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*[[McFly]] performed "I Kissed a Girl" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on [[10 September]], [[2008]].
*[[McFly]] performed "I Kissed a Girl" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on [[10 September]], [[2008]].

==See also==
* [[Homosexual recruitment]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:52, 12 September 2008

For the Jill Sobule song released in 1995, see Jill Sobule (album).
"I Kissed a Girl"
Song

"I Kissed a Girl" is a five-time MTV Video Music Awards-nominated pop song, and the second single from Katy Perry's album One of the Boys produced by Dr. Luke. Perry says it is "about the magical beauty of a woman."[1] On June 26, 2008, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the 1000th chart-topper of the Rock Era.[2] The song has since become a major worldwide hit, and along with the United States it has topped the charts in over 20 countries, including Canada, Sweden, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Denmark, Germany, and Ireland. Moreover, it has reached the summit of the United World Chart.

Music video

File:KatyPerryCIKissedAGirl.jpg
Perry singing in the music video.

A music video for the song was released on May 16, 2008, on Perry's personal website and on MySpace. The video was directed by Kinga Burza and features a Moulin Rouge and burlesque-type setting with scenes containing Katy, along with many other flamboyantly-dressed women, dancing to the song. Eventually she wakes up next to a male companion, Katy's real life boyfriend, Gym Class Heroes band member Travis McCoy. Despite the song's title, there isn't any depiction of same-sex kissing.

The video made its television debut on June 12 on TRL with the visit and interview by Perry in set show. And on June 24, 2008 it became #1 on TRL. The video obtained high airplay on this music video channel, as well as on VH1. It debuted at #20 on VH1's VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown on June 28, 2008. On June 30, 2008 the video was premeired on MTV Latin America. On July 6, 2008, it rose to #4 on VH1's VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown. The video received five nominations for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Female Video and Best New Artist.

Critical reception

"I Kissed a Girl" has drawn mixed reviews from critics. Blog Critics Magazine called it "an instantly catchy number,"[3] and About.com said, "fueled by an instrumental wallop provided courtesy of producer Dr. Luke, 'I Kissed a Girl' is the perfect breakthrough."[4]

However, Rolling Stone, while giving her album 2/5 stars, despite describing the song as a "New Wave-y club single," says the supposedly rebellious "attention-grabbing" lyrics are "a vanilla recounting of her chick-on-chick exploits" and that this "acting out" is "just to get a dude's attention."[5] AllMusic praises "the stomping Gary Glitter beat" before criticizing the producers for turning it "into a leaden stumble and burying Perry's voice underneath Pro Tools overdubs so it all winds up as a faceless wash of sound designed to be placed in TV shows, movie trailers, and malls."[6]

Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine wrote, Perry's "lead single 'I Kissed a Girl' features a throbbing beat and an infectious, bi-curious hook, but its self-satisfied, in-your-face posturing rings phony in comparison to the expertly constructed ambiguities of 'Justify My Love' or practically anything in the first decade of Ani DiFranco's catalogue; it's like a tween version of DiFranco's tortured bisexual confession 'Light of Some Kind.'"[7] Hiponline.com wrote that the song is "not nearly as interesting or exciting as you’d expect. It’s not even half as good as Jill Sobule’s song 'I Kissed a Girl'.”[8] Glitterati Gossip agrees Sobule's song "was ten times better, because there was actual emotional content to her lyrics."[9]

Popular reception

The song was premiered on BBC Radio 1 in the UK on July 21 2008 on The Scott Mills Show. It was praised by many fans on their text lines and was made his record of the week. On July 23 2008, "I Kissed a Girl" was added to the station's C-List, "The Playlist," being, "where most songs on daytime Radio 1 are selected from". The song has since made it to the station's more popular A-list.[10]

Previous to its debut on Radio 1, it had been (and continues to be) on the playlist of some of the UK radio stations which are part of The One Network for a number of weeks. In addition it had received at least one play a week on BBC Radio 2 on its Saturday evening America’s Greatest Hits show hosted by Paul Gambaccini due to the song’s number status in the Billboard chart.

Controversy

The song gained a significant amount of controversy after its rise in popularity due to its perceived promotion of homosexuality and promiscuity. While community members and parents may be concerned over the "the coarseness of the sexual behavior," including its public nature and intoxicated state, they may or, such as Unitarian minister Debra W. Haffner, may not be concerned over "the sex or gender of the person she's talking about."[11]

While Haffner, who holds a degree in public health, believes Perry "obviously is using the whole issue of sexual orientation in a positive way, raising awareness, or she's doing it because it gets attention,"[11] AllMusic concludes that, "the problem is not with Katy's gender-bending, it's that her heart isn't in it; she's just using it to get her places, so she sinks to crass, craven depths."[6] Slant Magazine agrees, saying, the song, "isn't problematic because it promotes homosexuality, but because its appropriation of the gay lifestyle exists for the sole purpose of garnering attention—both from Perry's boyfriend and her audience."[7]

Adam Holz of PluggedinOnline, a division of Focus on the Family, wrote an article entitled "A Tale of Two Katys"[12] about the singer's image transformation from a Contemporary Christian Music artiste to one of the "girls gone wild". He criticizes the song for being the latest, "high-profile message to young women and men that our sexuality is a malleable commodity that can be reshaped at will." Holz also argues that Perry's message carries with it, "no need to worry about who might get used or objectified in the process," causing Katy to live, "down to a damaging, demeaning stereotype."

In some areas of the world the song's bi-curious lyrics have kept it from reaching the Top 40 or to even be released at all. Though the Toronto Star, of Canada, describes it as "a lesbian-friendly tune,"[13] whether anti-gay bias fuels negative reactions to the song or the song itself appears to divide critics. While Slant and other critics[14][15] suggest that Perry may be homophobic, especially given her single "Ur So Gay", which makes "I Kissed a Girl" seem like "a classic example of the 'Guys kissing is gross, girls kissing is hot' line of thought"[16] The Star Ledger quotes a listener who proposes that negative reactions to the song are due to homophobia, saying that it would not draw disapproval if sung by a male artist, and who compares the level of explicitness in the lyrics with other songs on the radio such as rap lyrics.[11] MomLogic.com writer Vuv-A-Licious agrees, asking, "'What's the big deal?'...When this tune is playing and my son and daughter are dancing, I will be trying to dance along, or trying to acknowledge that they may one day dance to the beat of a different drummer than me."[17]

During her Washington concert at Warped Tour, Perry actually did kiss a girl from the audience.[18]

In an August 2008 interview with the Daily Mail, Perry's mother, Mary Hudson, who is an evangelical Christian preacher, said she disliked the song, stating: "It clearly promotes homosexuality and its message is shameful and disgusting..."[19] However, Perry took to her official blog stating that her mother's comments were completely fabricated, while also saying her parents love and support her and attend many of her shows.

Regarding the question of her own sexuality that the song has raised, Perry told Santa Barbara magazine (which featured her on the cover), "I like to kiss boys, but there is no doubt in my mind if Angelina Jolie or Gisele Bundchen came a callin', who wouldn't pucker up?"[20]

Track listing and available formats

  1. "I Kissed a Girl" (Single Version) - 3:00
  • Official versions
  1. "I Kissed a Girl" (Single Version) - 3:00
  2. "I Kissed a Girl" (Album Version) - 2:59
  3. "I Kissed a Girl" (Dr. Luke & Benny Blanco Remix) - 3:31
  4. "I Kissed a Girl" (Jason Nevins Remix) 3:28
  5. "I Kissed a Girl" (J-Kits Remix) (featuring Mims) - 4:09[21]
  6. "I Kissed a Girl" (MR. GASPAR Remix) - 5:38[22]
  7. "I Kissed a Girl" (Rock Mix)
  8. "I Kissed a Girl" (Remix) (featuring Flo Rida -
  • Special versions
  1. "I Kissed a Girl" (acoustic version performed on The Howard Stern Show on 08/21/08)

Chart performance

"I Kissed a Girl" debuted at number 76 at Billboard Hot 100. After a couple of weeks, the single hit the top 5, due to the rising digital downloads and increasing radio airplay. It continued to rise the next week, reaching #2 just behind her labelmate, Coldplay. The following week, the song reached the summit of the US chart, becoming the 1000th #1 song of the rock era (the 961st #1 on the Billboard Hot 100).[23] In addition the song also gave the Capitol label two consecutive Hot 100 #1's, as the week's prior #1 was fellow Capitol artist Coldplay's "Viva la Vida", making it the first time since 1976 Capitol has had two back to back chart toppers on the Hot 100. [24] The single also crossed over to Billboard's sister publication R&R's Rhythmic chart in its July 5 issue, where not only did she have the highest debut ever for a non-rhythmic track, entering at number 26 with 1,065 spins, she also had the highest debut from a new artist in over five years. The bow is the best for a debut track at Rhythmic since Beyonce entered at No. 21 with "Crazy In Love" in 2003.[25][26] It also became the first song since Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" to simultaneously appear on the Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic, Adult Top 40 and Alternative charts.[27] On July 26, 2008, the track also made history by reaching the number one spot on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart by three weeks, a first for a solo act with a debut single. The song topped the Hot 100 for seven weeks in a row before finally being dethroned by Rihanna's "Disturbia". The single has sold more than 2,500,000 downloads in the Untied States to date.

In Canada, the single debuted at #55 at Canadian Hot 100. On June 12th the song soared to #1, jumping 26 spots from #27 position. Also on the Canadian iTunes Top 100, the song remained at #1 for over 6 weeks, until rapidly being pushed to #4 on August 7, 2008, behind Lady GaGa's "Just Dance", The Jonas Brothers' "A Little Bit Longer" and Rihanna's "Disturbia".

In New Zealand, the song debuted at number 38, the single's first appearance in other countries chart outside North America, moving to number three the following week. The song was cerified Gold after seven weeks with sales of over 7,500. On August 11, eight weeks after debuting on the chart, "I Kissed A Girl" finally made it to number one.

In Australia, the song debuted at #11 on the 30th of June on downloads alone, then the next week jumped to second position behind Jordin Sparks, still on downloads alone. The next week it jumped to number one still solely off downloads, becoming only the second single to do so. The other was "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna. On 21st July, 2008, after the singles physical release, the track retained its number one position and was certified Gold. The single has held the number one position since and has gone on to be certified Platinum. [28]

In the United Kingdom, a cover version released by the artist Nicki Bliss was climbing up the UK iTunes Chart. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart (published 3 August 2008) at position number 50.[29]

A second cover version, by Barnicle, entered the UK Singles Chart (published 3 August 2008) at position #116.[29]

Because of the success of the cover versions, the official release of Katy Perry's version was brought forward from September 1 to July 30 2008. On August 3 2008, the song, which had entered the UK Singles Chart at number 139 the week before,[30] climbed 135 places to reach position number 4.[29] The song has become one of the most requested on Radio 1's request hour. The following week it climbed 3 places to reach number 1. The following week it stayed at the top spot for a second consecutive week and then went on to spend 5 consecutive weeks at #1.

The single originally debuted at #18 on the United World Chart, and has spent two non-consecutive weeks at #1 as of September 6 United world sales so far are more than 3,850,000.[31]

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Australia Platinum 70,000
United States 2x Platinum 2,500,000
New Zealand Gold 7,500
United Kingdom Silver 170,000*
    • As of 1st September 2008

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[32] 1
Austrian Singles Chart 1
Canadian Hot 100 1
Danish Singles Chart[33] 1
Dutch Mega Top 50 1
Dutch Top 40 2
European Billboard Hot 100 1
German Singles Chart 1
Irish Singles Chart[34] 1
Italian Singles Chart 3
French Download Chart 1
French Singles Chart[35] 9
Israeli Singles Chart[36] 1
Japan Hot 100 7
Luxembourg Singles Chart 1
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[37] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[38] 1
Swiss Singles Chart 1
Turkish Singles Chart[39] 3
U.K. Singles Chart[40] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 25

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Canadian Hot 100 number-one single
June 21, 2008 - August 16, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
July 5, 2008 - August 16, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Pop 100 number-one single
July 5, 2008 - August 16, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
July 14, 2008 - August 25, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand Singles Chart number-one single
August 11, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one single
July 26-August 23, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
August 10, 2008 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Irish Singles Chart number-one single
August 21, 2008
Billboard Europe Hot 100 number-one single
August 23, 2008
Swiss Singles Chart number-one single
August 24, 2008
Preceded by
"Das hat die Welt noch nicht gesehen" by Söhne Mannheims
 German Singles Chart number-one single
August 30, 2008

Awards and nominations

Year Title Award Nominated work Result
2008 MTV Video Music Awards Best Female Video "I Kissed a Girl" nominated
MTV Video Music Awards Best New Artist "I Kissed a Girl" nominated
MTV Video Music Awards Best Art Direction in a Video "I Kissed a Girl" nominated
MTV Video Music Awards Best Editing in a Video "I Kissed a Girl" nominated
MTV Video Music Awards Best Cinematography in a Video "I Kissed a Girl" nominated
Teen Choice Award Choice MySpacer MySpace Page nominated
MTV Video Music Brasil International Artist Katy Perry nominated

Covers

Cobra Starship covered this song on the Fueled By Ramen "Welcome to the New Administration" mixtape as I Kissed a Boy.

  • Robert Lund's parody "I Peed in the Pool"[41] reached #1 on Dr. Demento's August 2008 comedy music countdown.[42]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl' Is The Most Buzzed About Hit Of The Summer", StarPulse.com. 2008-06-13 09:00:00. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
  2. ^ Jenison, David (2008-06-26). "Hot 100 Seals Its 1,000th Hit with Katy's "Kiss"". E!. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  3. ^ Cockrell, Garon (2008). "Music Review: Katy Perry - One Of The Boys", BlogCritics Magazine. Published June 19, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  4. ^ Lamb, Bill. "Katy Perry - 'I Kissed a Girl'" review, About.com: Top 40/Pop. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  5. ^ Frehsee, Nicole (2008). "One of the Boys: Katy Perry" review, Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
  6. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2008). "One of the Boys - Katy Perry" review, AllMusic. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  7. ^ a b Cinquemani, Sal (2008). "Katy Perry - One of the Boys" review, Slant Magazine. Posted: June 15, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  8. ^ Raegun (2008). "Katy Perry - One of the Boys - review", HipOnline.com. Posted: June 16th, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  9. ^ "Katy Perry Irritates The Hell Out Of Me", Glitterati Gossip. March 24, 2008.
  10. ^ "Playlist", BBC Radio 1.
  11. ^ a b c ""'Girl' talk"". The Star Ledger. Retrieved 2008-05-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Holz, Adam (2008). Up Front: "A Tale of Two Katys", PluggedinOnline.com. Tuesday, July 7, 2008.
  13. ^ Infantry, Ashante. Katy Perry `kissed a girl' and began a love affair in Canada, Toronto Star. June 15, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
  14. ^ French, Marguerite. "Katy Perry - One of The Boys Album Review", Ugo.com. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  15. ^ Moody, Duane (2008). "What do you have against gay people, Katy Perry?", duanemoody.com. June 9th, 2008.
  16. ^ The New Gay Zack (2008). "Katy Perry: The New Gay Interview", The New Gay. Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  17. ^ Vuv-A-Licious Mom (2008). "I Kissed a Girl", MomLogic.com Parenting. Monday, June 9, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  18. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAMsOK0aMi0&eurl=http://perezhilton.com/page/3/
  19. ^ Ryan Porter (2008-08-18). ""I Kissed A Girl", Mom Didn't Like It". CelebEdge. Sympatico / MSN. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  20. ^ Aug./Sept. 2008 issue of Santa Barbara magazine
  21. ^ http://thesidekickz.blogspot.com/2008/07/katy-perry-feat-mims-i-kissed-girl.html
  22. ^ http://www.chromemusic.de/music/katy-perrys-i-kissed-a-girl-full-remix-treatment/
  23. ^ Bronson, Fred (2008). "Chart Beat: Rockin' and Kissin'", Billboard.com. June 26, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
  24. ^ Geirn, Paul (July 30, 2008). "Week Ending July 27, 2008: Miley's Young, But She's Not The Youngest". Yahoo. Yahoo.com. Retrieved 2007-07-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  25. ^ From R&R Katy Perry chart references
  26. ^ From R&R's Rhythmic chart
  27. ^ Katy Perry Fends Off Jonas Bros. Atop Hot 100 from Billboard July 3, 2008
  28. ^ http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50
  29. ^ a b c "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending 9 August 2008". Charts Plus (363). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd.: 1-4. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  30. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending 2 August 2008". Charts Plus (362). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd.: 1-4. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  31. ^ http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm
  32. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart - Australia Record Industry Association
  33. ^ http://www.hitlisterne.dk/hl07/tracklisten.asp?list=t40
  34. ^ http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp
  35. ^ http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/singles.php
  36. ^ Israeli Singles Chart
  37. ^ http://norwegiancharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s
  38. ^ http://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s
  39. ^ Turkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved September 2 2008
  40. ^ http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp
  41. ^ The Funny Music Project: Robert Lund's "I Peed in the Pool"
  42. ^ The Dr. Demento Show #08-35 - August 31, 2008


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