Theme to St. Trinian's

"Theme to St Trinian's" (also known as "St. Trinian's Chant") is a promotional single recorded by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud for the album St Trinian’s: The Soundtrack (2007), released to promote the film of the same name. The song was written by the film's score composer Charlie Mole and Ali Thompson, while Girls Aloud's recurring collaborators Xenomania provided production.

"Theme to St Trinian's"
Promotional single by Girls Aloud
from the album St Trinian’s: The Soundtrack
Released10 December 2007
Recorded2007
GenrePop
Length4:31
LabelFascination Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Girls Aloud singles chronology
"Call the Shots"
(2007)		 "Theme to St Trinian's"
(2007)		 "Can't Speak French"
(2008)
Music video
"Theme to St. Trinian's" on YouTube

The track was recorded by Girls Aloud to coincide with their cameo appearance in the film as the St Trinian's School Band. A music video of their performance from the film was used to promote the track, which was available for digital download alongside the rest of the soundtrack album on 10 December 2007. "Theme to St Trinian's" charted at number 51 before being removed by Fascination Records to avoid confusion with Girls Aloud's actual single "Call the Shots".

Background and release

The song was written specifically to serve as the theme tune to the 2007 film St Trinian's. It was written especially by the film's composer Charlie Mole, with additional lyrics by Ali Thompson. The song was offered to many artists, but was eventually given to Girls Aloud and produced by their production team Xenomania.

"Theme to St Trinian's" was later re-recorded by the Banned of St Trinian's; this appeared on the soundtrack to St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold and was also produced by Xenomania. Coincidentally, Girls Aloud member Sarah Harding had a starring role in the film.

A music video for the song was released to music video stations to promote the film and the soundtrack. The video consists of Girls Aloud performing the song at the end of the movie, as well as various clips of other scenes from throughout the film.

Reception

Digital Spy called the song "an electro-glam-sci-fi-rock romp" and gave the song a positive review.[1] InTheNews.co.uk, however, called it a "below-average song".[2]

The song debuted at number ninety-six on the UK Singles Chart on 5 January 2008, due to high download sales.[3] It rose to number fifty-one a week later.[3] The song was then removed from the iTunes Store to avoid confusion with Girls Aloud's actual single "Call the Shots", but readded in April 2008.

Charts
Chart performance for "Theme to St. Trinian's"
Chart (2008) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[4] 51

References
  1. Nick Levine (2007-12-10). "'St. Trinian's' Soundtrack: Yay or Nay?". The Sound. The Sound. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  2. Richard Fox (2007-12-17). "St Trinian's – The Soundtrack". InTheNews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  3. "Theme to St. Trinian's". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  4. "Theme To St Trinians". aCharts.us. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
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