"
Call the Shots" is a song by British
girl group Girls Aloud from their fourth studio album,
Tangled Up (2007). The song was written by
Miranda Cooper, with inspiration from an article about the advance of women in business, and
Brian Higgins,
Tim Powell, Lisa Cowling, and Giselle Somerville also received songwriting credits.
Polydor Records originally intended to release it as a single for
The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits (2006); however, "
Something Kinda Ooooh" was selected instead. In September 2007, "Call the Shots" leaked online, and on 26 November of the same year, it was released as the second single from
Tangled Up through
Fascination Records, a week after the album's release.