On Your Radar is the third studio album by British-Irish girl group the Saturdays. It was released 21 November 2011 under Fascination Records. The album was recorded in London, New York City, Oslo and Stockholm, with Steve Mac, who had been instrumental in the production of the band's previous albums, served as a producer on the album, with additional producers and songwriters also being included in the making of the record, including Lucas Secon, Taio Cruz, Labrinth, Tracklacers, Space Cowboy, Brian Higgins and Lucie Silvas.
On Your Radar was supported by its lead single "Notorious", which was released on 22 May 2011, and peaked at eight on the UK Singles Chart. Two further singles were released; "All Fired Up", which received positive reviews, and "My Heart Takes Over". To promote the album, the group performed on So You Think You Can Dance, with the group also embarking on their third headlining concert tour, the All Fired Up Tour.
Background and development
The Saturdays' EP Headlines! (2010) served as a bridge between their 2009 album Wordshaker and their then-upcoming album. The band desired to take risks, with group member Mollie King declared their new sound as "dance floor music" during the recording process." When talking about the album's lead single "Notorious", group member Una Healy said that dance music is massive at the moment so it's a dance track, but it also has something unique behind it. 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 group member 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. White also said that the band have "grown as artists" since their first album Chasing Lights (2008).
Rochelle Humes, during the Headlines tour in February 2011, 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 English rapper Tinie Tempah. The band also chose to work with Alphabeat and Taio Cruz. Space Cowboy, who co-produced Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", was also working on the upcoming album. On Twitter, it was revealed that Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub had been working in the studio with the band and recorded the album track "White Lies". Digital Spy reported that the band were working with Xenomania's Brian Higgins. The group also revealed that they have 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 had written songs in studio and remote environments, and sometimes spent entire days writing lyrics. The group had written eight of the songs recorded as of May 2011. 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 an commercial success and making it the best album to-date. The band confirmed that this album will be their first to be released globally as they are planning to break the European music market.
Chipmunk was later revealed to be working with the band on the album, later revealing that he would feature on a remix of "Notorious". It was also reported that the group had begun working with Miranda Cooper, who had previously worked with Kylie Minogue, MNEK, and Tracklacers. The band stated that a lot of the songs are about love. White said that "All Fired Up" is definitely the "dancingest song" we've ever made and it's the "danciest" track on the album too, but there are lots of different styles on the album. She also said that the band had pretty much finished the album in September 2011.