Issues (The Saturdays song)

"Issues" is a song British-Irish girl group The Saturdays, from their debut studio album Chasing Lights.

Prior to its single release, the lyrics to "Issues" were re-recorded after being misinterpreted as promoting violence.

As the lyrics "can't decide if I should slap you or kiss you" left many people misunderstanding the word "slap" as "stab", the lyrics were changed to "can't decide if I should leave you or kiss you".

The band were forced to change the lyrics due to the sounding similarities between "slap you" and "stab you" which they were worried might promote violence.

Music described the song as a "drippy mid-Atlantic love ballad" that lacked the "spark, energy and sheer excitement" of the group's past singles.

[4] In a review for Allmusic, Jon O'Brien called the track "dated" and wrote that it "sounds like a Max Martin reject from the '90s".

It was then the band's highest peak position, after charting higher than previous singles "If This Is Love" and "Up".

[citation needed] Throughout the video, the group is seen standing at the shore of the seaside, with different coloured coats on.

As the first chorus of the song finishes, they are seen walking from the beach house with different coloured umbrellas walking in a straight line; Rochelle has a pink umbrella, Una has a green one, Mollie has a blue one, Vanessa a purple one and Frankie a red one.

As the video is starting to come to an end, the girls are seen standing around a blazing fire, which could represent them trying to burn away all the memory of their heartbreak.

One frame of the video for "Issues" where the Saturdays standing around a blazing fire.