page_title: On Your Radar
section_title: Background and development
hierarchical_section_title: On Your Radar / Background and development
caption_attribution_description: English: Katy Perry performing in November 2010.
context_page_description: On Your Radar is the third studio album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. The album was released 21 November 2011 under Fascination Records. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and London. Steve Mac, who has been instrumental in the production of the band's previous albums, serves as a major collaborator. Additional producers and songwriters include Lucas Secon, Taio Cruz, Labrinth, Tracklacers, Space Cowboy, Brian Higgins and Lucie Silvas.
  The album's lead single "Notorious" was released on 22 May 2011. The song was compared to The Black Eyed Peas, Kelis and Rihanna, and received generally positive reviews. The second single from the album, "All Fired Up", was released in September 2011 which also gained positive reviews and third single, "My Heart Takes Over", was released in November 2011.
  In order to promote the album, the band performed on So You Think You Can Dance. After Una Healy announced her pregnancy, fans thought that On Your Radar would be the last album from the band. However they stated they would not split and Healy still had full commitment to the band.
context_section_description: After the band released their EP Headlines in 2010, they announced that it would build or "act as a bridge" between their 2009 album, Wordshaker and the upcoming album (2011). When the band began recording the album, they announced they would start taking risks in their music. Mollie King announced that their new sound is "dance floor" music. Una Healy also said  Dance music is massive at the moment so it's a dance track, but it also has something unique behind it. [Notorious] Got this drop-out chorus where it's just the beat and you can only hear our voices – there aren't many tracks like that, so it's a bit different." Where in an interview with Vanessa White she said their new music would be a lot "sexier" and "definitely a different sound" while also saying their sound is more R&B. She also stated that the music is a lot sexier and more exciting than it used to be. She stated; "Our new album’s going to be a lot sexier than our old one, it’s definitely a different sound, we’re really excited about it, We’ve all grown up a bit now and that shows. It’s also a lot more R&B than anything we’ve done before, it’s very cool. Every time I think about the new single Notorious it makes me want to dance." White also said that the band have "grown as artists" since their first album Chasing Lights (2008).
  While the band were on The Headlines Tour in February 2011, Rochelle Humes confirmed that the band would be working with record producer Labrinth in the hope that he would write and produce a smash hit as he did with Tinie Tempah. They later confirmed to be working with Alphabeat. Taio Cruz was confirmed to be having an involvement within the album including writing and producing for the band. Space Cowboy, who co-produced Lady Gaga's smash hits "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", was confirmed to be working on the upcoming album. On Twitter it was confirmed that Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub had been working in the studio with the band and recorded a song titled "White Lies". After it was posted [Falk and Yacoub posted on Twitter to Mollie King] "Looking forward to record my song White Lies with u guys tomorrow!" which the pair have been confirmed to have produced. Digital Spy confirmed that the band were working with Xenomania's Brian Higgins. The band also revealed that they have been writing their own tracks for the album. "We've been in the studio writing loads, but we're also going to go somewhere quite remote for a week and just work on loads of songs together". The band also revealed that they have "writing boot camp days" where the band go and write lyrics for the full day. As of May 2011, the band have written eight of the songs recorded. They stressed that they wanted to record as many songs as they could to make sure they give the album the best chance of becoming a hit and making it the best album to-date. It was also revealed by Example himself that he turned down the opportunity to record a collaboration with the band. He stated, "if he does not know them, he will not record with them; it's nothing personal." The band confirmed that this album will be their first to be released globally as they are planning to break the European music market. The album will be released in Germany on the same day as the United Kingdom.
  After the release of "Notorious" the band released a clothing line with high street store Miss Selfridge. The t-shirts feature lyrics from the band's songs "Notorious" and "Higher". The t-shirts were designed by the band themselves. Chipmunk was later revealed to be working with the band on the album. It was confirmed that he would feature on the official remix version "Notorious", the band's first single from the album. It was revealed that the band had begun working with Miranda Cooper, who has previously worked with Kylie Minogue, and Tinie Tempah producer MNEK. and Tracklacers. The band revealed that a lot of the songs are about love, taking inspiration from their boyfriends, David Gandy [King], Wayne Bridge [Sandford], Marvin Humes [Humes] and Ben Foden [Healy]. White, the only single member of the band,
caption: Katy Perry is one of the artists the band took influences from on the album.
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