No Place in Heaven

No Place in Heaven
Studio album by Mika
Released June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)
Genre Pop[1]
Length 38:39
Label Casablanca
Mika chronology
Songbook Vol. 1
(2013)		 No Place in Heaven
(2015)
Singles from No Place in Heaven
  1. "Boum Boum Boum"
    Released: June 11, 2014
  2. "Talk About You"
    Released: March 31, 2015
  3. "Good Guys"
    Released: May 25, 2015
  4. "Staring at the Sun"
    Released: July 31, 2015

No Place in Heaven is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Mika, officially confirmed in the spring of 2015 and released on June 15 via Casablanca Records.[2]

Background and recording

After his first two records were described as campy affairs, Mika's third release The Origin of Love marked a drastic shift in musical style for the songwriter. No Place in Heaven continues that evolution. Mika described the recording process in an interview with Out Magazine: "I formed a little design studio with my sister and started drawing again like we used to in the kitchen of my mother’s house. I was basically liberating myself and making my brain work very hard—scaring myself with challenges. As a result, the album is direct, low-down, open, candid, playful, yet a mature pop album which takes its inspiration from '60s pop music, very much the way my first album did."[3]

Shortly after the record was officially confirmed, the songs "Talk About You" and "Last Party" were released. The latter song is an homage to late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.[4]

Singles

"Talk About You" was released as the album's lead single.[5] It was released to digitally retailers on March 31, and the music video premiered on April 27, 2015.[6]

Music videos for "Last Party," "Good Guys" and "Staring at the Sun" were released on April 8,[7] May 25[8] and July 31[9] respectively.

Deluxe edition

On November 13, 2015, the album was re-released in the form of a double-disc deluxe edition, containing a number of bonus tracks on Disc 1 as well as a full-length orchestral bonus disc, which includes a performance by MIKA with L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal.[10]

This version of the album has currently only been released in France, Canada and Italy. The French edition uses the original French track listing of the album, as well as containing five bonus tracks, including a remix of "Hurts", three new songs (including French-language track "Je Chante"), and a French version of "Staring at the Sun".[11]

The Italian edition uses the original English track listing of the album, as well as containing six bonus tracks, including "Boum Boum Boum" (which had not previously been released in the country), the "Hurts" remix, three new songs (including Italian-language track "Centre of Gravity"), and a bonus Italian version of one of the new songs.

Track listing

Standard Edition
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Talk About You"  MIKA • Johan Carlsson • Ross Golan • Danio Farina • Enzo Ghinazzi • Daniele Pace • Mike Hawker • Ivor RaymondGreg Wells • MIKA 3:23
2. "All She Wants"  MIKA • David Sneddon • James Baeur-MeinWells • MIKA • Martin Terefe[A] 3:39
3. "Last Party"  MIKA • Matthew Hales • Teemu BrunilaWells • MIKA 3:39
4. "Good Guys"  MIKA • Skyler StonestreetMIKA • Tim Van der Kuil 3:23
5. "Oh Girl You're the Devil"  MIKA • Clarence Coffee Jr • Greg WellsWells • MIKA 2:51
6. "No Place in Heaven"  MIKA • Coffee Jr • Rob WellsWells • MIKA 3:20
7. "Staring at the Sun"  MIKA • Wayne Hector • Benny Benassi • Allessandro BenassiTerefe • Starsmith[A] 3:35
8. "Hurts"  MIKA • Sneddon • Baeur-MeinSneddon • Baeur-Mein • MIKA 3:37
9. "Good Wife"  MIKA • Sneddon • Baeur-MeinSneddon • Baeur-Mein • MIKA • Wells[A] 3:18
10. "Rio"  MIKA • Nina Woodford • Jarad Kritzstein • Kerry Brothers JrWells • MIKA 4:08
11. "Ordinary Man"  MIKA • Stonestreet • Gustave RudmanRudman • MIKA • Wells[A] 3:46

Notes:

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] 74
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 3
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 6
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[18] 20
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 70
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21] 84
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] 3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23] 33
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[24] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[26] 19
US Billboard 200[27] 117

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[28] 33

L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal

The deluxe special edition disc was made available[29] and charted separately in Canada.

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[30] 40

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[31] Platinum 100,000*
Italy (FIMI)[32] Gold 25,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Heather Phares. "No Place in Heaven – Mika – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ "No Place In Heaven MIKA". iTunes. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Katz, Evan Ross. "Mika Finds a New Happy Place with No Place in Heaven". Out. Out. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mika Explains 'Last Party' Inspiration". Access Hollywood. Access Hollywood. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ Scott Shetler. "Mika releases peppy new single 'Talk About You'". AXS.
  6. ↑ MIKA - Talk About You. April 27, 2015 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ MIKA - Last Party. April 8, 2015 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ MIKA - Good Guys. May 25, 2015 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ MIKA - Staring At The Sun. July 31, 2015 – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "MIKA (8) - No Place In Heaven". Discogs.
  11. ↑ "Ultimate Music - MIKA “No Place In Heaven” (Special Edition) - “Je chante” (Video Premiere)". Ultimate Music.
  12. 1 2 "No Place in Heaven : Mika: Amazon.fr: Musique".
  13. ↑ "No Place in Heaven: Special Edition by Mika: Amazon.co.uk: Music".
  14. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Mika – No Place in Heaven" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Mika – No Place in Heaven" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Mika – No Place in Heaven" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Mika – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Mika. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Mika – No Place in Heaven" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Mika – No Place in Heaven". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Mika – No Place in Heaven". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  21. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 25-06, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Mika – No Place in Heaven". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  23. ↑ 29, 2015/ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: June 29, 2015" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Mika – No Place in Heaven". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Mika – No Place in Heaven". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Mika | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Mika – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Mika. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Classifiche “Top of the Music” 2015 FIMI-GfK: La musica italiana in vetta negli album e nei singoli digitali" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  29. ↑ "L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal (Orchestra Version)". iTunes.
  30. ↑ "Mika – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Mika. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  31. ↑ "French album certifications – Mika – No Place in Heaven" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  32. ↑ "Italian album certifications – Mika – No Place in Heaven" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 9 November 2015. Select Album e Compilation in the field Sezione. Enter Mika in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
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