"Grace Kelly"
Single by Mika from the album Life in Cartoon Motion
B-side	"Over My Shoulder", "Satellite"
Released	January 5, 2007 (digital download) January 29, 2007 (CD single)
Format	Digital download, CD single, 12" vinyl, 7" vinyl
Recorded	2006
Genre	Pop
Length	3:09
Label	Island
Writer	Mika (Mica Penniman) Jodi Marr John Merchant Dan Warner
Producer	Greg Wells
Certification	Platinum (ARIA), Silver (BPI)
Mika singles chronology
"Relax, Take It Easy" (2006) "Grace Kelly" (2007) "Lollipop" (2007)

"Grace Kelly" is a song by Mika released for download on 9 January 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 18 February 2007. In the U.S., "Grace Kelly" was made available for digital download on 16 January 2007. Image File history File links Grace_Kelly(song). ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Mica Penniman (born 18 August 1983), known as Mika (IPA []), is a Lebanese-born, London-based singer who has a recording contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music, and rose to fame around the end of 2006 and the start of 2007. ... 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It was designed to be a mocking satire of musicians who try to reinvent themselves to be popular. It is titled after Grace Kelly, an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress. Mika claims the song was inspired after a bad experience with a record company executive. 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.^[1] On at least one occasion, Mika admitted that he borrowed the main harmony from Figaro's famous aria Largo al factotum in the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini.^[2] Grace, Princess of Monaco née Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress who, upon marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956, became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, but was generally known as Princess... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ... Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). ... Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 - May 18, 1799) was, among other accomplishments, a writer and librettist. ... Largo al factotum is Figaros aria from The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini. ... The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto (based on Beaumarchaiss comedy Le Barbier de Séville) by Cesare Sterbini. ... Gioachino Rossini. ...

The song was featured in a season two episode of The Hills and a season one episode of Ugly Betty. It is also part of the soundtrack in the recent movie Knocked Up, and was used in a Turkish Coca-Cola ad and in an Israeli ad of "Misdar Zihoi". The chorus of the song is used on the Disney Cinemagic channel during a trailer. Different clips from various Disney films being aired on the channel that month are shown, with each clip reflecting a similar emotion to that being described in the chorus of the song. The song is also used in a trailer for the movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. The Hills is a reality television program on MTV that documents the life of Lauren LC Conrad and several of her friends in Los Angeles, California after leaving home in Laguna Beach, California. ... Ugly Betty is an Emmy-winning[1] American television comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Rebecca Romijn and Vanessa Williams. ... Knocked Up is a 2007 American comedy film written and directed by Judd Apatow. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ... Disney Cinemagic is the movie service for the Disney Channel in the UK, available through Sky Digital, Tiscali TV and Virgin Media. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (a. ...

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. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The instrumental introduction in the video is an extract of the acoustic version of the song found on certain releases of the album.

Formats and track listings

Australian/Canadian 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

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

Official remixes/version

• "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

Charts

The song debuted at #30 in the United World Chart with over 81,000 points and peaked at #4. It has also peaked at #1 in the United Kingdom and in Ireland. In the U.S. market it peaked at #40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart and at #57 in the Billboard Hot 100. The United World Chart is a worldwide chart issued every week by Media Traffic, using both sales (digital and physical) and airplay to determine the most popular albums and singles in the world. The United World Chart uses the same system as the Billboard Hot 100, in which the tracking... It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... The Hot Digital Songs chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the United States, according to Billboard. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ...

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References

1. ^ BBC News – "Sound of 2007: Mika"
2. ^ Mika in "Taratata" TV Show (part 2)
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} "Grace Kelly - chart positions". MusicSquare. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
4. ^ http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=144544&sec=b4b9eac949a3a8ce31f22b78bbf4853f
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6. ^ Ibero America Top100 "The Official List of the American Continent" April 19, 2007
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8. ^ Tokyo Hot 100 "81.3 FM J-WAVE: Tokyo Hot 100"
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11. ^ Euro 200 "The 200 Best-selling Records in the European Union"
12. ^ Swedish Singles Chart. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
13. ^ ^{a b c} "Mika- Artist Chart History". All Music Guide. Retrieved 5 April 2007.

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External links

• Mika's official website
• Mika at MySpace