British girl group
Atomic Kitten covered "The Tide Is High" and released it as the second single from their second studio album,
Feels So Good (2002), on 26 August 2002. Their version of the song also added a new
bridge co-written by Howard Barrett,
Tyrone Evans and the song's producers
Bill Padley and
Jem Godfrey, hence the subtitle "Get the Feeling". It was used during the opening credits of
The Lizzie McGuire Movie and was also used for a TV commercial featuring Japanese beer company
Asahi Breweries. This was the group's third and final UK number one single. This version of "The Tide Is High" was selected by
The Daily Telegraph writer David Cheal as one of his "Top five awful cover versions" in 2002, describing it as "a ghastly, sickly confection that has none of the wistfulness or soulfulness of either Blondie's version or the Paragons' original". The group performed the track for the first time ever with the original line-up for their 2012 reformation on
The Big Reunion, with
Kerry Katona performing
Jenny Frost's vocals.
Chart performance Atomic Kitten's version of the song proved successful on the charts, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide. It spent three weeks at number one in the
United Kingdom (selling 145,000 copies in the first week; it was eventually certified Platinum and has sold over 600,000 copies), and is the group's third and final UK number one. The track also topped the charts in
Ireland and
New Zealand, and was a Top 5 hit in many other countries, including
Australia,
Belgium,
Germany, the
Netherlands and
Turkey amongst others.
Music video The music video is Atomic Kitten's most famous due to band member
Natasha Hamilton being noticeably pregnant at the time. The video begins with the group walking in front of a flashing rainbow. Whenever the chorus of the song is heard, a dance accompanies it. Hamilton,
Liz McClarnon and
Jenny Frost choreographed a simplistic dance that they would also perform during live shows. Four men are seen dancing alongside the women with slightly different moves.
Treadmills and
green screen technology are used to achieve the effects in the video. A sign that reads "Atomic" can be seen flashing throughout the video (and on clips on the "behind the scenes" version showing one girl dancing and three girls dancing). Each group member has a different set for their solo. McClarnon is next to a silver tree, with a purple background and a repeating pattern of the same tree that she is dancing beside. Frost is next to a car, within a blue background, while Hamilton is seen in a pink-coloured room with "number 1" signs. At the song's bridge, the three women are seen dancing near fluorescent purple lights.
Spanish version Atomic Kitten also recorded a Spanish version of the single, titled "Ser tu pasión". It was released in Colombia, Mexico and Spain, but failed to chart. However, the song promoted Atomic Kitten's second studio album
Feels So Good in Mexico, and as a result, the album peaked at number 69 on the charts there; it was also included on the Spanish version of Atomic Kitten's
Greatest Hits album.
Track listings UK CD1 (blue) • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (radio mix) – 3:26 • "Album Medley" – 5:10 • "
Dancing in the Street" – 3:39 • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (video) – 3:26
UK CD2 (red) • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (radio mix) – 3:26 • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (Groove Brothers 12-inch remix) – 5:35 • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (
Lasgo Remix) – 5:40
UK cassette single • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (radio mix) – 3:26 • "Album Medley" – 5:10 • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (Groove Brothers edit) – 3:20
European CD single • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (radio mix) – 3:26 • "Album Medley" – 5:10
Australian CD single • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (radio mix) – 3:26 • "
It's OK!" (Almighty Mix) – 6:32 • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (Groove Brothers edit) – 3:20 • "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (Groove Brothers 12-inch) – 5:34 • "
Whole Again" (M*A*S*H Master Mix) – 7:15
Credits and personnel Credits are lifted from the
Feels So Good album booklet.
Studios • Recorded and mixed at Wise Buddah Music Studios (London, England) • Mastered at Sony Music Studios (London, England)
Personnel •
John Holt – writing •
Tyrone Evans – writing • Howard Barrett – writing •
Bill Padley – writing, all instruments, programming, production, arrangement •
Jem Godfrey – writing, all instruments, programming, production, arrangement •
Carrie Grant – additional vocal production • John Davis – mastering • Chris Potter – mastering
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