This Groove

"This Groove" is a song by British singer-songwriter Victoria Beckham. It was released as a double A-side with "Let Your Head Go". It was intended for Beckham's next album, but her record company Telstar Records went bankrupt before it surfaced. In 2004, it was included on the video album The 'Réal' Beckhams. The song samples and interpolates the melody of The System's "Don't Disturb This Groove".

"This Groove"
Single by Victoria Beckham
A-side"Let Your Head Go"
Released29 December 2003 (2003-12-29)
GenreR&B[1]
Length3:36
LabelTelstar
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Victoria Beckham singles chronology
"A Mind of Its Own"
(2002)		 "This Groove" / "Let Your Head Go"
(2003)

Background

In 2002, Beckham signed a contract with Telstar Records and 19 Management[2] worth £1.5 million. Beckham then began recording a pop-influenced album, Open Your Eyes, which yielded the single "Let Your Head Go", but she allegedly chose not to release the album after being disappointed with the results.[3][4] Instead of pop, Beckham wanted a more urban sound and worked with urban producer Damon Dash to work on the R&B and hip hop-influenced album Come Together.[1][2] A Dash-produced track, "It's That Simple" featuring M.O.P., premiered on radio stations in July 2003,[1] generating mixed reviews.[1]

Beckham's first single with Telstar, "This Groove"/"Let Your Head Go",[1] was released in the UK on 29 December 2003 following heavy promotion and many TV appearances across the Christmas period.[5][1] The double A-side lifted "Let Your Head Go" from Beckham's earlier pop-inspired work with "This Groove" one of her R&B songs,[1] and remains Beckham's last single release to date. Outside of the UK, Damon Dash had plans for Beckham in the US, including a potential release of "This Groove / Let Your Head Go" under the name of "Posh Spice Victoria Beckham". The release was proposed for sometime between March and May 2004, but never eventuated.[6]

With the UK media describing her solo music career a failure, combined with a rumoured fall-out between Dash and Fuller, her hip hop album, Come Together, was not released.[7] She was dismissed from Telstar when the company became bankrupt, and gave up music to focus her fashion career.[8]

Chart performance

The single entered the UK Singles Chart at and peaked at number three, charting for 8 weeks.[9] This was the highest new entry for the week, and also tied with Emma Bunton's "Downtown" as the highest chart position for a solo Spice Girl since Geri Halliwell's "It's Raining Men" topped the chart in 2001. It became the UK's 88th-best-selling single of 2004.[10] Like "Out of Your Mind", this track was released in the same week as a Sophie Ellis-Bextor single, this time being "I Won't Change You", which reached number nine.[11]

Track listings
  • UK CD
  1. "This Groove" (radio mix) – 3:36
  2. "Let Your Head Go" (radio mix) – 3:41
  • UK CD2
  1. "Let Your Head Go" (Jakatta Remix) – 7:20
  2. "This Groove" (Para-Beats Remix) – 4:36
  3. "Let Your Head Go" (single remix) – 3:33
  4. "This Groove" (radio remix) – 3:37

Charts

All entries charted with "Let Your Head Go".

References
  1. "Beckham misses out on number one". BBC News. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  2. "Beckham producer slights her talent". BBC News. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  3. "Victoria Beckham's scrapped album leaked". Female First. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  4. Regan, Susannah (8 September 2006). "Beckham angry about album leak". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
  5. "New Releases: Singles 29.12.03". Music Week. 20 December 2003. p. 27.
  6. "MTV News Round-Up 25 May 2004". MTV. 25 May 2004. Archived from the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  7. "Beckham's Rapping Ridiculed". Contact Music. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  8. Sherwin, Adam (26 July 2004). "Posh Spice has finally done something to improve pop music". The Times. London. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  9. "Official Charts Company - Victoria Beckham". Archive.is. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  10. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2004" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  11. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  12. "Hits of the World – Eurocharts" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 3. 17 January 2004. p. 43. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  13. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – This Groove / Let Your Head Go". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  14. "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 5, saptamina 2.02 – 8.02, 2004" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  15. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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