Can't Get You out of My Head

Infobox Single
Name = Can't Get You out of My Head


Artist = Kylie Minogue
from Album = Fever
B-side = "Boy"
"Rendezvous at Sunset"
Released = flagicon|Australia September 8,2001
flagicon|UK September 17,2001
flagicon|US February 2002
Format = CD single (worldwide)
Vinyl single
Cassette single (Australia)
Recorded = London, United Kingdom
Genre = Pop, Dance
Length = 3:51
Label = Parlophone
Mushroom Records
Capitol Records
Writer = Cathy Dennis
Rob Davis
Producer = Cathy Dennis
Rob Davis
Certification = Diamond (France), [ [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-187.html French SNEP certification] .] 3xPlatinum (Australia) [ [http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm Australian ARIA certification] . "Australian Recording Industry Association". Retrieved July 21, 2007.]
Platinum (Austria, [ [http://www.ifpi.at/ Austrian IFPI certification] . "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] Belgium, [http://slokylie.com/charts-fever.html Kylie Minogue: Charts — Fever] . "SloKylie.com". Retrieved July 21, 2007. "SNEP". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] Germany, [ [http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?txtSuche=Kylie+Minogue&strAktion=suche&Abschicken=Suche+Gold-%2FPlatin-Verleihungen+und+Jazz-Award German IFPI certification] . "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] Greece, Italy, Netherlands, [ [http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1235447&zoekform=60463&formposted=yes Dutch NVPI certification] . "NVPI". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] Norway, [ [http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm Norwegian IFPI certification] . "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] Sweden, [ [http://www.ifpi.se/goldplatinum.aspx Swedish IFPI certification] . "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] Switzerland, [ [http://www.hitparade.ch/awards.asp?year=2001 Swiss IFPI certification] . "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry". Retrieved July 21, 2007.]
(United Kingdom)
Gold (New Zealand, [ [http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp New Zealand RIANZ certification] . "Recording Industry Association of New Zealand". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] United States) [http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH "Can't Get You Out of My Head" — U.S. certification] . "Recording Industry Association of America". Retrieved July 21, 2007.]
Last single = "Butterfly"
(2001)
This single = "Can't Get You out of My Head"
(2001)
Next single = "In Your Eyes"
(2002)"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). It was written and produced by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis. Released as the album's lead single in the third quarter of 2001 (see 2001 in music), it reached number one in 40 countries, selling over four million copies worldwide. [http://www.kylie.com/ Kylie: Music — Singles] . "Official Web Site". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] The song became Minogue's first U.S. top-ten single in thirteen years and ranked as the third most successful single of the year 2001. [http://www.unitedworldchart.de/countdown2001.htm United World Chart — Countdown 2001] . "MediaTraffic.de". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] According to the United World Chart, it is the 51st highest selling single of all time [http://www.mediatraffic.de/top-track-achievements.htm United World Chart — Top Achievements] . "MediaTraffic.de". Retrieved July 21, 2007.]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Can't Get You out of My Head" was directed by Dawn Shadforth. It shows Minogue driving towards a futuristic city and back-up dancers in various futuristic costumes dancing in a highly stylized manner. It then focuses on Minogue in a sporty outfit, after which she is seen with other dancers in a computer-generated futuristic city. Her white, hooded costume, with plunging necklines and revealing slits, was widely discussed both for its fashion style and for Minogue's overt sexual posturing. Lastly, she appears with a curly hairdo in a metal-like costume, which was later used for her back-up dancers' performance in "I Believe in You" on her 2005 Showgirl Tour. The metallic flapper dress is a tribute to Róisín Murphy's dress in Shadforths videoclip Sing It Back.

In 2002, the video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography. It was voted the third best video of all time by MTV Italy.

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, becoming the third best-selling single of 2001. It was the top selling single in Europe for sixteen consecutive weeks, and 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. [ [http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idclassifica=377&archivio=true FIMI.it] Italian single chart in 2001] In Germany, after spending twenty weeks inside the charts, it was certified Platinum by the IFPI. [ [http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?txtSuche=Kylie+Minogue&strAktion=suche&Abschicken=Suche+Gold-%2FPlatin-Verleihungen+und+Jazz-Award Kylie's Platinum Certification in Germany for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"] ] . In France, the last update in sales figures revealed the single had sold over 918 000 copies.

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. 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 800,000 copies in the United States on August 15, 2005.

The United World Chart, a worldwide chart system based on record sales, radio airplay and legal downloads placed the song at number one. [ [http://www.unitedworldchart.de/week51-2001.htm Singles & airplay] "MediaTraffic.de". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] 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 track listing

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Can't Get You out of My Head." [http://www.mixkylie.co.uk/discoworld.php?page=5&icons=on Discography – 2001+] . "MixKylie.co.uk". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] International CD 1 (CDRS6562/8798640)
#"Can't Get You Out of My Head" — 3:51
#"Boy" — 3:47
#"Rendezvous at Sunset" — 3:23
#"Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Video]

International CD 2 (CDR6562/8798642)
#"Can't Get You Out of My Head" — 3:51
#"Can't Get You Out of My Head" [K&M Mindprint Mix] — 6:34
#"Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Plastika Mix] — 9:26International CD 3 (7243 87986923)
#"Can't Get You out of My Head" — 3:51
#"Boy" — 3:47*"European CD 3 has a cardboard sleeve — not released in Germany."

Australia CD 2 (020552)
#"Can't Get You Out of My Head" — 3:51
#"Can't Get You Out of My Head" [K&M Mindprint Mix] — 6:34
#"Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Plastika Mix] — 9:26
#"Can't Get You Out of My Head" [Superchumbo Todo Mamado Mix] — 8:32

Charts

{| class="wikitable"! width="220"|Chart (2001) !! |Peak
position
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Mexican Singles Chart||align="center"|1
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New Zealander RIANZ Singles Chart||align="center"|1
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Norwegian Singles Chart||align="center"|1
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Romanian Singles Chart||align="center"|1
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Spanish Singles Chart||align="center"|1
-
Swedish Singles Chart||align="center"|1
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Swiss Singles Chart||align="center"|1
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UK Singles Chart||align="center"|1
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United World Chart||align="center"|1
-! Chart (2002) !! Peak
position
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Canadian Singles Chart||align="center"|55
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Canadian BDS Airplay Chart||align="center"|3
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U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100||align="center"|7
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U.S. "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play||align="center"|1

France Diamond 1 Million+Australia 3X Platinum 210,000+Holland 3X Platinum 120,000+UK Platinum 1 Million+Germany Platinum 500,000+Italy Platinum 100,000+Switzerland Patinum 40,000 CD1 40,000 CD2Austia Patinum 40,000 CD1 40,000 CD2Belgium Platinum 40,000Greece Platinum 40,000Norway Gold 20,000New Zealing gold 20,000USA Gold 800,000

Cover versions

Album versions

* Hong Kong folk-pop duo at17 ("Meow Meow Meow" album)
* Carmen Consoli ("Carmen Consoli" and "Un sorso in più" albums)
* Jack L (acoustically on "Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1")
* Helena Noguerra ("Née dans la nature" album)
* The Flaming Lips ("Fight Test" EP)
* Inkubus Sukkubus ("The Beast With Two Backs" album)
* German electro/industrial band Cyber Axis ("Skin" album 2003)
* Kid 606 ("The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking Jams")
* Polish rock band Makowiecki Band ("Makowiecki Band" album)
* Swedish hardcore band Eternal September
* Soulwax (Alcatraz - Milano)

Live versions

* Basement Jaxx
* Bono ("Vertigo Tour", November 10, 2006)
* Coldplay ("Twisted Logic Tour", Glastonbury 2005) [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS398mKBago Coldplay — "Can't Get You out of My Head" (cover)] . "YouTube". Retrieved July 21, 2007.]
* Garbage ("Beautifulgarbage Tour")
* The Unicorns
* Tori Amos [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g937L8DeNvA Tori Amos — "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (cover)] . "YouTube". Retrieved July 21, 2007.]
* Good Charlotte
* Matchbox 20 [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5xYtIORJLk Matchbox — "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (cover)] . "YouTube". Retrieved April 26, 2008.]
* Sandra Bernhard

Other notes

*The song was "not" originally offered to (and turned down by) Sophie Ellis-Bextor, as is often reported. [ [http://www.sophieellisbextor.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=002651;p=2#000032 Post by Sophie on her own message board] on March 27, 2006.]
* Kylie performed the Soulwax mashup version at The 2002 BRIT Awards, which mixed her song with New Order's Blue Monday. 'Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head' is available on the Layer Cake soundtrack, and the performance is on the Ultimate Kylie Special Edition DVD.
* The song was played in a commercial for Toyota automobiles.
*It was used in an episode of "Police Camera Action!" where Alastair said that songs like that caused the most automobile accidents.
*In April, 2007, RC Willey started using the song in its commercials on U.S. TV.
* The song has been used in episodes of "The Simpsons": "Mommie Beerest" [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBNbqgUKgjk The Simpsons — Mommie Beerest] . "YouTube". Retrieved July 21, 2007.] and "Homerazzi". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzGTdfAYMG0&mode=related&search= The Simpsons — Homerazzi] . "YouTube". Retrieved July 21, 2007.]
*It was also used at the beginning of "The Fifth Halliwell", an episode of "Charmed".
*The song set an airplay record in the United Kingdom where it registered 3,000 plays in a single week. The record was eventually broken by Minogue's "Love at First Sight" which registered 3,116 plays in a single week in 2002.
*"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. 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. [ [http://www.spicegirls.co.uk/solo.asp?dir=victoria Victoria Beckham — Not Such an Innocent Girl] . "SpiceGirls.co.uk". Retrieved July 21, 2007.]
*It 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." [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/40567-staff-list-the-top-100-singles-of-2000-04-part-two/page_5 The Top 100 Singles of 2000-04, Part Two] . "PitchforkMedia.com". Retrieved July 21, 2007.]
*The video was Kylie's first video to retire from MTV's TRL.
*The song featured on the European music game Dancing Stage Party Edition.
*It contains 176 "la"s.

References

External links

* [http://www.kylie.com/ Kylie Minogue — Official Web Site]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfr9bhSmfXc Music Video of Can't Get You out of My Head] posted by Parlophone (EMI Label).

-February 23, 2002 - March 09, 2002March 16, 2002 - March 30, 2002