Cheryl reveals Girls Aloud were told song choice would end career

Cheryl reveals Girls Aloud were told song choice would end careerSource BBC Radio 2

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00:00 I don't know what I did when I was young but my ultimate has stayed the same.

00:04 What is your ultimate?

00:05 It's Untouchable.

00:06 I'm gonna cry. I love Untouchable.

00:09 It's just so like ethereal and chill.

00:11 It's like euphoric. It's an absolutely beautiful track.

00:14 What about you, Cheryl?

00:15 I think mine's consistently stayed at The Promise.

00:18 The Promise? Why?

00:20 I don't know. I think that we'd hit a peak of our career by then where we knew what the industry was about.

00:26 We'd kind of taken back some of our own control over the...

00:30 We'd been told by the label if you release this it's career suicide.

00:34 Really?

00:35 And then for the fans to be like, "Where were the girls on this one?"

00:39 It was just like quite a euphoric moment, wasn't it?

00:42 And the Brit at the end of it all.

00:44 And then the Brit just topped it all off. It was just a feel-good time.

00:49 It just felt right.

00:50 It felt right.

00:51 Everything had come to sort of a conclusion where we were for all those years trying to get to that place.

00:57 And it was like the tour was sold out, the album was midweek number one, the single was midweek number one.

01:03 We were nominated for a Brit. It was like everything we ever wanted was there at that time.

01:08 It was the perfect time.

01:10 Everything was going perfect. Nadine, what about you?

01:12 I've always loved Sound of the Underground.

01:14 I love Sound of the Underground.

01:16 But now my favourite is Something New.

01:20 something new was.

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