Can't Get You out of My Head
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| “Can't Get You Out of My Head” | |||||
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| Single by Kylie Minogue from the album Fever |
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| B-side | "Boy" "Rendezvous at Sunset" |
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| Released |  September 8, 2001 September 17, 2001 February 2002 |
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| Format | CD single (worldwide) Vinyl single Cassette single (Australia) |
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| Recorded | London, United Kingdom | ||||
| Genre | Dance-pop | ||||
| Length | 3:51 (Album Version) , 3:11 (Video Version) | ||||
| Label | Parlophone Mushroom Records Capitol Records |
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| Writer(s) | Cathy Dennis Rob Davis |
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| Producer | Cathy Dennis Rob Davis |
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| Certification | Diamond (France),[1]
3xPlatinum (Australia)[2] |
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"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a pop-dance song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album Fever (2001). The club track was written and produced by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis and was inspired by 1990s electropop and eurodance. Released as the album's lead single in the third quarter of 2001 (see 2001 in music), it reached number one in 40 countries, selling over 6 million copies worldwide today.[12] While the song became Minogue's first U.S. top-ten single in thirteen years, "Can't Get You out of My Head" ranked as the third most successful single of the year 2001.[13] The song is 12th most successful song between 1999 and 2007 according to the United World Chart, and the 51st highest selling single of all time[14]
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[edit] Music video
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The accompanying music video for "Can't Get You Out of My Head" was directed by Dawn Shadforth. It shows Minogue driving towards a futuristic city and back-up dancers in various futuristic costumes dancing in a highly stylized manner. It then focuses on Minogue in a sporty outfit, after which she is seen with other dancers in a computer-generated futuristic city. Her white, hooded costume, with plunging necklines and revealing slits, was widely discussed both for its fashion style and for Minogue's overt sexual posturing. Lastly, she appears with a curly hairdo in a metal-like costume, which was later used for her back-up dancers' performance in "I Believe in You" on her 2005 Showgirl Tour.
In 2002, the video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography. It was voted the third best video of all time by MTV Italy.
[edit] Chart performance
The release of the single was considered crucial to solidifying Minogue's success after she returned to widespread popularity in the United Kingdom and Australia the previous year with the album Light Years, her first major success for almost a decade. The single topped the charts of each country for 4 weeks.
The single sold 306,648 copies in its first week in the UK and sold 1,037,235 copies by the end of the year in the UK alone, becoming the third best-selling single of 2001. It was the top selling single in Europe for sixteen consecutive weeks, and remained in Europe's Top 10 for almost six months: in Italy, the single topped the chart for ten consecutive weeks, spending the most number of weeks at the top of the Italian chart in 2001.[15] In Germany, after spending twenty weeks inside the charts, it was certified Platinum by the IFPI.[16]. In France, the last update in sales figures revealed the single had sold over 918 000 copies.
The single became Minogue's first hit in the United States in thirteen years, ultimately becoming Minogue's first American Top 40 single since "It's No Secret" in 1988, when it reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2002. The song was also a dance club hit in the U.S., peaking at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song received heavy radio airplay across several formats including Rhythmic, Hot AC, and Latin radio stations in the U.S. "Can't Get You out of My Head" was certified gold for shipments of 800,000 copies in the United States on August 15, 2005.[11]
The United World Chart, a worldwide chart system based on record sales, radio airplay and legal downloads placed the song at number one.[17] The total points awarded to this single make it the most popular song of the two years combined. It is the most successful single of Minogue's career.
[edit] Formats and tracklisting
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Can't Get You out of My Head."[18]
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International CD 1 (CDRS6562/8798640)
International CD 2 (CDR6562/8798642)
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International CD 3 (7243 87986923)
*European CD 3 has a cardboard sleeve — not released in Germany. Australia CD 2 (020552)
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[edit] Charts
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[edit] Cover versions
[edit] Album versions
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[edit] Other notes
- The song was not originally offered to (and turned down by) Sophie Ellis-Bextor, as is often reported.[23]
- The song was played in a commercial for Toyota automobiles.
- It was used in an episode of Police Camera Action! where Alastair said that songs like that caused the most automobile accidents.
- In April, 2007, RC Willey started using the song in its commercials on U.S. TV.
- The song has been used in episodes of The Simpsons: "Mommie Beerest"[24] and "Homerazzi".[25]
- It was also used at the beginning of "The Fifth Halliwheel", an episode of Charmed.
- The song set an airplay record in the United Kingdom where it registered 3,000 plays in a single week. The record was eventually broken by Minogue's "Love at First Sight" which registered 3,116 plays in a single week in 2002.[12]
- "Can't Get You Out of My Head" was released in the United Kingdom on the same day as Victoria Beckham's solo debut, "Not Such an Innocent Girl". The British press publicized both singers and wrote of a supposed feud between the two. Beckham sold less than a quarter of the number of copies sold by Minogue. Her single then quickly descended the charts while Minogue spent four weeks at number one.[26]
- It was listed as number five in Pitchfork Media's List of the Top 100 Singles of 2000-04, stating that "more than any single from the last four years, it represents an important change in the way that we thought about and selected our music."[27]
- The song featured on the European music game Dancing Stage Party Edition.
- It contains 176 "la"s.[19]
[edit] References
- ^ French SNEP certification.
- ^ Australian ARIA certification. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Austrian IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ a b c Kylie Minogue: Charts — Fever. SloKylie.com. Retrieved July 21, 2007. SNEP. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ German IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Dutch NVPI certification. NVPI. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Norwegian IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Swedish IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Swiss IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ New Zealand RIANZ certification. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ a b "Can't Get You Out of My Head" — U.S. certification. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ a b Kylie: Music — Singles. Official Web Site. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ United World Chart — Countdown 2001. MediaTraffic.de. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ United World Chart — Top Achievements. MediaTraffic.de. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ FIMI.it Italian single chart in 2001
- ^ Kylie's Platinum Certification in Germany for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"
- ^ Singles & airplay MediaTraffic.de. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Discography – 2001+. MixKylie.co.uk. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ a b "Can't Get You Out of My Head" — chart performance. SloKylie.com. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Coldplay — "Can't Get You out of My Head" (cover). YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Tori Amos — "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (cover). YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Matchbox — "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (cover). "YouTube". Retrieved April 26, 2008.
- ^ Post by Sophie on her own message board on March 27, 2006.
- ^ The Simpsons — Mommie Beerest. YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ The Simpsons — Homerazzi. YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Victoria Beckham — Not Such an Innocent Girl. SpiceGirls.co.uk. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ The Top 100 Singles of 2000-04, Part Two. PitchforkMedia.com. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by "Can We Fix It?" by Bob The Builder |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single September 16, 2001 - October 7, 2001 |
Succeeded by "Because I Got High" by Afroman |
| Preceded by "Follow Me" by Uncle Cracker |
Irish Singles Chart number-one single September 22, 2001 - October 13, 2001 |
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| Preceded by "Hey Baby" by DJ Otzi |
UK Singles Chart number-one single September 23, 2001 - October 20, 2001 |
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| Preceded by "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys |
Belgian Singles Chart number-one single October 6, 2001 - November 10, 2001 |
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| Dutch Top 40 number-one single October 6, 2001 - November 10, 2001 |
Succeeded by "Zij Maakt Het Verschil" by De Poema's |
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| Preceded by "Sous le Vent" by Garou and Celine Dion |
French Singles Chart number-one single November 24, 2001 |
Succeeded by "Toutes les femmes de ta vie" by L5 |
| Preceded by "Ain't It Funny" by Jennifer Lopez |
United World Chart number one single October 20, 2001 - October 27, 2001 |
Succeeded by "You Rock My World" by Michael Jackson |
| Preceded by "You Rock My World" by Michael Jackson |
United World Chart number one single November 17, 2001 - December 22, 2001 |
Succeeded by "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias |
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Succeeded by "My Lover's Gone" by Dido (singer) |
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Hot100Brasil number-one singles
March 16, 2002 - March 30, 2002 |
Succeeded by "In The End" by Linkin Park |
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