"Big Girl" is the fourth single from the debut album Life in Cartoon Motion

Life in Cartoon Motion

Life in Cartoon Motion is the debut album by singer Mika, produced by Greg Wells and Mika, mixed by Greg Wells, with co-production on two songs by Jodi Marr and John Merchant, released on Island Records on 5 February 2007 in the United Kingdom, and on Casablanca Records on 27 March 2007 in the U.S....

of singer Mika

Mika (singer)

Mika is a British singer-songwriter.After recording his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday EP, Mika released his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion, on Island Records in 2007. Life in Cartoon Motion sold more than 5.6 million copies worldwide and helped Mika win a Brit...

. It reached number 9 in the UK charts after it was released on 23 July 2007. It was inspired by, and written for the Butterfly Lounge, the first Size Acceptance

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 nightclub

Nightclub

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 in Orange County, California

Orange County, California

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. The club is mentioned specifically in the lyrics "Get yourself to the Butterfly Lounge. Find yourself a big lady”, and is now their theme song. A B-side of the single is "Standing in the Way of Control

Standing in the Way of Control (song)

"Standing in the Way of Control" is a single by the American indie rock band The Gossip from the album of the same name. The remix by Le Tigre was released in 2005, the original was then released as a single in 2006, and was re-released again on February 26, 2007...

".

Music video

The video was filmed on 19 May 2007 and features several curvy women running down Croydon high street

North End, Croydon

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 and Surrey Street Market

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 in corsets and dresses. The finale of the video features a whole gathering of curvy women celebrating.

Culture

Mika has also rerecorded the track as the promo theme for the second season of the American comedy-drama series Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...

, but with altered lyrics to say "Hey Betty, you are beautiful" in its chorus. In Australia, Crazy John TV advertisements used a sample of this song. In Spain, the Galician TV station Televisión de Galicia used samples of this song in the show O show dos Tonechos. This song is featured in the Ubisoft

Ubisoft

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 video game Just Dance 2 for the Nintendo Wii.

Tracklisting

UK CD Single

1. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" - 4:10
2. "Instant Martyr"
3. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" (Live)
4. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Tom Middleton Remix) - 5:52

Limited Edition 7" Single

1. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" - 4:10
2. "Standing In The Way Of Control" (Live) (From Radio 1's Big Weekend)

UK 12" Vinyl

1. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Tom Middleton Remix) - 5:52
2. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Bonde Do Role Remix) - 3:48
3. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Lo-Fi-Fnk Remix) - 6:12
4. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (Hick Nurdman Remix) - 5:44

Charts and certifications

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Chart (2007/2008)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... )	86

End-of-year charts

Chart (2007)	Position
German Singles Chart	93

Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales/Shipments
Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	Gold	35,000+