Girls Aloud join Franz for Bowie cover

Girls Aloud have agreed to record the backing vocals for an upcoming Franz Ferdinand song after the group approached them to appear on their David Bowie cover.

The Scottish foursome have recorded the track 'Sound And Vision' as part of a Radio One compilation album to mark the station's 40th birthday and asked the 'Something Kinda Ooooh' singers to feature on it.

Frontman of the band, Alex Kapranos, spoke abut the collaboration for Radio One: Established 1967, telling The Sun: "I asked Girls Aloud to do the famous ‘doo doo doo doo doo doo’ backing vocals. They were in the studio working on their own record.

"They’re pretty laid back so it was a music marriage made in heaven. We’re all independently-minded people who want to do things their way. Franz Ferdinand have much more in common with Girls Aloud than certain other bands.”

The View's cover of The Libertines' song 'Don't Look Back Into the Sun' will also appear on the album, after it debuted on the radio station yesterday.