Sound of the Underground (song) Spinner.com named "Sound of the Underground" the eighth best British song of the 2000s. "Sound of the Underground" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 22 December 2002. Girls Aloud sold just over 213,000 copies, while One True Voice's "Sacred Trust" sold only 147,000. Girls Aloud stayed at number one for a second and third week, the final chart of 2002 and the first chart of 2003. The single spent another week at number one, bringing "Sound of the Underground" to a total of four consecutive weeks at number one in the UK. It spent two weeks
Tangled Up (Girls Aloud album) UK, and number nine in Ireland. The accompanying music video was directed by Sean de Sparengo, and features the members in purple dresses performing on Malibu Beach at night with flames and white fabric surrounding them. Each member of the band is also shown in other locations, following several story lines. Although it was in discussion and a video was due to be shot by the group, "Control of the Knife" was scrapped from being the third single in favour of "Can't Speak French", which was released 17 March 2008; this was during the same time Girls Aloud were working