Mr. Mysterious

"Mr. Mysterious"
Single by Vanessa Amorosi featuring Seany B
from the album Hazardous
Released 23 April 2010 (Australia)[1]
Format Digital download
Recorded Fishhead Music Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre Pop rock, electropop, dance-pop
Label Universal
Writer(s) Vanessa Amorosi, MachoPsycho (Robin Lynch & Niklas Olovson)
Certification Platinum (Australia)
Vanessa Amorosi singles chronology
"Hazardous"
(2009)		 "Mr. Mysterious"
(2010)		 "Holiday"
(2010)

"Mr. Mysterious" is the third single from Vanessa Amorosi's album Hazardous.[2] "Mr. Mysterious" was first performed live on TV at the 2009 Perth Telethon on 3 October 2009.[3] Amorosi filmed the video for "Mr. Mysterious" in February and the song was released digitally in April 2010.[1][2]
Seany B, who is known for being the performer of the TV Rock hit "Flaunt It", makes a guest appearance in the song, doing a rap verse. Ms Amorosi describes the song as "a cheeky track about the guy you know nothing about but you can't get out of your head".[4]

The first episode of Hey Hey It's Saturday in 2010 featured Vanessa Amorosi, performing her latest single "Mr. Mysterious".[5] Before release as a digital single, the song was being used in the ads by the Network Ten for the British television drama series Merlin.

Track listing

Music download[6] (Cat.No. AU-UM7-10-00404)
Preorder 'Single'[1]
  1. "Mr. Mysterious" (Single version)
  2. "Mr. Mysterious" (Dance Dude Macho Club Mix)
GetMusic[7]
  1. "Mr. Mysterious" (Single version)
  2. "This Is Who I Am" (The Lonewolf version)
iTunes[8]
  1. "Mr. Mysterious" (feat. Seany B) — 3:45
  2. "Hazardous" (Kill Bill version)— 5:14

Music video

The video clip for "Mr. Mysterious" was shot in February[2] by director Stuart Gosling.[9] Gosling's Motion Cubism FX is used intensively throughout the video creating a fluid and mesmerising visual performance. Digital Pictures spent three weeks of post production to get the FX right.[9] The video premiered on The Today Show and on Mornings with Kerri-Anne on 26 March 2010.

Charts

The song was the #1 most added track to Australian radio for the week commencing 22 March 2010.[10]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[11] 4

Year-end chart

Year Chart Country Ranking
2010 Top 100 singles[12] Australia 80
Top 50 Australian artist singles[13] 10

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Australia Platinum[14][15] 70,000+

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vanessa Amorosi : releases : Mr Mysterious Preorder (With Exclusive Remix & Win the chance to have your own VA Acoustic Party!)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Message from Vanessa
  3. ↑ Youtube: Vanessa Amorosi performing 'Mr Mysterious' live at the 2009 Perth telethon
  4. ↑ JCNN - JCU (James Cook University): Dangerous Curves Ahead
  5. ↑ TV Tonight: Hey Hey guests
  6. ↑ Pandora Archive: ARIA Top 100 Singles - Week Commencing 5 April 2010
  7. ↑ GetMusic: Vanessa Amorosi : Discography : Mr Mysterious
  8. ↑ Single on iTunes: Mr Mysterious (feat. Seany B) - Single by Vanessa Amorosi
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Vanessa Amorosi.... "Mr Mysterious"
  10. ↑ Australian Music Report - Chart News
  11. ↑ Australian-Charts.com: Vanessa Amorosi - Mr. Mysterious
  12. ↑ ARIA charts: End of year charts - Top 100 singles 2010
  13. ↑ ARIA charts: End of year charts - Top 50 Australian artist singles 2010
  14. ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2010 Singles
  15. ↑ Australian Record Industry Association: Top 50 Singles Chart - 17 May 2010

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