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Many many people thought the Sugababes were over when Mutya announced her retirement to look after her little baby (read: launch more lucrative solo career without any split of profit and instead hoist boring debut album on the world). How could the girls carry on with the gruff looking Amelle? Well it turns out very nicely indeed actually. Not only has the rather glorious About You Now single quite rightly topped the UK charts with it’s darling yellow video, perfectly constructed melody and rocking chorus, but if the (hopefully) next single is anything to go by (Change) then this looks like being a corker of an album. Change is an absolutely epic song that deserves to keep any X Factor winner off the top of the Christmas charts and as someone in a “round robin” email today, Amelle’s contribution to the group absolutely cannot be underestimated. It’s interesting to note that while Girls Aloud are content to go down the same road and pump out their (admittedly quite catchy) brand of electropop, the Sugababes sound is maturing and while the songs don’t have the immediate impact of songs like Freak Like Me and Hole In The Head, ultimately they are more lovely and more rewarding. And if that wasn’t enough, the little darlings popped into see Jo Wiley this week and knocked out an utterly charming version of Hey There Delilah. For the first time ever, I’m more excited about an upcoming Sugababes album than I am about an upcoming Girls Aloud album...(not surprising considering Girls Aloud butcher of With Every Heartbeat was d-r-e-a-d-f-u-l!)

MP3: Sugababes ~ Hey There Delilah

MP3: Girls Aloud - With Every Heartbeat