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Salute (Little Mix album)

Salute is the second studio album released by British girl group Little Mix, on 8 November 2013 through Syco Music and Columbia Records.[4] The album was mostly co-written by Little Mix, who stated that they were more involved in the development of this album compared to their debut album DNA. The album was preceded by the lead single "Move", an additional two singles "Little Me", and "Salute". It is also one of the two studio albums by the group to not feature any collaborations.

Salute
Studio album by
Released8 November 2013
Recorded2013
Studio
Genre
Length43:06
Label
Producer
Little Mix chronology
DNA
(2012)
Salute
(2013)
Get Weird
(2015)
Singles from Salute
  1. "Move"
    Released: 3 November 2013
  2. "Little Me"
    Released: 30 December 2013
  3. "Salute"
    Released: 2 May 2014

Musically, the album sees Little Mix approach a more R&B-influenced sound while retaining their previous pop sound of their debut album. Salute also sees the quartet experiment more with 90s production sound with elements of hip-hop, teen-pop, and electronic dance music influences from the 2000s. The album contains lyrics focused around themes such as girl power, mental health, self-love, breakups, insecurity, and female empowerment.

The album received generally positive reviews from critics, with some praising the group for their vocal harmonies. Commercially, Salute charted in nineteen music markets including reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, and America. It was named as one of the best selling girl group albums in the UK, between 1994 and 2019.[5]

Background edit

In an interview with Digital Spy in March 2013, Little Mix stated that they wanted their second album to have a more R&B sound.[6] Group member Jesy Nelson added: "I personally want to put a lot more dancey stuff in there. As in, one of the songs that comes on in a club that makes you want to dance. Not that David Guetta sound, but more R&B – a bit like Eve and Gwen Stefani's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". They also revealed that they would be starting to write material for the new album in the coming months.[6] On 19 September Little Mix held a livestream to announce that they had finished recording their second album and it was going to be sent to be mixed. In the same livestream the girls announced that the first single "Move" would be premiered on radio on 23 September. They also sang an acapella of a song that would become "Little Me". On 4 October, Little Mix uploaded a video to their official YouTube page, announcing that their second album would be called Salute and would be available for pre-order on 7 October.[7] The album was released in the UK on 11 November 2013 and released in the US on 4 February 2014.[8]

Release and promotion edit

On 4 October 2013, Little Mix uploaded a video to their official YouTube page, announcing that their second album would be called Salute and would be available for pre-order on 7 October.[7] The album was released on 11 November 2013 in the United Kingdom and was released in the United States 4 February 2014.[8]

They sang "Move" for the first time live on 9 October at Big Gig 2013 for the Girlguiding organisation at Wembley Stadium.[9] On 20 October Little Mix travelled to Australia, where they performed the singles "Wings", "DNA" and "Change Your Life" in an autograph signing. Little Mix performed "Move" on The X Factor Australia on 21 October 2013 and on the morning show Sunrise. They also sang it on The X Factor UK on 3 November 2013.[10] They also performed it on The X Factor USA on 5 December 2013[11] and The Wendy Williams Show on 6 February 2014 as well as the Late Show with David Letterman.[12] In December 2013 the group announced their second headlining concert tour, The Salute Tour, in support of the album.

The album's lead single, "Move", made its radio premiere on 23 September 2013 and was released on 3 November 2013. It charted at number three on the UK Singles Chart and number five on the Irish Singles Chart. Follow-up singles "Little Me" and the title track peaked at number 14 and 6 respectively in the UK. To promote the album, Little Mix embarked on their second headlining concert tour, entitled The Salute Tour between May and July 2014. A North American extension of this tour was scheduled for September and October, but was later cancelled due to the process of recording their next album.

On 21 August 2020, two new versions of the album were made available for download and streaming: an expanded edition of the album, which replaced the deluxe edition on Spotify and other streaming platforms, and one that only contained rarities and remixes of songs from the album.[13][14]

Singles edit

On 23 September 2013, "Move" was premiered on BBC Radio One. For the single, Little Mix worked with Nathan Duvall, an up-and-coming R&B producer and Maegan Cottone the girls vocal coach. "Move" was released on 7 October in Australia and New Zealand. It was later released in the UK and Ireland on 3 November.[15] It was sent to Mainstream Radio in the US on 18 February 2014 and reached number 38 on that chart. The song peaked at number three in the UK, number 5 in Ireland, number 19 in Japan and number 12 in New Zealand. The single also charted in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Slovakia. Since then, "Move" has been certified gold in Australia and the UK for sales of 35,000 and 400,000 respectively.

"Little Me" was selected as the album's second single from the album. The song was co-written by TMS and Iain James, and produced by TMS. On 21 November 2013, Little Mix revealed via a YouTube video message that they had decided to release it as the second single because it held a lot of meaning to them and was written with their fans in mind.[16] The song reached number fourteen in the UK, number three in Armenia, number fifteen in Iceland and number 16 in the Netherlands. It also charted in Australia, Ireland and Lebanon.

After releasing a cover of "Word Up!" as the charity single for Sport Relief in March 2014, Little Mix announced on 5 April 2014 that the title track "Salute" would be released as the album's third single. It was sent to UK radio on 28 April 2014.[17] The official music video premiered on 2 May and received over one million views within 24 hours.[18] It was released on 1 June. The song peaked at number 6 in the UK, number 5 in Scotland and number 12 in Ireland.

Promotional singles edit

The album was supported by five promotional singles. On 9 January 2014 the first two promotional singles released from Salute were "These Four Walls" which peaked at number fifty-seven on the UK Singles Charts,[19] and "Nothing Feels Like You".[20][21] On 21 January 2014, the third, fourth, and fifth promotional singles released were "Towers", "Stand Down" and "See Me Now".[22][23][24] Towers was included in the 2021, After We Fell movie soundtrack.[25]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.5/10[26]
Metacritic66/100[27]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [28]
Digital Spy     [1]
Evening Standard     [29]
The Guardian     [30]
Los Angeles Times    [31]
musicOMH     [32]
The Observer     [33]

Salute received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on five reviews, which indicates "generally favourable reviews".[27]

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the album five out of five stars, noting an improvement over DNA (2012), stating, "the group have grown both musically and in confidence, paving the way for them to step out on to that world stage once again and really make their mark", while drawing comparisons to American girl group Destiny's Child.[1] Jon OBrien of Yahoo! wrote that the album cemented Little Mix's status as music's premier girlband while characterising the album as "impressively mature yet still utterly infectious".[34] Harriet Gibsone from The Guardian compared the album to pop music of the 1990s, awarding the album four out of five stars.[30] New. Fresh. Hype. praises this album for the tight vocal harmonies and writing, scoring them 9. They also praised the production of this album, making them sound stronger and slicker. New. Fresh. Hype. scored the overall album 8.2.[35] MSN gave the album five stars out of five recommending the tracks "Salute", "Move", "Boy", "Good Enough" and the rest of the album.[36] Renowned for Sound commented that on the album, the group's vocals "are on top form and still gelling nicely together, even sounding better and more technical in many areas".[37]

Spin included the album in their "20 Best Pop Albums of 2013" year-end list.[38]

Commercial performance edit

In the UK, Salute charted at number four, becoming the group's second consecutive top five album in the country. It was named as one of the biggest selling albums in the UK between 2013 and 2014 and as of May 2022, it has sold over 429,000 copies.[39] It has been ranked as one of the biggest-selling girl group albums between 1994 and 2019.[40]

On the US Billboard 200, Salute debut at number six, selling over 43,000 copies in its first week, becoming Little Mix second consecutive top ten studio album after DNA (2012).[41] The album also reached the top ten on the Canadian, Australian, Irish and Scottish album charts. Salute reached the music markets in additional thirteen other countries including reaching the top twenty in Croatia, New Zealand, Norway, and Spain.

Track listing edit

Salute
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Salute"TMS3:56
2."Move"
  • Nathan Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
Duvall3:44
3."Little Me"
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • Iain James
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
TMS3:55
4."Nothing Feels like You"
MNEK3:27
5."Towers"Electric3:58
6."Competition"
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
TMS3:27
7."These Four Walls"
  • Stannard
  • Howes
3:28
8."About the Boy"
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • Lewis
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
TMS3:44
9."Boy"
  • Purcell
  • Rick Parkhouse
  • George Tizzard
Fred Ball2:54
10."Good Enough"
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • Purcell
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
TMS3:52
11."Mr Loverboy"
  • Ryan Williamson (RyKeyz)
  • Jordan Dollar
RyKeyz3:14
12."A Different Beat"
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Ayak Thiik
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
  • TMS
  • Nicky D'Silva (add.)
3:27
Total length:43:06
UK & US deluxe edition bonus disc and European bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."See Me Now"
Ball3:43
14."They Just Don't Know You"
  • Ball
  • Roberts
  • James
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
Ball3:55
15."Stand Down"
  • Darren Lewis
  • Iyiola Babalola
  • Lewis
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
Future Cut3:39
16."Little Me" (Unplugged)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
 3:56
Total length:58:19
French bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Une Autre Personne" (Tal with Little Mix)
  • Tal
  • Ralph Beaubrum
  • Dalvin
  • Tiery-F
  • Gary Fico
  • Tiery-F
4:01
Total length:62:20  
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Move" (Deekly And Eightysix Remix)
  • Nathan Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
Deekly And Eightysix3:21
18."Move" (Over Exposure Remix)
  • Nathan Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
Over Exposure5:53
19."Move" (The Alias Radio Edit)
  • Nathan Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
  • The Alias
  • J. Gingell
  • B. Stone
  • Pete Hofmann
3:46
20."Wings" (Japanese Version)
TMS3:42
Total length:75:01
Expanded Edition [13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
4."Word Up!"Cottone TMS3:28
18."Move" (The Alias Radio Edit)
  • Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
  • The Alias
  • J. Gingell
  • B. Stone
  • Pete Hofmann
3:46
19."Little Me" (DE$iGNATED Radio Remix)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • James
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
 3:48
20."Word Up!" (The Alias Radio Edit)
  • Jenkins
  • Blackmon
 3:28
21."Salute" (Single Version)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
TMS3:08
Total length:76:00

 

Salute - Rarities & Remixes [42]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Salute" (Troyboi Remix)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
3:36
2."Salute" (Anakyan Remix)
  • Barnes
  • Kelleher
  • Kohn
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
5:12
3."Word Up!" (Extended Mix)
  • Jenkins
  • Blackmon
5:00
4."Move" (Deekly and Eightysix Remix)
  • Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
3:19
5."Move" (Mike Delinquent Remix)
  • Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
5:19
6."Move" (Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Radio Mix)
  • Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
3:43
7."Move" (Over Exposure Remix)
  • Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
5:51
8."Move" (Acoustic) (Live)
  • Duvall
  • Cottone
  • Edwards
  • Nelson
  • Pinnock
  • Thirlwall
2:57
9."Who's Lovin You" (Live)William "Smokey" Robinson1:08
Total length:36:19


Charts and certifications edit

Release history edit

Regions Date Format(s) Label
Ireland[69] 8 November 2013 Syco Music
Poland[70]
United Kingdom[71] 11 November 2013
Italy[72] 12 November 2013
Australia[73] 15 November 2013 Sony Music Australia
New Zealand[74] Syco Music
United States[8] 4 February 2014 Columbia Records

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Salute is the second studio album released by British girl group Little Mix on 8 November 2013 through Syco Music and Columbia Records 4 The album was mostly co written by Little Mix who stated that they were more involved in the development of this album compared to their debut album DNA The album was preceded by the lead single Move an additional two singles Little Me and Salute It is also one of the two studio albums by the group to not feature any collaborations SaluteStudio album by Little MixReleased8 November 2013Recorded2013StudioThe Boom Boom Room Burbank California The Hide Out Studios London United Kingdom GenrePop 1 R amp B 2 3 Length43 06LabelSyco ColumbiaProducerTMS Future Cut Fred Ball MNEK Nathan Duvall Electric Ash Howes Richard Biff Stannard RyKeyz Nicky D SilvaLittle Mix chronologyDNA 2012 Salute 2013 Get Weird 2015 Singles from Salute Move Released 3 November 2013 Little Me Released 30 December 2013 Salute Released 2 May 2014Musically the album sees Little Mix approach a more R amp B influenced sound while retaining their previous pop sound of their debut album Salute also sees the quartet experiment more with 90s production sound with elements of hip hop teen pop and electronic dance music influences from the 2000s The album contains lyrics focused around themes such as girl power mental health self love breakups insecurity and female empowerment The album received generally positive reviews from critics with some praising the group for their vocal harmonies Commercially Salute charted in nineteen music markets including reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom Canada Australia Ireland Scotland and America It was named as one of the best selling girl group albums in the UK between 1994 and 2019 5 Contents 1 Background 2 Release and promotion 3 Singles 3 1 Promotional singles 4 Critical reception 5 Commercial performance 6 Track listing 7 Charts and certifications 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 7 3 Certifications 8 Release history 9 ReferencesBackground editIn an interview with Digital Spy in March 2013 Little Mix stated that they wanted their second album to have a more R amp B sound 6 Group member Jesy Nelson added I personally want to put a lot more dancey stuff in there As in one of the songs that comes on in a club that makes you want to dance Not that David Guetta sound but more R amp B a bit like Eve and Gwen Stefani s Let Me Blow Ya Mind They also revealed that they would be starting to write material for the new album in the coming months 6 On 19 September Little Mix held a livestream to announce that they had finished recording their second album and it was going to be sent to be mixed In the same livestream the girls announced that the first single Move would be premiered on radio on 23 September They also sang an acapella of a song that would become Little Me On 4 October Little Mix uploaded a video to their official YouTube page announcing that their second album would be called Salute and would be available for pre order on 7 October 7 The album was released in the UK on 11 November 2013 and released in the US on 4 February 2014 8 Release and promotion editOn 4 October 2013 Little Mix uploaded a video to their official YouTube page announcing that their second album would be called Salute and would be available for pre order on 7 October 7 The album was released on 11 November 2013 in the United Kingdom and was released in the United States 4 February 2014 8 They sang Move for the first time live on 9 October at Big Gig 2013 for the Girlguiding organisation at Wembley Stadium 9 On 20 October Little Mix travelled to Australia where they performed the singles Wings DNA and Change Your Life in an autograph signing Little Mix performed Move on The X Factor Australia on 21 October 2013 and on the morning show Sunrise They also sang it on The X Factor UK on 3 November 2013 10 They also performed it on The X Factor USA on 5 December 2013 11 and The Wendy Williams Show on 6 February 2014 as well as the Late Show with David Letterman 12 In December 2013 the group announced their second headlining concert tour The Salute Tour in support of the album The album s lead single Move made its radio premiere on 23 September 2013 and was released on 3 November 2013 It charted at number three on the UK Singles Chart and number five on the Irish Singles Chart Follow up singles Little Me and the title track peaked at number 14 and 6 respectively in the UK To promote the album Little Mix embarked on their second headlining concert tour entitled The Salute Tour between May and July 2014 A North American extension of this tour was scheduled for September and October but was later cancelled due to the process of recording their next album On 21 August 2020 two new versions of the album were made available for download and streaming an expanded edition of the album which replaced the deluxe edition on Spotify and other streaming platforms and one that only contained rarities and remixes of songs from the album 13 14 Singles editOn 23 September 2013 Move was premiered on BBC Radio One For the single Little Mix worked with Nathan Duvall an up and coming R amp B producer and Maegan Cottone the girls vocal coach Move was released on 7 October in Australia and New Zealand It was later released in the UK and Ireland on 3 November 15 It was sent to Mainstream Radio in the US on 18 February 2014 and reached number 38 on that chart The song peaked at number three in the UK number 5 in Ireland number 19 in Japan and number 12 in New Zealand The single also charted in Australia Belgium the Netherlands and Slovakia Since then Move has been certified gold in Australia and the UK for sales of 35 000 and 400 000 respectively Little Me was selected as the album s second single from the album The song was co written by TMS and Iain James and produced by TMS On 21 November 2013 Little Mix revealed via a YouTube video message that they had decided to release it as the second single because it held a lot of meaning to them and was written with their fans in mind 16 The song reached number fourteen in the UK number three in Armenia number fifteen in Iceland and number 16 in the Netherlands It also charted in Australia Ireland and Lebanon After releasing a cover of Word Up as the charity single for Sport Relief in March 2014 Little Mix announced on 5 April 2014 that the title track Salute would be released as the album s third single It was sent to UK radio on 28 April 2014 17 The official music video premiered on 2 May and received over one million views within 24 hours 18 It was released on 1 June The song peaked at number 6 in the UK number 5 in Scotland and number 12 in Ireland Promotional singles edit The album was supported by five promotional singles On 9 January 2014 the first two promotional singles released from Salute were These Four Walls which peaked at number fifty seven on the UK Singles Charts 19 and Nothing Feels Like You 20 21 On 21 January 2014 the third fourth and fifth promotional singles released were Towers Stand Down and See Me Now 22 23 24 Towers was included in the 2021 After We Fell movie soundtrack 25 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 6 5 10 26 Metacritic66 100 27 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 28 Digital Spy nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Evening Standard nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 29 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 30 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 31 musicOMH nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 32 The Observer nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 33 Salute received generally positive reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album received an average score of 66 based on five reviews which indicates generally favourable reviews 27 Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the album five out of five stars noting an improvement over DNA 2012 stating the group have grown both musically and in confidence paving the way for them to step out on to that world stage once again and really make their mark while drawing comparisons to American girl group Destiny s Child 1 Jon OBrien of Yahoo wrote that the album cemented Little Mix s status as music s premier girlband while characterising the album as impressively mature yet still utterly infectious 34 Harriet Gibsone from The Guardian compared the album to pop music of the 1990s awarding the album four out of five stars 30 New Fresh Hype praises this album for the tight vocal harmonies and writing scoring them 9 They also praised the production of this album making them sound stronger and slicker New Fresh Hype scored the overall album 8 2 35 MSN gave the album five stars out of five recommending the tracks Salute Move Boy Good Enough and the rest of the album 36 Renowned for Sound commented that on the album the group s vocals are on top form and still gelling nicely together even sounding better and more technical in many areas 37 Spin included the album in their 20 Best Pop Albums of 2013 year end list 38 Commercial performance editIn the UK Salute charted at number four becoming the group s second consecutive top five album in the country It was named as one of the biggest selling albums in the UK between 2013 and 2014 and as of May 2022 it has sold over 429 000 copies 39 It has been ranked as one of the biggest selling girl group albums between 1994 and 2019 40 On the US Billboard 200 Salute debut at number six selling over 43 000 copies in its first week becoming Little Mix second consecutive top ten studio album after DNA 2012 41 The album also reached the top ten on the Canadian Australian Irish and Scottish album charts Salute reached the music markets in additional thirteen other countries including reaching the top twenty in Croatia New Zealand Norway and Spain Track listing editSaluteNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Salute Thomas Barnes Peter Kelleher Ben Kohn Maegan Cottone Perrie Edwards Jesy Nelson Leigh Anne Pinnock Jade ThirlwallTMS3 562 Move Nathan Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallDuvall3 443 Little Me Barnes Kelleher Kohn Iain James Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallTMS3 554 Nothing Feels like You Uzoechi Emenike Camille Purcell Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallMNEK3 275 Towers Jamie Scott Little Nikki Edvard Forre Erfjord Henrik MichelsenElectric3 586 Competition Barnes Kelleher Kohn James Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallTMS3 277 These Four Walls Richard Biff Stannard Ash Howes Bradford Ellis Shaznay Lewis Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallStannard Howes3 288 About the Boy Barnes Kelleher Kohn Lewis Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallTMS3 449 Boy Purcell Rick Parkhouse George TizzardFred Ball2 5410 Good Enough Barnes Kelleher Kohn Purcell Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallTMS3 5211 Mr Loverboy Ryan Williamson RyKeyz Jordan DollarRyKeyz3 1412 A Different Beat Barnes Kelleher Kohn James Ayak Thiik Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallTMS Nicky D Silva add 3 27Total length 43 06 UK amp US deluxe edition bonus disc and European bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length13 See Me Now Ball James Nicola RobertsBall3 4314 They Just Don t Know You Ball Roberts James Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallBall3 5515 Stand Down Darren Lewis Iyiola Babalola Lewis Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallFuture Cut3 3916 Little Me Unplugged Barnes Kelleher Kohn James Edwards Nelson Pinnock Thirlwall 3 56Total length 58 19 French bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length17 Une Autre Personne Tal with Little Mix Tal Ralph Beaubrum Dalvin Tiery FGary Fico Tiery F4 01Total length 62 20 Japanese bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length17 Move Deekly And Eightysix Remix Nathan Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallDeekly And Eightysix3 2118 Move Over Exposure Remix Nathan Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallOver Exposure5 5319 Move The Alias Radio Edit Nathan Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallThe Alias J Gingell B Stone Pete Hofmann3 4620 Wings Japanese Version Barnes Kelleher Kohn James Little Mix Erika Nuri Michelle Lewis Mischke Heidi Rojas Junji IshiwatariTMS3 42Total length 75 01 Expanded Edition 13 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length4 Word Up Tomi Jenkins Larry BlackmonCottone TMS3 2818 Move The Alias Radio Edit Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallThe Alias J Gingell B Stone Pete Hofmann3 4619 Little Me DE iGNATED Radio Remix Barnes Kelleher Kohn James Edwards Nelson Pinnock Thirlwall 3 4820 Word Up The Alias Radio Edit Jenkins Blackmon 3 2821 Salute Single Version Barnes Kelleher Kohn Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock ThirlwallTMS3 08Total length 76 00 Salute Rarities amp Remixes 42 No TitleWriter s Length1 Salute Troyboi Remix Barnes Kelleher Kohn Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock Thirlwall3 362 Salute Anakyan Remix Barnes Kelleher Kohn Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock Thirlwall5 123 Word Up Extended Mix Jenkins Blackmon5 004 Move Deekly and Eightysix Remix Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock Thirlwall3 195 Move Mike Delinquent Remix Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock Thirlwall5 196 Move Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Radio Mix Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock Thirlwall3 437 Move Over Exposure Remix Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock Thirlwall5 518 Move Acoustic Live Duvall Cottone Edwards Nelson Pinnock Thirlwall2 579 Who s Lovin You Live William Smokey Robinson1 08Total length 36 19Charts and certifications editWeekly charts edit Chart 2013 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 43 4Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 44 56Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 45 80Canadian Albums Billboard 46 7Croatian International Albums HDU 47 20Danish Albums Hitlisten 48 25Dutch Albums Album Top 100 49 49Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 50 50French Albums SNEP 51 32German Albums Offizielle Top 100 52 90Greek Albums IFPI 53 74Irish Albums IRMA 54 7Italian Albums FIMI 55 21New Zealand Albums RMNZ 56 11Norwegian Albums VG lista 57 19Scottish Albums OCC 58 5Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 59 17Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 60 53UK Albums OCC 61 4US Billboard 200 62 6 Year end charts edit Chart 2013 PositionUK Albums OCC 63 45Chart 2014 PositionUK Albums OCC 64 84Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units salesBrazil Pro Musica Brasil 65 Gold 20 000 United Kingdom BPI 67 Platinum 426 000 66 United States 43 000 68 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history editRegions Date Format s LabelIreland 69 8 November 2013 CD digital download Syco MusicPoland 70 United Kingdom 71 11 November 2013Italy 72 12 November 2013Australia 73 15 November 2013 Sony Music AustraliaNew Zealand 74 Syco MusicUnited States 8 4 February 2014 Columbia RecordsReferences edit a b c Corner Lewis 8 November 2013 Little Mix Salute album review A razor sharp record that makes a mark Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK Archived from the original on 9 November 2013 Retrieved 11 November 2013 Little Mix Get Weird album review 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