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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]]. It also became her second Top 10 single there, her first being "[[The Loco-Motion (Kylie Minogue song)|The Loco-Motion]]" (which reached a higher peak of number three), also in 1988. The song was also a [[Nightclub|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 500,000 copies in the United States on [[August 15]], [[2005]].<ref name="riaa"/>
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]]. It also became her second Top 10 single there, her first being "[[The Loco-Motion (Kylie Minogue song)|The Loco-Motion]]" (which reached a higher peak of number three), also in 1988. The song was also a [[Nightclub|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 500,000 copies in the United States on [[August 15]], [[2005]].<ref name="riaa"/>


The [[United World Chart]], a worldwide chart system based on record sales, radio airplay and legal [[download]]s placed the song at number one for nine weeks. Based on a points system it was credited as the world's 3rd most popular song of 2001,<ref name="uwc"/> and the 10th most popular song of 2002. It should be noted however that the delayed success in the United States led to the figures being split between the two years.<ref name="uwc">[http://www.unitedworldchart.de/countdown2002.htm United World Chart &mdash; Countdown 2002]. ''MediaTraffic.de''. Retrieved [[July 21]], [[2007]].</ref> The total points awarded to this single, make it the most popular song of the two years combined.
The [[United World Chart]], a worldwide chart system based on record sales, radio airplay and legal [[download]]s placed the song at number one for nine weeks. Based on a points system it was credited as the world's 3rd most popular song of 2001,<ref name="uwc"/> and the 10th most popular song of 2002. It should be noted however that the delayed success in the United States led to the figures being split between the two years.<ref name="uwc">[http://www.unitedworldchart.de/countdown2002.htm United World Chart &mdash; Countdown 2002]. ''MediaTraffic.de''. Retrieved [[July 21]], [[2007]].</ref> 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.

In all, "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" is by far the most successful song of Minogue's career internationally.


==Formats and tracklisting==
==Formats and tracklisting==

Revision as of 04:17, 1 August 2007

"Can't Get You Out of My Head"
Song
B-side"Boy"
"Rendezvous at Sunset"

"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 1990's 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 forty countries, selling about four million copies worldwide.[13] 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.[14] The song is 9th most successful song between 1999 and 2007 according to the United World Chart, and the 51st highest selling single of all time[15]

Music video

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Minogue driving a De Tomaso Mangusta in the video for "Can't Get You out of My Head".

The accompanying music video for "Can't Get You out of My Head" was directed by Dawn Shadforth. It showed Minogue driving towards the Stanley Kubrick-inspired city and shows back-up dancers practicing taebo. It then went to focus Minogue in a sporty-clad outfit. Minogue was then seen with other dancers in a computer generated futuristic city. Her white, hooded costume with plunging necklines and wide open slits revealing her body figure, was widely discussed both for its fashion style and for Minogue's overt sexual posturing. Lastly, she again appears in a curly hairdo with a metal-like costume which was later used for her back-up dancers' performance in "I Believe in You" on her Showgirl Tour in 2005.

In 2002, the video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography.

Awards

Dennis and Davis, as composers, won the Ivor Novello Award for "The World's Most Performed Song" for 2001. It also won Minogue several awards throughout the world, including ARIA Awards for Australia's highest selling single of the year, and "Best Pop Recording". Minogue also received an ARIA Award for "Special Achievement" for her career success during this period, largely attributed to the success of this single.

Brits

Minogue performed a version of the track with the backing of New Order's Blue Monday at the 2002 Brits ceremony. The mash-up proved so popular it was released as a B-side to the "Love at First Sight" single.

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.It was the top selling single in Europe for sixteen consecutive weeks, and it 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.[16] In Germany, after spending twenty weeks inside the charts was certified Platinum by the IFPI.[17]

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. It also became her second Top 10 single there, her first being "The Loco-Motion" (which reached a higher peak of number three), also in 1988. 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 500,000 copies in the United States on August 15, 2005.[12]

The United World Chart, a worldwide chart system based on record sales, radio airplay and legal downloads placed the song at number one for nine weeks. Based on a points system it was credited as the world's 3rd most popular song of 2001,[14] and the 10th most popular song of 2002. It should be noted however that the delayed success in the United States led to the figures being split between the two years.[14] 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.

Formats and tracklisting

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Can't Get You out of My Head."[18]

Charts

Cover versions

Trivia

  • The song is 9th most successful song between 1999 and 2007 according to the United World Chart.[15]
  • The song set an airplay record in the United Kingdom where it registered 3,000 plays in a single week. The record remained until broken by Minogue's "Love at First Sight" which registered 3,116 plays in a single week in 2002.[13]
  • "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. Despite selling enough copies to reach number one in most weeks, 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.[20]
  • The song was played in a commercial for Toyota automobiles.
  • This song has 176 "La"'s in it.[19]
  • Song was covered by Coldplay at Glastonbury Festival 2005 out of respect for Minogue, who had to back out of a headlining spot due to her health problems.[21]
  • Minogue's acquaintance, Contemporary artist Tori Amos covered the song on acoustic piano live in concert after Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer.[22]
  • This song was originally offered to Sophie Ellis-Bextor, but she turned it down.
  • As of April, 2007, RC Willey has started using this song in its commercials on U.S. TV.
  • This song has been used in a couple of episodes for The Simpsons: Mommie Beerest[23] and Homerazzi.[24]
  • The song 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."[25]

References

  1. ^ Australian ARIA certification. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  2. ^ Austrian IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Kylie Minogue: Charts — Fever. SloKylie.com. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  4. ^ French SNEP certification. SNEP. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  5. ^ German IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  6. ^ Dutch NVPI certification. NVPI. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  7. ^ Norwegian IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  8. ^ Swedish IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  9. ^ Swiss IFPI certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  10. ^ British BPI certification. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  11. ^ New Zealand RIANZ certification. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  12. ^ a b "Can't Get You out of My Head" — U.S. certification. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  13. ^ a b Kylie: Music — Singles. Official Web Site. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  14. ^ a b c United World Chart — Countdown 2001. MediaTraffic.de. Retrieved July 21, 2007. Cite error: The named reference "uwc" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  15. ^ a b United World Chart — Top Achievements. MediaTraffic.de. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  16. ^ FIMI.it Italian single chart in 2001
  17. ^ Kylie's Platinum Certification in Germany for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"
  18. ^ Discography – 2001+. MixKylie.co.uk. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  19. ^ a b "Can't Get You out of My Head" — chart performance. SloKylie.com. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  20. ^ [Victoria Beckham — Not Such an Innocent Girl]. SpiceGirls.co.uk. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  21. ^ Coldplay — "Can't Get You out of My Head" (cover). YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  22. ^ Tori Amos — "Can't Get You out of My Head" (cover). YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  23. ^ The Simpsons — Mommie Beerest. YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  24. ^ The Simpsons — Homerazzi. YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  25. ^ The Top 100 Singles of 2000-04, Part Two. PitchforkMedia.com. Retrieved July 21, 2007.

External links

Template:Succession box four to one
Preceded by Dutch Top 40 number-one single
October 6 2001 - November 10 2001 		Succeeded by
"Zij Maakt Het Verschil" by De Poema's
Preceded by United World Chart number-one single (first run)
October 20 2001 - October 27 2001 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United World Chart number-one single (second run)
November 17 2001 - December 22 2001 		Succeeded by
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