Atomic Kitten

Released: October 23, 2000

Songwriter: Stuart Kershaw Andy McCluskey

Producer: Engine

[Verse 1]
I saw you standing alone across the crowded room
You look so fine oh baby
But I knew you wouldn't make the move
So what am I supposed to do with you
Looking but you just don't act
You gotta make your move
And it ain't in the groove
Come on now baby don't hold back

[Pre-Chorus]
So you gotta throw away your inhibitions
Come on and make the man's decision
Tell me now what is your ambition
Show me all the things that I've been missing

[Chorus]
Do what you wanna, say what you gotta
Be what you wanna be with me baby
Sooner or later your gonna have to
Do what you wanna do with me yeah

[Verse 2]
Out on the sidewalk
You're acting like you just come out there
Don't disappoint me, baby
I know that you're concerned that you care

[Pre-Chorus]
So you gotta throw away your inhibitions
Come on and make the man's decision
Tell me now what is your ambition
Show me all the things that I've been missing

[Chorus]
Do what you wanna, say what you gotta
Be what you wanna be with me baby
Sooner or later your gonna have to
Do what you wanna do with me yeah

[Bridge]
When you gonna show me that you understand (please baby, please baby, please baby)
When you gonna treat me like your a man (Please baby, please baby)
Come on show ya now

[Chorus]
Do what you wanna, say what you gotta
Be what you wanna be with me baby
Sooner or later your gonna have to
Do what you wanna do with me yeah
Do what you wanna (Do what you wanna)
Be what you wanna (be what you wanna)
Sooner or later your gonna have to
Do what you wanna do with me yeah

Atomic Kitten are an English girl group formed in Liverpool in 1998 and put together by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) frontman Andy McCluskey, who served as a principal songwriter during their early years. The original line-up consisted of Kerry Katona, Liz McClarnon and Heidi Range. Range was later replaced by Natasha Hamilton and eventually went on to join Sugababes.

The group’s debut album Right Now was released in October 2000 and peaked at number 39 in the UK. After four top ten singles, Katona quit the group and was replaced by former Precious singer Jenny Frost. “Whole Again” (recorded before Katona left), their next single, became their most successful song when it topped the UK singles chart for four weeks and became the 13th best-selling single of the 2000s. The group re-released their debut album, with some tracks re-recorded with Frost’s vocals. In the UK, the album hit number one, going double platinum after selling over 600,000 copies.

Between 2002 and 2004, the group released a further two studio albums, Feels So Good (which also went double platinum in the UK) and Ladies Night, and a greatest hits album before announcing a break following their 2004 tour.

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