Knickers To The Rescue

Getting the Comic Relief single is a huge thing. It normally guarantees you a #1 and boosts your profile lots. This year, The Saturdays, have managed to score the prize spot and will be releasing a cover of Depeche Mode's 'Just Can't Get Enough' on 2 March. Thanks to some comedy outfits, a bit of a Girls Aloud doing 'The Show' sheen, and generally having fun, it's going to endear them to a whole new audience and if the song wasn't enough to get them to the top of the charts, the video certainly is. Plus Frankie finally gets a solo line. Hurrah!

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Review: The Saturdays - Chasing Lights

When The Saturdays appeared on our pop radar we felt sorry for them. Here were five girls dreaming of being the next big thing in a world where the Girls Aloud & Sugababes monopoly showed no signs of letting up. Then we heard the kick-ass music, and suddenly The Saturdays felt like a viable proposition.

First single 'If This Is Love' seemed to spring out of nowhere with it's Yazoo sample shining an electro-pop beacon but there's been plenty of behind the scenes work going on. Signed to Fascination Records, home to Girls Aloud, they certainly have a pedigree with Rochelle & Frankie alumni of S Club Juniors, the irritatingly enthusiastic Mollie, an X-Factor reject, as well as soloist Vanessa. Then there's Una – eight years older than the others, she's a singer songwriter who already oozes disinterest in the project, and could be their Siobhan Donaghy.

If we're looking for a word to sum up The Saturdays, it's feistiness. Although nothing can beat the robot disco of 2nd single 'Up', there are only really one or two soppy ballads like 'Issues' that let 'Chasing Lights' down. Instead it's the fierce chorus of 'Keep Her' and the sass of 'Set Me Off' that get us excited. 'Work' is an irresistible dancefloor puller destined to be a single,while 'Lies' is an electro-ballad that proves these girls will be taking no mess from the boys.

Energetic and fun, 'Chasing Lights' is a promising debut. It's not perfect but it's better than any of us could have expected.