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}} "Issues" is a mid-tempo pop / R&B song performed by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. The song was written and produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. The single was released as the band's third official single, from their first studio album, ''Chasing Lights''. ''Issues'' was officially released on 5 January 2009 in the United Kingdom. The single gained to mixed reviews from pop music critics.〔("Discography" ). TheSaturdays.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2009.〕 ''BBC Music'' stated that the song was very diva-ish, and the band are divas in the making.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/gv25〕 Upon the release of the single, ''Issues'' gained a lot of chart success after charting at number four in the United Kingdom and number fourteen in the Republic of Ireland. The single also charted at number twenty-one on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Prior to its single release, the lyrics to "Issues" were re-recorded after being misinterpreted as promoting violence. As the lyrics 'Can't decide if i should slap you or kiss you', left many people misunderstanding the word slap as stab, the lyrics where changed to 'Can't decide if i should leave you or kiss you'.〔 The music video for "Issues", directed by Petro, features the group singing on a beach and inside a beach house.〔 ==Release and critical reception== After the single was released and written by Thomas Maitland, The Saturdays were forced to re-record the lyrics of ''Issues''. Radio stations refused to play the song until it was changed. The song lyrics where changed and it was added in the radio playlist. The original lyrics were 'can't decide if I should slap you or kiss you'. The band were forced to change the lyrics due to the sounding similarities between 'slap you' and 'stab you' which they were worried might promote violence. The music video version features the lyrics "slap you or kiss you", while the radio were playing "leave you or kiss you". The single has the radio mix of the song.〔Williams, Andrew. ("Frankie Sandford saves her pop career with Saturdays" ). ''Metro''. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.〕 "Issues" received mostly mixed reviews from pop music critics. James Masterton of Yahoo! Music described the song as a "drippy mid-Atlantic love ballad" that lacked the "spark, energy and sheer excitement" of the group's past singles. Stating that the single was not as fun as the band's previous two singles.〔Masterton, James. ("Chart Watch: Week Ending January 10th 2009" ). Yahoo! Music. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.〕 In a review for Allmusic, Jon O'Brien called the track "dated" and wrote that it "sounds like a Max Martin reject from the '90s".〔O'Brien, Jon. ("Chasing Lights > Review" ). Allmusic. Retrieved 22 March 2009.〕 Vanessa White opens the song with the first verse, she sings the first bridge with backing vocals of Mollie King and the second with backing vocals of Frankie Sandford. White and Sandford take lead on the chorus as Una Healy and Rochelle Wiseman take lower harmony's and King takes higher harmony's. Wiseman takes the second verse as Healy takes the middle 8 with backing vocals of Wiseman and King. The final chorus has adlibs from White. 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「Issues (The Saturdays song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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