Success (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Success


Artist = Dannii Minogue
from Album = Love and Kisses
B-side =
Released = Start date|1990|9 (Australia)
Start date|1991|5|6 (UK)
Format = CD single, Vinyl single, Cassette single
Recorded = New York City, United States
Genre = Pop, dance
Length = 3:42
Label = MCA, Mushroom, Savage
Writer = Dannii Minogue, Alvin Moody
Producer = Moody, Vincent Bell
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Dannii Minogue Australian
Type = singles
Last single = "Love and Kisses"
(1990)
This single = "Success"
(1990)
Next single = "I Don't Wanna Take This Pain"
(1990)Extra chronology
Artist = Dannii Minogue European
Type = singles
Last single = "Love and Kisses"
(1991)
This single = "Success"
(1991)
Next single = "Jump to the Beat"
(1991)Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate covers


Lower caption = Australian artwork"Success" (also known as "$ucce$$") is a dance-pop song performed by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. The song was written by Minogue and Alvin Moody, and produced by Moody and Vincent Bell for Minogue's debut album "Love and Kisses" (1991). It was released as Minogue's second single in September 1990 in Australia and on May 6 1991 in the United Kingdom. The song's lyrics discuss the highs and lows of being a celebrity. It entered the top forty in Australia, Ireland and the UK.

Background and reception

Six months after signing a recording contract with Mushroom Records in Australia, Minogue traveled to New York City to begin recording songs for her debut album.Valent, Dani. "The Real Dannii". "The Age (Melbourne) Magazine". Issue #24. October 6 2006.] While in the United States, she worked with record producers Alvin Moody and Vincent Bell. The recording studio, located in Brooklyn, had been the site of several shooting. This made it difficult for Minogue to get to it because taxicab drivers would not drive her there."The Hits & Beyond" (CD Liner Notes). All Around the World. June 2006.] Minogue found the recording experience in New York City both "awesome" and "terrifying". "Success" was the first song Minogue co-wrote and its lyrics discuss the highs and lows of being a celebrity.Lucas, Josh. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fexqw5ldhe~T1 "Love and Kisses > Review"] . Allmusic. Retrieved April 15 2008.]

In a review for Allmusic, John Lucas called the song "rather dated" and wrote "its aspirational lyrics became something of an albatross for Minogue given her struggle to achieve the career momentum of her sister". [Lucas, Josh. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfixqldld6e~T1 "The Hits & Beyond > Review"] . Allmusic. Retrieved April 15 2008.]

Music video

The music video for "Success" was directed by Paul Goldman and Craig Griffin and filmed in Australia. [http://www.danniimusic.com/showsingle.php?which=2 "Dannographii: Success"] . DanniiMusic.com. Retrieved April 14 2008.] "The Hits & Beyond" (CD Liner Notes). All Around the World. June 2006.] The video features Minogue dancing and having her makeup done. It begins with Minogue dancing in a studio with four male dancers. She is then shown dancing by herself in front of a red background. Scenes of Minogue having her makeup applied, a young boy dressed as a boxer and her dancers practicing are intercut throughout.

Minogue wanted the video to incorporate visual ideas from the Australian nightclub scene. While conducting research for the video, she saw "these brilliant kids dancing" and asked them to be apart of the video. The video was released commercially on "The Videos" in 1996 and "The Hits & Beyond" special edition companion DVD in 2006.

Chart performance

"Success" was officially released in Australia in September 1990. The song debuted on the singles chart at number thirty-six on September 23 1990. It reached number twenty-eight four weeks later and remained on the singles chart for seven weeks.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, "Success" was released on May 6 1991. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number twenty-one. Two weeks later, the song reached its peak position at nunber eleven. [http://www.danniimusic.com/chronologycontent.php "Chronology"] . DanniiMusic.com. Retrieved April 15 2008.] In Ireland, the track reached number fifteen.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Success".

Australian CD single
(D10187; Released in September 1990)
# "Success"
# "Success" (Instrumental)
# "Success" (Filthy Lucre mix)
# "Success" (Rich'n'Real mix)
# "Success" (Expensive mix)

UK CD single
(MCSTD1538; Released on May 6 1991)
# "Success"
# "Success" (12" version)
# "Success" (Funky Tony dub)

Charts

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Success":
*Dannii Minogue – lead vocals
*Alvin Moody, Vincent Bell – production
*Bruce Forest – remix, additional production
*Paul Cox – photography

Notes

External links

* [http://www.danniimusic.com/ DanniiMusic.com] — official website.