Chasing the Saturdays is the second extended play by English-Irish girl group The Saturdays. It was released on 27 January 2013 in the United States and Canada alone through Fascination and Mercury Records. The EP was the group's first release under Mercury since signing a US distribution deal. The EP collection is titled after their reality television programme, Chasing the Saturdays, which is broadcast through American television network E!. It follows the band trying to break into the American music market.

The collection features previous singles released into the UK throughout The Saturdays' five years as a pop group in the UK. The songs "All Fired Up" and "Notorious" are originally from their third studio album On Your Radar (2011); "Ego" is from their second studio album Wordshaker (2009) and "Higher" is from their debut EP Headlines! (2010). "What About Us", which was released in United States on 18 December 2012, acted as the lead single from the EP, though it would also be the second single from The Saturdays' fourth studio album Living for the Weekend (2013).

On 29 October 2012, it was announced that The Saturdays had been in talks with American television network E! about having their own reality television programme. It was later revealed that the band had in fact received their own TV show, Chasing The Saturdays broadcast through E! and also signed a joint record deal with Island Def Jam Records and Mercury Records. The joint deal would allow the group to release their music in the United States and Canada.Una Healy told Dailymail.co.uk: "We feel like the time is now for pop music coming from the UK and Ireland, but there's never been a girl band coming from there since the Spice Girls. It's time for us. We've been together a long time now, five years. We're just starting fresh here. That's what it's about. We've always wanted to come out here and go to different territories. We really feel ready." While in America the band began working on new music and working with producers Rodney Jerkins, also known as "Darkchild" who has produced hits for Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston and Justin Bieber and among others. and Diane Warren.Frankie Sandford said the band were afraid to try and crack America due to the band having constant success in their native England and Ireland. She said: "Nowadays, luckily, [British] people are a lot more open to their favorite acts going to America. It used to be a little bit like, 'They're leaving us! They're going to the U.S. and they're never coming back!' People seem a little more accepting of that now."

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