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“Grace Kelly” by Mika
Released 2006
“Grace Kelly” by Mika appears on 14 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 2006. Its best result is #1 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #72 alternative song of 2007 and #2,884 alternative song of all time.
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"Grace Kelly" was Mika's calling card, the lead single from his debut album Life in Cartoon Motion, out on 8 January 2007, and it's a sugar rush with a sneer behind it. He wrote it with Jodi Marr, John Merchant and Dan Warner after a record company executive told him to be more like Craig David, and the song mocks exactly that breed of artist, the kind who remakes himself just to be liked. Greg Wells produced and mixed it.
The glam trimmings are knowing ones. The title borrows the Hollywood star and Princess of Monaco, a snatch of dialogue comes from her film The Country Girl, the words tip a hat to Freddie Mercury, whose voice Mika's gets compared to, and the main melody lifts Figaro's "Largo al factotum" from Rossini's The Barber of Seville. Britain sent it to number one on downloads alone, where it stayed for five weeks, and it was up for Best British Single at the 2008 BRITs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 21 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 15 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 | 103 |
| 2007 | 29 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007 | 60 |
| 2007 | 1 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 | 129 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1039 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1265 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1270 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1308 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1359 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1411 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1471 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2024 | 554 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 274 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 709 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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