Relax, Take It Easy

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“Relax, Take It Easy”
Single by Mika from the album Life in Cartoon Motion
Released	2006 (EP) June 30, 2007 July 2007 December 2007 (single)
Format	Digital download CD single Vinyl USB flash drive
Recorded	2006
Genre	Pop
Length	4:30 (album version) 3:44 (radio edit) 3:38 (new radio edit)
Label	Casablanca
Writer(s)	Mika
Producer	Greg Wells
Mika singles chronology
"Relax, Take It Easy" (2006) "Grace Kelly" (2007) "Happy Ending" (2007) "Relax, Take It Easy" / "Lollipop" (2007) Alternative cover The cover of the UK re-release.

"Relax, Take It Easy" is a 2006 and 2007 single by Mika, from his debut album Life in Cartoon Motion. In the UK, it failed to chart on its original limited 7" vinyl release, but after "Grace Kelly" topped the charts in January 2007, it managed to peak at #67 on the UK Downloads Chart because of download sales. The song makes use of a melody line from the Cutting Crew hit single "(I Just) Died in Your Arms".^[1]

The song became a hit in Poland where it reached #1 on the official Polish Airplay Chart.^[2]

Greek singer Tamta sang a remixed version of the song at the MAD Music Videos Awards. In North America, it was released as the third single from the album.

The song was released as Mika's sixth single in the UK in stores on December 31, 2007 and for digital download on December 24, 2007 as a double A-side with "Lollipop". This single peaked at number 18 in the UK Singles Chart.

Contents 1 Formats and track listings 1.1 First release 1.2 Double A-side re-release 2 Music video 3 Charts 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Formats and track listings

[edit] First release

7" vinyl

• A. "Relax, Take It Easy"
• B. "Billy Brown"

12" vinyl

• A1. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Ashley Beedle's Castro Vocal Mix)
• B1. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Ashley Beedle's Dub Discomix)
• B2. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Original Mix)

European CD maxi single

1. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Original)
2. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Aschley Beedle's Castro Vokal Discomix)
3. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Acoustic)
4. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Video)

[edit] Double A-side re-release

CD 1 - Maxi

1. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Radio edit)
2. "Lollipop" (Live from L'Olympia Paris)
3. "I Want You Back" (Live from L'Olympia Paris)
4. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Dennis Christopher Remix Radio Edit)
5. "Lollipop" (Fred Deakin's Fredmix)

CD 2 - 2-track

1. "Relax, Take It Easy" (New Radio Edit)
2. "Lollipop"

USB memory stick

1. "Relax, Take It Easy" (New Radio Edit)
2. "Lollipop"
3. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Alpha Beat Remix)
4. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Frank Musik Mix)
5. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Ashley Beedle's Castro Vocal Discomix)
6. "Relax, Take It Easy" (Video - Live In Paris (5.1 Surround)
7. "Lollipop" (Video - 16:9 Bunny Action)

[edit] Music video

There are two version of the "Relax, Take It Easy" music video.

Version 1 was the first to be released. The video features a blue background with drawings based on Mika's songs that contain characters like Lollipop Girl, Big Girl and Billy Brown. It also contained colorful cartoon cables for the amplifers, and in some parts it contained images of Mika in a concert in Europe. This version is currently played on VH1 around the world.

Version 2 of the video is the newest version of the music video. It was released in UK and some countries in Europe for the re-release of the single. Version two contains videos and images taken by fans from Mika's numerous concerts. The video was officially released on YouTube.

[edit] Charts

For the week ending June 24, 2007, after its release on different parts of Europe, "Relax, Take It Easy" jumped from #102 to #19 (83 positions upward) in the Euro 200 charts. The following week it jumped 12 positions to #7.

The song also debuted at #12 in the week ending June 30, 2007 in the Billboard European Hot 100, jumping to #8 the following week, to #4 in its third week and to #2 in its fourth week, despite not being released in some European countries such as the United Kingdom.

In Spain, the song received double platinum certification for more than 40,000 downloads. The song peaked at #4 in the Spanish download chart.

The song debuted at #39 in the 25th week of 2007 in the United World Chart with over 67,000 points, before jumping to #26 the following week with over 85,000 points, to #24 with 92,000 points in its third week and to #16 with 123,000 points in its fourth week. In the first 19 weeks of release, "Relax, Take It Easy" has sold more than 4,000,000 copies worldwide and counting peaked at #14.

The song spent 2 weeks at #1 on the Belgian Ultratop Chart, 7 weeks at #1 on the Dutch Top 40 Chart and 15 weeks at #1 on the French Download Chart. It was also ranked #3 on VH1E's Top 10 Biggest Hits of 2007.

Chart 2007	Peak position
Argentina Top 40 Singles Chart[3]	8
Austrian Singles Chart[4]	2
Belgian Singles Chart[4]	1
Brazilian Hot 100[5]	64
Bulgarian Singles Chart	7
Billboard European Hot 100	2
Canadian Hot 100	15
Czech IFPI Chart[6]	1
Danish Airplay Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart[4]	1
Euro 200[7]	2
Ecuador Los 40 Airplay Chart[8]	1
French Singles Chart[4]	1
Finnish Singles Chart[4]	1
German Singles Chart[4]	4
Irish Singles Chart[4]	8
Italian Singles Chart[9]	2
Latin America Top 40 Chart[10]	9
Lebanese Singles Chart	1
Maltese Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart[4]	2
Polish National Top 50[11]	1
Portuguese Singles Chart[12]	11
Romanian Top 100 Airplay Chart	1
Russian Airplay Chart	3
Slovakian IFPI Airplay Chart	4
Swedish Singles Chart[4]	7
Swiss Singles Chart[13]	2
Turkish Top 20 Singles Chart[14]	4
UK Singles Chart	18
United World Chart[4]	14
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	14

Preceded by "All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado	Polish National Top 50 number-one single (1st run) February 19, 2007 - March 5, 2007	Succeeded by "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado
Preceded by "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado	Polish National Top 50 number-one single (2nd run) March 19, 2007	Succeeded by "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake
Preceded by "All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado	Czech IFPI Chart number-one single May 9, 2007 - May 15, 2007	Succeeded by "Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs
Preceded by "Double Je" by Christophe Willem	French Singles Chart number-one single July 7, 2007 - July 14, 2007	Succeeded by "Double Je" by Christophe Willem
Preceded by "Scars" by Stan Van Samang	Belgian Singles Chart number-one single July 28, 2007 - August 4, 2007	Succeeded by "Scars" by Stan Van Samang
Preceded by "Jij Bent Zo" by Jeroen Van Der Boom	Dutch Top 40 number-one single August 25, 2007 - October 6, 2007	Succeeded by "Bedankt Mijn Vriend" by André Hazes and André Hazes Jr.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mika's official website
• Mika at MySpace

v • d • e Mika Albums Life in Cartoon Motion Singles "Relax, Take It Easy" • "Grace Kelly" • "Lollipop" (airplay release) • "Love Today" • "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" • "Happy Ending" • "Relax, Take It Easy" (re-release) / "Lollipop" DVDs Live in Cartoon Motion