"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" is the fourth single from the debut album Life in Cartoon Motion of singer Mika. It reached number 9 in the UK charts after it was released on 23 July 2007. It was inspired by, and written for the Butterfly Lounge, the first Size Acceptance nightclub in Orange County, California.[1] The club is mentioned specifically in the lyrics "Get yourself to the Butterfly Lounge. Find yourself a big lady”, and is now their theme song.[2] A B-side of the single is "Standing in the Way of Control".
[edit] Music video
The video was filmed on 19 May 2007 and features several curvy women running down Croydon high street and Surrey Street Market in corsets and dresses. The finale of the video features a whole gathering of curvy women celebrating.
[edit] Culture
Mika has also rerecorded the track as the promo theme for the second season of the American comedy-drama series Ugly Betty, but with altered lyrics to say "Hey Betty, you are beautiful" in its chorus.[3] In Australia, Crazy John TV advertisements used a sample of this song. In Spain, the Galician TV station Televisión de Galicia used samples of this song in the show O show dos Tonechos. This song is featured in the Ubisoft video game Just Dance 2 for the Nintendo Wii.
[edit] Tracklisting
- UK CD Single
- "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" - 4:10
- "Instant Martyr"
- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" (Live)
- "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Tom Middleton Remix) - 5:52
- Limited Edition 7" Single
- "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" - 4:10
- "Standing In The Way Of Control" (Live) (From Radio 1's Big Weekend)
- UK 12" Vinyl
- "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Tom Middleton Remix) - 5:52
- "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Bonde Do Role Remix) - 3:48
- "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Lo-Fi-Fnk Remix) - 6:12
- "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Hick Nurdman Remix) - 5:44
[edit] Charts and certifications
|
|
[edit] End-of-year charts
[edit] Certifications
|
[edit] References
- ^ "BFLMIKA02". Butterfly Lounge. http://www.butterflylounge.com/bflmika02.htm. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ "UK Singer Mika and the Butterfly Lounge". Fattie Gossip. 3 July 2007. http://fattiegossip.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/uk-singer-mika/. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ "Mika's Ugly Moment". Sky Showbiz. 16 August 2007. http://showbiz.sky.com/Mikas-Ugly-Moment. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Billboard Canadian Hop 100". Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080731113912/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=Canadian+Hot+100&pageNumber=Top+51-100&g=Singles. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200745 into search.
- ^ "Finnishcharts.com – Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)". Suomen virallinen lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Mika search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)". VG-lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200745 into search.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Viva Single Jahrescharts 2007" (in German). viva.tv. http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-single-jahrescharts-2007-2007-266/?start=90. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Accreditations - 2008 Singles". ARIA Charts. http://aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2008Singles.htm. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
[edit] External links
