"Stronger" | ||||
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Single by Sugababes | ||||
from the album Angels with Dirty Faces | ||||
A-side | "Angels with Dirty Faces" | |||
Released | 11 November 2002 | |||
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Length | 4:02 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Producer(s) | Jony Rockstar | |||
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"Stronger" is a song by English girl group Sugababes from their second studio album Angels with Dirty Faces (2002). The Sugababes wrote the song in collaboration with Jony Rockstar, Marius de Vries and Felix Howard; it was inspired by group member Heidi Range's experience of being separated from her family and friends. "Stronger" is a downtempo pop and R&B ballad with a self-empowerment theme. It is the third single from Angels with Dirty Faces, and was released as a double A-side with the album's title track. The song received mixed reviews from critics, who were ambivalent towards its composition.
"Stronger" charted at number seven on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top ten on the singles charts in the Netherlands and Norway. It peaked in the top forty in Australia and New Zealand, and many European countries. Alison Murray directed the song's music video, which was filmed at a swimming pool in London and portrays each group member as a different persona. The single was performed by the Sugababes at the Edinburgh 50,000 – The Final Push concert in July 2005, and was included in the set lists for their tours in support of Three, Overloaded: The Singles Collection and Change. Lee Mead covered the ballad for his self-titled studio album.