Lately (Lisa Scott-Lee song)
"Lately" | ||||||||||
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Single by Lisa Scott-Lee | ||||||||||
from the album Never or Now | ||||||||||
B-side | "I'm Burning" | |||||||||
Released | 12 May 2003 | |||||||||
Format | CD, vinyl | |||||||||
Genre | Pop, dance | |||||||||
Length |
3:40 (Radio Edit) 3:53 (Single Mix) 3:56 (Album Version) | |||||||||
Label | Mercury Records | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Lisa Scott-Lee, Paul Newton, Daniel Sherman, Phillip Dyson, Peter Day | |||||||||
Producer(s) | Point 4 | |||||||||
Lisa Scott-Lee singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Lately" is the debut single from singer/songwriter Lisa Scott-Lee after the split of the pop group Steps. it was released on 12 May 2003 by Mercury Records UK and was written by Scott-Lee and Point 4. The single peaked at #6 in the UK charts, despite hot competition from Sophie Ellis-Bextor and the Sugababes. "Lately" was also a successful dance track, peaking at #3 in the UK Dance Charts.
Background and Composition
Promoting the single Lisa Scott-Lee in an interview with Toazted stated, "Lately was one of the first songs I wrote after Steps when I wanted to go solo and I was very determined to get a record deal so I wanted to write, you know a really good song so that I could go round to different record companies and it was a very exciting time for me because my thinking of solo made me feel very nervous but I was excited and I.. you know when you get butterflies in your stomach? So I took that feeling and put it into a song. Lately is about when you meet somebody for the first time whether it's a boy or a girl and maybe you fancy each other and you get butterflies in your stomach and that's what Lately is about".
Release and Promotion
After Scott-Lee managed the band 3SL, consisting of her three brothers including Andy Scott-Lee who enjoyed very limited success, she collaborated with Point4, (Peter Day, Phil Dyson, Paul (Bronze) Newton, and Daniel Sherman) to write and produce 8 songs together including "Lately", "Too Far Gone" and "I'll Wait For You", which was included on her debut album "Never or Now". After Scott-Lee signed a record deal with Mercury Records, "Lately" was chosen to be released 12 May 2003.
Scott-Lee performed the track on two appearances on Top Of The Pops, notably singing the song live on both occasions. She also performed the song on CD:UK. When Steps re-formed in 2011 and announced they would go on tour during Spring in 2012, Lisa performed a medley as her solo featuring Heaven, Beautiful People and Lately.
Chart Position
"Lately" debuted at #6 in UK on 24 May 2003 spending 8 weeks in the chart but it quickly fell out of the top ten reaching #14 the following week. It spent 2 weeks in the top 20 and 5 weeks in the top 40 before disappearing from the charts.
Music Video
The music video for "Lately" begins with some dark shots of Scott-Lee's body under a red shade of light with neon lights behind her as she looks into the camera whilst wearing a ribboned white outfit. She plays up to computer generated camera's which gets close ups of her dancing that is shown on a TV screen in front on a couple lusting on a couch and a couple in a car. There are shots of her in a revealing brown outfit (that she wears for the single art) with flashing lights behind her as she sings into a glowing hanging microphone. After the first chorus the males get distracted by Scott-Lee on the TV screens as she is getting their attention away from the girls they are with. After the second chorus she is in a different outfit that is black with silver chains around her waist with flashing lights behind her singing the bridge of the song. The video does not have a set dance routine or any dancers although Scott-Lee dances up to the cameras through the video and it is very different from anything that she has done in Steps.
Track listing
UK CD
(980029-5; Released: 12 May 2003)
- "Lately" (Radio Edit) - 3:37
- "Lately" (Stella Browne Remix) [Edit] - 6:28
- "Lately" (Soda Club Radio Edit) - 3:38
- "Lately" (56K Mix) [Edit] - 5:57
- "Lately" (Video)
UK 12" Vinyl
(980029-6; Released: 12 May 2003)
Side A
- "Lately" (Stella Browne Remix) - 7:52
Side B
- "Lately" (Bimbo Jones Let Stealth Live Mix) - 9:00
- "Lately" (Soda Club Afterhours Radio Mix) - 6:35
UK 2x12" Vinyl
(LSLDJ1-1/LSLDJ1-2; Released: 2003)
Side A
- "Lately" (Bimbo Jones Let Stealth Live Mix)
Side B
- "Lately" (Bimbo Jones Dub Mix)
Side C
- "Lately" (Stella Browne Remix)
Side D
- "Lately" (Stella Browne Dub)
UK CD Promo
(LSLCJ1; Released: 2003)
- "Lately" (Radio Edit) - 3:37
- "Lately" (56K Mix) - 5:57
- "Lately" (Soda Club Extended Mix) - 6:10
- "Lately" (Soda Club Afterhours Mix) - 6:35
- "Lately" (Stella Browne Remix) - 7:52
UK CD Promo
(LSLCJ2; Released: 2003)
- "Lately" (Radio Edit)
UK CDr Promo
(Released: 2003)
- "Lately" (Single Version) - 3:52
UK CDr Promo
(Released: 2003)
- "Lately" (Radio Edit) - 3:52
UK CDr Promo
(Released: 2003)
- "Lately" (Radio Edit) - 3:37
- "Lately" (Single Mix) - 3:53
- "Lately" (56k Mix) - 6:52
- "Lately" (Soda Club Extended Mix) - 6:10
- "Lately" (Soda Club Afterhours Mix) - 6:35
- "Lately" (Stella Browne Remix) - 7:52
- "Lately" (Bimbo Jones Let Stealth Live Mix) - 9:00
- "Lately" (Bimbo Jones Dub Mix) - 7:59
UK CDr Promo
(Released: 2003)
- "Lately" (Radio Edit)
- "Lately" (56k Radio Edit)
- "Lately" (56k Mix)
- "Lately" (Soda Club Radio Mix)
- "Lately" (Soda Club Extended Mix)
- "Lately" (Soda Club Afterhours Mix)
- "Lately" (Stella Browne Remix)
- "Lately" (Stella Browne Dub)
- "Lately" (Bimbo Jones Let Stealth Live Mix)
- "Lately" (Bimbo Jones Dub Mix)
- "Lately" (Shanghai Surprise Diva Edit)
- "Lately" (Shanghai Surprise Diva Mix)
NL CD
(980867-4; Released: 2003)
- "Lately" (Radio Edit) - 3:37
- "Lately" (Stella Browne Remix) [Radio Edit] - 3:41
- "Lately" (Soda Club Radio Edit) - 3:38
- "I'm Burning" - 3:24
- "Lately" (Video)
Chart positions
Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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UK Top 75 Singles | 6 |
UK Dance Charts | 3 |
Ireland Singles Charts | 24 |