Ok, this is getting really confusing so let me see if I have this straight. Sometime in the year 2000, Miranda Cooper aka Moonbaby releases a promo single called "Here We Go", which apparently is written by Cooper, Brian Higgins, and Matt Gray, who collectively (maybe minus Matt Gray) form the major inner workings of what is modern day Xenomania. This single flops and disappears into the ether. But wait, fast forward to November 2001, where the song makes a reappearance as the theme song to the cartoon show Totally Spies. The lyrics are slightly redone to talk about shopping and undercover missions and stuff. Miranda Cooper, from the sound of it, is still on vocals (sort of). Let's skip ahead again, this time to late in the year 2003, where Lene of that horrible, horrible band Aqua releases her solo album
Play With Me which contains, of all things, an album track called "Here We Go". This track is nearly identical to the original Moonbaby version, just with Lene on vocals. Strangely enough, Lene now has a writing credit alongside Cooper, Higgins, and Gray. Oh, and still nobody cares about this song. Isn't even released as a single. Now here I must warn you we've deviated slightly from the straight chronological path, but this writing credit thing might be important, because rewinding five months, we have the May 2003 release of what currently stands as the second best single of this decade, Girls Aloud's "No Good Advice" (charted at #2 in the U.K.). Yes, there is a point to mentioning this, as if you're paying careful attention, you'll note that the end portion of "No Good Advice" sounds strikingly similar to the ending of "Here We Go" (both versions). And interestingly enough, a whole slew of people take a writing credit on this one, including the afforementioned Xenomania members, current Xenomania card holders, Lisa Cowling and Nik Coler, and Lene. Now I don't know if Lene's involvement stems from anything beyond this song's close association with "Here We Go", but it's something that should be noted I suppose. So getting back to present day, yesterday at some MTV show in the U.K., Girls Aloud performed a song live which eye witnesses claim contained the words "Romeo", "show", and "hero" in the chorus. That's right ladies and gentlemen, the song that wouldn't die. Current speculation is that "Here We Go" will end up as an album track on their forthcoming album. I hope I got all that right. Really weird, but hey, can't really fault them for ripping off their own song can we? The Moonbaby version, by the way, is the best one I've heard so far.
