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
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