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}} "Call the Shots" is a song by British girl group Girls Aloud from their fourth studio album, ''Tangled Up'' (2007). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, with inspiration from an article about the advance of women in business, and Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Lisa Cowling, and Giselle Somerville also received songwriting credits. Polydor Records originally intended to release it as a single for ''The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits'' (2006); however, "Something Kinda Ooooh" was selected instead. In September 2007, "Call the Shots" leaked online, and on 26 November of the same year, it was released as the second single from ''Tangled Up'' through Fascination Records, a week after the album's release. Produced by Xenomania, the dance-pop and pop rock song showcases a more mature side from Girls Aloud, and received positive reviews from music critics, with one deeming it as the "greatest pop song of the 21st century". In 2008, the song won the award for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize, an annual prize awarded by a panel of judges organised by music website Popjustice to the singer(s) of the best British pop single of the past year. "Call the Shots" proved to be commercially successful upon its release, charting at number three on the UK Singles Chart, continuing the band's string of hits by becoming their sixteenth consecutive single to chart within the top ten, and being later certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry. The song also peaked at number nine on the Irish Singles Chart. The accompanying music video was directed by Sean de Sparengo, and features the girls in purple dresses performing on Malibu Beach at night with flames and white fabric surrounding them. Each member of the band is also shown other locations, following several story lines. "Call the Shots" was promoted through numerous live appearances, including a high-profile performance on ''The X Factor'', and has since been performed on three of Girls Aloud's subsequent concert tours. Several artists and bands including Coldplay and Mark Morriss have covered the song. ==Background and release== The first part of "Call the Shots" to be composed was the instrumentation, which was done by Xenomania in 2005. The lyrics of the song were written in 2006,〔 when songwriter Miranda Cooper was "inspired by an article she read on something called (coincidentally) the Miranda Complex, named after the ambitious lawyer in ''Sex and the City'', about how women are earning more than men and pushing ahead." Polydor Records originally intended to release it as a single for ''The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits'' (2006) the same year, but was deemed "too downbeat, when a greatest hits single needs to be a celebration." Nicola Roberts, Cheryl Cole, Sarah Harding and Kimberley Walsh recorded vocals for the song in London, England, while Nadine Coyle recorded her vocals in Los Angeles.〔 Cole deemed the song her favourite from ''Tangled Up'', adding that it gave her "goosebumps". An early version of "Call the Shots" leaked online in September 2007. On 16 November 2007, ''Tangled Up'' was released, with "Call the Shots" being released for digital download on 26 November 2007, through Polydor Records, while it was also made available on two different CD single formats the same day.〔 The first disc included a live cover version of Amy Winehouse's 2007 single "Rehab", as performed on the BBC Radio 1 programme Jo Whiley's ''Live Lounge''. The second CD format featured an original composition entitled "Blow Your Cover", co-written by Girls Aloud with Xenomania. The Tony Lamenza Remix of "Call the Shots" was being included on the CD single also at first, however, the Xenomania Club Mix was selected instead. The Tony Lamenza Remix was then included on the ''Singles Box Set'', released in 2009.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Call the Shots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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