Grace Kelly (song)

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"Grace Kelly"
Single by Mika
from the album Life in Cartoon Motion
B-side(s)	"Over My Shoulder", "Satellite"
Released	January 9, 2007
Format	Digital download, CD single, 12" vinyl, 7" vinyl
Recorded	2006
Genre	Pop
Length	3:09
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Mika
Producer(s)	Greg Wells
Chart positions
#1 (Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Norway, Russia, UK) #2 (Australia, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand) #3 (Austria, Ukraine) #4 (Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Europe, World) #5 (Finland, Romania) #7 (Canada) #8 (Slovenia) #9 (Portugal)
Mika singles chronology
"Relax, Take It Easy" (2006)	"Grace Kelly" (2007)	"Love Today" (2007)

"Grace Kelly" is a song by Mika released for download on January 9, 2007. Produced and mixed by Greg Wells, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number three (#3) and the UK Official Download Chart at number one (#1). One week later, it jumped to the top position, despite still being available on downloads only. The track was number one in the UK Singles Chart for the 5 weeks to and including February 18, 2007. In the U.S., "Grace Kelly" was made available for digital download on January 16, 2007.

It was designed to be a mocking satire of musicians who try to reinvent themselves to be popular. Mika claims the song was inspired after a bad experience with a record company executive. The lyric "So I try a little Freddie" is a reference to Queen's Freddie Mercury. Mika's voice has often been compared to that of Mercury.^[1] The melody is based on The Marriage of Figaro opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The music video for the song was directed by Sophie Muller.

Contents 1 Formats and track listings 2 Official remixes/version 3 Charts 4 Music video 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Formats and track listings

CD single

• 1. "Grace Kelly" – 3:08
• 2. "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Radio Edit) – 3:20
• 3. "Over My Shoulder" – 4:44

7" vinyl

• A1. "Grace Kelly" – 3:07
• B1. "Satellite" – 4:15

12" vinyl

• A1. "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Full Vocal Remix) – 6:46
• A2. "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Dub Remix) – 6:40
• B1. "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Full Vocal Remix) – 6:48
• B2. "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Dub Remix) – 7:08

[edit] Official remixes/version

• "Grace Kelly" – 3:07
• "Grace Kelly" (Acoustic) – 3:07
• "Grace Kelly" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 3:00
• "Grace Kelly" (Pull Tiger Tail Remix) – 4:26
• "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Radio Edit) – 3:20
• "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Full Vocal Remix) – 6:46
• "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Dub Remix) – 6:40
• "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Full Vocal Remix) – 6:48
• "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Dub Remix) – 7:08

[edit] Charts

The song debuted at number thirty in the United World Chart with over 81,000 points. It has also peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland. It debuted at number 112 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart with 13,264 legal downloads and at number 105 in the Billboard Hot 100. The following week, it moved to number 81 on the Hot 100 and to number 70 on the Hot Digital Songs chart.^[2] After falling to number 86 on the Hot 100 in its third week, it climbed to 76 in its fourth.

Chart (2007) Peak position Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 2 Austrian Singles Chart[3] 3 Belgium Singles Chart[3] 2 Bulgarian Airplay Chart[citation needed] 1 Canadian Singles Chart[4] 7 Denmark Singles Chart[5] 1 Dutch Singles Chart[3] 8 Estonian Top 40 Singles Chart[citation needed] 1 Finland Singles Chart[3] 5 French Singles Chart[3] 89 German Singles Chart[3] 4 Hungarian Singles Chart[citation needed] 1 Irish Singles Chart[3] 1 Italy Singles Chart[citation needed] 1

Chart (2007) Peak position Latvian Airplay/Singles Chart[6] 2 Lebanon Singles Chart[citation needed] 1 Luxembourg Singles Chart[citation needed] 1 New Zealand Singles Chart[3] 2 Norway Singles Chart[3] 1 Polish Singles Chart[7] 19 EURO 200[8] 3 Romanian Singles Chart[citation needed] 5 Russian Singles Chart[citation needed] 1 Switzerland Singles Chart[3] 4 UK Singles Chart[3] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3][9] 57 U.S. Billboard Pop 100[9] 54 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[9] 31 United World Chart[3] 4

[edit] Music video

The music video for the song "Grace Kelly" was directed by Sophie Muller and starred Mika and Holly Muller. The video was filmed in early November 2006 and released in mid-January 2007. In the last scene, Muller said "Humphrey, we're leaving", to which Mika replied, "Ka-ching." In the video, Sophie revealed that his name in the video was Humphrey Smith.

[edit] References

1. ^ BBC News – "Sound of 2007: Mika"
2. ^
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} "Grace Kelly - chart positions". MusicSquare. Retrieved April 5, 2007.
4. ^ Canadian Singles Chart — Jam.canoe.ca
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ Latvian Airplay Top 01.04.2007. — lanet.lv
7. ^ http://home.planet.nl/~laar2337/apc2/Hitlijsten/Polish-Top50.htm
8. ^ http://home.planet.nl/~laar2337/apc2/index.htm
9. ^ ^{a b c} "Mika- Artist Chart History". All Music Guide. Retrieved April 5, 2007.

Preceded by "A Moment Like This" by Leona Lewis	United Kingdom number-one single January 21, 2007 – February 18, 2007	Succeeded by "Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs
	Ireland number-one single February 1, 2007 – March 15, 2007	Succeeded by "Give Me a Minute" by 21 Demands
Preceded by "I Wanna Love You" by Akon feat. Snoop Dogg	Bulgarian Airplay Chart number-one single March 5, 2007 - March 11, 2007	Succeeded by "The Sweet Escape" by Akon feat. Gwen Stefani

[edit] External links

• Mika at MySpace