So Under Pressure

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“So Under Pressure”
“So Under Pressure” cover
Single by Dannii Minogue
from the album The Hits & Beyond & Club Disco
Released June 12, 2006 (2006-06-12) (UK)
July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29) (Australia)
Format CD single, Digital download, Vinyl single
Recorded London, England
Genre Pop, dance
Length 3:52
Label All Around the World, Universal, Central Station
Writer(s) Danni Minogue, Lee Monteverde, Michael Ward, Terry Ronald
Producer Lee Monteverde for LMC Productions
Dannii Minogue singles chronology
"Perfection"
(2005)		 "So Under Pressure"
(2006)		 "He's The Greatest Dancer"
(2006)
Audio sample
Info (help·info)
Alternate covers
Alternate CD Single Cover
Alternate CD Single Cover

"So Under Pressure" is an pop–dance song performed by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. The song was written by Minogue, Terry Ronald and LMC, and produced by Lee Monteverde for Minogue's greatest hits compilation The Hits & Beyond (2006). The song's lyrics discuss the cancer diagnoses of Minogue's sister Kylie.[1]

The song was released as a single on June 12, 2006 in the United Kingdom. It entered the top forty in Australia, Ireland and the UK and became Minogue's seventh consecutive Upfront Club Chart number one.[2][3] The song's music video, directed by Phil Griffin, features Minogue in a variety of high pressure situations.[3] She has described it as the "the hardest video I've ever done".[1] This is arguably one of Minogues's sexiest videos to date and many fans were disappointed at the lack of airplay on most music channels.

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[edit] Background and reception

In 2005, Minogue began writing and recording material with long time collaborator Terry Ronald and British dance group LMC. During one of their sessions, they penned "So Under Pressure", which was inspired by the cancer diagnoses of her sister Kylie as well as that of an unnamed friend. Minogue has described the recording of "So Under Pressure" as a "real achievement" as she was "brave enough to put all [her feelings] into words".[1]

Sharon O'Connell in a review for Time Out described the song as a "banal, housed-up aggregate of Madonna, Duran Duran and Chic", writing that the track was "a tart reminder that the pop pool is really only big enough for one Minogue".[4] All Music Guide reviewer John Lucas called the track one of "Minogue's more inventive moments".[5]

[edit] Music video

Minogue and a dancer in a scene from the music video.
Minogue and a dancer in a scene from the music video.

The music video was directed by Phil Griffin in mid-2006.[3] The video opens with a scene of Minogue in a white room dressed in a black swimsuit. She is then shown lying on top of a white platform with a python wrapped around her body. Scenes of Minogue and her three dancers walking a catwalk, posing for photographs and dancing are intercut throughout the music video. The video concludes with Minogue trapped inside a spinning perspex box.

Minogue described the video as the "the hardest video I've ever done". The music video's crew did not believe that Minogue could work with the python, but she said that it did not bother her at all.[1] The music video was released commercially on The Hits & Beyond special edition companion DVD, released in June 2006.

[edit] Chart performance

"So Under Pressure" was officially released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on June 12, 2006. The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on June 19, 2006 at number twenty.[6] The following week, "So Under Pressure" fell to number sixty and exited the chart in its third week of release.[7] The track became Minogue's seventh consecutive Upfront Club Chart number one in the UK.[8] In Ireland, the song reached number thirty-one, remaining on the singles chart for one week.[2] "So Under Pressure" proved popular in Irish dance clubs where it reached number six on the Dance Singles Chart.[9]

The track was released in Australia on July 29, 2006. It debuted on August 8, 2006 at number sixteen and became Minogue's eighth top twenty single.[10] The song remained on the singles chart for five weeks, exiting on September 5, 2006.[2]

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "So Under Pressure".

UK CD single #1
(CDGLOBE541; Released June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14))

  1. "So Under Pressure" (Radio edit) – 3:20
  2. "So Under Pressure" (Soul Seekerz remix) – 5:18
  3. "So Under Pressure" (LMC Extended mix) – 6:43
  4. "So Under Pressure" (Steve Pitron Crash remix) – 7:13
  5. "So Under Pressure" (Riffs & Rays Remix edit) – 6:45
  6. "So Under Pressure" (Thriller Jill remix) – 8:19
  7. "So Under Pressure" music video

UK CD single #2
(CXGLOBE541; Released June 14, 2006)

  1. "So Under Pressure" (Radio edit) – 3:20
  2. "Feel Like I Do" (Danni Minogue, Jean-Claude Ades, Hannah Robinson) – 3:48

UK 12" vinyl single
(12GLOBE541; Released June 2006; Limited edition)

  1. "So Under Pressure" (LMC Extended mix) – 6:43
  2. "So Under Pressure" (Soul Seekerz remix) – 5:18
  3. "So Under Pressure" (Steve Pitron Crash remix) – 7:13

Australian CD single #1
(CSRCD50515; Released July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29))

  1. "So Under Pressure" (Radio edit) – 3:22
  2. "So Under Pressure" (Soul Seekerz remix / Soul Seekerz extended) – 7:47
  3. "So Under Pressure" (Extended mix / LMC Extended mix) – 6:42
  4. "So Under Pressure" (Steve Pitron remix) – 7:12
  5. "So Under Pressure" (Riffs & Rays remix) – 6:47
  6. "So Under Pressure" (Thriller Jill remix) – 8:02

Australian CD single #2
(CSRCD50517; Released July 29, 2007; Limited edition)

  1. "So Under Pressure" (Soul Seekerz extended / Soul Seekerz remix) – 7:48
  2. "So Under Pressure" (LMC Extended mix / Extended mix) – 6:42
  3. "So Under Pressure" (Express Theory mix) – 5:52
  4. "So Under Pressure" (Soul Seekerz dub) – 7:48
  5. "So Under Pressure" (Radio edit) – 3:22
  6. "Feel Like I Do" – 3:49
  7. "So Under Pressure" music video

[edit] Personnel

The following people contributed to "So Under Pressure":[11]

  • Dannii Minogue – lead vocals
  • Justine Riddock – backing vocals
  • Lee Monteverde – keyboards
  • Chris Martin – guitar
  • Terry Ronald – backing vocals, additional vocal production
  • Recorded and mixed at AATW Studios

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[12] 16
Irish Singles Chart[2] 31
Irish Dance Chart[9] 6
UK Singles Chart[3] 20
UK Upfront Club Chart[3] 1

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Artist Profile: Dannii Minogue". EMIMusicPub.com. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d "So Under Pressure World Charts". aCharts.us. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Dannographii: So Under Pressure". DanniiMusic.com. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
  4. ^ O'Connell, Sharon. "Single Review: Dannii Minogue - So Under Pressure". Time Out. May 30, 2006. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
  5. ^ Lucas, John. "The Hits & Beyond Review". All Music Guide. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
  6. ^ "UK Singles Top 75 (Issue Date: Monday June 19th, 2006)". aCharts.us. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
  7. ^ "UK Singles Top 75 (Issue Date: Monday June 26th, 2006)". aCharts.us. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
  8. ^ "Club Queen". DanniiMusic.com. June 29, 2006. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
  9. ^ a b "Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 15 June 2006". Chart-Track.co.uk. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
  10. ^ "Australia Singles Top 50 (Issue Date: Tuesday August 8th, 2006)". aCharts.us. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
  11. ^ The Hits & Beyond (CD Liner Notes). All Around the World. June 2006.
  12. ^ "Dannii Minogue: So Under Pressure". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved November 21, 2007.

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