2002 in British music charts hit of his, "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word". Amazingly, despite charting for 31 years, this was only Elton's 5th UK No. 1 single. "" became the new phenomenon in the world of talent shows and it produced 2 new acts, boyband One True Voice and girl group Girls Aloud. They both released their singles in Christmas week and the girls beat the boys to the top spot, claiming the Christmas number one with their debut single, "Sound of the Underground". The song topped the charts for 4 weeks, and escalated them to great fame. They have had continued
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