In 2003, American R&B band Kool & the Gang asked English
girl group Atomic Kitten to re-record "
Ladies' Night" for their
The Hits: Reloaded tribute album. The band subsequently asked them if they could include it on
their then-untitled third album which they eventually named after the song in honor of the collaboration following Kool's approval. "Ladies Night" was released as the lead single from
The Hits: Reloaded and served as the second single from Atomic Kitten's
Ladies Night album. The song debuted and peaked at number 8 on the
UK Singles Chart, becoming Atomic Kitten's first single to not reach the top 5 in over two years. In Spain, "Ladies Night" was Atomic Kitten's only top ten hit peaking at number three; it lasted three weeks in the top ten of the
Spanish Singles Chart. The song reached the top twenty in Ireland, the Netherlands,
Flanders and Denmark, and became a top-40 hit in
German-speaking Europe, peaking at number 33 in Germany, number 32 in Austria and number 38 in Switzerland. A
music video for "Ladies Night" was directed by Cameron Casey. The video begins with many people anxiously crowded around the entrance of a club, trying to get in. Suddenly a pink plasma waves sweeps through the middle of the crowd, from the door, pushing them off to either side. The group head into the Kitten Club, and the crowd follows them in, until only the bouncer is left standing outside. In the well-lit club, the group groove about and sing, a great deal of which is on a pure white
discothèque dance floor. They primarily dance in a row, with two rows of men behind them, though occasionally they are straddling the fellows, or performing other dance moves with them. A second single "
Fresh" was re-recorded with English-Irish pop group
Liberty X in 2004, to feature on Kool & the Gang's re-recorded greatest hits compilation,
The Hits: Reloaded. The new version of the song features Liberty X on vocals, with Kool & the Gang merely playing the instruments. Thus, due to the popularity of this version, it was released as a single in certain European countries on April 14, 2004. Despite its success across Europe, the single was never released in Liberty X's home country, the United Kingdom. Subsequently, Fresh appeared as a bonus track on the Liberty X album
Being Somebody in Japan, as well as appearing on certain European editions. At the time of the single's release, the band were in a dispute with their British record label,
V2 Records, and thus, it was decided that the single would not be released in the band's home country. The band's version of "Fresh" was produced by band member
Tony Lundon, who also went on to produce the band's follow-up hit single, "
Song 4 Lovers". Despite this, "Fresh" was regarded as one of the band's best cover versions. The track peaked at number three in Germany, number 12 in France and number 55 in Spain. The music video for the single was recorded in late 2003, and features Liberty X playing to an audience in a club, all supported by mics and surrounded by a crowd of the group's fans. Although the video does not feature a vocal appearance from Kool & The Gang, they appear as guests inside the club, charming a woman who has arrived in search of a man. The video received a small amount of airplay on British music channels, but was often, as is with its upload to the band's official YouTube channel, credited to Liberty X featuring Kool & The Gang, whereas the official release credits the two artists the other way around. In 2004, British pop group
Blue recorded the song "
Get Down on It" as a collaboration with Kool & the Gang and released it as the second single from their greatest hits compilation
Best of Blue. This version also features American rapper
Lil' Kim. Although the song did not chart in Blue's native United Kingdom, it became a moderate hit in mainland Europe, especially in Spain, where it reached number three and spent eight weeks in the top 20. ==Track listing==