Notorious (The Saturdays song)

"Notorious" is a song by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays, released as the lead single from their third studio album, On Your Radar.

According to the lyrics in the song the band are loving life, they like to go out and enjoy themselves however they work hard and they all have a bad and naughty side to them.

Music questioned the song if it was enough, stating; "a bad girl", short skirts, nice hair, rave breakdown - but is it enough?".

The music video has been described as "sexy secretary look as they knuckle down to a day's work at the office" and "The lift handily opens out into a dance floor where they strut their stuff in front of some appreciative men."

In March 2011, the song's producer Steve Mac confirmed that he had finished the single and it was almost ready for release.

would only be an extended play and according to their record label, the CD would "act as a bridge" between last studio album Wordshaker (2009) and their upcoming third full one in 2011.

[10] Digital Spy stated; "I'm a big boss, I'm a gangster, On the dance floor" Mollie King announces on the squeaky, Auto-Tuned intro, before dropping a high-wired, club-pumping beat the Black Eyed Peas would cock a snook at.

"I'm a bad girl, I'm notorious" insists Rochelle Wiseman, while a storm of synths, strings and techno beeps brews behind them.

The result isn't quite as instant as the lyrics would suggest, but there's no doubting they talk a good game.

Music stated The Saturdays are pulling out all the big guns - talk of being "a bad girl", short skirts, nice hair, rave breakdown - but is it enough?

[21] The music video begins with the Dutch city hall called 'the Ice palace'.

The scene changes to an elevator, where the band are standing inside of it with the "Notorious" playing in the background, before the actual intro to the song begins.

It then changes shots to the band standing in a lift wearing smart, secretary-type clothing, in a theme of red, white and black.

It appears Vanessa and Rochelle are the telephone carers - they sing their verses into the receivers - while Una remains fixed to a laptop for the duration.

Whilst going up in the elevator the band begin to primp, letting hair come down and clothes come off, and get changed into designer wear and proceed to apply Barry M' lip-gloss and mascara.

The club features break dancers and champagne, as well as LED lights, white chaises and modern art spreads.

Through the ending of the song, where the chorus is in a continuous pitch-medley and joined - the first time - by the beat, the band dances in a hectic fashion, and the screen is often split into different angles, creating a sense of energy.

The focus is switched, primarily, to Mollie King as the beat drops again once more, as she brings the chorus to a close with a reiteration of her opening intro.

The lift handily opens out into a dance floor where they strut their stuff in front of some appreciative men.

They try to inject some sauce and attitude and warble about being 'gangsters' but really like the video shows they're just office girls pretending to be bad.PopDash stated the band teased us for the music video all week and seeing them partying in the club as well as they're secretaries scene waiting to clock off for the day; they stated it was a bit like the Boots advert but with a better song on it.

The Saturdays took to the stage of So You Think You Can Dance Live Results Show, where they performed the song for the very first time.

The girls promoted the single on Radio 1 Live Lounge on 21 June, also covering a mash up of "I Need a Dollar" and "Buzzin'" by Aloe Blacc and Mann.