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
Girls Aloud to break the group in the Australian market. "Whole Lotta History", the fourth and final single to be taken from "Chemistry", was released in March 2006 and charted at number six. In 2005, Girls Aloud filmed a one-off documentary entitled "" for ITV2. The success of the show later made way for "", a six-part fly on the wall documentary series for E4. Girls Aloud then appeared in an episode of "Ghosthunting with..." (without Nadine) towards the end of 2006, in which Yvette Fielding guided them through haunted locations. In May 2006, Girls Aloud embarked on their first arena tour,