"
Grace Kelly" is a song by the
English singer Mika, released for download on January 9, 2007. It also appears on Mika's 2007 album
Life in Cartoon Motion. Produced and mixed by
Greg Wells, the song entered the
UK Singles Chart at number three (#3) and the
UK Official Download Chart at number one (#1). One week later, it jumped to the top of the UK Singles Chart, despite still being available on downloads only. The track was number one in the UK Singles Chart for five weeks, and ended 2007 as the year's third biggest-selling single in that country.
BBC Music. . Retrieved 2007-12-27 In the
U.S., "Grace Kelly" was made available for digital download on January 16, 2007. This song was also #89 on
MTV Asia<nowiki></nowiki>'s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.
MTV Asia. . Retrieved 2007-12-27 It was designed to be a mocking satire of musicians who try to reinvent themselves to be popular. It is titled after
Grace Kelly, an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress, and Princess of Monaco. The bit of dialogue used in the song is from the film
The Country Girl. Mika claims the song was inspired after a bad experience with a record company executive, in which he was told to be more like
Craig David. The lyric "So I try a little Freddie" is a reference to
Queen's
Freddie Mercury, to whose singing voice Mika's has been...
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