Read My Lips (song)

"Read My Lips" is a pop song written by Tony King and Roy Nicolson, produced by Leon Berger for Melissa's first album Fresh (1992). It was released as the albums first single in Australia as a CD single on May 27, 1991. Staring as Nikki Spencer on the Australian soap opera E Street at the time the song was released, it became Melissa's first and only number-one hit.

"Read My Lips" was the only number-one hit in 1991 by a solo female Australian singer and was nominated for tow ARIA Awards. The song debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on June 3, 1991 at number forty-one.^[1] After just six weeks of being in the charts, the song had made its way to number-one knocking "The Grease Megamix" off the top spot. It stayed there for another week but then was knocked off the top by "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams. "Read My Lips" became Melissa's highest selling single of her career spending eighteen weeks in the top fifty^[1], certiying platinum by ARIA, becoming the six highest selling single for 1991^[2] and won an ARIA Award for "Highest Selling Single" for 1992^[3].

Tkautz has commented that, at the time that she recorded the song, she was a virgin who had no idea of the true meaning of the song's racy lyrics and didn't understand why she was criticised in the media for presenting an overtly sexual image. While maintaining good humour around everything about the track, Melissa generally declines to perform it today.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track listing

CD and cassette single

"Read My Lips" — 3:48
"Say Goodbye" — 4:59

12" inch LP

Side A

"Read My Lips" (12" inch remix) — 6:08

Side B

"Say Goodbye" — 4:59
"Read My Lips" — 3:44

[edit] Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart^[1]	1

Preceded by "The Grease Megamix" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single July 13, 1991 — July 27, 1991	Succeeded by "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams