PCD (album)

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PCD is the debut album by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls, released by A&M Records on September 13 2005 in the United States. It was produced by Timbaland, Cee-Lo Green, will.i.am, and Rich Harrison, and incorporates a mixture of contemporary pop/dance/R&B originals, jazz-influenced tracks, and cover versions. The album was a critical and commercial success, and has gone on to sell over six million units worldwide, spawning seven singles.

The album ended 2006 as the twenty-eighth best-selling album in the United Kingdom, with sales of 536,340 copies, in 2006 and 574,000 in 2005, meaning it sold over 1.1 million in the UK and as the 16 Best Selling album in The Netherlands.

Track listing

1. "Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes) – 4:34
2. "Beep" (featuring Will.i.am) – 3:48
3. "Wait a Minute" (featuring Timbaland) – 3:41
4. "Stickwitu" – 3:26
5. "Buttons" – 3:45
6. "I Don't Need a Man" – 3:39
7. "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" – 3:46
8. "How Many Times, How Many Lies" – 3:55
9. "Bite the Dust" – 3:32
10. "Right Now" – 2:27
11. "Tainted Love"/"Where Did Our Love Go" – 3:25
12. "[[Feelin

Good]]" – 4:19

1. International bonus tracks

2. "Sway" – 3:12
3. "Flirt" – 2:56
4. "We Went as Far as We Felt Like Going" - 3:50
5. "Don't Cha" (Live Version) (Japanese Edition Exclusive Track) - 3:32

• Wal Mart bonus tracks

1. "Buttons" (featuring Snoop Dogg) – 3:52
2. "Wait a Minute (Ringtone)" - 0:30
3. "He Always Answers (Ringback Tone)" - 0:40
4. "Vibrate off the Table (Ringtone)" - 0:39
5. "Freaky Fun Message (Voicemail ID)" - 0:19
6. "Buttons" (Live video)
7. PCD Cell Phone Wallpapers

• Tour edition bonus CD

1. "Sway" – 3:12
2. "Flirt" – 2:56
3. "Stickwitu" (Avant Mix) (featuring Avant)" – 3:18
4. "Buttons" (Final Edit) (featuring Snoop Dogg)" – 3:52
5. "Don't Cha" (More Booty Mix) (featuring Busta Rhymes)" - 4:48
6. "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" (Remix) – 4:36
7. "He Always Answers" (Ringback Tone) - 0:40
8. "Vibrate off the Table" (Ringtone) - 0:39<
9. "Freaky Fun Message" (Voicemail ID) - 0:19
10. "PCD" (Text Alert) - 0:06

Commercial usage

• "Right Now" was used to promote Desperate Housewives on commercials and also on an NBA promo
• "Bite the Dust" has been used for a news broadcast in the Philippines
• "Wait a Minute" was heard various times on Filipino game shows (Song was heard in a Best Buy music commercial)
• "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" was used to promote America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7
• "Don't Cha" was used in several movie trailers including Norbit and Wild Hogs, it was also used in a Heinikien beer commercial.
• "Don't Cha" was also used a track for a commercial of The Life and Times of Juniper Lee on Cartoon Network.
• "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" is featured on the new Clubland CD release Dancemania 2. Even though the song hasn't been released.

Notes/miscellaneous

• Track 7, "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)", is a mash-up of two songs: the verses are from Siobhan Fahey's 2002 song "Bitter Pill" (with altered lyrics); the chorus is from Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff"

• Lead vocalist Nicole Scherzinger co-wrote three tracks including the bonus track "Flirt".

• The bonus track "We Went as Far as We Felt Like Going" is a version of a Bob Crewe/Kenny Nolan song. It was first recorded by Tim Curry (1973, released 1990), then a 1975 single by Labelle. The Dolls' version first appeared on the 2004 soundtrack to Shark Tale. The Doll's version includes an interpolation of S.O.S. Band's "Take Your Time (Do It Right)". Coincidentally, Crewe and Nolan also wrote Labelle's previous hit "Lady Marmalade". "We Went as Far as We Felt Like Going" appears as a bonus tracks on some editions of PCD.

• Track 5, the 'album version' of "Buttons", does not feature Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg is featured in the 'Final Edit' of the song. This edition appears on the Bonus Disc of the Tour Edition of PCD.

• "Don't Cha" was originally recorded and released as a single in 2004 by Tori Alamaze, and had even reached number 53 on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. She was dropped by her label and the Producer/Writer Cee-Lo then gave it to the Pussycat Dolls to record.

• "Right Now" is an extremely faithful cover of the 1983 single of the same name by The Creatures.

• Track 11, "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" is covered in the same fashion as Soft Cell did as a Medley of the two separate songs originally recorded by Gloria Jones ("Tainted Love") and The Supremes ("Where Did Our Love Go?"), respectively.

• Singer Belinda covered the song "Flirt" on her second album Utopía under the title "Noche Cool".

Cover versions

Seven tracks (including bonus tracks) on the album are cover versions:

1. "Don't Cha" - Tori Alamaze
2. "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" - Donna Summer/Siobhan Fahey
3. "Right Now" - Mel Tormé/The Creatures
4. "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" - Gloria Jones/The Supremes/Soft Cell
5. "Feeling Good" - Nina Simone
6. "Sway" (Bonus Track) - Dean Martin
7. "We Went As Far As We Felt Like Going" (bonus track) - Labelle

Production

• Photography- James White
• Package design- Julian Peploe
• Publicist- Dave Tomberlin
• Mastered- Brian Gardner
• Artist development- Michelle Thomas
• Executive Producer- Ron Fair, Jimmy Iovine
• Co-Executive Producer- Robin Antin
• Management- Jeff Haddad
• Management Coordinator- Jeff Norskog

Chart performance

U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart	5	2,800,000	3x Platinum
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart	7	-	-
UK Top 75 Albums Chart	7	1,200,000	4x platinum
Australia Albums Chart	8	210,000	3x platinum
New Zealand Albums Chart	1	30,000	2x platinum
Canadian Albums Chart	–	200,000	2x platinum
Portugal Albums Chart	12	10,000	Gold
Irish Albums Chart	1	30,000	2x platinum
Germany Albums Chart	6	400,000	2x platinum
Indonesian Album Top	10	189,000	platinum
Russian Albums Chart	1	300,000	4x platinum
Belgium Albums Chart	6	25,000	Gold
Poland Album Chart	13	20,000+	Platinum
Philippines Album Chart	1	500,000	-
Mexican International Albums Chart	5	50,000	Gold
Netherlands Album Chart	5	35,000+	Gold
Switzerland	9	15,000+	Gold
France Album Chart	23	160.300+	Gold
World Album Chart	7	6,713,000	3x platinum
Czech Republic Album Chart	9	-	-

¹: Last certified: January 27 2006

References

• BMI.com lists Scherzinger's official songwriting credits