their classic love song." [ cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/popstars/a11413/new-girls-aloud-track-borrowed.html | title=New Girls Aloud track borrowed | publisher=Digital Spy | date=2003-07-24 | accessdate=2008-02-25 ]

The song was given a reggae reworking for the .

Music video

The music video for "Life Got Cold" depicted the band members frozen or in stunted movement wandering around an abandoned city setting. Both group and individual shots are shown in various scenes, including an abandoned bus, a kitchen, an alley, and a street curb.

Track listings and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Life Got Cold".

Charts

"Life Got Cold" debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart. [ cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_3178000/3178349.stm | title=Fame Academy's Lemar dances in at two | publisher=CBBC Newsround | date=2003-08-24 | accessdate=2008-02-25 ] The song spent a total of nine weeks in the top seventy-five. cite web | url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=31119 | title=Life Got Cold | work=ChartStats.com | accessdate=2008-06-02 ]

References