Real Girl

Real Girl
Studio album by Mutya Buena
Released	June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04)
Recorded	2006–2007
Genre	Dance, R&B, soul
Length	51:17
Label	Island
Producer	Eg White, Matt Ward, Dean Gillard, Groove Armada, Jony Rockstar, Felix Howard, Guz Lally, Guy Sigsworth, Salaam Remi, Johnny Douglas, Wayne Wilkins, RedEye
Mutya Buena chronology
Real Girl (2007) "Sound Of Camden: Mutya Buena" (2010)
Singles from Real Girl
"Real Girl" Released: 28 May 2007 "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" Released: 27 July 2007 "Just a Little Bit" Released: 22 October 2007 "B Boy Baby" Released: 31 December 2007

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Digital Spy	[2]
NME	[3]
Yahoo! Music UK	[4]

Real Girl is the debut solo album by British recording artist Mutya Buena. It was released on June 4, 2007 via Universal Records, following her departure from UK girl-group the Sugababes in December 2005.

Singles

"Real Girl" was the album's lead single and it was digitally released on the May 14, 2007. The single was produced by Full Phatt, a London-based production company. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Buena's most successful single to date. IT also reached the top ten in Finland, Slovakia and the Netherlands. The second single from the album was "Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)" and it was released on July 27, 2007. The song was a collaboration with electronic music duo Groove Armada. It peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her second top ten solo single. "Song 4 Mutya" received heavy airplay in Australia, where it peaked at number twenty-four in the country. It also managed to chart in other countries including Ireland, the Netherlands and Finland where it peaked at number twelve on the Finnish Singles Chart. "Just a Little Bit" was chosen to be the third single, and was released in late-October in the United Kingdom. The single peaked at number sixty-five in the UK Singles Chart. The fourth and final single from the album was "B Boy Baby", and featured Amy Winehouse; it was released in late-December and peaked at number seventy-three on the UK Singles Chart.

Chart performance

Real Girl peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart, selling 100,000 copies in the country, where it was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry. In Ireland, the album charted at number twenty-five. It also managed to chart on the Netherlands and Switzerland album charts, at number thirty-three and thirty-six, respectively.

In February 2008, Buena was dropped by her label Universal Music group due to the album's disappointing sales in the United Kingdom.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Just a Little Bit"	E. White, P. Sheyne	3:17
2.	"Real Girl"	L. Kravitz, N. Scarlett, M. Ward, D. Gillard	3:29
3.	"Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)"	Groove Armada, K. Poole, M. Buena, T. Hutton	3:30
4.	"Breakdown Motel"	C. Dodds, J. Dollar	4:20
5.	"Strung Out"	Pete Kirtley, Tim Hawes, O. Mhondera, M. Buena	4:20
6.	"It's Not Easy"	M. Buena, F. Howard, S. Frank, P. Simm	4:32
7.	"Suffer for Love"	A. Tennant, G. Lally, M. Buena, L. Simon, L. Brownlee, G. Redmond	3:27
8.	"Not Your Baby"	M. Buena, M. Ward, D. Gillard	3:29
9.	"Wonderful"	J. Thompson, G. Roudette-Muschamp	3:07
10.	"B Boy Baby ft. Amy Winehouse"	P. Spector, E. Greenwich, J. Barry, A. Hunte	3:53
11.	"This is Not (Real Love)"	G. Michael, J. Jackman, R. Cushnan	5:58
12.	"Paperbag (UK, Japan & Australia Bonus Track)"	J. Douglas, N. Woodward, M. Buena	4:18
13.	"My Song"	J. Thompson, G. Roudette-Muschamp, W. Wilkins	3:36
14.	"Real Girl (Duncan Powell Remix) (Japan Bonus Track)"	L. Kravitz, N. Scarlett, M. Ward, D. Gillard	5:58

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Released on Monday, June 4 2007 (2007-06-04). "Digital Spy review". Digitalspy.co.uk. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a60183/mutya-buena-real-.html. Retrieved 2011-08-31. 
3. ^ "NME review". Nme.com. 2007-06-01. http://www.nme.com/reviews/mutya-buena/8623. Retrieved 2011-08-31. 
4. ^ "Yahoo! Music UK review". Uk.launch.yahoo.com. 2007-06-14. http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070614/33/21bki.html. Retrieved 2011-08-31. 
5. ^ "Popjustice". Popjustice. http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=237&topic=8381.msg182181#msg182181. Retrieved 2011-08-31.