Mouth (song)
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| "Mouth" | ||
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| Single by Merril Bainbridge | ||
| from the album The Garden | ||
| Released | November 1994 (Australia) August 20, 1996 (U.S.) |
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| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | 001 Studios, Carlton, Victoria, 1994 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:25 | |
| Label | Gotham Records | |
| Writer(s) | Merril Bainbridge | |
| Producer(s) | Siew | |
| Certification | Platinum (ARIA) Gold (RIAA) |
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| Merril Bainbridge singles chronology | ||
| "Mouth" (1994) |
"Under the Water" (1995) |
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"Mouth" is a pop song written by Merril Bainbridge, and produced by Siew for Bainbridge's debut album The Garden (1995). It was released as the album's first single in the end of 1994 in Australia and the third quarter of 1996 around the world (see 1996 in music).
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[edit] Reception
The song was released in Australia in 1994 but flopped as a result due to lack of interest and airplay. The song was repackaged and reissued in 1995 and with the help of airplay and more promo it became her biggest song in her career. It debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number forty-two and on its second week moved up seven places to thirty-five, breaking the top forty. On its third week it jumped sixteen places, breaking the top twenty at number nineteen and on the fourth week peaked in the top ten at number ten. It took two more weeks until the song jump to the number one spot and stayed there for six consectutive weeks. After six weeks at number one and twelve weeks in the chart the song got knocked off the top spot (by Bryan Adams song "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?") and fell to number two. It spent four weeks in the top ten falling from number four to number twelve and three weeks to fall out of the top fifty. "Mouth" spent a total of twenty-one weeks in the charts, was the fourth highest selling single for 1995 and was accredited platinum by ARIA.
The song was released in the United States on August 20, 1996 and debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-seven and on its second week, reached number fifty-nine. It then went to peak at number forty-seven, then to number twenty six and after four weeks in the chart it broke into the top twenty at number twenty. After spending three weeks in the top twenty it broke into the top ten at number ten and then jumped to number seven. It took three more weeks for it to peak at its peak position in the U.S. at number four and stayed there for another week. It took nine weeks for it too be knocked out of the top ten, four weeks in the top twenty and four weeks in the top fifty. The song spend a total of thirty weeks in the chart, was the thirty-seventh highest selling single for 1996 and was accredited gold by RIAA selling 600,000 copies around the U.S.
In the UK it was not as successful as it was in Australia and the U.S. It debuted into the top seventy-five at number fifty-one and dropping out of the top seventy-five to number eighty-two. It spent eight weeks in the top two hundred only rising once from one hundred and ninty to one hundred and seventy-four.
[edit] Track listing
- "Mouth"
- "Being Boring"
- "Song for Neen"
- "Mouth" (off the track mix)
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart [1] | 1 |
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart [2] | 51 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 .[3] | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 [3] | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 [3] | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream [3] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents [3] | 3 |
| Preceded by: "Back for Good" by Take That |
ARIA (Australia) number one single May 21, 1995 — June 25, 1995 |
Succeeded by: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams |
[edit] References
- ^ Australian chart position. australian-charts. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ UK chart position. Polyhex. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ a b c d e "Merril Bainbridge - Artist Chart History". All Music Guide. Retrieved December 8, 2006.
