The Saturdays are signed to Fascination Records, a sub-label of Polydor Records. Their album, Chasing Lights, was recorded during May and June 2008 with input from multiple producers and writers, including Ina Wroldsen and Alex Cartana. The group supported Girls Aloud on their Tangled Up Tour before the release of their first single, “If This Is Love“. The single was released in July 2008 and peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
The second single, “Up“, was released in October 2008 and peaked at number 5. Also in October, the album Chasing Lights was released to generally mixed reviews. The album peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart. The third single, “Issues“, was released in January 2009 and reached number four.
In January, the group released their fourth single, a cover of the Depeche Mode song “Just Can’t Get Enough” as one of the official Comic Relief 2009 singles, released on digital sales, 1 March, and on physical sales, 2 March. On 8 March 2009, the single peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, just behind Flo Rida’s single Right Round, making this the first Comic Relief single not to reach number one since 1994. However, this is their highest charting single.
The song also was the girl’s third consecutive top twenty hit in Ireland, breaking into the top ten at number 9 in its second week of release, giving them their first top ten single and their first top ten appearance in a foreign music market.
The group have also confirmed that they will be doing their own tour in 2009 – “The Work Tour”, which will coincide with the release of their fifth single, “Work”. The single ended up peaking in the UK outside of the top twenty at #22, making “Work” the band’s lowest charting single. The single is not in the UK Top 40 as of 2 August 2009.
It has been confirmed that the group will release its second album Colonial Masses on 26 October with the first single ‘Forever Is Over‘ released on 5 October. The video for “Forever Is Over” was leaked onto YouTube on 22nd August 2009.