Flowers (Sweet Female Attitude song)

"Flowers"
"Flowers"
Single by Sweet Female Attitude
from the album In Person
Released	3 April 2000
Genre	R&B (Cutfather & Joe mix); UK garage (Sunship mix);
Length	5:00 (Sunship mix); 3:49 (Sunship edit);
Label	WEA
Songwriter(s)	Mike Powell; Martin Green;
Producer(s)	Cutfather & Joe; Ceri Evans (Sunship mix);
Sweet Female Attitude singles chronology

"Flowers" is the debut single by UK garage duo Sweet Female Attitude, released on 3 April 2000. The song uses the same chord sequence as Erik Satie's Trois Gymnopédies,^[3] and the actual piece can be heard in the version by The House & Garage Orchestra, from the 2018 album Garage Classics.^[4]

The song had a UK Garage mix by producer Sunship which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of about 80,500.^[5] It went on to become the United Kingdom's 37th biggest-selling single of 2000 and received a double platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales and streams of at least 1,200,000. The duo's subsequent releases failed to replicate the commercial success of “Flowers”, with the song being described as a "one-hit wonder" for Sweet Female Attitude.^[6]

"Flowers" has been sampled and covered several times, most notably by DJ Spoony featuring the Sugababes and by Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae. The latter version peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 2020, receiving a platinum certification from the BPI.

^ "New Releases – For Week Starting April 3, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1 April 2000. p. 27. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ Ryce, Andrew (9 November 2019). "Rewind: Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ The House & Garage Orchestra – Flowers, archived from the original on 12 June 2020, retrieved 21 October 2019
^ "The House & Garage Orchestra feat. Sweet Female Attitude's 'Flowers' – Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ "Official Charts Flashback 2000: Craig David – Fill Me In". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^ Ryce, Andrew (9 November 2019). "Rewind: Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

[1] "New Releases – For Week Starting April 3, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1 April 2000. p. 27. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[2] Ryce, Andrew (9 November 2019). "Rewind: Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[3] The House & Garage Orchestra – Flowers, archived from the original on 12 June 2020, retrieved 21 October 2019

[4] "The House & Garage Orchestra feat. Sweet Female Attitude's 'Flowers' – Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

[5] "Official Charts Flashback 2000: Craig David – Fill Me In". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[6] Ryce, Andrew (9 November 2019). "Rewind: Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

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