shots shots song british girl group fourth studio album song written inspiration article advance women business received songwriting credits originally intended release single sound girls aloud greatest hits kinda selected instead september shots leaked online november year released second single week album release produced dance pop pop rock song showcases mature girls aloud received positive reviews music critics deeming greatest pop song 21st century song won award music prize annual prize awarded panel judges organised music website singer best british pop single past year shots proved commercially successful release charting number singles chart continuing band string hits sixteenth consecutive single chart later certified silver british_phonographic_industry song peaked number irish_singles_chart accompanying music video directed features girls purple dresses performing night flames white fabric surrounding member band shown locations following story lines shots promoted numerous live appearances including high profile performance factor performed girls aloud subsequent concert tours artists bands including covered song background release shots composed instrumentation lyrics song written songwriter inspired article read called coincidentally named ambitious lawyer sex city women earning men pushing ahead originally intended release single sound girls aloud greatest hits year deemed greatest hits single needs celebration recorded vocals song london england recorded vocals los_angeles cole deemed song favourite adding gave early version shots leaked online september november released shots released digital download november available different single formats day disc included live cover version single rehab performed bbc_radio_1 programme live lounge second format featured original composition entitled blow cover written tony remix shots included single selected instead tony remix included singles box set released composition shots dance pop pop rock track written key major moderate tempo beats minute unlike previous singles released band song follows verse chorus form lyrics concerned ending relationship opens repetitive melody followed singing static tone phone breaking better chorus begins members group trade lines sing cause raising bet shots doesn spend time alexis_petridis guardian stating amnesia brain middle roberts sings lyrics inspiration girls aloud autobiography dreams story released seen life burn bright seen fade like seen life flow like river twilight dreams digital_spy said instrumentation shots based 1990s dance productions added incorporated infectious chorus wrote song showcased mature girls aloud reception critical response shots received positive reviews music critics digital spy rated song stars writing girls aloud previous releases journalist said shots band best singles reviewer newspaper deemed song electronic euro pop real edge said song wonderfully ambient feel echoing electro band alexis_petridis guardian wrote begins shots opening track song structure bit commonplace compared girls aloud previous singles biology countdown singles digital_spy placed shots number commenting band lost making catchy pop hits song won music prize girls aloud fourth win writer deemed greatest pop song 21st century chart performance following availability shots release song entered singles chart number following week shots rose places peak number managed stay number following week slipped number fourth week christmas week chart single managed stay returning debut position number shots certified silver british_phonographic_industry chart issue november song debuted number ireland reaching new peak number following week attained peak european hot singles chart music video accompanying music video shots directed filmed october california girls aloud filming girls aloud video features girls purple dresses performing night flames white fabric surrounding girls shown different locations individual story lines cole simply seen looking sunny window sat mirror putting fictional boyfriend comes appears sad seated couch photographs featuring man takes lighter photos sets roberts lying swimming pool running fingers water young man walks flowers water watches boyfriend shower goes phone video premiered october live performances covers girls aloud performed shots charity ball aid children charity november band performed song factor november paul november morning november pops december shots performed tour later year special held festival band began performance smaller specially constructed stage centre arena flew main stage ended year covered song song performed second act hits tour shots covered artists bands formats track listings formats track listings major single releases shots credits personnel guitar mastering mixing production cooper girls aloud published adapted liner notes charts certifications release history
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