Hook Me Up
Encyclopedia
Hook Me Up is the second studio album
by Australian band The Veronicas
, which was released on 3 November 2007 (see 2007 in music
) by Rhino Entertainment
, Sire Records
and London Records
. The album shows a new direction in music for the duo – exploring a New Wave
/electro-pop sound which was influenced by Los Angeles bands and putting aside their pop punk
sound. It debuted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart at number two and has since been certified double platinum. The singles issued from the album were "Hook Me Up
", "Untouched
", "This Love
", "Take Me on the Floor
", and "Popular
". For the album, The Veronicas were nominated for three awards at ARIA Music Awards of 2008
: "Highest Selling Album", "Highest Selling Single" and "Best Pop Release".
with German
songwriter Toby Gad
. Jessica Origliasso states "It was really great. Toby works on a simplified set-up on his Mac computer. It takes all the pressure out of being in a recording studio. We were able to take our time and get it right and not stress about time ticking." When working on the album the girls knew exactly which songwriters they wanted to work with including Billy Steinberg
(who has worked with Madonna
) and John Feldmann
(who has worked with Good Charlotte
and The Used
). The songwriting saw the girls write about personal things in life mainly to do with love. The song "Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were)" is about a person who Lisa Origliasso dated overseas, she states "When it comes down to it, that song's about cheating. A lot of people have been through it, like I've been through it, so it was very easy to relate to that situation. And I saw that whole situation go on, so it wasn't hard to write that song with her." Another personal song includes "In Another Life", is the most emotional song they've ever written. Lisa states that "While recording this song we couldn't sing it properly because we were bawling our eyes out". Jess says, "You actually hear me sniffing in the background".
In the song "Take Me on the Floor", the girls state that they "want to kiss a girl". Lisa states "Yeah, there's a sexual undertone to that song, but when we were writing it we were thinking about having fun, going to a club, being on the dancefloor. You can interpret it how you like." Jessica states "It would have been so easy to have made a record just like the first, with unison voices on the verse and chorus. It worked for us on the first record; it became a trademark sound. Not degrading it, we loved it, but at some point you have to grow as an artist or you get stuck." Lisa states "We made that record [The Secret Life Of...] two years ago. It would be so dated to do it again. I feel we're staying current but staying ourselves. It was a natural progression. We wanted a challenge, to take it somewhere new. People had become used to our sound. Other artists released that sound using songs we'd written. We get asked, "Did you get pushed into this sound?" We were doing the pushing!".
playbook". Hoffman praised that the album "is an improvement upon its predecessor in almost every regard, consolidating its strengths while making bold and exploratory forward leaps that verge on a wholesale stylistic reinvention." He states the songs at their core are "expertly crafted pop/rock tunes" and anyone who enjoyed their previous studio album would "embrace this album". Hoffman ends the review stating that the album is the "finest teen pop releases of the year." Cameron Adams of The Herald Sun
also gave the album a positive review, stating that "this is one twisted, subversive pop album." He also states "It's not as laden with obvious hits as their debut, and takes more risks than most young pop stars would. In a word: brash."
Hook Me Up was commercially successful in Australia and New Zealand. In November 2007, it debuted at number two on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart with sales of 9,531 copies. The album certified gold in its first week and was kept off the top spot by The Eagles album Long Road Out of Eden
(2007). The album dropped off the chart after eleven months, spending a total of fifty-one weeks in the top fifty. The Australian Recording Industry Association
awarded the album double platinum certification for shipping 140,000 copies and became the twenty-eighth highest selling album in Australia for 2007. At the 2008 ARIA Awards, the album was nominated for "Highest Selling Album" and "Best Pop Release" but lost both awards to Delta
by Delta Goodrem
and Lessons to Be Learned
by Gabriella Cilmi
respectively. In New Zealand, the album debuted at number thirty-two on the New Zealand Albums Chart, and went to peak at number eight, spending a total of twenty-six weeks on the chart. The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
certified the album gold.
The album made its first appearance on the U.S. Billboard
charts on 13 September 2008 at number eleven on the Billboard Top Heatseekers
chart. It then went to debut on the Billboard 200
on 17 January 2009 at number one hundred and forty-seven, and peaked at number one hundred and seven. It has spent fourteen weeks on the chart. Hook Me Up also peaked at number one hundred and thirty-four on the French Albums Chart where it spent two weeks on the chart. Recently, the album has peaked at number 88 on the iTunes Top 100 albums.
" was released as the albums lead single on 22 September 2007. The single made its debut at number five and after seven weeks on the charts made its peak at number-one making it their first number-one hit The song received an ARIA Music Award nomination for Highest Selling Single in 2008 but lost to Gabriella Cilmi
.
"Untouched
" was released as the second single in Australia
and as the lead single in New Zealand
, North America
and Europe
. It was received well peaking at number two in Australia and making their Billboard Hot 100
debut in the charts peaking at number seventeen. It also peaked at number nine in New Zealand, number eight in the UK and became their first number one hit, outside of Australia, in Ireland
. The song was also nominated for the ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Single.
"This Love
" was released as the third single in Australia and second single in New Zealand. The single reached number ten in Australia and number fourteen in New Zealand.
"Take Me on the Floor
" was released as the fourth single in Australia, the third single in New Zealand and the second single in the United States and Canada
. In Australia it became their fourth consecutive top ten hit from the album peaking at number seven. It also peaked at number twenty-nine in New Zealand, number fifty-four in Canada. and number eighty-one in the US.
"Popular
" was released as the fifth single in Australia. The single only received airplay and didn't chart on the ARIA Charts
Top 50 singles but peaked at number eleven on the Australian Airplay Chart.
"4ever" was released as the albums second single in the UK and Ireland and re-released as the third single in the US. The single has so far peaked at number 17 in the UK and number 20 in Ireland.
and the United States
and on Australian TV series Rove. The Veronicas also performed and they were presenters with Ashley Tisdale
at the Z100 Jingle Ball on 13 December 2008 due to their success on the station and co-hosted MTV's New Year's Eve party with Miley Cyrus
. While in Europe they performed on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
, GMTV
, Capital FM, TRL Italy
and they will perform at the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball
They have also filmed an episode of 90210
called Zero Tolerance where they performed Untouched
and also performed the song at the Miss USA 2009
pageant. Their songs "Popular
" and "Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were)" have both appeared on the reality series The Hills
.
The album received further promotion when they embarked on their Hook Me Up Tour in 2007 and Revenge Is Sweeter tour
in 2009
They were also supposed to tour with Morningwood in 2009, but the tour fell through.
Australian iTunes edition
US, Japanese, Brazilian and Argentinian Bonus Track
UK, Mexico, and U.S. Re-release Bonus Tracks
U.S. iTunes Deluxe Bonus Tracks
Sing along
in Australia on 3 November 2007. The group recently posted a message on their Myspace
page stating that the album will be released in the U.S. in May 2008.
It was added to pre-order on Itunes , where it release was stated to 13 May, with a bonus track, a cover of Scandal's "Goodbye to You."
In June 2008 , it was added to Amazon on the "First to know," and it means a physical release on the U.S. Fansite lovetheveronicas.com reports that the album will have a physical CD release on 16 September 2008. In a recent Youtube message The Veronicas confirmed that the U.S. release of Hook Me Up has been pushed up and is now going to release on 26 August 2008. The clean version of the American release was released on 9 September.
In America, a recent YAZ Birth Control Commercial uses the track "Goodbye to You."
The UK release was originally scheduled for 22 June, but was bumped back to 21 September, then again to 5 October, after The Veronicas announced plans to release a second UK single, "4ever" following the success of "Untouched".
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Australian band The Veronicas
The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....
, which was released on 3 November 2007 (see 2007 in music
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
) by Rhino Entertainment
Rhino Entertainment
Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...
, Sire Records
Sire Records
Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...
and London Records
London Records
London Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....
. The album shows a new direction in music for the duo – exploring a New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
/electro-pop sound which was influenced by Los Angeles bands and putting aside their pop punk
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
sound. It debuted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart at number two and has since been certified double platinum. The singles issued from the album were "Hook Me Up
Hook Me Up (song)
"Hook Me Up" is a song by Australian duo The Veronicas for their second album, Hook Me Up. Produced by Greg Wells, it was released as the albums lead single in late 2007 in Australia. The downtempo, electropop-dance song is a change in direction from the pop rock sound from their previous album,...
", "Untouched
Untouched (song)
"Untouched" is an electropop song written by Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, and Toby Gad, produced by Gad for The Veronicas' second album Hook Me Up . It was released as the album's second single in Australia on 10 December 2007. The song is notable for becoming the band's breakout hit in the United...
", "This Love
This Love (The Veronicas song)
"This Love" is a dance-rock song written by Toby Gad and then-unknown pop singer Kesha, produced by Gad for The Veronicas second album Hook Me Up...
", "Take Me on the Floor
Take Me on the Floor
"Take Me on the Floor" is a song by The Veronicas from their second album Hook Me Up. It was released to radio stations as their second single in the United States on 24 March 2009.. The song was used in promotional ads for the 2008 season of Australia's Dancing with the Stars...
", and "Popular
Popular (The Veronicas song)
"Popular" is the fifth single from Australian pop band The Veronicas' second studio album, Hook Me Up.-Writing and inspiration:"Popular" is a midtempo techno-house song that talks about being privileged. The Veronicas themselves said to Cameron Adams of Herald Sun that there is even a rap done by...
". For the album, The Veronicas were nominated for three awards at ARIA Music Awards of 2008
ARIA Music Awards of 2008
The 22nd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards took place on 19 October 2008...
: "Highest Selling Album", "Highest Selling Single" and "Best Pop Release".
Writing and development
The album was mainly written and recorded in the girls' home in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
with German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
songwriter Toby Gad
Toby Gad
Tobias "Toby" Gad is a Los Angeles-based hit producer and songwriter from Germany, perhaps best known for co-writing Fergie's Grammy nominated hit song "Big Girls Don't Cry" as well as co-writing and producing Beyoncé's worldwide #1 hit "If I Were a Boy", and The Veronicas multi-platinum #1...
. Jessica Origliasso states "It was really great. Toby works on a simplified set-up on his Mac computer. It takes all the pressure out of being in a recording studio. We were able to take our time and get it right and not stress about time ticking." When working on the album the girls knew exactly which songwriters they wanted to work with including Billy Steinberg
Billy Steinberg
William Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...
(who has worked with Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
) and John Feldmann
John Feldmann
John William Feldmann is an American musician and producer who is the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger. He is known as an animal rights advocate.- Music :...
(who has worked with Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. Since 1998, the band's constant members have been lead vocalist Joel Madden, lead guitarist and back-up vocalist Benji Madden, bass guitarist Paul Thomas and rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin...
and The Used
The Used
The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah. The band was founded in 2001 and signed to Reprise Records the same year. They rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third...
). The songwriting saw the girls write about personal things in life mainly to do with love. The song "Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were)" is about a person who Lisa Origliasso dated overseas, she states "When it comes down to it, that song's about cheating. A lot of people have been through it, like I've been through it, so it was very easy to relate to that situation. And I saw that whole situation go on, so it wasn't hard to write that song with her." Another personal song includes "In Another Life", is the most emotional song they've ever written. Lisa states that "While recording this song we couldn't sing it properly because we were bawling our eyes out". Jess says, "You actually hear me sniffing in the background".
In the song "Take Me on the Floor", the girls state that they "want to kiss a girl". Lisa states "Yeah, there's a sexual undertone to that song, but when we were writing it we were thinking about having fun, going to a club, being on the dancefloor. You can interpret it how you like." Jessica states "It would have been so easy to have made a record just like the first, with unison voices on the verse and chorus. It worked for us on the first record; it became a trademark sound. Not degrading it, we loved it, but at some point you have to grow as an artist or you get stuck." Lisa states "We made that record [The Secret Life Of...] two years ago. It would be so dated to do it again. I feel we're staying current but staying ourselves. It was a natural progression. We wanted a challenge, to take it somewhere new. People had become used to our sound. Other artists released that sound using songs we'd written. We get asked, "Did you get pushed into this sound?" We were doing the pushing!".
Critical reception and commercial performance
K. Ross Hoffman of Allmusic gave the album a positive review, stating that the band "decided to take a page from the t.A.T.u.T.A.T.u.
t.A.T.u. was a duo formed in Moscow, Russia in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov. The group consisted of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova.Their debut single "Ya Soshla S Uma" was released in December 2000. The single had a huge success in Russia and Eastern Europe...
playbook". Hoffman praised that the album "is an improvement upon its predecessor in almost every regard, consolidating its strengths while making bold and exploratory forward leaps that verge on a wholesale stylistic reinvention." He states the songs at their core are "expertly crafted pop/rock tunes" and anyone who enjoyed their previous studio album would "embrace this album". Hoffman ends the review stating that the album is the "finest teen pop releases of the year." Cameron Adams of The Herald Sun
Herald Sun
The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
also gave the album a positive review, stating that "this is one twisted, subversive pop album." He also states "It's not as laden with obvious hits as their debut, and takes more risks than most young pop stars would. In a word: brash."
Hook Me Up was commercially successful in Australia and New Zealand. In November 2007, it debuted at number two on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart with sales of 9,531 copies. The album certified gold in its first week and was kept off the top spot by The Eagles album Long Road Out of Eden
Long Road Out of Eden
Long Road Out of Eden is the seventh studio album by American rock band Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records. Nearly six years in production, Long Road Out of Eden is the first studio album from the Eagles since 1979's The Long Run, and along with the four original tracks on 1994 Hell...
(2007). The album dropped off the chart after eleven months, spending a total of fifty-one weeks in the top fifty. The Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
awarded the album double platinum certification for shipping 140,000 copies and became the twenty-eighth highest selling album in Australia for 2007. At the 2008 ARIA Awards, the album was nominated for "Highest Selling Album" and "Best Pop Release" but lost both awards to Delta
Delta (album)
Delta is the third studio album by Australian singer Delta Goodrem. It was released in Australia on 20 October 2007 through Daylight Records. Goodrem began work on the album in 2006 and collaborated with several writers including Vince Pizzinga, Tommy Lee James, Jörgen Elofsson, Richard Marx,...
by Delta Goodrem
Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
and Lessons to Be Learned
Lessons to Be Learned
Lessons to Be Learned is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi, released in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2008 by Island Records and in Australia on 10 May 2008 by Mushroom Records...
by Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2008, Cilmi was awarded six ARIA awards including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist....
respectively. In New Zealand, the album debuted at number thirty-two on the New Zealand Albums Chart, and went to peak at number eight, spending a total of twenty-six weeks on the chart. The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
certified the album gold.
The album made its first appearance on the U.S. Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
charts on 13 September 2008 at number eleven on the Billboard Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart. It then went to debut on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
on 17 January 2009 at number one hundred and forty-seven, and peaked at number one hundred and seven. It has spent fourteen weeks on the chart. Hook Me Up also peaked at number one hundred and thirty-four on the French Albums Chart where it spent two weeks on the chart. Recently, the album has peaked at number 88 on the iTunes Top 100 albums.
Singles
"Hook Me UpHook Me Up (song)
"Hook Me Up" is a song by Australian duo The Veronicas for their second album, Hook Me Up. Produced by Greg Wells, it was released as the albums lead single in late 2007 in Australia. The downtempo, electropop-dance song is a change in direction from the pop rock sound from their previous album,...
" was released as the albums lead single on 22 September 2007. The single made its debut at number five and after seven weeks on the charts made its peak at number-one making it their first number-one hit The song received an ARIA Music Award nomination for Highest Selling Single in 2008 but lost to Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2008, Cilmi was awarded six ARIA awards including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist....
.
"Untouched
Untouched (song)
"Untouched" is an electropop song written by Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, and Toby Gad, produced by Gad for The Veronicas' second album Hook Me Up . It was released as the album's second single in Australia on 10 December 2007. The song is notable for becoming the band's breakout hit in the United...
" was released as the second single in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and as the lead single in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. It was received well peaking at number two in Australia and making their Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
debut in the charts peaking at number seventeen. It also peaked at number nine in New Zealand, number eight in the UK and became their first number one hit, outside of Australia, in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. The song was also nominated for the ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Single.
"This Love
This Love (The Veronicas song)
"This Love" is a dance-rock song written by Toby Gad and then-unknown pop singer Kesha, produced by Gad for The Veronicas second album Hook Me Up...
" was released as the third single in Australia and second single in New Zealand. The single reached number ten in Australia and number fourteen in New Zealand.
"Take Me on the Floor
Take Me on the Floor
"Take Me on the Floor" is a song by The Veronicas from their second album Hook Me Up. It was released to radio stations as their second single in the United States on 24 March 2009.. The song was used in promotional ads for the 2008 season of Australia's Dancing with the Stars...
" was released as the fourth single in Australia, the third single in New Zealand and the second single in the United States and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. In Australia it became their fourth consecutive top ten hit from the album peaking at number seven. It also peaked at number twenty-nine in New Zealand, number fifty-four in Canada. and number eighty-one in the US.
"Popular
Popular (The Veronicas song)
"Popular" is the fifth single from Australian pop band The Veronicas' second studio album, Hook Me Up.-Writing and inspiration:"Popular" is a midtempo techno-house song that talks about being privileged. The Veronicas themselves said to Cameron Adams of Herald Sun that there is even a rap done by...
" was released as the fifth single in Australia. The single only received airplay and didn't chart on the ARIA Charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
Top 50 singles but peaked at number eleven on the Australian Airplay Chart.
"4ever" was released as the albums second single in the UK and Ireland and re-released as the third single in the US. The single has so far peaked at number 17 in the UK and number 20 in Ireland.
Promotion
The Veronicas made several TV appearances around the world to promote the album including So You Think You Can Dance in AustraliaSo You Think You Can Dance Australia
So You Think You Can Dance Australia was an Australian version of the American reality dance-off series So You Think You Can Dance. The show is hosted by Natalie Bassingthwaighte, with Jason Coleman, Matt Lee and Bonnie Lythgoe acting as the judges....
and the United States
So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
and on Australian TV series Rove. The Veronicas also performed and they were presenters with Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...
at the Z100 Jingle Ball on 13 December 2008 due to their success on the station and co-hosted MTV's New Year's Eve party with Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....
. While in Europe they performed on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
, GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
, Capital FM, TRL Italy
TRL Italy
Total Request Live was the Italian version of the American show of the same name that originated in 1999. Originally broadcast weekdays at 2.00 p.m., its time slot was changed as it ran into its second season. It was broadcast at 3.00 p.m...
and they will perform at the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball
Jingle Bell Ball
The Jingle Bell Ball is a concert held every year in December, by Global Radio at O2 Arena. Headline acts have included superstars like Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas and Kylie Minogue...
They have also filmed an episode of 90210
90210 (TV series)
90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS...
called Zero Tolerance where they performed Untouched
Untouched (song)
"Untouched" is an electropop song written by Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, and Toby Gad, produced by Gad for The Veronicas' second album Hook Me Up . It was released as the album's second single in Australia on 10 December 2007. The song is notable for becoming the band's breakout hit in the United...
and also performed the song at the Miss USA 2009
Miss USA 2009
Miss USA 2009, the 58th Miss USA pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2009...
pageant. Their songs "Popular
Popular (The Veronicas song)
"Popular" is the fifth single from Australian pop band The Veronicas' second studio album, Hook Me Up.-Writing and inspiration:"Popular" is a midtempo techno-house song that talks about being privileged. The Veronicas themselves said to Cameron Adams of Herald Sun that there is even a rap done by...
" and "Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were)" have both appeared on the reality series The Hills
The Hills
The Hills is a reality television series which originally aired on MTV from May 31, 2006 until July 13, 2010. The show uses a reality television format, following the personal lives of several young adults living in Los Angeles, California, but tends towards a narrative format more commonly found...
.
The album received further promotion when they embarked on their Hook Me Up Tour in 2007 and Revenge Is Sweeter tour
Revenge Is Sweeter tour
The Revenge Is Sweeter tour is a tour by The Veronicas which was announced in November 2008.-Tour information:The sixteen date tour was their first to extend outside of Australia into New Zealand. The tour will begin on 13 February 2009 in Newcastle and conclude on 7 March 2009 in Dunedin, New...
in 2009
They were also supposed to tour with Morningwood in 2009, but the tour fell through.
Track listing
Standard edition- "UntouchedUntouched (song)"Untouched" is an electropop song written by Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, and Toby Gad, produced by Gad for The Veronicas' second album Hook Me Up . It was released as the album's second single in Australia on 10 December 2007. The song is notable for becoming the band's breakout hit in the United...
" (Toby GadToby GadTobias "Toby" Gad is a Los Angeles-based hit producer and songwriter from Germany, perhaps best known for co-writing Fergie's Grammy nominated hit song "Big Girls Don't Cry" as well as co-writing and producing Beyoncé's worldwide #1 hit "If I Were a Boy", and The Veronicas multi-platinum #1...
, Jessica Origliasso, Lisa Origliasso) – 4:14 - "Hook Me UpHook Me Up (song)"Hook Me Up" is a song by Australian duo The Veronicas for their second album, Hook Me Up. Produced by Greg Wells, it was released as the albums lead single in late 2007 in Australia. The downtempo, electropop-dance song is a change in direction from the pop rock sound from their previous album,...
" (J. Origliasso, L. Origliasso, Shelly PeikenShelly PeikenShelly Peiken is a multi-platinum Grammy nominated songwriter who is best known for her #1 hits "What a Girl Wants" and "Come on Over Baby ".Shelly and Meredith Brooks earned a Grammy nomination for Brooks's hit song "Bitch"....
, Greg WellsGreg WellsGreg Wells is a multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Adele, Weezer, Pink, Theophilus London, Deftones, Katy Perry, Rufus Wainwright, The All American Rejects, OneRepublic, Mika, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach,...
) – 2:56 - "This Is How It Feels" (Gad, J. Origliasso, L. Origliasso) – 4:11
- "This LoveThis Love (The Veronicas song)"This Love" is a dance-rock song written by Toby Gad and then-unknown pop singer Kesha, produced by Gad for The Veronicas second album Hook Me Up...
" (Gad, Kesha Sebert) – 2:59 - "I Can't Stay Away" (Josh Alexander, Billy SteinbergBilly SteinbergWilliam Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...
) – 3:26 - "Take Me on the FloorTake Me on the Floor"Take Me on the Floor" is a song by The Veronicas from their second album Hook Me Up. It was released to radio stations as their second single in the United States on 24 March 2009.. The song was used in promotional ads for the 2008 season of Australia's Dancing with the Stars...
" (Gad, J. Origliasso, L. Origliasso) – 3:30 - "I Don't Wanna Wait" (John FeldmannJohn FeldmannJohn William Feldmann is an American musician and producer who is the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger. He is known as an animal rights advocate.- Music :...
, J. Origliasso, L. Origliasso) – 2:59 - "PopularPopular (The Veronicas song)"Popular" is the fifth single from Australian pop band The Veronicas' second studio album, Hook Me Up.-Writing and inspiration:"Popular" is a midtempo techno-house song that talks about being privileged. The Veronicas themselves said to Cameron Adams of Herald Sun that there is even a rap done by...
" (Beni Barca, Gad, J. Origliasso, L. Origliasso) – 2:44 - "Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were)" (Gad, J. Origliasso, L. Origliasso) – 3:43
- "Someone Wake Me Up" (Alexander, J. Origliasso, L. Origliasso, Steinberg) – 3:35
- "All I Have" (Gad, J. Origliasso, L. Origliasso) – 3:14
- "In Another Life" (Gad, J. Origliasso, L. Origliasso) – 3:47
Australian iTunes edition
- Track by Track (exclusive interview) – 7:34
- "Hook Me Up" (music video) – 2:59
- Booklet (digital booklet)
US, Japanese, Brazilian and Argentinian Bonus Track
- "Goodbye to YouGoodbye to You (Scandal song)"Goodbye to You" is a new wave single and song by the 1980s band Scandal.-Original release information:The song was written by band member Zack Smith. It appeared on Scandal's 1982 Scandal EP...
" – 3:14
UK, Mexico, and U.S. Re-release Bonus Tracks
- "Goodbye to YouGoodbye to You (Scandal song)"Goodbye to You" is a new wave single and song by the 1980s band Scandal.-Original release information:The song was written by band member Zack Smith. It appeared on Scandal's 1982 Scandal EP...
" – 3:14
- "Change The World" – 3:09
- "4ever" – 3:30
- "Everything I'm NotEverything I'm Not"Everything I'm Not" is the second single released in 2005 from The Veronicas' album The Secret Life of.... It reached #7 on the ARIA Singles Charts and has been certified Gold ....
" – 3:37 (UK only)
U.S. iTunes Deluxe Bonus Tracks
- "Change the World" - 3:07
- "Everything" – 3:22
- "Don't Say Goodbye" (feat. Tanya Doko) – 2:54
- "Untouched" (Listen Deep remix) – 4:32
- "Untouched" (Music Video) – 3:43
- Digital Booklet – Hook Me Up
DVD karaoke edition
DVD- "Hook Me Up" (karaoke)
- "Untouched" (karaoke)
- "This Love" (karaoke)
- "Take Me on the Floor" (karaoke)
Sing along
- "Hook Me Up"
- "Untouched"
- "This Love"
- "Take Me on the Floor"
Personnel
- Jeff Aldrich - A&R
- Josh Alexander - digital editing, production, recording, keyboard, programming, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Matt Appleton - engineering
- Joel Bajrech - logo design
- Dean ButterworthDean ButterworthDean "Deano" Butterworth is a professional drummer. He played for popular singer Morrissey and was announced as the official drummer for the band Good Charlotte in March 2005 after they parted with their previous drummer, Chris Wilson in 2005...
- drums - Donny Campion - beats
- John FeldmannJohn FeldmannJohn William Feldmann is an American musician and producer who is the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger. He is known as an animal rights advocate.- Music :...
- engineering, production, mixing, guitar, bassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
, keys, string arrangement, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Jens GadJens GadJens Gad is a songwriter, producer and guitarist. He was previously the co-producer for the musical project, Enigma. Currently, he is releasing albums under the name of Jens Gad Presents for his new instrumental work, and also under the name of Achillea, for his new world-influenced music which...
- drums - Toby GadToby GadTobias "Toby" Gad is a Los Angeles-based hit producer and songwriter from Germany, perhaps best known for co-writing Fergie's Grammy nominated hit song "Big Girls Don't Cry" as well as co-writing and producing Beyoncé's worldwide #1 hit "If I Were a Boy", and The Veronicas multi-platinum #1...
- mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
, instrumentsMusical instrumentA musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...
, mastering - Chris Garcia - digital editing
- Brian "Big Bass" GardnerBrian GardnerBrian Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner is a mastering engineer. He has worked on countless recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk, and dance pop. He is perhaps best known for his work on hip hop albums and in...
- mastering - Gersh - drum tech
- Michael GoldstoneMichael GoldstoneMichael Goldstone is an American music industry executive.He began his career at MCA Records, where he worked in marketing and artist development before moving into A&R. Segueing to PolyGram, he signed Mother Love Bone and, after the death of lead singer Andrew Wood, signed the remaining members to...
- A&R - Nick Haussling - A&R Coordinator
- Brandon Kilgour - mixing
- Steve Martin - programming
- Kyle Mooreman - engineering
- Carlotta Moye - photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Jessica Origliasso - lead vocals, background vocals
- Lisa Origliasso - lead vocals, background vocals
- Drew Pearson - recording
- Scott Roewe - pro toolsPro ToolsPro Tools is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, developed and manufactured by Avid Technology. It is widely used by professionals throughout the audio industries for recording and editing in music production, film scoring, film, and television...
, logic tech - Dave Russell - mixing
- Billy SteinbergBilly SteinbergWilliam Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...
- production - Stuart Stuart - recording
- Stephen Walker - designArt directorThe art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
- Fabien Waltmann - programming
- Greg WellsGreg WellsGreg Wells is a multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Adele, Weezer, Pink, Theophilus London, Deftones, Katy Perry, Rufus Wainwright, The All American Rejects, OneRepublic, Mika, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach,...
- production, mixing, programming, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, beats
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
2 |
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
107 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
1 |
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
57 |
| French Albums Chart | 134 |
| Mexican Albums Chart AMPROFON Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico... |
41 |
| Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
33 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
35 |
Year-End charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 28 |
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 17 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart | 41 |
Release history
The album was made available for pre-order on the Australian iTunes Music Store on 16 October 2007. It includes a digital booklet, the music video for the single "Hook Me Up" and a track by track commentary by The Veronicas. It was released as a compact discCompact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
in Australia on 3 November 2007. The group recently posted a message on their Myspace
Myspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page stating that the album will be released in the U.S. in May 2008.
It was added to pre-order on Itunes , where it release was stated to 13 May, with a bonus track, a cover of Scandal's "Goodbye to You."
In June 2008 , it was added to Amazon on the "First to know," and it means a physical release on the U.S. Fansite lovetheveronicas.com reports that the album will have a physical CD release on 16 September 2008. In a recent Youtube message The Veronicas confirmed that the U.S. release of Hook Me Up has been pushed up and is now going to release on 26 August 2008. The clean version of the American release was released on 9 September.
In America, a recent YAZ Birth Control Commercial uses the track "Goodbye to You."
The UK release was originally scheduled for 22 June, but was bumped back to 21 September, then again to 5 October, after The Veronicas announced plans to release a second UK single, "4ever" following the success of "Untouched".
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
3 November 2007 | Sire Records Sire Records Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a... |
CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
9362499015 |
| New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
7 April 2008 | Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... |
CD, digital download | 9362499154 |
| Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
12 May 2008 | Sire Records | CD, digital download | |
| Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
20 January 2009 | Sire Records | CD | 2395260 |
| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
13 May 2008 | Sire Records | Digital download | 395260 |
| 26 August 2008 | CD | |||
| 9 June 2009 | Re-issue CD | |||
| Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
27 March 2009 | Warner Music | CD | 9362498923 |
| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
14 April 2009 | Pony Canyon Pony Canyon is a Japanese company, established on October 1, 1966 , which publishes music, DVD and VHS videos, movies and video games. It is a subsidiary of Japanese Media Group, Fujisankei Communications Group.-History:... |
CD | |
| Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
3 April 2009 | Warner Music | CD | |
| France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
6 April 2009 | Warner Music | CD | |
| Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
23 June 2009 | Warner Music | CD | 093624989233 |
| UK | 12 October 2009 | Warner Music | CD, digital download | 9362497101 |