| "Kiss Kiss" | ||||
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| Single by Stella Soleil | ||||
| from the album Dirty Little Secret | ||||
| Released | April 2001 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Urban dance, reggae | |||
| Length | 3:01 (Radio Edit) | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Writer(s) | Juliette Jaimes, Sezen Aksu, Steve Welton-Jaimes | |||
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"Kiss Kiss" is the debut single by American recording artist Stella Soleil. The single is a cover/remake of the Turkish song "Şımarık" by Tarkan. The English version was written by Juliette Jaimes, Sezen Aksu and Steve Welton-Jaimes. The single was released to mainstream radio in April 2001. The single was also released in regions of Europe, excluding the UK.
Australian singer Holly Valance made another cover in 2002, but unlike Soleil's version, Valance's cover does not follow identically to the original version. Soleil's version even features the original sound effect for the "kiss" in the song.
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The music video is set on the beach during the late night. The video shows Soleil dancing on the sand, while scenes go back and forth from birds eye views of landscape around the beach.
| "Kiss Kiss" | ||||
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| Single by Holly Valance | ||||
| from the album Footprints | ||||
| Released | April 29, 2002 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop, R&B | |||
| Length | 3:23 | |||
| Label | London | |||
| Certification | Platinum (ARIA) Silver (BPI) |
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"Kiss Kiss" is the debut single by Australian singer Holly Valance. Her version is a remake of the 2001 version by Stella Soleil. Soleil's version is the original English version, however it is a remake of the popular Turkish pop song "Şımarık" by Tarkan. The single was released in April 2002 in Australia and United Kingdom, and shot straight to number one.
The music video for Valance's version featured her in a range of costumes with several male performers. The director's cut of the video appeared on television featuring Valance apparently naked. She maintains that she was not naked, and from the video, all we can see are well placed lights protecting her breasts and genitalia. "Kiss Kiss" was nominated for four ARIA Awards at the 16th ARIA Awards in 2002.
The single also debuted at number-one in the UK on 5 May 2002, selling 143,408 copies in its first week.[3]
The song made its debut on the Australian ARIA Charts and UK Singles Chart at number one, it was Valance's first number one single. It went to spent nine weeks in the ARIA Charts top ten, thirteen weeks in the top twenty and a total of seventeen weeks in the top fifty. In countries like Ireland, Italy, Taiwan and Finland the song went to peak in the top ten.It also reached the Top 20 in Austria, Greece, Sweden, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland and Denmark. It was certified Platinum by the ARIA and Gold by the BPI.
| Chart (2001)1 | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 27 |
| Chart (2002)2 | Peak position |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austria Singles Chart | 11 |
| Denmark Singles Chart | 20 |
| Finland Singles Chart | 7 |
| France Singles Chart | 50 |
| German Singles Chart | 14 |
| Greece Singles Chart | 11 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[4] | 3 |
| Ireland Singles Chart | 2 |
| Italy Singles Chart | 3 |
| Japan Singles Chart | 11 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 24 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 17 |
| Sweden Singles Chart | 12 |
| Switzerland Singles Chart | 19 |
| Taiwan Singles Chart | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
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| Preceded by "Freak like Me" by Sugababes |
UK number one single May 5, 2002 - May 11, 2002 |
Succeeded by "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Ronan Keating |
| Preceded by "Without Me" by Eminem |
ARIA (Australia) number one single June 10, 2002 |
Succeeded by "Without Me" by Eminem |