Grace Kelly (song)

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“Grace Kelly”
“Grace Kelly” cover
Single by Mika
from the album Life in Cartoon Motion
B-side "Over My Shoulder", "Satellite"
Released January 5, 2007 (digital download)
January 29, 2007 (CD single)
Format Digital download, CD single, 12" single, 7" single
Recorded 2006
Genre Pop rock
Power pop
Length 3:09
Label Island
Writer(s) Mika (Mica Penniman), Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Dan Warner
Producer Greg Wells
Certification Platinum (ARIA)
Silver (BPI)
Mika singles chronology
"Relax, Take It Easy"
(2006)		 "Grace Kelly"
(2007)		 "Lollipop"
(2007)

"Grace Kelly" is a song by Mika released for download on 9 January 2007. It also appears on Mika's 2007 album Life in Cartoon Motion. Produced and mixed by Greg Wells, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number three (#3) and the UK Official Download Chart at number one (#1). One week later, it jumped to the top position, despite still being available on downloads only. The track was number one in the UK Singles Chart for the 5 weeks to and including 18 February 2007. In the U.S., "Grace Kelly" was made available for digital download on 16 January 2007. This song was also #89 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.[1], and ended 2007 as the years 3rd biggest-selling single in the UK[2]

It was designed to be a mocking satire of musicians who try to reinvent themselves to be popular. It is titled after Grace Kelly, an Academy Award-winning American film, stage actress and Princess of Monaco. Mika claims the song was inspired after a bad experience with a record company executive. The lyric "So I tried a little Freddie" is a reference to Queen's Freddie Mercury, to whose singing voice Mika's has been compared.[3] On at least one occasion, Mika confirmed that he used the main melody from Figaro's famous aria Largo al factotum in the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini.[4]

The song was featured in a season two episode of The Hills and a season one episode of Ugly Betty. It appeared in the theatrical trailer for Knocked Up, and was used in a Turkish Coca-Cola ad and in an Israeli ad of "Misdar Zihoi". The chorus of the song is used on the Disney Cinemagic channel during a trailer. Different clips from various Disney films being aired on the channel that month are shown, with each clip reflecting a similar emotion to that being described in the chorus of the song. The song is also used in a trailer for the movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Recently an instrumental of the song has been used to in the United Kingdom to promote the move of Australian soap Neighbours from BBC One to Five. Top 50 contestant of American Idol, Josiah Leming performed a rendition of the song in Hollywood for the judges, which received great praise. "Grace Kelly" is also featured as the opening song in What Happens in Vegas....

Mika performed the song at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 in Munich and during the 2008 BRIT Awards at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London.

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[edit] Music video

The music video for the song "Grace Kelly" was directed by Sophie Muller and starred Mika and Holly Muller. The video was filmed in early November 2006 and has been nominated for numerous worldwide awards.

The instrumental introduction in the video is an extract of the acoustic version of the song found on certain releases of the album.

[edit] Formats and track listings

Australian/Canadian CD single

  • 1. "Grace Kelly" – 3:08
  • 2. "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Radio Edit) – 3:20
  • 3. "Over My Shoulder" – 4:44
  • 4. "Grace Kelly" - video

CD single

  • 1. "Grace Kelly" – 3:08
  • 2. "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Radio Edit) – 3:20
  • 3. "Over My Shoulder" – 4:44

7" vinyl

  • A1. "Grace Kelly" – 3:07
  • B1. "Satellite" – 4:15

12" vinyl

  • A1. "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Full Vocal Remix) – 6:46
  • A2. "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Dub Remix) – 6:40
  • B1. "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Full Vocal Remix) – 6:48
  • B2. "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Dub Remix) – 7:08

Official remixes/version

  • "Grace Kelly" – 3:07
  • "Grace Kelly" (Acoustic Version) – 3:07
  • "Grace Kelly" (Bimbo Jones Remix Edit) – 3:00
  • "Grace Kelly" (Bimbo Jones Remix) - 6:26
  • "Grace Kelly" (Les Grandes Gueules Version) - 3:07
  • "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Radio Edit) – 3:20
  • "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Full Vocal Remix) – 6:46
  • "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Dub Remix) – 6:40
  • "Grace Kelly" (Pull Tiger Tail Remix) – 4:26
  • "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Full Vocal Remix) – 6:48
  • "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Dub Remix) – 7:08

[edit] Charts

The song debuted at #30 in the United World Chart with over 81,000 points and peaked at #4. It has also peaked at #1 in the United Kingdom and in Ireland. In the U.S. market it peaked at #40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart and at #57 in the Billboard Hot 100.

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[5] 2
Ö3 Austria Top 40[5] 3
Argentina Top 40[6] 11
Belgian Ultratop 50[5] 2
Romanian Singles Chart 2
Bulgarian Singles Chart[5] 35
Canadian Hot 100[5] 24
Chinese Singles Chart[6] 14
Croatian Singles Chart[7] 1
Czech Singles Chart[8] 4
Danish Singles Chart[5] 3
Dutch Top 40[5] 4
Euro 200[9] 3
Finnish Singles Chart[5] 5
French Singles Chart[5] 82
German Singles Chart[5] 4
Ibero-America Top 100[10] 19
Irish Singles Chart[5] 1
Israeli Singles Chart 1
Italian Singles Chart[11] 1
Japanese J-Wave Tokio Hot 100[12] 3
Lebanese Singles Chart 1
México Top 100[13] 2
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[5] 2
Norwegian VG-lista[5] 1
Polish Singles Chart[14] 16
Portuguese Singles Chart[5] 8
Singaporean Airplay Chart 3
Slovakia IFPI Top 100 Airplay 4
Spanish Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart[5] 9
Swiss Singles Chart[5] 2
Taiwanese Singles Chart[6] 3
Top Latino[15] 11
Turkish Top 20 Chart[16] 1
United World Chart[5] 4
UK Singles Chart[5] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5][17] 57
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[17] 54
Preceded by
"A Moment Like This" by Leona Lewis		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
January 21, 2007 – February 18, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs
Irish Singles Chart number-one single
February 1, 2007 – March 15, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Give Me a Minute" by 21 Demands
Preceded by
"Io Canto" by Laura Pausini		 Croatian Singles Chart number-one single
January 28, 2007 – February 11, 2007		 Succeeded by
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" by Fall Out Boy
Preceded by
"Vorrei Dirti Che E' Facile" by Brenda & Daniel Battaglia		 Italian Singles Chart number-one single
March 12, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Qué Hiciste" by Jennifer Lopez
Preceded by
"All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado		 Norwegian Singles Chart
number-one single (first run)
March 21, 2007 - March 28, 2007		 Succeeded by
Full Pakke by Grandiosa
Preceded by
Full Pakke by Grandiosa		 Norwegian Singles Chart
number-one single (second run)
April 11, 2007 – June 6, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay Z

[edit] References

  1. ^ MTV Asia. "Top 100 Hits List". Retrieved 2007-12-27
  2. ^ BBC Music. "Top 40 Singles of the Year 2007 ". Retrieved 2007-12-27
  3. ^ BBC News – "Sound of 2007: Mika"
  4. ^ Mika in "Taratata" TV Show (part 2)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Mika - "Grace Kelly - Music Charts. αCharts.us. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  6. ^ a b c Top40-Charts.com
  7. ^ Croatian Singles Chart
  8. ^ Čns Ifpi
  9. ^ Euro 200 "The 200 Best-selling Records in the European Union"
  10. ^ Ibero America Top100 "The Official List of the American Continent" April 19, 2007
  11. ^ Italian Singles Chart
  12. ^ Tokyo Hot 100 "81.3 FM J-WAVE: Tokyo Hot 100"
  13. ^ Mexico Top 40. August 5, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2007.
  14. ^ Polish Singles Chart
  15. ^ Top Latino
  16. ^ Turkish Airplay Chart
  17. ^ a b "Mika- Artist Chart History". All Music Guide. Retrieved 5 April 2007.

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Mika
Albums
Singles
"Relax, Take It Easy" • "Grace Kelly" • "Lollipop" (airplay release) • "Love Today" • "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" • "Happy Ending" • "Relax, Take It Easy" (re-release) / "Lollipop"
DVDs