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) Long Hot Summer (Girls Aloud song) "Long Hot Summer" is a song by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their third studio album "Chemistry" (2005). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. "Long Hot Summer" was written for inclusion in the Disney film "" (2005), but plans fell through. Higgins later described the track as "a disaster record." Released in August 2005, it became Girls Aloud's first single to miss the top five on the UK Singles Chart. The music video drew inspiration from the