One Touch (album)

One touch
Studio album by Sugababes
Publication (s)	November 27, 2000
admission	1998-2000
Label (s)	London
Format (s)	CD, vinyl, MC
Genre (s)	Pop , R&B , urban, hip hop, soul
Title (number)	12
running time	48:20
occupation	Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena Siobhán Donaghy
production	Eivan "Ricco" Bj (Executive producer), Don-E, Carl McIntosh, Cameron McVey, Jony Rockstar, Matt Rowe, Paul Simm, Luke Smith, Ron Tom, Paul Wilson
chronology - One touch Angels with Dirty Faces (2002)

One Touch (German: A touch ) is the debut album by British girl band Sugababes , which at this time of Siobhán Donaghy , Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan was. It is the only album with founding member Siobhán Donaghy, which the group left in August 2001. The album reached the top 30 in the UK, where it was awarded gold, and the top 10 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Background information

The Sugababes were formed in 1998 by the manager of the All Saints, Ron Tom. At the age of 13, Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy, who both had contracts as solo artists, decided to work together in the future after performing together. While recording in the studio, Buena invited her best friend Keisha Buchanan over. Ron Tom decided that the three should work as a trio from now on. He also helped them to a record deal with London Records within a very short time. All of the songs on the album were co-written by the Sugababes. Despite the gold award in Great Britain and good chart positions in Europe, sales of the album for London Records were unsatisfactory, so that the Sugababes were fired from the label in autumn 2001.

reception

The album was consistently received positively by the critics. It was also felt to be particularly positive that the girls, who at that time were only 15 or 16 years old, sang and wrote songs that were considered very mature for their age.

Track list

1. "Overload" (Jony Lipsey, Cameron McVey, Paul Simm, Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan) - 4:38
2. "One Foot In" (Paul Watson, Sonia Cupid, Luke Smith, Donaghy, Buena, Buchanan) - 3:25
3. "Same Old Story" (John Temis, Matt Rowe, Donaghy, Buena, Buchanan) - 3:03
4. "Just Let It Go" (Temis, Rowe, Donaghy, Buena, Buchanan) - 5:01
5. "Look at Me" (McVey, Lipsey, Simm, Felix Howard, Donaghy, Buena, Buchanan) - 3:58
6. "Soul Sound" (Charlotte Edwards, Sam Harley) - 4:30
7. "One Touch" (Ron Tom) - 4:20
8. "Lush Life" (Tom, Carl McIntosh) - 4:28
9. "Real Thing" (Themis, Rowe, Donaghy, Buena, Buchanan) - 4:04
10. "New Year" (McVey, Lipsey, Rowe, Howard, Donaghy, Buena, Buchanan) - 3:51
11. "Promises" (McVey, Lipsey, Howard, Simm, Donaghy, Buena, Buchanan) - 3:17
12. "Run for Cover" (Lipsey, Simm, McVey, Donaghy, Buena, Buchanan) - 3:48
13. "Don't Wanna Wait" (Tom, Don-E) - 4:42 [Japanese Bonus Track]

Chart placements

album

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	7th (19 weeks)	19th
Austria (Ö3)	6th (16 weeks)	16
Switzerland (IFPI)	8th (17 weeks)	17th
United Kingdom (OCC)	26th (21 weeks)	21st

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2000	Overload One Touch	DE3 (15 weeks) DE	AT3 (14 weeks) AT	CH5 (29 weeks) CH	UK6 (8 weeks) UK	First published: September 11, 2000
	New Year One Touch	-	-	-	UK12 (14 weeks) UK	First published: December 18, 2000
2001	Run for Cover One Touch	DE28 (10 weeks) DE	AT38 (10 weeks) AT	CH36 (12 weeks) CH	UK13 (9 weeks) UK	First published: April 9, 2001
	Soul Sound One Touch	-	-	-	UK30 (2 weeks) UK	First published: July 16, 2001

The first single Overload was released on September 11, 2000 in the UK. This song became the Sugababes' first top ten hit, reaching number 6 on the charts. In Germany and Austria the song reached number 3, while it was number 5 in the Swiss charts. The song also achieved gold status in Germany. The song was also a huge hit in Asia, where it reached number two on the MTV Asian hit list. The next single was New Year . This reached number 12 in Great Britain and number 10 in the MTV Asia hitlist, but could not be placed in any other country. The third single from the album, Run for Cover , was a bit more successful again, in Great Britain number 13. The song reached number 20 in Germany, number 36 in Switzerland and number 38 in Austria and number 12 in the MTV Asia hit list last single from the album was Soul Sound . Except in Great Britain (No. 30) and the MTV Asia hit list (No. 16), the song could not reach the charts in any other country. The Sugababes are the first band since the Spice Girls to have all of the singles from the debut album reach the top 20 on the MTV Asia hit list.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry , accessed September 14, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Sugababes. In: 7digital. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on January 10, 2015 . 
3. ↑ http://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=409
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
5. ↑ https://www.musikindustrie.de/markt-bestseller/gold-/platin-und-diamond-auszeichnung/datenbank