Girls Aloud Land Theme Song Duties For ‘Love Actually’

The Sun reports Girls Aloud have landed a £500,000 deal to record the theme tune to Hugh Grant’s latest movie, ‘Love Actually’. The Popstars band hopes a hot theme for the movie will help springboard their hopes to establish a presence in the U.S. music market when the film is released there. “‘Love Actually’ is a classic romantic comedy with a twist and producers wanted hot pop acts to record the soundtrack,” an insider on the movie set remarked. “The music is a crucial part in marketing the film and they hope by getting Girls Aloud to cover an already well-loved song it will be a winning formula. The song will also be released on the movie soundtrack and its exposure in cinemas is sure to turn it into a chart hit.” Read more.