Love Machine (Girls Aloud song)

Infobox Single
Name = Love Machine

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Artist = Girls Aloud
from Album =
What Will the Neighbours Say?
B-side = "Androgynous Girls"
Released = September 13, 2004
Format = CD single, 7" picture disc
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Dance Pop, Jazz pop
Length = 3:27
Label = Polydor
Writer = Miranda Cooper
Brian Higgins
Tim Powell
Nick Coler
Lisa Cowling
Myra Boyle
Shawn Lee
Producer = Xenomania
Last single = "The Show"
(2004)
This single = "Love Machine"
(2004)
Next single = "I'll Stand by You"
(2004)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = The Sound of Girls Aloud
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Sound of the Underground"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Love Machine"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Biology"
next_no = 3Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki

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Lower caption = UK Maxi CD coverAudiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = Love Machine
Audio file= LoveMachineSample.ogg

"Love Machine" was the sixth single by pop group Girls Aloud, and the second to be taken from their second album "What Will the Neighbours Say?". The single was released on 13 September, 2004. In December 2006, it was claimed by a Nokia report to be the second most 'exhilarating' song ever, after Song 2 by Blur. [ cite web | url=http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=4333590&p=43336x5&n=4333682 | title=Verve song the saddest, says scientist | publisher=IOL | date=2006-12-11 | accessdate=2008-01-10 ]

Release and reception

An early demo of "Love Machine" was included on the Popjustice compilation album ; this version was sung by Cheryl Cole and Nadine Coyle and features radically different lyrics from the released versions, even excluding the phrase "Love Machine".Fact|date=February 2008

On the Chemistry Tour just before the second chorus of the song, there was an interlude. The girls sang "1 Thing" by Amerie. After the interlude the girls carried on from where they left off in the song. There was a similar interlude on , where a big band breakdown was included, in which Cheryl disrupted the routine by taking a swig of champagne.

The song has become one of their most popular singles, and was well received by critics. The Guardian called the song a "perfect example of Xenomania's uniquely rousing approach to pop." [ cite web | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,11712,1359307,00.html | title=Girls Aloud, What Will The Neighbours Say? | publisher=The Guardian | date=2004-11-26 | accessdate=2008-02-28 ] A reviewer for Virgin Media said that the song's "bouncy drums, perky guitars and ditsy lyrics will probably cause a seizure." They also added that "it sounds so unlike anything else in the charts right now...proving once again that they're still one of the most exciting bands in pop right now." [cite web | url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/singlereviews/girlsaloud_lovemachine.php | title=Girls Aloud - Love Machine - Single reviews | publisher=Virgin Media | date=2004-09-13 | accessdate=2008-02-28 ]

Music video

The video for "Love Machine" takes place in the fictitious Eskimo Club, a nightclub which the band members, dressed for a night on the town, enter.

Though Cheryl initially sets her eye on a musician at the club, the girls make their way to a table. However, they are soon distracted by the men in the Eskimo Club and the tricks they pull to try to get the girls' attention.

In a separate setting of a dark background and flashing lights, the girls begin to dance, and eventually they release their inhibitions and begin dancing in the Eskimo Club as well. At the end of the video the girls walk out of the club tired and barefoot.

Track listings and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Love Machine".

Live Performances

The band performed the song at the following events:

* What Will the Neighbours Say? Live
* Chemistry Tour (1 Thing Interlude)
* (Cheryl/ Champagne interlude)
* Tangled Up Tour
* T4 on the Beach 2007
* V Festival 2006
* Live at the Local (Slow version)
* Jetix Planet Live
* Disney Kids Awards
* Top of the Pops
* [CD:UK
* GMTV
* Pepsi Max Live
* Popworld
* Great North Run 2004
* Audience With Girls Aloud
* Children in Need 2005
* Twickenham vs. New Zealand

Covers

The song was famously covered by the Arctic Monkeys on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. The band have since found the hit has become a favourite of their fans who "chant for 'Love Machine'"; now they " [shrug] off requests with an effortlessly breezy 'not a chance'". [ cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2006/02/01/arctic_monkeys_review.shtml | title=Arctic Monkeys @ Leadmill | author=Lucy Archbould, BBC South Yorkshire | date=2006-02-01 | accessdate=2008-01-10 ] However their earlier responses to these requests had caused controversy, lead singer Alex Turner telling fans at the Sheffield Octagon:

The song has also been covered by singer Tiffany on "Hit Me, Baby, One More Time", and on Comic Relief does Fame Academy by Blue Peter presenter Zöe Salmon, and musical group A2M.

References