Graffiti My Soul

Infobox Song
Name = Graffiti My Soul


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Type = Song
Artist = Girls Aloud
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Album = What Will The Neighbours Say?
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Released = November 29, 2004
track_no = 9
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Genre = Poppower pop
Length = 3:14
Writer = Miranda Cooper
Brian Higgins
Lisa Cowling
Tim Powell
Peplab
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Label = Polydor Records
Producer = Xenomania
prev = "Hear Me Out"
prev_no = 8
next = "Real Life"
next_no = 10
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"Graffiti My Soul" is a song recorded by the British pop girl group Girls Aloud for their second album "What Will The Neighbours Say?". The song includes a sample of Peplab's "It's Not The Drug".

Background

In a 2004 interview with The Observer, producer Brian Higgins revealed that "Graffiti My Soul" was intended for Britney Spears's "In The Zone".cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1261034,00.html|title=Heart of the country, home of the hits|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2004-07-18|work=The Observer|publisher=Guardian Media Group] While the record company loved "Graffiti My Soul", Britney's people felt that the song needed more of a chorus. Higgins said that they wanted "essentially "Sound of the Underground".

Cheryl Cole said in January 2008 that if there was an album track she'd like to release, it would be "Graffiti My Soul". She described Britney's version as "strange," [ cite web | url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment-news/2008/01/16/girls-aloud-single-was-rubbish-admits-singer-86908-20287005/ | title=Girls Aloud single was rubbish, admits singer | publisher=Daily Record | author=Beverley Lyons and Laura Sutherland | date=2008-01-16 | accessdate=2008-04-09 ] adding that it wasn't fully mixed.cite news|url=http://girlsaloud.com/site.php|title=More of your questions answered!|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2008-01-08|publisher=GirlsAloud.co.uk] Cole said that Spears sang it in "that really strange voice and it freaked me out."

The song was performed at two of Girls Aloud's tours, "What Will The Neighbours Say? Live" and "".

Critical reception

The Observer described "Graffiti" as a standout track on Girls Aloud's album, describing it as "a full-scale collision between Madonna, Michael Jackson and the Prodigy". The Guardian, the sister publication of The Observer, also said the song makes you question: "What if the Prodigy hadn't turned down the chance to write with Madonna?" [cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,11712,1359307,00.html|title=Girls Aloud, What Will the Neighbours Say?|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2004-11-26|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian Media Group] Yahoo! Music called the song "frighteningly sharp and sassy." [cite news|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/041209/33/1xdkh.html|title=Girls Aloud - What Will The Neighbours Say?|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2004-12-09|work=Yahoo! Music|publisher=Yahoo!]

Matt Helders, the drummer of indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, praised the song: "Their songs do really musical, clever things; the stutter-rapping in Graffiti My Soul… They're unbeatable." [cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2715781.ece?token=null&offset=12|title=Why it's OK to love Girls Aloud|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2007-10-27|work=The Times|publisher=News International]

References

External links

* [http://www.girlsaloud.co.uk Girls Aloud's official website]
* [http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/girls-aloud/graffiti-my-soul/8055623/lyrics.jhtml "Graffiti My Soul" lyrics]