Flowers (Sweet Female Attitude song)

"Flowers" is the debut single by UK garage duo Sweet Female Attitude, released in April 2000. The song uses the same chord sequence as Erik Satie's Trois Gymnopédies,[2] and the actual piece can be heard in the version by The House & Garage Orchestra, from the 2018 album Garage Classics.[3]

"Flowers"
Single by Sweet Female Attitude
from the album In Person
Released3 April 2000
Recorded1999
Genre
Length
  • 5:00 (Sunship Mix)
  • 3:49 (Sunship Edit)
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)
  • Mike Powell
  • Martin Green
Producer(s)
Sweet Female Attitude singles chronology
"Flowers"
(2000)		 "8 Days a Week"
(2000)

The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of about 80,500.[4] It went on to become the United Kingdom's 37th biggest-selling single of 2000 and received a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales and streams of at least 600,000.

Impact and legacy

The Guardian listed the song at number six on their list of "The best UK garage tracks – ranked!" in 2019.[5]

Mixmag included "Flowers" in their list of "40 of the best UK garage tracks released from 1995 to 2005".[6]

In September 2019, NME included the song in their "25 essential UK garage anthems" list.[7]

Capital Xtra included the song in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time".[8]

Music video

The music video for "Flowers" was directed by Pete Nilsen and Ryan Davids.

Track listings

UK cassette single[9]

  1. "Flowers" (Sunship Edit) – 3:49
  2. "Flowers" (Supa' Flyas Mix) – 3:36
  3. "Flowers" (Solomon's Precious Mix) – 5:56
  4. "Flowers" (Sunship vs. Chunky featuring Shado Kane) – 6:22

European CD maxi-single[10]

  1. "Flowers" (Sunship Edit) – 3:49
  2. "Flowers" (Supa' Flyas Mix) – 3:36
  3. "Flowers" (Sunship Mix) – 5:00
  4. "Flowers" (Wackside's Tweaker Mix) – 7:05

Australian CD maxi-single[11]

  1. "Flowers" (C & J Mix) – 3:59
  2. "Flowers" (Supa'Flyas Viva Mix) – 3:36
  3. "Flowers" (Sunship Edit) – 3:50
  4. "Flowers" (Wackside's Small Tweaker Radio) – 3:46
  5. "Flowers" (Sunship Mix) – 5:02
  6. "Flowers" (Wackside's Tweaker Mix) – 7:06
  7. "Flowers" (Solomon's Precious Mix) – 5:57
  8. "Flowers" (Sunship vs Chunky) – 6:24

Charts and certifications

Nathan Dawe version
"Flowers"
Single by Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae
Released25 October 2019
Length3:14
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Mike Powell
  • Martin Green
Producer(s)White N3rd
Nathan Dawe singles chronology
"Repeat After Me"
(2019)		 "Flowers"
(2019)		 "Lighter"
(2020)

English DJ and producer Nathan Dawe released a cover version of the song as a single on 25 October 2019[24] through Atlantic UK. The single gives a featuring credit to rapper Jaykae for his verse, but Dawe chose not to give a featuring credit to Malika Ferguson for her vocals, nor to Sweet Female Attitude. It peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

Talking to the Official Charts Company about the success of the song, Dawe said, "It's a surreal feeling. I've been pretty much working my whole music career for this achievement, so now that it's happened, it feels a bit weird. It's not the best time for everyone right now, but it's equally bad for all of us. Although I suppose it's a decent situation for myself!". He also said, "The writers of the original 'Flowers' (Mike Powell and Martin Green) have 100% of all the publishing royalties." Although Dawe re-worked some of the lyrics and added a verse by Jaykae, he insisted that "It's still Powell and Green's song, isn't it? I've seen the odd couple of tweets saying I've just used a cover for my financial gain. I'm not actually making money from the song."[25]

Weekly charts
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[26] 14
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[27] 11
UK Singles (OCC)[28] 12

Year-end charts
Chart (2020) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[29] 33

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Platinum 600,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Other versions

In 2018, a cover version was released by Bastille along with Rationale and James Arthur for the mixtape album Other People's Heartache Pt. 4, and the House & Garage Orchestra together with Sweet Female Attitude recorded an orchestral version for the album Garage Classics. In 2019, the original members of the Sugababes reformed and recorded "Flowers" for DJ Spoony's Garage Classical album.[31]

References
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  9. Flowers (UK cassette single sleeve). Sweet Female Attitude. WEA, Milkk. 2000. 8573 82754 4, WEA267C, Milkk 2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. Flowers (European maxi-single liner notes). Sweet Female Attitude. WEA, Milkk. 2000. WEA267CD, 8573 82751-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. Flowers (Australian maxi-single liner notes). Sweet Female Attitude. WEA. 2000. 8573828362, MIKK2.CS1 maint: others (link)
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  14. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (8.6–15.6 2000)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 9 June 2000. p. 12. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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