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Freddie Mercury

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Outstanding, the new freddy mercury maybe —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.158.18.58 (talk • contribs).

I think he talks about Freddy in the song —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.2.16.236 (talk • contribs).

I assumed it was a reference to Fred Astaire. — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 22:12, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is in fact a reference to Freddie Mercury. He has discussed this in interviews. DWaterson 23:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. I haven't seen any interviews. Perhaps this could be added to the article, with a source. — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 23:38, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Done.Boxersoft 10:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This page makes no sense (for the part about the confusion over the album/single. For a start, it's in the wrong place. The wording is appalling, so I can't make head or tail of what it's trying to say, and the album name is wrong!

I'd change it, but I can't work out what they're saying, and last time I deleted nonsense, I was warned(!) about my future conduct!


Don't quite know how wikipedia works but I added a link to Mika's myspace page, since it has the song available for download. --157.157.117.34 12:32, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where do the spoken parts come from?

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Certain lines in the song are spoken by a woman; these lines: "The last time we talked, Mr. Smith, you reduced me to tears. I promise you that won't happen again!" "Getting angry doesn't solve anything." "Humphrey...we're leaving" What are they from? -- Dandelions 00:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]


To catch a thief?

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Music/Question369640.html seems to indicate that the quote was made up by Mika.--Joshtek 17:57, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's interesting. I had always assumed they were sound bites from Grace's movies. But apparently not...--I'm Kinda Awesome... 16:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
These lines come from Grace's movie The country girl. It's nearly an identical copy of the dialogue between William Holden (Bernie Dodd) and Grace Kelly (Georgie Elgin) at the dressing room in a theatre (at about 56 minutes). The only change made is a replacement of the male name Mr. Smith instead of Mr. Dodd. I'm convinced that should be mentioned in the article. -- The author of the article Ein Mädchen vom Lande in german wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.221.93.163 (talk) 13:51, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Based on "Marriage of Figaro"?

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I'm not sure this statement makes sense - can someone say on which piece from Marriage of Figaro the melody is based? It can't be based on the whole opera. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Boxersoft (talk • contribs) 11:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC). He said it during an interview on the french TV show Taratata. You can watch it on youtube, it's the second part of the video...[reply]

Although Mika said that the melody is based on The Marriage of Figaro, opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, it is actually based on Rossini's Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville.[1]

This is surely POV. I can't see how anyone can say that this is based upon anything in particular. Do we have a quote from Mika to support this supposition? Bear in mind that he was trained at the RCM and would probably have heard a considerable amount of opera, both Mozart and Rossini.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_j48sSRwNg

References

  1. ^ Mika in "Taratata" TV Show (part 2)

Spain

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This song is being used by La Sexta during commercial breaks. I don't know if that's of any interest. They used it also to advertise the "TP awards" broadcasted in that channel.--Nauki 13:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Charts

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It is not logical to put the French physical chart while Relax take it easy was a download only song and it ruled the charts and the airplay... Same goes to Grace Kelly, only limited physical release, massive downloads (peaked at N°2 on the download charts).

chorus

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how does he sing it? sounds like 'na na na na'. but its not.

O_o Search Google for the lyrics...

I could be brown/I could be blue/I could be violet sky/I could be hurtful/I could be purple/I could be anything you like/Gotta be green/Gotta be mean/Gotta be everything more/Why don't you like me/Why don't you like me/Why don't you walk out the door? --I'm Kinda Awesome... 16:22, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Eastenders

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It was also partly sung by some of the female Eastenders cast during a party. I remember that they didn't know the words to the verse - they only knew the words to the chorus. It was actually very funny and i personally believe that it made reference to the fact that most of the general public don't know the verse. I am not sure if this could be added as i am unsure what episode it was in.88.111.182.213 11:50, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy

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On the Graham Norton show Mika said that he has been banned from Monaco for this song. Worth noting, i think. 99.147.192.224 (talk) 18:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WHO IS HOLLY MULLER

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WHO IS HOLLY MULLER?

SHE is mentioned in this article but who is this person?

The daughter of Sophie muller? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.15.237.207 (talk) 19:15, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Background and composition

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Most of this section appears to be copied from songfacts😕 GOLDIEM J (talk) 22:34, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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