Automatic High
| "Automatic High" | ||||
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| Single by S Club Juniors | ||||
| from the album Together | ||||
| B-side | "Anytime Anywhere", "We Got You" | |||
| Released | 22 July 2002[1] | |||
| Length | 3:06 | |||
| Label | Polydor, 19 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jewels & Stone, Terry Ronald, Nina Madhoo | |||
| Producer(s) | Jewels & Stone | |||
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| Frankie Sandford singles chronology | ||||
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"Automatic High" is a song by British pop group S Club Juniors, released as the second single from their debut album, Together (2002). Released on 22 July 2002, the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their second single to reach the position.
Composition
Stacey McClean sings the first verse, the second part of the third verse, part of the song's bridge and backing vocals in the end of the song. Daisy Evans sings the second verse and part of the song's bridge. Frankie Sandford sings the solo's parts in every chorus and backing vocals in the end of the song. Rochelle Wiseman sings the first part of the third verse. Calvin Goldspink, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings and Jay Asforis do not have any solos in this song.
The video shows a airplane, which lands. The girl juniors’ walk out the airport with their luggage on luggage trollies. They end up dancing on the beach abroad in Alicante, with Franks enticing the boys to dance with them. They start to look confused and embarassed, with Asforis lying down on the bench near them. In the end, they laugh, and get up to dance alongside them. In other shots, the boys become tiny and appear in the sandcastles the girls are building. There are also slo-mo shots of Evans somersaulting in mid-air, as well as Sandford jumping high in the air. Later in the music video, there are clips of them go-karting and burying Goldspink in the sand when he falls asleep on the beach. Goldspink then leads the band to sand dunes, which they jump over and run down. The closing shot is the band among the palm trees, dancing.
In 2020, Asforis did a series of Instagram live interviews with the members of S Club juniors. Franks recalled how they wanted to dance in bare feet in the music video for Automatic High, and doing so resulted in their feet getting burnt as the ground was so hot in the sunny weather.
Track listings
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UK CD1[2]
UK CD2[3]
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UK cassette single[4]
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Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the Together album booklet.[5]
Studio
- Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)
Personnel
- Jewels & Stone – writing, production, vocal production and arrangement
- Terry Ronald – writing, vocal production and arrangement
- Nina Madhoo – writing
- James Nisbet – guitar
- Richard Dowling – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[12] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 22 July 2002: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 20 July 2002. p. 31. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Automatic High (UK CD1 liner notes). S Club Juniors. Polydor Records. 2002. 570 892-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Automatic High (UK CD2 liner notes). S Club Juniors. Polydor Records. 2002. 570 893-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Automatic High (UK cassette single sleeve). S Club Juniors. Polydor Records. 2002. 570 893-4.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Together (UK CD album booklet). S Club Juniors. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2002. 0652502.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20, no. 33. 10 August 2002. p. 7. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography S Club Juniors". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 Songs of 2002". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2002" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "British single certifications – S Club Juniors – Automatic High". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 July 2021.