"Caught in a Moment" | ||||
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Single by Sugababes | ||||
from the album Three | ||||
B-side | "Conversation's Over" | |||
Released | 23 August 2004 | |||
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Length | 4:23 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Producer(s) | Jony Rockstar | |||
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"Caught in a Moment" is a song by English girl group Sugababes from their third studio album Three (2003). It was released in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2004 as the album's fourth and final single. The song was written by the group's members in collaboration with Karen Poole, Marius De Vries and its producer Jony Rockstar. "Caught in a Moment" is a downtempo R&B and soul ballad backed by an orchestal musical arrangement, and contains emotive lyrics that explore concepts of melancholy and hopefulness. The track received mixed reviews from critics who were ambivalent towards its balladry.
Following its release, the song became the group's fourth consecutive top-ten hit on the UK Singles Chart, while internationally it peaked within the top forty on the singles charts of Ireland, Hungary and the Netherlands. The music video, which is black-and-white, was directed by Howard Greenhalgh and features the Sugababes' silhouettes behind a large screen. To promote "Caught in a Moment", the trio performed it at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta and as part of the set lists for their tours in support of Taller in More Ways (2005), Overloaded: The Singles Collection (2006) and Change (2007).
In 2003, the Sugababes began to work on songs for their third studio album Three (2003). They wrote and recorded material in various countries around the world as they performed at festivals such as the Liverpool Summer Pops. "Caught in a Moment" was written by the Sugababes—consisting of Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Heidi Range—in collaboration with Karen Poole, Marius De Vries and its producer, Jony Rockstar. Pete Craigie recorded the group's vocals while Tom Elmhirst mixed the song; both musicians engineered it. "Caught in a Moment" is the album's fourth and final single, and was released as a CD single in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2004. It appears on the soundtrack to the 2004 film Wimbledon, and is included on the group's 2006 greatest hits album Overloaded: The Singles Collection.