"This Groove" is a song by British singer-songwriter Victoria Beckham. It was released as a double A-side with "Let Your Head Go". It was intended for Victoria's next album, but her record companyTelstar Records went bankrupt before it surfaced. In 2004, it has been included on the video albumThe 'Réal' Beckhams. The song samples and interpolates the melody of The System's "Don't Disturb This Groove".
Background
In 2002, Beckham signed a contract with Telstar Records and 19 Management worth £1.5 million. Beckham then began recording a pop-influenced album, Open Your Eyes, which yielded the single "Let Your Head Go", but she allegedly chose not to release the album after being disappointed with the results. Instead of pop, Beckham wanted a more urban sound and worked with urban producer Damon Dash to work on the R&B and hip hop influenced album Come Together. A Dash-produced track "It's That Simple" featuring M.O.P. premiered on radio stations in July 2003, generating mixed reviews. Beckham's first single with Telstar, "Let Your Head Go"/"This Groove", was released in the UK on 29 December 2003, following heavy promotion and many TV appearances across the Christmas period. The double A-side lifted "Let Your Head Go" from Beckham's earlier pop-inspired work with "This Groove" one of her R&B songs and remains Beckham's last single release to date. Outside of the UK, Damon Dash had plans for Beckham in the US, including a potential release of "Let Your Head Go / This Groove" under the name of "Posh Spice Victoria Beckham". The release was proposed for sometime between March to May 2004, but never eventuated. With the UK media describing her solo music career a failure, combined with a rumoured fall-out between Dash and Fuller, her hip hop album, Come Together, was not released. She was dismissed from Telstar when the company became bankrupt, and gave up music to focus her fashion career.
Track listing and formats
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "This Groove".
UK CD
"This Groove" – 3:36
"Let Your Head Go" – 3:41
"Let Your Head Go" - 8:08
"Let Your Head Go" - 6:45
UK CD2
"Let Your Head Go" – 7:20
"This Groove" – 4:36
"Let Your Head Go" – 3:33
"This Groove" – 3:37
Chart performance
Released on 29 December 2003, the single entered the UK Singles Chart at and peaked at number 3, charting for 8 weeks. This was the highest new entry for the week, and also tied with Emma Bunton's "Downtown" as the highest chart position for a solo Spice Girl since Geri Halliwell's "It's Raining Men" topped the chart in 2001. It became the UK's eighty-eighth best-selling single of 2004 with sales of 68,656 copies. Like "Out of Your Mind", once again this track was released in the same week as a Sophie Ellis-Bextor track, the track this time being "I Won't Change You" from the aforementioned singer, which reached number 9.
