Sound of the Underground (album) written with the aim of launching their own girl group. The song was originally recorded in 2001 by London girl group Orchid, who disbanded before gaining a firm record deal. It was chosen by Girls Aloud's manager Louis Walsh as their debut single. "Sound of the Underground" was 2002's Christmas number one single and spent a further three weeks at number one. "Sound of the Underground" and another Xenomania production, Sugababes' "Round Round", have been called "two huge groundbreaking hits", credited with reshaping British pop music for the 2000s. Following the single's success, Girls Aloud proceeded to begin recording their
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