2008Released
4:03

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Interesting facts and trivia about The Promise. By Songfacts®.

This song was written and produced by the Xenomania production team, who have been responsible for most of Girls Aloud's hits.

When the girls debuted this '60s-tinged Pop number on the X-Factor Results show, their sloppy and off-key performance was criticized by many. However this didn't stop the quintet entering the UK charts at #1 giving them their 4th chart-topper and their first with an original song since their 2002 debut hit "Sound Of The Underground." Its weekly sales of 77,109 copies was the highest of any #1 single in 2008 at that point, beating the previous top tally of 72,724, achieved by Duffy's "Mercy" 34 weeks previously.

Girl Aloud Sarah Harding said of this song to MTV UK: "I like the '60s vibe and the retro thing is coming back! We wanted to stay upbeat but try something a bit different and advanced. I don't think anything we've ever done has ever sounded the same. But we have that same vibe whatever we do because of our vocals."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Promise.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
90BPM

Album

The album The Promise is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Promise.
Polydor Records
© 2008 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
℗ 2008 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

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