Push the Button (Sugababes song)

"Push the Button"
Single by Sugababes
from the album Taller in More Ways
B-side
  • "Favourite Song"
  • "Like the Weather"
Released23 September 2005 (2005-09-23)
Recorded2005
Studio
  • DARP (Atlanta)
  • Home (London)
Genre
Length3:36
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dallas Austin
Sugababes singles chronology
"Caught in a Moment"
(2004)
"Push the Button"
(2005)
"Ugly"
(2005)
Music video
Sugababes – Push The Button (Official Music Video) on YouTube

"Push the Button" is a song recorded by English girl group the Sugababes for their fourth studio album Taller in More Ways (2005). Composed by Dallas Austin and the Sugababes, it was inspired by an infatuation that group member Keisha Buchanan developed with another artist. Musically, the song is an electropop and R&B song with various computer effects. It was released as the lead single from Taller in More Ways on 23 September 2005, by Island Records.

"Push the Button" received positive reviews from music critics, who praised its conception and production, with some naming it one of the best pop singles of the 2000s. Becoming one of the group's most commercially successful releases, the song peaked at number one in Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and reached the top five across Europe and in Australia. It was nominated for Best British Single at the 2006 Brit Awards.

Matthew Rolston directed the accompanying music video for "Push the Button", which was filmed in Shepherd's Bush, London and features the Sugababes flirting with three men in an elevator. The group performed the song at numerous festivals and events, such as Oxegen 2008 and the V Festival 2008. The song appears on the soundtrack to It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006).

Joy Anonymous released a new version of the song re-titled, "Joy (Push the Button)" was released 22 December 2023, with Sugababes being credited. The re-recording includes new vocals from Siobhán Donaghy.[1]

  1. ^ Harvey Solomon Brady (22 December 2023). "Joy (Anonymous) revive Sugababes hit with fresh garage spin". whynow.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2023.