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"Flatline" is a song by English girl group Mutya Keisha Siobhan, which consists of the original line-up of the group Sugababes. Written by the trio alongside British artist Dev Hynes, who also produced it, it was released via digital retailers on 6 September 2013 by Polydor Records, who signed the band in 2012. It is a pop and rhythm and blues song in which the drums and the male backing vocals get gradually stronger until a climactic part. Lyrically, it addresses the deterioration of a relationship. Upon its release, "Flatline" received overwhelmingly positive reviews from music journalists, who favoured its production and the singers' vocal harmonies. Commercially, the song charted at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart, however, it reached number 14 in Ireland. To promote the song, the group released a music video, directed by Auleta and filmed at Venice Beach. They have also performed "Flatline" at their Sacred Three Tour, and other headlining sets including Scala and G-A-Y. ==Conception and release== In April 2012, it was reported that the original line-up of the Sugababes had signed a £1 million record deal with Polydor Records. In July 2012, it was officially confirmed that the group had reformed under the name ''Mutya Keisha Siobhan'' and were writing songs for a new album under Polydor. The name was officially registered through the European Union on 27 June 2012. "Flatline" was written by Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy, alongside British musician Dev Hynes.〔 It was entirely developed and recorded in Los Angeles in February 2013, after composing most of the material for their debut as Mutya Keisha Siobhan. The group specifically went to the city to record a "killer" lead single for their album. Travelling to Los Angeles resulted in the trio composing the song entirely in their first day in the city.〔 Hynes started randomly playing the keyboard and bass, and invited the trio to "vibe with him".〔 The group pursued a Coldplay-influenced sound for the song's chorus, however after realizing that their voices were not "manly enough", Hynes contacted band Spector member Fred Macpherson to sing backing vocals for the track, On 4 June 2013, Mutya Keisha Siobhan announced the title of the song. They later uploaded a one-minute, eleven-second preview of the track to their official SoundCloud page on 13 June. The track was originally scheduled for release in the UK and Ireland on 1 September 2013, but was then delayed until 15 September for unknown reasons. The release date was then changed a second time, being brought forward to 6 September. The release of the actual song was preceded by Polydor sending an EP to digital retailers, including 4 remixes of the song.〔 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「Flatline (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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