Hush Hush" is a song by the
Pussycat Dolls, included on the first edition of
their second studio album Doll Domination (2008).
Originally a slow ballad, the song was remade into
an uptempo, disco-inspired dance song sampling parts
of Gloria Gaynor's 1978 hit "I Will Survive", and
retitled "Hush Hush; Hush Hush". The dance version
was later released as a single from a reworked
version of the Doll's second album, Doll Domination
2.0.
Despite the original version never officially being
released, the song would go on enter the Russian
Airplay Chart, debuting at thirty-eight, and
eventually reaching number one. It outperformed the
majority of the official singles released in Russia
helping the album to reach Gold status. "Hush Hush"
became the fourth song by an American artist to
reach number-one (the previous being Katy Perry with
"Hot N Cold") in Russia.
The music video for the up-tempo version was filmed
over two days on May 5 and 6 with director Rich Lee
(Fergie's "Clumsy"). It featured cameo
appearances by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and
former VIP Pussycat Doll Carmen Electra, who used to
sing lead vocals with the Dolls during their
burlesque performances. The video was made available
for fans in North America to view on the Dolls
official youtube channel Doll Domination TV on May
27, 2009 and premiered a week later in the UK on 4
Music. The video was added to the Itunes store on
June 4, 2009 and has since reach a peak of #3 on the
Music Videos chart.
The music video starts off with Nicole Scherzinger
in a bathtub singing the first verse. As the song
progresses, she gets up and leaves the bath room
unclothed. As she goes through a door she is
suddenly seen in with her clothes on. When the
chorus starts, she and the other Pussycat Dolls
dance and sing in a hallway with regular, sideways,
and upside down stairways. In the second verse,
Scherzinger starts singing in a club with the other
Dolls dancing in roller skates. In this part,
product placement can be seen; the laptop is
sponsored by HP and Pussycat Doll Jessica Sutta is
serving Campari. Before the second refrain, Nicole
Scherzinger enters a room where Ashley Roberts and
Kimberly Wyatt swing on huge lamps. When the second
refrain begins, she enters a new disco room where
the other Dolls are dancing without roller skates.
This scene includes close-ups of Perez Hilton and
Carmen Electra. At the bridge, the video fades out
of a large mirror ball and fades into a closeup of
Scherzinger singing lyrics from the song "I Will
Survive" by Gloria Gaynor in front of the mirror
ball. During this part, the whole doll house in
which the different rooms are set is seen and the
other Dolls have solo dance scenes. When the famous
"I Will Survive" string part begins, violinists can
be seen playing in the mirror ball room and the
Dolls excluding Nicole Scherzinger have solo dance
parts again. After that all of the Pussycat Dolls
are dancing with male partners in the room with the
mirror ball. At the end, Nicole Schrzinger is
finishing the song singing "Baby, Hush hush" in the
mirror ball room. It closes with with a whole shot
of the doll house with all dancers and Dolls in the
lowest disco room.
