Merril Bainbridge (born 2 June 1968) is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter. Her debut was in 1994 with the single, "Mouth", which peaked at number one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the United States.[1][2]
Merril Bainbridge started performing at age 9. Her first performance was at a carnival that her sisters persuaded her to enter because the prize was free carnival tickets.[3] She came third and won twenty dollars' worth of tickets.[3] After six years of performing in a variety of bands in Australia, and doing backup vocal work in exchange for studio time,[4] Bainbridge began a solo career under the tutelage of producer Siew.[4] Bainbridge stated that she and Siew "really connected well, from a creative point. I liked the way he worked and I knew I had so much more to learn in that environment [and] that's how it started. That was the point where I started feeling a lot more confident as a singer and then wanting to dive more into the songwriting side."[4] She also worked a day job before quitting to concentrate solely on music.
In 1991, she and Siew wrote the track "Could This Be Love" for the Techno-Color single "Unchained Melody".[5]
In 1994, Bainbridge was signed to Ross Fraser and John Farnham's newly formed Gotham Records label.[6] Fraser first heard Bainbridge when he received a tape in the mail and was interested by the combination of voice and guitar.[6] "Mouth" was Bainbridge's debut release and the first song released from her debut album The Garden by Gotham Records. "Mouth" was released in Australia in October 1994[7] but was lost in the Christmas shuffle. It was reissued in February 1995 where it came to be the biggest song of Bainbridge's career, peaking at number one in Australia for six consecutive weeks before becoming the fourth highest selling single in Australia for 1995.[1][8] The second song released from The Garden was "Under the Water" which is a song about a lover who drowned, released in Australia in June 1995. The song did not match the success of "Mouth" but was still a top five hit, peaking at number four in Australia[1] and accrediting platinum by ARIA.[9]The Garden was released in Australia on 31 July 1995, where it debuted at its peak position at number five on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and certifying two times platinum selling 140,000 copies around Australia.[10] In October 1995 the third song off the album was released titled "Power of One" which was not as big but still charted in Australia at number twenty-one.[1] The ninth annual ARIA Awards saw Bainbridge nominated for seven awards but she failed to win any.[11] The fourth and final single "Sleeping Dogs" was released in Australia in February 1996 and featured the Bee Gees song "I Started a Joke" which was used for the bridge of the track. The song only peaked at number fifty-five in Australia.
Marc Nathan signed Bainbridge to the Universal Music record label in the United States by 1996.[12] "Mouth" was released in the United States on 20 August 1996 and became the most requested song on American radio for three weeks.[13] The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-seven and after twelve weeks, the song peaked at number four.[14] It spent a total of thirty weeks in the charts selling 600,000 copies and earning a gold single.[15]The Garden was released on 24 September 1996 and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one hundred and sixty-one. After six weeks just missing the top one hundred it peaked at the position of one hundred and one.[16] "Mouth" was Bainbridge's only release in the United Kingdom. It was released in November 1996 but did not show great success peaking at number fifty-one and spending eight weeks in the top two hundred.[17] At the end of 1996 Bainbridge toured thirty cities in the U.S. for forty days and she presented an award at the Billboard Awards.[6] She also performed at Madison Square Garden supporting American singer Sheryl Crow.[6] "Under the Water" was released in the United States on 18 February 1997 and debuted at number seven on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. After two weeks it broke into the Billboard Hot 100 at number ninety-seven. It took the song four weeks to reach its peak position of number ninety-one before it fell out of the chart from then on, spending six weeks in the Hot 100.[14]
While Bainbridge was completing her first international tour, she started writing the album Between the Days which she refers to it being a place she found herself when she was working on the album.[18][unreliable source?] The first single released from the album was "Lonely" which received wide radio airplay on FOX FM upon its release but only managed a peak at forty in Australia,[1] number eighteen on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and number twenty-five in Japan. Later that year, she released a cover of "I Got You Babe" featuring a small contribution from Shaggy (which appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Welcome to Woop Woop). Two more songs were released from the album - "Between the Days" and "Walk on Fire".
In 1999 Merril Bainbridge recorded "Sydney from a 747", a song written and previously recorded by fellow Australian Paul Kelly. The track appeared on the soundtrack of the IMAX film Sydney - A Story of a City and was released as part of an official music compilation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic games entitled "Olympic Record" (WEA Australia, 2000). This album is currently out of print.
2000–presentedit
In 2000, Bainbridge recorded a song named "Friends" for the Australian film The Magic Pudding which is featured on its soundtrack.
In 2003 the song "Girl Next Door" was released and an untitled album produced which remains unreleased. The album was due out in 2004, but then she realised that the tour would separate her from her family and left the music business.[19]
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released in that country.
1 "Lonely" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[24] The "bubbling under" chart only represents the twenty-five singles below the Hot 100's number 100 position which have not yet appeared on the Hot 100.
"Sydney from a 747" (1999) — a song on the soundtrack of the IMAX movie "Sydney – Story of a City" (1999) and included on "Olympic Record" (2000) the Sydney Olympic games official album.
"Friends" (2000) — a song from the soundtrack to the Australian animation The Magic Pudding.
Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Merril Bainbridge in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 23.
"Sleeping Dogs": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 14 Apr 1996". ARIA, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
All ARIA singles chart peaks to 21 May 2018: "Response from ARIA re: Merril Bainbridge singles chart history, received 21 May 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ ab"Billboard > Merril Bainbridge Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ ab. Choose Cruelty Free. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
^ abcGalipault, Gerry (17 October 1996). . Pause & Play. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
^"Techno-Color Featuring Twiggy B – Unchained Melody". discogs. 1992. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ abcd. Thei.aust.com. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2 March 1997. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
^"New Release Summary – Product Available from: 24/10/94 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 245)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
^"ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1995". ARIA Charts. 27 May 2010.
^"The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995". Imgur.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
^"Billboard > Merril Bainbridge Chart History > Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^. ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
^. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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Merril Bainbridge born 2 June 1968 is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter Her debut was in 1994 with the single Mouth which peaked at number one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the United States 1 2 Merril BainbridgeBorn 1968 06 02 2 June 1968 age 55 Melbourne Victoria AustraliaOccupation s Singer songwriterInstrument s VocalsYears active1984 2003LabelsGotham UniversalWebsitemerrilbainbridge wbr com Contents 1 Early career 2 Music career 2 1 The Garden 1994 1997 2 2 Between the Days 1998 1999 2 3 2000 present 3 Discography 3 1 Albums 3 2 Singles 3 3 Miscellaneous 4 Awards and nominations 4 1 ARIA Awards 4 2 APRA Awards 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksEarly career editMerril Bainbridge started performing at age 9 Her first performance was at a carnival that her sisters persuaded her to enter because the prize was free carnival tickets 3 She came third and won twenty dollars worth of tickets 3 After six years of performing in a variety of bands in Australia and doing backup vocal work in exchange for studio time 4 Bainbridge began a solo career under the tutelage of producer Siew 4 Bainbridge stated that she and Siew really connected well from a creative point I liked the way he worked and I knew I had so much more to learn in that environment and that s how it started That was the point where I started feeling a lot more confident as a singer and then wanting to dive more into the songwriting side 4 She also worked a day job before quitting to concentrate solely on music In 1991 she and Siew wrote the track Could This Be Love for the Techno Color single Unchained Melody 5 Music career editThe Garden 1994 1997 edit Main article The Garden Merril Bainbridge album In 1994 Bainbridge was signed to Ross Fraser and John Farnham s newly formed Gotham Records label 6 Fraser first heard Bainbridge when he received a tape in the mail and was interested by the combination of voice and guitar 6 Mouth was Bainbridge s debut release and the first song released from her debut album The Garden by Gotham Records Mouth was released in Australia in October 1994 7 but was lost in the Christmas shuffle It was reissued in February 1995 where it came to be the biggest song of Bainbridge s career peaking at number one in Australia for six consecutive weeks before becoming the fourth highest selling single in Australia for 1995 1 8 The second song released from The Garden was Under the Water which is a song about a lover who drowned released in Australia in June 1995 The song did not match the success of Mouth but was still a top five hit peaking at number four in Australia 1 and accrediting platinum by ARIA 9 The Garden was released in Australia on 31 July 1995 where it debuted at its peak position at number five on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and certifying two times platinum selling 140 000 copies around Australia 10 In October 1995 the third song off the album was released titled Power of One which was not as big but still charted in Australia at number twenty one 1 The ninth annual ARIA Awards saw Bainbridge nominated for seven awards but she failed to win any 11 The fourth and final single Sleeping Dogs was released in Australia in February 1996 and featured the Bee Gees song I Started a Joke which was used for the bridge of the track The song only peaked at number fifty five in Australia Marc Nathan signed Bainbridge to the Universal Music record label in the United States by 1996 12 Mouth was released in the United States on 20 August 1996 and became the most requested song on American radio for three weeks 13 The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty seven and after twelve weeks the song peaked at number four 14 It spent a total of thirty weeks in the charts selling 600 000 copies and earning a gold single 15 The Garden was released on 24 September 1996 and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one hundred and sixty one After six weeks just missing the top one hundred it peaked at the position of one hundred and one 16 Mouth was Bainbridge s only release in the United Kingdom It was released in November 1996 but did not show great success peaking at number fifty one and spending eight weeks in the top two hundred 17 At the end of 1996 Bainbridge toured thirty cities in the U S for forty days and she presented an award at the Billboard Awards 6 She also performed at Madison Square Garden supporting American singer Sheryl Crow 6 Under the Water was released in the United States on 18 February 1997 and debuted at number seven on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart After two weeks it broke into the Billboard Hot 100 at number ninety seven It took the song four weeks to reach its peak position of number ninety one before it fell out of the chart from then on spending six weeks in the Hot 100 14 Between the Days 1998 1999 edit Main article Between the Days While Bainbridge was completing her first international tour she started writing the album Between the Days which she refers to it being a place she found herself when she was working on the album 18 unreliable source The first single released from the album was Lonely which received wide radio airplay on FOX FM upon its release but only managed a peak at forty in Australia 1 number eighteen on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and number twenty five in Japan Later that year she released a cover of I Got You Babe featuring a small contribution from Shaggy which appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Welcome to Woop Woop Two more songs were released from the album Between the Days and Walk on Fire In 1999 Bainbridge participated in John Farnham s I Can t Believe He s 50 tour with Kate Ceberano Ross Wilson James Reyne Human Nature and Nana Zhami She covered Farnham s tracks Burn for You and Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head In 1999 Merril Bainbridge recorded Sydney from a 747 a song written and previously recorded by fellow Australian Paul Kelly The track appeared on the soundtrack of the IMAX film Sydney A Story of a City and was released as part of an official music compilation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic games entitled Olympic Record WEA Australia 2000 This album is currently out of print 2000 present edit In 2000 Bainbridge recorded a song named Friends for the Australian film The Magic Pudding which is featured on its soundtrack In 2003 the song Girl Next Door was released and an untitled album produced which remains unreleased The album was due out in 2004 but then she realised that the tour would separate her from her family and left the music business 19 Discography editAlbums edit Year Album details Chart peak positions Certifications sales thresholds AUS 1 NZ 20 US 21 1995 The Garden First studio album Released 31 July 1995 Label Gotham 5 34 101 ARIA 2 Platinum 10 1998 Between the Days Second studio album Released 5 October 1998 Label Gotham 58 Singles edit Year Single Peak positions Certifications AlbumAUS 1 GER 22 JPN NZ 20 UK 23 US 2 1994 Mouth 1 71 17 51 4 ARIA Platinum 1 RIAA Gold The Garden1995 Under the Water 4 91 ARIA Platinum 1 Power of One 21 1996 Sleeping Dogs 55 1998 Lonely 40 25 Between the Days I Got U Babe featuring Shaggy 62 Between the Days 173 1999 Walk on Fire 208 2003 Girl Next Door 105 non album single denotes singles that did not chart or were not released in that country 1 Lonely did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart 24 The bubbling under chart only represents the twenty five singles below the Hot 100 s number 100 position which have not yet appeared on the Hot 100 Miscellaneous edit 2000 Miles 1995 a Christmas song written by Chrissie Hynde and recorded for the compilation The Spirit of Christmas 1995 Sydney from a 747 1999 a song on the soundtrack of the IMAX movie Sydney Story of a City 1999 and included on Olympic Record 2000 the Sydney Olympic games official album Friends 2000 a song from the soundtrack to the Australian animation The Magic Pudding Awards and nominations editARIA Awards edit Year Award Work Result Reference1995 Best Pop Release Mouth Nominated 25 26 Breakthrough Artist Single NominatedBest New Talent NominatedBest Female Artist NominatedSingle of the Year NominatedSong of the Year NominatedHighest Selling Single Nominated1996 Breakthrough Artist Album The Garden Nominated 27 Highest Selling Album NominatedHighest Selling Single Under the Water Nominated APRA Awards edit Year Award Work Result1995 Song of the Year Mouth Nominated1996 Most Performed Australian Work Under the Water Won1999 Most Performed Australian Work Lonely NominatedSee also editList of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chartReferences edit a b c d e f g h i Australian ARIA chart peaks Top 50 peaks australian charts com gt Merril Bainbridge in Australian Charts Hung Medien Retrieved 6 May 2016 Top 100 peaks to December 2010 Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 pdf ed Mt Martha VIC Australia Moonlight Publishing p 23 Sleeping Dogs The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart Week Ending 14 Apr 1996 ARIA via Imgur com Retrieved 4 August 2017 N B The HP column displays the highest peak reached All ARIA singles chart peaks to 21 May 2018 Response from ARIA re Merril Bainbridge singles chart history received 21 May 2018 Imgur com Retrieved 21 May 2018 a b Billboard gt Merril Bainbridge Chart History gt The Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved 4 November 2019 a b Merril Bainbridge Choose Cruelty Free Archived from the original on 30 September 2009 Retrieved 27 May 2010 a b c Galipault Gerry 17 October 1996 Merril Bainbridge s Mouth Speaks for Itself Pause amp Play Archived from the original on 26 September 2010 Retrieved 27 May 2010 Techno Color Featuring Twiggy B Unchained Melody discogs 1992 Retrieved 29 November 2019 a b c d The Making of Merril Thei aust com p 4 Archived from the original on 2 March 1997 Retrieved 27 May 2010 New Release Summary Product Available from 24 10 94 from The ARIA Report Issue No 245 Imgur com Retrieved 6 May 2016 ARIA Charts End Of Year Charts Top 50 Singles 1995 ARIA Charts 27 May 2010 The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995 Imgur com Retrieved 6 May 2016 a b ARIA Charts Accreditations 1997 Albums ARIA Charts Retrieved 27 May 2010 Merril Bainbridge ARIA Awards Archived from the original on 26 September 2007 Retrieved 27 May 2010 Grossweiner Bob Cohen Jane Industry Profile Marc Nathan celebrityaccess com Retrieved 27 May 2010 The Making of Merril thei aust com p 3 Archived from the original on 2 March 1997 Retrieved 27 May 2010 a b Merril Bainbridge U S chart positions Allmusic Billboard Retrieved 27 May 2010 Gold amp Platinum searchable database RIAA Archived from the original on 26 June 2007 Retrieved 27 May 2010 The Garden U S chart position Allmusic Billboard Retrieved 27 May 2010 Chart Log UK 1994 2008 Darren B David Byrne zobbel de Retrieved 27 May 2010 Mouth single on Dexxus listing Retrieved 11 November 2009 That was then this is now The Age 28 February 2010 a b charts nz gt Merril Bainbridge in New Zealand Charts Hung Medien Retrieved 14 May 2019 Billboard gt Merril Bainbridge Chart History gt Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved 4 November 2019 Offizielle Deutsche Charts gt Merril Bainbridge Mouth single in German GfK Entertainment Retrieved 6 May 2016 Official Charts gt Merril Bainbridge The Official UK Charts Company Retrieved 6 May 2016 Billboard gt Merril Bainbridge Chart History gt Bubbling Under Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved 30 November 2019 Winners by Year 1995 Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Archived from the original on 26 September 2007 Retrieved 4 December 2013 Australia 1995 ARIA Awards ALLdownunder com Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 Retrieved 5 December 2009 Winners by Year 1996 Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Archived from the original on 14 December 2007 Retrieved 3 December 2013 External links edit1997 Interview with Bainbridge 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