"Undercover Lover" is the third single to be taken from Welsh Rock band Kids In Glass Houses

Kids in Glass Houses

Kids in Glass Houses are a Welsh rock band from Cardiff, and are considered a significant part of the Cardiff music scene. The band's name is inspired by the lyrics "not throwing stones at you anymore" from Glassjaw song "Tip Your Bartender". The band achieved success on the strength of the singles...

 second album Dirt

Dirt (Kids in Glass Houses album)

Dirt is the second studio album from Welsh rock band Kids in Glass Houses, released on March 29, 2010 through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded during mid 2009 at Sonic Boom Ranch Studios in Texas with Jason Perry and at Long Wave Studios in Wales with Smart Casual producer Romesh Dodangoda...

. The single features The Saturdays

The Saturdays

The Saturdays are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London, United Kingdom. The group consists of five members Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman. In 2007 the band were formed through Fascination Records which gave them an instant record deal with...

 singer, Frankie Sandford

Frankie Sandford

Francesca "Frankie" Sandford is an English pop and R&B singer-songwriter and currently a member of girl group The Saturdays; under the record label of Fascination Records and Polydor Records. The band have had huge success, releasing eleven singles of which ten have charted inside the top 10 on...

 and was released as a digital download

Music download

A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

 on 13 June 2010 with the CD single

CD single

A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...

 released the following day.

Background

The song features The Saturdays

The Saturdays

The Saturdays are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London, United Kingdom. The group consists of five members Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman. In 2007 the band were formed through Fascination Records which gave them an instant record deal with...

 singer Frankie Sandford

Frankie Sandford

Francesca "Frankie" Sandford is an English pop and R&B singer-songwriter and currently a member of girl group The Saturdays; under the record label of Fascination Records and Polydor Records. The band have had huge success, releasing eleven singles of which ten have charted inside the top 10 on...

. The track is about two people (Frankie Sandford and Aled Phillips in the music video) are secretly in love with one another, but don't want to show it.

Music video

According to The Sun

The Sun (newspaper)

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"Sandford flirts her way through the three minute vid, painting her nails and pouting. At one point she even grabs the microphone from lead singer ALED PHILLIPS."

Chart performance

After receiving strong radio airplay throughout May 2010, "Undercover Lover" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 161 on 30 May 2010 before climbing to number 119 on its second week on the chart. The single then climbed to number 76 on its third week in the chart, before climbing 14 places to its current peak of number 62 upon physical release on 20 June 2010, marking the band's most successful single alongside "Give Me What I Want"' which also reached number 62 in May 2008.

Track listing

• Digital download

Charts

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Chart (2010)	Peak Position