Can't Get You Out of My Head

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Can't Get You Out of My Head
Kylie Minogue
publication September 17, 2001
length 3:50
Genre (s) Dance pop
Author (s) Cathy Dennis , Rob Davis
Producer (s) Cathy Dennis
Label Parlophone
album Fever

Can not Get You Out of My Head is a dance-pop - song of the Australian singer Kylie Minogue . The piece was released in September 2001 as the lead single from Minogue's eighth studio album Fever .

Emergence

Can't Get You Out of My Head was written by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis in the fall of 2000 . Both were brought together via Universal by Simon Fuller , who requested a song from the two for the British band S Club 7 . The song was recorded using Cubase , on the one Davis 125 bpm fast drum loop happening. Davis also played acoustic guitar while Dennis sang the line "I just can't get you out of my head". The demo recording was completed after about three hours. However, after Fuller heard her, he turned down the song for S Club 7. Even Sophie Ellis-Bextor refused to accept the piece. Shortly after, Davis met Minouge's A&R manager Jamie Nelson and gave him the demo recording. Nelson enjoyed the recording and booked Minogue to record the song later that year. After hearing the beginning of the demo recording, Minogue was delighted too:

“My A&R at the time, Miles Leonard and Jamie Nelson, said, 'We've got something. Come into the office. We've got to play you something. ' So I went to the EMI office, and I had the same reaction you did, about 20 seconds in. I couldn't even fathom what I was hearing. It just ... did something. I was beside myself. Then at the end of the song, panic set in. I was saying 'Are you sure we've got this song? Don't tell me that we don't! Is it secured? Can we have it? ' And we did! And that kick-started a whole different phase in my career. "

“My A&R managers at the time, Miles Leonard and Jamie Nelson, said, 'We have something for you, come to the office, we have to play something for you'. So I went to the EMI office and responded just like you did after about 20 seconds of listening. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It did something to me. I stood next to me. Then, at the end of the song, panic set in. I said 'Are you sure we have this song? Don't tell me we don't have it. Is it safe? Can we have him? ' And we had him. And that started a completely different phase in my career. "

- Kylie Minogue : Interview October 25, 2012

Can't Get You Out of My Head was recorded at Davis' home studio in Surrey , including Minogue's vocals . The music, except for the guitar recording, was programmed by Korg Triton via MIDI .

Composition and content

Can't Get You Out of My Head is a dance-pop song. The song, composed in four-four time and in C major , has a tempo of 126 beats per minute . The chord progression is Dm-F-Am-C, Minogue's vocal range extends from C4 to D5. Can't Get You Out of My Head is not written in the usual verse - chorus mode, instead the song begins with the hook "La, La, La". In terms of content, the lyric I expresses its love for an unknown male person in the song .

reception

As part of the album review for Fever , Alexander Cordas from Laut.de considers Can't Get You Out of My Head to be one of the few good songs on the album. "Aside from 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head', 'Come Into My World' and, with some cutbacks, 'Love Affair', which can come up with nice melodies, the rest are consequently faceless disco stupid", so the critic. Allmusic's Chris True describes the song as "a mid-tempo dance number that pulsates and grooves like no Minogue song before". For Billboard's Jason Lipshutz , Can't Get You Out of My Head still sounds "fresh, progressive and lively" 13 years after its release. For Everett Ture from The Guardian , the piece is "one of the rare moments in pop: sleek and fashionable and elegant and damn well danceable".

Commercial win

Can't Get You Out of My Head achieved high chart positions worldwide. The song debuted in the German single charts on October 1, 2001 at number 3. It stayed in the top 3 for the next few weeks and on November 12, 2001 reached the top position in these charts. It was her second number one success in Germany 14 years after Minogue's single I Should Be So Lucky . The piece stayed in the top position for a week and in the top 10 for twelve weeks. The last chart listing took place in the 21st chart week on February 25, 2002. For over 500,000 units of the single sold, Minogue was awarded a platinum record by the Federal Association of the Music Industry . In the Ö3 Austria Top 40 , Can't Get You Out of My Head Minogue's first number one success. The song was also awarded a platinum record in Austria. For four weeks the song was number one in the Swiss charts , where it was also Minogue's second number one hit. He was also awarded a platinum record in this music market.

Can't Get You Out of My Head entered the UK single charts on September 29, 2001 at number 1. It was Minogue's fifth number one success in the UK. The song was able to hold its own for four weeks at the top before falling back to second place. In total, the song stayed in the top 10 for seven weeks and in the single charts for 30 weeks. Minogue was awarded double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in 2015 for over 1.2 million sales of the single . In the US Billboard Hot 100 , the piece reached number 7 and was the fourth Minogues song to be placed in these charts. The song received a gold record from the Recording Industry Association of America for over 500,000 units sold. The piece achieved further number one placements in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , France , Greece , Ireland , Italy , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Romania , Sweden and Spain .

For their single Can't Get You Out of My Head and the studio album Fever , Minogue was awarded the Bambi in the Comeback category in 2001. Furthermore won Minogue with this song the categories Highest Selling Single and Single of the Year of the ARIA Awards of 2002.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (21 weeks) 21st
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 1 (25 weeks) 25th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 1 (33 weeks) 33
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 1 (30 weeks) 30th
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 7th (20 weeks) 20th
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 1 (12 weeks) 12
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 1 (20 weeks) 20th

Awards for music sales

Can't Get You Out of My Head has been awarded 2 × gold and 13 × platinum worldwide. According to awards, over 3.6 million units of the single were sold. According to the source, the single was sold over five million times worldwide.

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum 210,000
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 100,000
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 500,000
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 918,000
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 60,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Gold record icon.svg gold 7,500
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 40,000
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 30,000
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 40,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg gold 531,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 1,200,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg2 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg13 × platinum
 3,605,500 (according to awards)
5,000,000 (according to source)

Music video

The music video for Can't Get You Out of My Head was directed by Dawn Shadforth , with Michael Rooney directed the choreography . The white hooded jumpsuit that Minogue wears in this video was best known . This was exhibited along with other Minogue costumes in the Kylie - The Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2007. The music video was viewed around 130 million times on YouTube (as of January 2020). At the MTV Video Music Awards 2002 the video was nominated in the category Best Dance Video , choreographer Michael Rooney won the category Best Choreography .

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