Ka-Ching!

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"Ka-Ching!"
Single by Shania Twain
from the album Up!
Released February 17, 2003 (Europe)
March 10, 2003 (UK)
Format Maxi single, 5" CD single
Recorded 2002
Genre Country, pop, world
Length 3:20 (Green Version)
3:20 (Red Version)
3:33 (Blue Version)
Label Mercury Nashville
Writer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange,
Shania Twain
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Certification Gold (Austria, Germany)
Shania Twain singles chronology
"Up!"
(2003)		 "Ka-Ching!"
(2003)		 "Forever and for Always"
(2003)

"Ka-Ching!" (play /kə ˈtʃɪŋ/) is a 2003 song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the second international single released from her 2002 album Up!. The song was written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Shania Twain. "Ka-Ching!" was the second release to Europe and Central American markets following "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!". "Ka-Ching!" has become one of Twain's most successful singles in Europe to date. The song deals with America's consumer culture through boom years of 1990s and early 2000s. The line, "all we ever want is more" is the general theme of the song.

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[edit] Background

The song was written by Robert Lange and Shania Twain. Lyrically, the song deals with what it considers to be the greed in the world.

[edit] Chart performance

"Ka-Ching!" has become one of Twain's biggest singles in Europe. In the UK, it became her sixth consecutive, seventh overall, top ten single. It debuted on March 22, 2003, at its peak at number eight. It remained on the entire chart for eight weeks.[1] In all, "Ka-Ching!" hit the top ten in six countries: Austria, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland and the UK. It became her highest charting single in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

[edit] Music video

Shania in the music video to "Ka-Ching!"

The music video for "Ka-Ching!" was shot in Mexico City, Mexico, and Madrid, Spain, in January 2003. It was directed by Finnish director Antti J, who also shot her video for "Up!" around the same time. The video debuted in Europe and Central and South America on February 25, 2003. The video depicts a city consumed with greed, Twain finds the streets empty and cars left abandoned while everyone is in a casino, sticking with the theme of the song. Scenes of Twain sporting a silver outfit and a red dress are intercut throughout the video. "Ka-Ching!" is one of five Shania videos to remain commercially unavailable.

[edit] Uses in media

"Ka-Ching!" appears in the Oxford University Press' New English File: Intermediate Student's Book, an ESL book.[2]

[edit] Track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Ka-Ching!".

  • CD maxi - Europe
  1. "Ka-Ching!" (Red) — 3:20
  2. "Ka-Ching!" (Sowatt Hip Hop Mix) — 3:22
  3. "Ka-Ching!" (Sowatt Extended Lounge Mix) — 9:09
  4. "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" (Sowatt Dance Mix) — 4:32
  • CD single - UK
  1. "Ka-Ching!" (Red Version) — 3:20
  2. "Ka-Ching!" (the Simon & Diamond Bhangra Vesion) — 4:36
  3. "I'm Holding on to Love (to Save My Life)" (Live) — 3:27
  • CD single - France
  1. "Ka-Ching!" (Red) — 3:20
  2. "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" — 4:29
  • CD maxi - France
  1. "Ka-Ching!" (Red Version) — 3:20
  2. "You're Still the One" (Live) — 3:21
  3. "I'm Holding on to Love (to Save My Life)" (Live) — 3:30
  4. "Ka-Ching!" (the Simon & Diamond Bhangra Mix) — 4:36

[edit] Official versions

"Ka-Ching!" remains one of Twain's most genre-diverse songs. The main "Red" version is an upbeat rhythmic song with a Middle Eastern influence. The "Green" version has a country feel, and the "Blue" version is more worldly. Remixes have provided Hip hop, Lounge, and Bhangra versions.

  • Red Album Version (3:20)
  • Green Album Version (3:20)
  • Blue Album Version (3:33)
  • Sowatt Hip Hop Mix (3:22)
  • Sowatt Extended Lounge Mix (9:09)
  • The Simon & Diamond Bhangra Mix (4:36)
  • Live from Chicago (3:41)

[edit] Charts and sales

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 2
Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop Singles Chart[3] 31
Dutch Top 40[4] 15
Eurochart Hot 100 2
French Singles Chart[3] 15
German Singles Chart[5] 3
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[6] 2
Irish Singles Chart[7] 27
Italian Singles Chart[8] 44
Norwegian Singles Chart[3] 15
Romanian Singles Chart[9] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 17
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 2
UK Singles Chart[1] 8

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[10] 14
Dutch Top 40[4] 92
French Singles Chart[11] 95
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 17

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified[13]
Austria[14] Gold May 5, 2003 15,000
Germany[15] Gold 2003 150,000

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b ""Ka-Ching", UK Singles Chart". Chartstats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=30700. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
  2. ^ Oxenden, Clive; Latham-Koenig, Christina (2006). "2A: Ka-ching!". New English File: Intermediate Student's Book. Oxford University Press. University of Oxford. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-19-451800-0. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f ""Ka-Ching!", in various singles charts". Lescharts. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shania+Twain&titel=Ka-Ching!&cat=s. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
  4. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 2003" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%202003.pdf. Retrieved 3 May 2010. 
  5. ^ "Shania Twain singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Twain,Shania/single. Retrieved 3 May 2010. 
  6. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  7. ^ "Irish Singles Chart, database". Irishcharts. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
  8. ^ "FIMI Singles Chart Peak". FIMI. http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idclassifica=705&archivio=true. Retrieved 17 October 2009. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Romanian Top 100, please see "Issue 21" of the year 2003". rt100. http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
  10. ^ "2003 Austrian Singles Chart". Austriancharts. http://www.austriancharts.at/2003_single.asp. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
  11. ^ "2003 French Singles Chart". Snep. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2003. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
  12. ^ "2003 Swiss Singles Chart". Hitparade. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2003. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
  13. ^ "Certification for every country in the world". IFPI. http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
  14. ^ "Austrian certifications, database". Ifpi. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
  15. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Ka-Ching')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Ka-Ching&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 17 October 2009. 
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