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Grace Kelly (song)
"Grace Kelly" is a song by the British singer Mika, released for download on 9 January 2007. It also appears on Mika's 2007 album ''Life in Cartoon Motion''. Produced and mixed by Greg Wells, 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. 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.〔("Top 40 Singles of the Year 2007" ). BBC Music. Retrieved 2007-12-27〕 In the U.S., "Grace Kelly" was made available for digital download on 16 January 2007. This song was also #89 on ''MTV Asia''s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.〔MTV Asia. ("Top 100 Hits List" ). Retrieved 2007-12-27〕 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''. 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.〔(Times UK - "Oh, Mika, you're so fine" ). Retrieved 2009-5-15〕 The lyric "So I try a little Freddie" is a reference to Queen's Freddie Mercury, to whose singing voice Mika's has been compared.〔(BBC News – "Sound of 2007: Mika" )〕 On at least one occasion, Mika confirmed that he used the main melody from Figaro's famous aria ''Largo al factotum'' in the opera ''The Barber of Seville'' by Gioachino Rossini. 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.〔("The BRITs 2008" ) Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2012〕 The song has sold 604,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official Charts Company.
== Background and composition ==
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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7779 )〕 The song's melody is based on the aria "Largo al factotum" in the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini.〔
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