Mouth (song)

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"Mouth"
"Mouth" cover
Single by Merril Bainbridge
from the album The Garden
Released November 1994 (Australia)
August 20, 1996 (U.S.)
Format CD single
Recorded 001 Studios, Carlton, Victoria, 1994
Genre Pop
Length 3:25
Label Gotham Records/Universal Music
Writer(s) Merril Bainbridge
Producer(s) Siew
Certification Platinum (ARIA)
Gold (RIAA)
Chart positions
Merril Bainbridge singles chronology
"Mouth"
(1994)		 "Under the Water"
(1995)

"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).

Contents

[edit] Music video and remixes

A scene from the music video.
A scene from the music video.

The music video for the song was directed by one of Gotham Records creaters Ross Fraser[1]. It is a simple coloured video with no plot and features Bainbridge in many scenes, like making out with a man in a car, her singing the song wearing a black lingerie nighty with a red heart in the middle of it sitting down and standing up and her performing the song with a pink backround. The remixes of the song include the "aversion mix", "di version mix", "conversion mix", "inversion mix" and "reversion mix" wich were all remixed by John Luongo and are all featured on the U.S. release "Mouth" The Remixes.

[edit] Reception and chart performance

The song, a playful and suggestive tune, was first released in Australia in 1994 but disappeared quickly due to lack of interest and airplay because of the christmas shuffle. The song was repackaged and reissued in 1995 and with the help of airplay and more promo it became the biggest song of her career. It debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number forty-two and after four weeks in being on the charts it jumped into the top ten and two weeks later it jumped to number-one and stayed there for six consecutive weeks. Bainbridge then got the record of being the longest running number-one by a Australian female in the 90's. "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 eventually peaked at number four. Success in the American music industry was, and still is, a relatively rare occurrence for Australian artists and the success of "Mouth" in the U.S. gave Bainbridge superstar status in her home country for a period. The song spend a total of thirty weeks in the U.S. charts and was the thirty-seventh highest selling single for 1996. It was accredited gold by RIAA selling 600,000 copies around the U.S. A remix CD named Mouth: The Remixes was released in the U.S. on October 22, 1996 and had remixes of the song and the track "Julie". The song did not enjoy the same success in the UK, peaking at 51 in the charts during it's eight week run in the top two hundred.

The song was nominated for five ARIA Awards in 1995 - "Single of the Year", "Best Female Artist", "Best New Talent", "Breakthrough Artist - Single" and "Best Pop Release" but failed to win.[2]

[edit] Track listing

CD single
  1. "Mouth" — 3:27
  2. "Being Boring" — 3:53
  3. "Song for Neen" — 2:41
  4. "Mouth" (off the track mix) — 2:17
U.S. CD single
  1. "Mouth" — 3:25
  2. "Julie" — 3:54
The Remixes
  1. "Mouth" (aversion mix) — 4:03
  2. "Mouth" (di version mix) — 5:41
  3. "Mouth" (conversion mix) — 7:18
  4. "Mouth" (reversion mix) — 3:58
  5. "Mouth" (inversion mix) — 3:58
  6. "Mouth" — 3:25
  7. "Julie" — 3:54

[edit] Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 1
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Singles Chart[4] 1
UK Singles Chart[5] 51
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 4
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40[6] 8
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[6] 23
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[6] 2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents[6] 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
Preceded by
"How Bizarre" by OMC		 Canada number one single
January 11, 1997		 Succeeded by
"How Bizarre" by OMC

[edit] References

  1. ^ Music video director. mvdbase. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.
  2. ^ ARIA Award nominations. ARIA Awards. Retrieved on December 16, 2006.
  3. ^ Australian chart position. australian-charts. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
  4. ^ Canada chart position. thei.aust.com. Retrieved on December 22, 2006.
  5. ^ UK chart position. Polyhex. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Merril Bainbridge - Artist Chart History". All Music Guide. Retrieved December 8, 2006.


 v • d • e  Merril Bainbridge
Studio albums
The Garden • Between the Days
Singles
"Mouth" • "Under the Water" • "Power of One" • "Sleeping Dogs" • "Lonely" • "I Got You Babe" • "Between the Days" • "Walk on Fire" • "Girl Next Door"
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