Sacred Trust / After You're Gone competed for the number one position in the Christmas week issue of the UK Singles Chart, and Girls Aloud came out on top with their song "Sound of the Underground". Girls Aloud later released their own version of "Sacred Trust" on the rarities disc of their 2006 greatest hits album "The Sound of Girls Aloud". "Sacred Trust / After You're Gone" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart on December 22, 2002, the same day that their rivals Girls Aloud reached number one with "Sound of the Underground". The single sold 147,000 copies compared to first week sales
The Promise (Girls Aloud song) pyrotechnics occurred at the front of the stage. The group also performed the song on "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross", "GMTV", "T4", and "This Morning" throughout promotion. Girls Aloud performed the song at the annual "Children in Need" telethon, as well as year-end shows like Top of the Pops' Christmas and New Year's Eve specials and 4Music's Top Tunes of 2008. For their variety show "The Girls Aloud Party", which aired between "The X Factor"'s finale and its results show on 13 December, Girls Aloud wore tight silver fishtail dresses. The outfits were compared to those of Diana Ross in