State of Mind (song)

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"State of Mind"

Single by Holly Valance
from the album State of Mind
B-side(s)	Hypnotic
Released	2003
Format	CD single, DVD single
Recorded	Metrophonic Studios, England, 2003
Genre	Pop Dance
Length	3:20
Label	London Records
Writer(s)	Mark Taylor Jeff Taylor Steve Torch
Producer(s)	Mark Taylor Jeff Taylor
Chart positions
#8 (United Kingdom) #14 (Australia)
Holly Valance singles chronology
"Naughty Girl (2003)	"State of Mind" (2003)

"State of Mind" (2003) is the title track and first single to be lifted from Holly Valance's second album State of Mind. It became her third top ten single in the UK (peaking at number eight), spending a total of ten weeks in the top seventy-five. In Australia, it debuted at number twenty one, breaking into the top twenty at number sixteen in its second week and peaked at number fourteen in its third week. It spent thirteen weeks in the ARIA top fifty and an overall nineteen weeks in the top one hundred. The song shocked the music scene as they were used to the typical disco type of pop which was given to them when Holly released her first album Footprints. The single was also released as DVD Single in the United Kingdom.

1 Music video
2 Chart Performance
3 Track listing
4 Charts

[edit] Music video

The video was directed by Jake Nava. At first the music video shows Holly driving her car, on her way to a club. It continues to show the street as it goes on. At one point when driving, Holly stops at the red light and turns to the side. She sees two girls, and once the light turns green she gives them a finger and storms off. Soon after it shows Holly entering a club and towards the end of the chorus it shows Holly performing the song on a stage. It then sets on her dancing on the floor, she then begins to crawl on the floor. The chorus then once again begins and Holly starts performing the song on stage. Once the chorus is finished Holly walks off backstage and gets ready. She runs out and goes into her car again. It's morning again and Holly drives to the outside of a building, she walks into the building and begins to pose on a bed. Throughout the video it shows what the people in the background are doing.

[edit] Chart Performance

Though chart performance was slightly better than Naughty Girl had done, it was fairly dissapointing. Valance was constantly compared to Kylie Minogue, who has had a multiple amount of number one hits in the United Kingdom but with Valance only having one, it seemed the dream of having Kylie Minogue number 2, wasn't going to happen. Also Valance had once again gone into a more different type of music, with State Of Mind. Minogue was more of a "pure-pop" whereas Valance turned into more of a dance type of feel.