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
Tangled Up (Girls Aloud album) publications such as AllMusic, Popjustice, amongst others; furthermore, the single won the Popjustice £20 Music Prize, Girls Aloud's fourth consecutive win in that category, of eight nominations in total. Kathy Iandoli from "Billboard" cited "Can't Speak French" and "Call the Shots" as the 10th and top underrated tracks by underrated girl groups in North America, stating that the final song was an "incredible" number". Andy Kellman of AllMusic highlighted "Tangled Up" as one of their best albums, the others being "What Will The Neighbours Say?" (2004) and "The Sound of Girls Aloud" (2006); while an editor at Capital FM labelled