Girls Aloud After the success of their first single "Sound of the Underground", Girls Aloud spent five months recording the follow-up single and their debut album. "Sound of the Underground" was completed in April 2003 and released the following month. The album entered the charts at number two and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. The second single, "No Good Advice", was also released in May 2003 to similar success. Girls Aloud's third single, "Life Got Cold", charted at number three in August 2003. In November 2003, Girls Aloud released a cover version of the Pointer Sisters' 1980s dance hit
Long Hot Summer (Girls Aloud song) and performed the single the weekend ahead of its release, accompanied by a Jeep as a prop. They also performed the song on shows such as "GMTV", "Ministry of Mayhem", "Pepsi Max Downloaded", "Smile", "Top of the Pops", and "Top of the Pops Reloaded". Girls Aloud also performed at London gay nightclub G-A-Y to promote the release of "Long Hot Summer". They also appeared at the summer open-air concerts Big Gay Out, Live on the Lawn, and pop2thepark. Girls Aloud performed "Long Hot Summer" on 2005's Chemistry Tour and 2006's . These are the formats and track listings of major