Can't Get You Out of My Head

"Can't Get You Out of My Head"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Fever
B-side	"Boy" "Rendezvous at Sunset"
Released	8 September 2001 (2001-09-08)
Format	CD single (worldwide) Vinyl single Cassette single (Australia)
Recorded	2001 London, United Kingdom
Genre	Dance-pop, nu-disco
Length	3:50
Label	Parlophone Mushroom Records Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Cathy Dennis Rob Davis
Producer	Cathy Dennis Rob Davis
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Butterfly" (2001) "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (2001) "In Your Eyes" (2002) Kylie Minogue American singles chronology "Butterfly" (2001) "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (2002) "Love at First Sight" (2002)
Music video "Can't Get You Out of My Head" on YouTube

"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, which was released from her eighth studio album Fever (2001). The song was released worldwide as the lead single from the album, which was released on 8 September, 2001. The song was written and produced by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis. "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" is an uptempo dance-pop song, containing elements of nu-disco and a slow house beat.

"Can't Get You Out of My Head" was released on 8 September, 2001. The song became Minogue's most successful single to date in her music history, with many considering it to be her signature song; indeed, Minogue has often recognised it as such. The song was a worldwide hit as it reached number one in more than 40 countries. The song peaked at number one including the United Kingdom, her native Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and every other European country except Finland, where it peaked at number five. The song also peaked at number seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minogue's first top ten hit there since "The Locomotion", which reached number three in 1988.

The song received hugely positive reviews from music critics, many considering it Minogue's best single to date. Minogue has been credited with spearheading the modern fusion of pop and dance music, with "Can't Get You Out of My Head" being an obvious example. The song was awarded for multiple awards and honors. The song also released a music video, which featured Minogue in a futuristic city, dancing to the dancers in a yellow mustared coloured car. To date, the song has sold over four million copies.^[1]

Contents 1 Background and release 2 Composition 3 Critical reception 4 Chart performance 5 Music video 5.1 Background and conception 5.2 Synopsis 6 Awards and chart achievements 7 Personnel 8 Formats and track listing 9 Additional remixes 10 Live performances 11 Charts 11.1 Weekly charts 11.2 All-time charts 11.3 End of Decade charts 11.4 End of year charts 11.5 Certifications 12 Cover versions 12.1 Album versions 12.2 Live versions 13 References 14 Further reading 15 External links

Background and release

"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" was going to be the lead single from Minogue's 2001 album. The song was written by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis, as they also produced it and was released on the 8 September 2001 in the UK and Australia by Parlophone and Warner Music Group, respectively. The song was released as a physical and digital release worldwide. The song's intro, which says "La La La" is also the title of Minogue's autobiography La La La.

Composition

"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is an up-tempo, dance-pop and nu-disco song with electronic influences.^[2] Written and produced by Cathy Dennis, who would later write Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" and Britney Spears' "Toxic", and Rob Davis. The song includes an electric piano, swooning strings, blaring electric miaows, and sing-along sections.^[3] The song has a tempo of 126 beats-per-minute, and Minogue's vocals range from note of C₄to the note of D₅.^[4]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone listed the song in the "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" at number 45.^[5] They described: "The pint-size Aussie disco dolly seduced the U.S. with this mirror-ball classic, chanting that obsessive melody in a sea of "la-la-la" vocals. We've been hearing it at the gym ever since". The list was made by a group of experts musicians, as well as reconigzed singers and bands. The list was compiled by a group of over 100 artists, critics and industry insiders. The Telegraph UK (The Daily Telegraph) listed the song in the "100 songs that defined the Noughties"at number 9, The newspaper described: "Never has a pop song more effectively done what it says on the tin: the Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis-penned single sinks its playground chant of a hook into the brain and just refuses to let go as Kylie sexes it up". Tim Finney from Pitchfork Media listed the song in their Top 500 tracks of 2000's at number thirty seven.^[6] He also gave it a positive review. He said, "How did Kylie make one of the decade's finest dance-pop anthems?" He also added, "In the right environment, dancing to 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' traces a shared history of hopeful flirtations, irresistible seductions, inevitable disappointments, and the helpless compulsion to repeat the cycle again."^[6] Mike Atkinson from Stylus Magazine listed the song at number twenty on their 100 Best Songs Of The Decade.^[3] They said, "Like so many great pop records before it, 'Can’t Get You Out Of My Head' represents a graceful collision of contrasts. It is both participative and private, matching perky singalong sections with intimate confessions, worried pleas, and moments of blissful surrender."^[3]

Slant Magazine gave it a positive review, and listed it on their Best of the Aughts: Singles at number three.^[7] They said, "It still sounds like a future where everyone's coked up, wearing slinky dresses, driving sleek cars too fast on the autobahn en route to the coolest party in the world—and it still lives up to its title's promise."^[7] Chris True from Allmusic gave it a positive review. He compared it to the previous Light Years work, saying, " 'Cant Get You Out of My Head' is a sparse, mid-tempo dance number that pulses and grooves like no other she's recorded, and nothing on Light Years was as funky."^[8] NME listed it on their 100 Tracks of the Decade at number seventy-four.^[9] They said, "Reaching Number One in over 40 countries, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' may not have been the last decent song that this Neighbours alumnus released, but it is arguably still her best."^[9] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 83 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".^[10]

Chart performance

"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" was a worldwide success in nearly every country. The song debuted at number one in her native Australia, peaking there for four weeks., becoming Minogue's seventh top hit.^[11] The song was certificated three times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), shipping 210,000 copies.^[12] The song debuted at number thirty-three in New Zealand. The song later peaked at number one, becoming Minogue's first number one in her whole career to date.^[13] The song was later certificated Gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, shipping over 7,500 copies there.^[14]

"Can't Get You Out of My Head" reached the top spot in every single European country bar Finland, where it peaked at number five.^[15] The song spent 16 weeks at number-one on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles in January 2002.^[16] Notably, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" reached number-one for a week on the French and the German Singles Chart, where it shipped over 500,000 copies in each country and was certified platinum by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique^[17] and the Bundesverband Musikindustrie^[18] respectively. The single sold over 306,000 copies in its first week of release, resulting in a number-one debut on the UK Singles Chart, where it spent four weeks at the top.^[1][19] Eventually, the British Phonographic Industry certified it platinum.^[20]

Following the success achieved around the world, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" was released in North America in 2002. The single originally appeared at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles on 5 January.^[21] Two weeks later it debuted at number sixty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number seven in its ninth week on the chart.^[22][23] Thus, becoming Minogue's first top ten hit in the U.S. since "The Loco-Motion", which peaked at number three for two weeks in 1988.^[24] The song spent 20 weeks on the chart and landed at number 45 on Billboard magazine's year-end chart.^[25][26] "Can't Get You Out of My Head" was an all-around hit on Top 40 radio, reaching the top ten on the Top 40 Mainstream, the Top 40 Tracks and the Rhythmic Top 40, which helped the single to peaked at number eight on the Hot 100 Airplay.^[24][27]

Music video

Background and conception

The accompanying music video for "Can't Get You Out of My Head" was directed by Dawn Shadforth. It shows Minogue driving towards a futuristic city and back-up dancers in various futuristic costumes dancing in a highly stylized manner. It then focuses on Minogue in a sporty outfit, after which she is seen with other dancers in a computer-generated futuristic city. Her white, hooded costume, with plunging necklines and revealing slits, was widely discussed both for its fashion style and for Minogue's overt sexual posturing. The outfit was created by London designer Fee Doran, working under the label Mrs Jones. Lastly, she appears with a curly hairdo in a short, sixties-inspired shift-dress covered with overlapping pieces of ribbon. Kylie had originally intended to wear a similar dress from Tom Ford's A/W 2001 collection for Gucci, covered in small panels of fabric. The sample size, however, was too large for her, and therefore Baker and team recreated the dress. In his book La La La, William Baker conceded that the robotic dance within the video was purposely developed to give Minogue an association with a dance the way Madonna had developed an association with Vogueing, he felt that at this stage in her career it was important for Minogue to set trends and not follow them, just as Madonna had before her.

Synopsis

The video begins with Kylie driving over a futuristic bridge and into a metropolis. As Minogue continues driving, scenes of her are shown wearing a white skirt and shirt while her and her dancers perform robotic dance moves. As the chorus ends, the video moves to Minogue wearing an exposing white outfit as she sings the song. Going into the second chorus, Minogue is shown wearing the same outfit in a white room with several background dancers wearing red suits and cylinder hats, as they begin doing a dance routine to the song. The video then moves to her in a sparkling silver dress dancing on top of a building. As her dancers come in, she begins dancing with them. The video ends with Minogue walking across the roof top while she shakes her hair.

Awards and chart achievements

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• The song was nominated in two categories of the Aria Awards in Australia: "Highest selling Australian single" and "Single of the Year"
• The single becomes the most played track on German radio ever within one week
• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" received over 3000 radio plays in one week in the UK, the first time in the history of the Airplay Chart that any track has been played over 3000 times in a week
• The song finished its release year in the United Kingdom as the 3rd biggest single, the number 1 most played song of the year, and at 8 weeks in the top position, the most weeks at No. 1 in the history of the UK Airplay Chart
• The music video won the Award for "Best Choreography" in a video at the American MTV Awards
• The video further won major awards at the UK Creative and Design Awards including: "Best Pop Video" and "Best Video of 2001"
• Popular British music magazine NME named the work as the best video of the year
• In Greece it is EMI’s biggest selling single of all time.
• The work was the biggest selling single of the year in Norway
• The song was nominated for "Best International Video" at Canada's the Much Music Video Awards
• The work won 3 Ivor Novello Awards honouring British song and music writers: "Best International Single", "Best Dance Record" and "Most Played Record of The Year"
• In 2002, the video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography. It was voted the third best video of all time by viewers of MTV Italy.

Personnel

• Writing - Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis
• Producing - Cathy Dennis
• Keyboards - Rob Davis
• Electric guitar - Rob Davis
• Drum programming - Rob Davis
• Mix engineer - Tim Orford

Source^[29]

Formats and track listing

International CD 1 (CDRS6562/8798640)

1. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" — 3:51
2. "Boy" — 3:47
3. "Rendezvous at Sunset" — 3:23
4. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Video]

International CD 2 (CDR6562/8798642)

1. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" — 3:51
2. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [K&M Mindprint Mix] — 6:34
3. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Plastika Mix] — 9:26

International CD 3 (7243 87986923)

1. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" — 3:51
2. "Boy" — 3:47

*European CD 3 has a cardboard sleeve — not released in Germany.

Australia CD 2 (020552)

1. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" — 3:51
2. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [K&M Mindprint Mix] — 6:34
3. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Plastika Mix] — 9:26
4. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Superchumbo Todo Mamado Mix] — 8:32

Digital EP - Remixes

(Not available at time of original release. Not available in the USA.)

1. "Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head" [Live] — 4:28
2. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Extended Instrumental] — 5:57
3. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Extended Mix] — 5:57
4. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Nick Faber Remix] — 6:00
5. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Radio Slave Remix Dub Re-Edit] — 5:00
6. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Radio Slave Vocal Re-Edit] — 10:25
7. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Superchumbo Leadhead Dub] — 7:00
8. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Superchumbo Todo Mamado Mix] — 8:35
9. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Superchumbo Voltapella Mix] — 1:54

Additional remixes

Greg Kurstin has made a remix of the song.

• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Greg Kurstin Remix) - 4:05 [available as b-side to In My Arms on several formats and as a bonus track on some editions of remix album Boombox]

Soulwax has made two remixes of the song.

• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Soulwax Elektronic Mix) – 4:17 – available on As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 as a hidden track.
• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Soulwax KYLUSS remix) – 4:20 – available on Most of the Remixes… as track 7.

Mike Rizzo has made three remixes of the song.

• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Mike Rizzo Global Radio Mix) - 3:43 - promo only
• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Mike Rizzo Global Mixshow Mix) - 5:44 - promo only
• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Mike Rizzo Global Club Mix) - 8:26 - promo only

Dirty South (DJ) has made a remix of the song.

• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Dirty South's Bootleg Mix) - 3:31 - promo only

Peter Rauhofer has made a remix of the song.

• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Peter Rauhofer Club Mix) - 10:07 - promo only

Thunderpuss has made a remix of the song.

• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Thunderpuss Mix) - 6:32 - promo only

Stuart Crichton has made a remix of the song.

• "Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head" - 4:05 - [available as b-side to Love at First Sight on several formats and as the first track on the remix album Boombox]

The Flaming Lips has made a remix of the song.

• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" - 4:08 - [available on The Flaming Lips Fight Test EP]

Live performances

Kylie performed the song on the following concert tours:

• On a Night Like This Tour (it was a then-upcoming song, as the tour came before she released the song or the album)
• KylieFever2002 (performed as "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head")
• Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour
• Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour
• KylieX2008 (Greg Kurstin Mix, performed as a mash up with "Boombox" and contained elements of "Blue Monday")
• For You, For Me Tour (same as in KylieX2008)
• Aphrodite World Tour (Soulwax Kyluss Remix)

The song was also performed on:

• MTV Europe Music Awards 2001
• An Audience with Kylie 2001 TV Special
• Money Can't Buy 2003 TV Concert
• The Kylie Show 2007 TV Special (Greg Kurstin Mix)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position[30] Australia (ARIA)[31] 1 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[32] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[33] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[34] 1 Denmark (Tracklisten)[35] 1 Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[36] 1 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[37] 5 France (SNEP)[38] 1 Germany (Media Control AG)[39] 1 Ireland (IRMA)[40] 1 Italy (FIMI)[41] 1 New Zealand (RIANZ)[42] 1 Norway (VG-lista)[43] 1 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[44] 1 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[45] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[46] 1 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[47] 1 UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[48] 1 Chart (2002) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100[49] 7 US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[50] 1 US Pop Songs (Billboard)[51] 3 All-time charts Country Position United Kingdom[52] 67 Switzerland[53] 156

End of Decade charts Country Position United Kingdom[52] 7 Australia[54] 58 Germany[55] 67 Netherlands[56] 15 End of year charts Year Country Position 2001 Australia[57] 3 Austria[58] 1 Belgium (Flanders)[59] 8 Belgium (Wallonia)[60] 5 France[61] 8 Germany[62] 6 Ireland[63] 7 Netherlands[64] 2 Romania[44] 1 Switzerland[65] 1 United Kingdom[66] 3 2002 Austria[67] 50 France[68] 36 Germany[69] 15 Switzerland[65] 26 United States[26] 45 Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Australia (ARIA)[12] 3× Platinum 210,000^ Austria (IFPI Austria)[70] Platinum 30,000x Belgium (BEA)[71] 2× Platinum 100,000* France (SNEP)[17] Platinum 500,000* Germany (BVMI)[18] Platinum 500,000^ New Zealand (RIANZ)[14] Gold 7,500* Norway (IFPI Norway)[72] Platinum 10,000* Sweden (GLF)[73] Platinum 30,000x Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[74] Platinum 40,000x United Kingdom (BPI)[20] Platinum 600,000^ United States (RIAA)[75] Gold 500,000^ *sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Cover versions

Album versions Hong Kong folk-pop duo at17 (Meow Meow Meow album) Brazilian pop singer Karina Battis (Karina Battis 2.0 album) Carmen Consoli (Carmen Consoli and Un sorso in più albums) Catman Cohen (How I Want to Die—the Catman Chronicles 1 album) Jack L (acoustically on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1) Helena Noguerra (Née dans la nature album) The Flaming Lips (Fight Test EP) Inkubus Sukkubus (The Beast With Two Backs album) German electro/industrial band Cyber Axis (Skin album 2003) Kid 606 (The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking Jams) Polish rock band Makowiecki Band (Makowiecki Band album) Swedish hardcore band Eternal September T.C. (Dockers San Francisco Lifestyle promo album) "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head" Stuart Crichton Mix (Boombox album 2009) Japanese singer Ami Suzuki (Tokyo Girls Collection) Chinese singer Shang Wenjie (Nightmare) Scala & Kolacny Brothers (On the Rocks) Ed Alleyne-Johnson (Echoes)

Live versions C. C. Catch in TV show Basement Jaxx Bono (Vertigo Tour, 10 November 2006) Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, (Rockwiz)[76] Coldplay (Twisted Logic Tour, Glastonbury Festival 2005)[77] Garbage (Beautifulgarbage Tour) The Unicorns Tori Amos[78] Good Charlotte Matchbox 20[79] Sandra Bernhard Prince Patrick Wolf Short Stack (Princess Ball Tour 2009) Soulwax (Nite Versions Tour) Kelly Clarkson (All I Ever Wanted Tour - Australian Leg) Johnny Robinson on the eighth series of The X Factor

References

Further reading

The Complete Kylie, Simon Sheridan, Reynolds & Hearn Books (February 2009). (2nd ed.) ISBN 1905287895

External links

• Kylie Minogue — Official Web Site
• Can't Get You Out of My Head music video on YouTube, posted by EMI.

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