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Grace Kelly (song)

December 18, 2023

This article is about the song. For other uses, see Grace Kelly (disambiguation).

"Grace Kelly" is a song by British singer-songwriter Mika. It was released as the lead single from Mika's debut studio album Life in Cartoon Motion (2007) on the 8th January 2007. It was written by Mika alongside Jodi Marr, John Merchant and Dan Warner. The song was produced and mixed by Greg Wells.

"Grace Kelly"
Single by Mika
from the album Life in Cartoon Motion
B-side
Released8 January 2007 (2007-01-08)
Genre
Length3:05
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Wells
Mika singles chronology
"Grace Kelly"
(2007) 		"Love Today"
(2007)
Music video
"Grace Kelly" on YouTube

The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number three and the UK Official Download Chart at number one. One week later, it jumped to the top of the UK Singles Chart on download sales alone, the second song to do so after Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" the previous year. The track was number one on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks, and ended 2007 as the year's third biggest-selling single in that country.[1] In the US, "Grace Kelly" was made available for digital download on 16 January 2007. This song was also No. 89 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.[2] It was designed to be a mocking satire of musicians who try to reinvent themselves to be popular.

The song is titled after Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress, and Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly. The bit of dialogue used in the song is from the film The Country Girl, which stars Kelly. Mika claims the song was inspired after a bad experience with a record company executive, in which he was told to be more like Craig David.[3] The lyric "So I tried a little Freddie" is a reference to Queen's Freddie Mercury, to whose singing voice Mika's has been compared.[4] On at least one occasion, Mika confirmed that he used the main melody from Figaro's famous aria "Largo al factotum", from the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini.[5] Mika performed the song at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 in Munich and at the 2008 BRIT Awards at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, where it was nominated for Best British Single, but lost to "Shine" by Take That.[6] The song has sold over 630,000 copies in the UK, as stated by the Official Charts Company.

Background and composition edit

"The comparisons to Freddie Mercury are fine. They started long before I made the record – I've even referred to it in Grace Kelly." "Grace Kelly was written after these musicians were trying to mould me into what I should be. I was really angry and so I wrote the song and mailed them the lyrics. They didn't call me back, but two years later it's come full circle."

—Mika says in an interview on BBC.[7]

Mika wrote the song after he felt frustrated with record label executives that wanted him to change his sound to fit the common pop mold. In the song, Mika points out how he can pretend to be anyone he likes to win approval – in this case the glamorous actress Grace Kelly. He wrote the song after the record company told him that they wanted to model his look and sound on Craig David, who was popular at the time in the UK. Mika rejected this idea and wrote "Grace Kelly" as a way of expressing his individuality.[7] The song's melody is based on the aria "Largo al factotum", from the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini.[7] The song is in the key of G major[8] throughout.

Critical reception edit

The song received positive reviews from music critics. Heather Phares from AllMusic wrote a positive review for the song, stating that "Mika's singles are his most charming moments, including the instant sunshine of "Grace Kelly," which crams tap-dancing rhythms, filmic dialogue, Elton's pianos, Freddie's vocal harmonies, and Brian May's guitars into just over three minutes."[9] Christian John Wikane from PopMatters wrote an extensive article about the comparisons between Mika and Freddie Mercury, writing that "he sounds a lot like Mercury and wears the influence like a badge of honor, even name-checking the late front man of Queen in the first verse. Mika vacillates between the affected theatricality of Mercury's full-throttled voice and his own strong falsetto, where he earnestly implores 'Why don't you like me?' no less than 12 times."[10]

Beth Johnson from Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Nothing quite matches the crystal-shattering exuberance of hit Grace Kelly."[11] John Murphy from musicOMH wrote that "It's big, joyous, dumb pop, and the only danger with it is that you'll be utterly sick of it fast."[12] Lizzie Enever from BBC Music was direct, writing that "Grace Kelly is a great pop song – it's catchy, you can't help singing along and it grates on you after a few days when you can't get it out of your head but you still go back for more – flawless credentials."[13] Graham Griffith, also from About.com, wrote that the song "is an outrageously irresistible and infectious pop gem."[14] Dom Passantino from Stylus Magazine criticized the track, writing that "it seems to suggest the boy has some level for musicals, being as it is all Broadway flittering and hackneyed attempts at conveying a story with its lyrics. But here's the problem: he's got no tales to tell, just a tab at his local make-up supplier. 'Am I too dirty, am I too flirty?' he sings at one point."[15]

Accolades edit

At the 2007 World Music Awards, Mika won for Best Selling British Artist, Best Selling New Artist, Best Selling Male Entertainer, and World's Best Selling Pop Rock Male Artist.[7]

Live performances and covers edit

Parodies edit

  • Rory Bremner recorded a parody version to illustrate the problems of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
  • Amateur Transplants's song "Libel Case" from their 2008 album Unfit to Practise.
  • Subwoolfer released a parody song of Mika's "Grace Kelly" titled "Space Kelly"; a parody Eurovision round-up song of their competitors and making light of their true identities.

Appearances edit

Music video edit

The music video for the song "Grace Kelly" was directed by Sophie Muller and starred Mika and future singer-songwriter Mae Muller, who is Sophie's niece.[17][18] The video was filmed in early November 2006 and has been nominated for numerous worldwide awards. The instrumental introduction in the video is an extract of the acoustic version of the song found on certain releases of the album. The video premiered on MTV on January 15, 2007.

Track listing edit

Australian CD single

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

UK CD single

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

Limited edition 7" vinyl

  1. "Grace Kelly" – 3:07
  2. "Satellite" – 4:15

UK 12" vinyl

  1. "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Full Vocal Remix) – 6:46
  2. "Grace Kelly" (Linus Loves Dub Remix) – 6:40
  3. "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Full Vocal Remix) – 6:48
  4. "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Dub Remix) – 7:08

Official versions edit

  • "Grace Kelly" – 3:07
  • "Grace Kelly" (Acoustic Version) – 3:07
  • "Grace Kelly" (Bimbo Jones Remix Edit) – 3:00
  • "Grace Kelly" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 6:26
  • "Grace Kelly" (Les Grandes Gueules Version) – 3:07
  • "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" (Pull Tiger Tail Remix) – 4:26
  • "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Full Vocal Remix) – 6:48
  • "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville Dub Remix) – 7:08

Chart performance edit

It reached number one in the United Kingdom and in Ireland. The song was only the second single ever to top the UK chart without selling a physical copy ("Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley was the first).[7] In the US market, it peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100. The December 2007 Observer Music Monthly asked Mika how it felt getting to No. 1 in the UK with this song. He replied: "Very unreal. It still feels unreal. It's just a song I wrote in my room. By the time I'd written 'Grace Kelly' everything in my life had been called into question. Trying to find out what I was going to do with my life, trying to be a musician, to be independent, to give myself the remote chance of any kind of a relationship. I was just sorting every thing out in my head. That song sums it all up."[7] It went to #1 on the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Norway and Turkey singles charts.[7] The song was 82 in the French physical charts but number 2 in digital ones, and has more than 50,000 sales in the country. The song has more than 5 million sales.

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[65] Platinum 70,000^
Belgium (BEA)[66] Platinum 50,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[67] Platinum 15,000^
Germany (BVMI)[68] Gold 150,000^
Italy (FIMI)[69] Platinum 50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[70] Gold 7,500*
Sweden (GLF)[71] Gold 10,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[72] Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[73] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[74] Gold 500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also edit

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External links edit

  • Soundfires.com Review of "Grace Kelly" at archive.today (archived 22 November 2007)

December 18, 2023
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This article is about the song For other uses see Grace Kelly disambiguation Grace Kelly is a song by British singer songwriter Mika It was released as the lead single from Mika s debut studio album Life in Cartoon Motion 2007 on the 8th January 2007 It was written by Mika alongside Jodi Marr John Merchant and Dan Warner The song was produced and mixed by Greg Wells Grace Kelly Single by Mikafrom the album Life in Cartoon MotionB side Over My Shoulder Satellite Released8 January 2007 2007 01 08 GenreGlam rock pop rockLength3 05LabelCasablanca IRGSongwriter s Michael Penniman Jodi Marr John Merchant Dan WarnerProducer s Greg WellsMika singles chronology Grace Kelly 2007 Love Today 2007 Music video Grace Kelly on YouTubeThe song entered the UK Singles Chart at number three and the UK Official Download Chart at number one One week later it jumped to the top of the UK Singles Chart on download sales alone the second song to do so after Gnarls Barkley s Crazy the previous year The track was number one on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks and ended 2007 as the year s third biggest selling single in that country 1 In the US Grace Kelly was made available for digital download on 16 January 2007 This song was also No 89 on MTV Asia s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007 2 It was designed to be a mocking satire of musicians who try to reinvent themselves to be popular The song is titled after Academy Award winning American film and stage actress and Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly The bit of dialogue used in the song is from the film The Country Girl which stars Kelly Mika claims the song was inspired after a bad experience with a record company executive in which he was told to be more like Craig David 3 The lyric So I tried a little Freddie is a reference to Queen s Freddie Mercury to whose singing voice Mika s has been compared 4 On at least one occasion Mika confirmed that he used the main melody from Figaro s famous aria Largo al factotum from the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini 5 Mika performed the song at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 in Munich and at the 2008 BRIT Awards at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre London where it was nominated for Best British Single but lost to Shine by Take That 6 The song has sold over 630 000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official Charts Company Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Critical reception 3 Accolades 4 Live performances and covers 5 Parodies 6 Appearances 7 Music video 8 Track listing 9 Official versions 10 Chart performance 11 Charts 11 1 Weekly charts 11 2 Year end charts 11 3 Decade end charts 12 Certifications 13 See also 14 References 15 External linksBackground and composition edit The comparisons to Freddie Mercury are fine They started long before I made the record I ve even referred to it in Grace Kelly Grace Kelly was written after these musicians were trying to mould me into what I should be I was really angry and so I wrote the song and mailed them the lyrics They didn t call me back but two years later it s come full circle Mika says in an interview on BBC 7 Mika wrote the song after he felt frustrated with record label executives that wanted him to change his sound to fit the common pop mold In the song Mika points out how he can pretend to be anyone he likes to win approval in this case the glamorous actress Grace Kelly He wrote the song after the record company told him that they wanted to model his look and sound on Craig David who was popular at the time in the UK Mika rejected this idea and wrote Grace Kelly as a way of expressing his individuality 7 The song s melody is based on the aria Largo al factotum from the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini 7 The song is in the key of G major 8 throughout Critical reception editThe song received positive reviews from music critics Heather Phares from AllMusic wrote a positive review for the song stating that Mika s singles are his most charming moments including the instant sunshine of Grace Kelly which crams tap dancing rhythms filmic dialogue Elton s pianos Freddie s vocal harmonies and Brian May s guitars into just over three minutes 9 Christian John Wikane from PopMatters wrote an extensive article about the comparisons between Mika and Freddie Mercury writing that he sounds a lot like Mercury and wears the influence like a badge of honor even name checking the late front man of Queen in the first verse Mika vacillates between the affected theatricality of Mercury s full throttled voice and his own strong falsetto where he earnestly implores Why don t you like me no less than 12 times 10 Beth Johnson from Entertainment Weekly wrote that Nothing quite matches the crystal shattering exuberance of hit Grace Kelly 11 John Murphy from musicOMH wrote that It s big joyous dumb pop and the only danger with it is that you ll be utterly sick of it fast 12 Lizzie Enever from BBC Music was direct writing that Grace Kelly is a great pop song it s catchy you can t help singing along and it grates on you after a few days when you can t get it out of your head but you still go back for more flawless credentials 13 Graham Griffith also from About com wrote that the song is an outrageously irresistible and infectious pop gem 14 Dom Passantino from Stylus Magazine criticized the track writing that it seems to suggest the boy has some level for musicals being as it is all Broadway flittering and hackneyed attempts at conveying a story with its lyrics But here s the problem he s got no tales to tell just a tab at his local make up supplier Am I too dirty am I too flirty he sings at one point 15 Accolades editAt the 2007 World Music Awards Mika won for Best Selling British Artist Best Selling New Artist Best Selling Male Entertainer and World s Best Selling Pop Rock Male Artist 7 Live performances and covers editTop 50 contestant of American Idol Josiah Leming performed a rendition of the song in Hollywood for the judges which received great praise A version by Mika appears on the 2007 compilation album The Saturday Sessions The Dermot O Leary Show Mika performed this song on series 4 episode 3 of The Friday Night Project on 19 January 2007 James Nesbitt was the host that night The Whiffenpoofs performed the song on The Sing Off on 6 December 2010 Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough performed the song on Dancing with the Stars U S season 21 Josef Feco performed the song on The Voice Cesko Slovensko on 1 March 2019 In September 2021 TikTok users including Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell took part in a challenge where the user records the different vocal parts of the chorus which spans a thirteenth a whole step wider than The Star Spangled Banner on top of each other making a full harmony 16 In May 2022 Mika performed this song as part of the interval medley at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 which he co hosted Parodies editRory Bremner recorded a parody version to illustrate the problems of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown Amateur Transplants s song Libel Case from their 2008 album Unfit to Practise Subwoolfer released a parody song of Mika s Grace Kelly titled Space Kelly a parody Eurovision round up song of their competitors and making light of their true identities Appearances editThe Hills Ugly Betty A Turkish Coca Cola advertisement An Israeli advertisement of Misdar Zihoi A trailer for Disney Cinemagic A trailer for I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry A trailer for The Ugly Truth The 2008 episode of Silent Witness Lost Child as a 27 year old transforms himself into a schoolboy An advertisement for Neighbours What Happens in Vegas Dead Set The Doctor Who novel The Pirate Loop The Sarah Jane Adventures episode The Mark of the Berserker An episode of Celebrity Big Brother An advertisement of Confessions of a Shopaholic Autumn 2007 episodes of Corazon de Otono The European Nintendo DS version of Band Hero A German first season trailer for Weeds The adult oriented Wii game We Dare as a cover version FC Barcelona s official video for Thierry Henry in Barca Legends seriesMusic video editThe music video for the song Grace Kelly was directed by Sophie Muller and starred Mika and future singer songwriter Mae Muller who is Sophie s niece 17 18 The video was filmed in early November 2006 and has been nominated for numerous worldwide awards The instrumental introduction in the video is an extract of the acoustic version of the song found on certain releases of the album The video premiered on MTV on January 15 2007 Track listing editAustralian CD single Grace Kelly 3 08 Grace Kelly Linus Loves Radio Edit 3 20 Over My Shoulder 4 44 Grace Kelly Video UK CD single Grace Kelly 3 08 Grace Kelly Linus Loves Radio Edit 3 20 Over My Shoulder 4 44Limited edition 7 vinyl Grace Kelly 3 07 Satellite 4 15UK 12 vinyl 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 08Official versions edit Grace Kelly 3 07 Grace Kelly Acoustic Version 3 07 Grace Kelly Bimbo Jones Remix Edit 3 00 Grace Kelly Bimbo Jones Remix 6 26 Grace Kelly Les Grandes Gueules Version 3 07 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 Pull Tiger Tail Remix 4 26 Grace Kelly Tom Neville Full Vocal Remix 6 48 Grace Kelly Tom Neville Dub Remix 7 08Chart performance editIt reached number one in the United Kingdom and in Ireland The song was only the second single ever to top the UK chart without selling a physical copy Crazy by Gnarls Barkley was the first 7 In the US market it peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 The December 2007 Observer Music Monthly asked Mika how it felt getting to No 1 in the UK with this song He replied Very unreal It still feels unreal It s just a song I wrote in my room By the time I d written Grace Kelly everything in my life had been called into question Trying to find out what I was going to do with my life trying to be a musician to be independent to give myself the remote chance of any kind of a relationship I was just sorting every thing out in my head That song sums it all up 7 It went to 1 on the United Kingdom Czech Republic Ireland Italy Norway and Turkey singles charts 7 The song was 82 in the French physical charts but number 2 in digital ones and has more than 50 000 sales in the country The song has more than 5 million sales Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2007 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 19 2Austria O3 Austria Top 40 20 3Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 21 2Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 22 1Canada Canadian Hot 100 23 3Croatia HRT 24 2Czech Republic Radio Top 100 25 4Denmark Tracklisten 26 1Europe Eurochart Hot 100 27 2Finland Suomen virallinen lista 28 5France SNEP 29 3Germany Official German Charts 30 4Hungary Radios Top 40 31 3Ireland IRMA 32 1Italy FIMI 33 1Netherlands Dutch Top 40 34 4Netherlands Single Top 100 35 4New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 36 2Norway VG lista 37 1Scotland OCC 38 1Slovakia Radio Top 100 39 4Sweden Sverigetopplistan 40 9Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 41 2UK Singles OCC 42 1US Billboard Hot 100 43 57US Adult Alternative Songs Billboard 44 12US Adult Top 40 Billboard 45 26US Dance Mix Show Airplay Billboard 46 19Venezuela Pop Rock Record Report 47 2 Year end charts edit Chart 2007 PositionAustralia ARIA 48 7Austria O3 Austria Top 40 49 7Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 50 4Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 51 1European Hot 100 Singles Billboard 52 5France Airplay Chart 53 81Germany Official German Charts 54 21Hungary Radios Top 40 55 22Ireland IRMA 56 3Italy FIMI 57 5Netherlands Dutch Top 40 58 6Netherlands Single Top 100 59 7New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 60 16Sweden Sverigetopplistan 61 30Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 62 9UK Singles OCC 63 3Decade end charts edit Chart 2000 2009 PositionUK Singles OCC 64 64Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 65 Platinum 70 000 Belgium BEA 66 Platinum 50 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 67 Platinum 15 000 Germany BVMI 68 Gold 150 000 Italy FIMI 69 Platinum 50 000 New Zealand RMNZ 70 Gold 7 500 Sweden GLF 71 Gold 10 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 72 Gold 15 000 United Kingdom BPI 73 2 Platinum 1 200 000 United States RIAA 74 Gold 500 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone See also editList of number one hits in Denmark List of number one singles of 2007 Ireland List of number one hits of 2007 Italy List of number one hits in Norway List of number one singles from the 2000s UK References edit Top 40 Singles of the Year 2007 Archived 25 May 2012 at archive today BBC Music Retrieved 27 December 2007 MTV Asia Top 100 Hits List Archived 22 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 December 2007 Times UK Oh Mika you re so fine Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 May 2009 Entertainment Sound of 2007 Mika 5 January 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