"Look at Me" is a pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 song written by British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 singer-songwriter Geri Halliwell

Geri Halliwell

Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...

 and Paul Wilson and Andy Watkins PKA Absolute. It was released as the first single from her debut solo album Schizophonic

Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)

Schizophonic is the debut solo album by pop singer Geri Halliwell. The album was released after her split from popular girl group the Spice Girls...

. It peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, and at number three in both Australia

Australia

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 and Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

.

Chart performance

"Look at Me" was released in the United Kingdom on 10 May 1999. Since Halliwell had chosen "Look at Me" as the first single from Schizophonic

Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)

Schizophonic is the debut solo album by pop singer Geri Halliwell. The album was released after her split from popular girl group the Spice Girls...

and because she felt as though the song was going to return her to the mainstream market, it was released the same week as Boyzone

Boyzone

Boyzone are an Irish boy band comprising Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating,Shane Lynch, and formerly Stephen Gately. Boyzone have 19 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 21 singles in the Ire charts. The group currently have 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12...

's "You Needed Me

You Needed Me

"You Needed Me" became the second single for Irish Boyband Boyzone from their album By Request. The single became number #1 on the UK Singles Chart, beating the debut solo single of Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, outselling her by just 700 copies...

". In early 1999, Boyzone were at the height of their success with five UK number-ones, however, Halliwell was confident that "Look at Me" would reach number-one. Although more transactions were made of the "Look at Me" single, two CD singles of "You Needed Me" were released in order for fans to purchase both and ensure that Boyzone made it to the number-one position.

"Look at Me" entered the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 at number two; it was only seven-hundred copies behind Boyzone's "You Needed Me". Halliwell was disappointed with the outcome of the chart performance for "Look at Me" since she had believed that it would reach number one. She had also feared that her career was to end six months following the release of the single. However, Halliwell would earn her first UK number-one single with "Mi Chico Latino

Mi Chico Latino

"Mi Chico Latino" , is a song by English singer Geri Halliwell and second single from her debut solo album Schizophonic. It was released on 16 August 1999...

". Look At Me went on to sell 330,812 copies in the United Kingdom alone being certified Gold by the BPI

British Phonographic Industry

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 and over a million worldwide.

Music video

The music video for "Look at Me" was directed by Vaughan Arnell and filmed in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 features four versions of Halliwell: a vamp, a bitch, a bride

Bride

A bride is a woman about to be married or newlywed.The word may come from the Proto-Germanic verb root *brū-, meaning 'to cook, brew, or make a broth' which was the role of the daughter-in-law in primitive families...

, and a sister

Nun

A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...

. Most of the music video is black and white, except in one scene in the middle of the video, during the funeral of Ginger Spice, Halliwell was seen with red hair (a wig), blonde highlights and a red thorn crown. In the last part, Halliwell and male dancers are dancing on some stairs and then in front of a fountain. At the end of the video there is a message saying Geri's Back! with a picture of a nude Geri and ends with a G

G

G is the seventh letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet.-History:The letter 'G' was introduced in the Old Latin period as a variant of ⟨c⟩ to distinguish voiced, from voiceless, . The recorded originator of ⟨g⟩ is freedman Spurius Carvilius Ruga, the first Roman to open a fee-paying school,...

.

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	1
Brazil Hot 100	1
Malaysian Single Chart	1
Canadian Singles Chart	3
Spanish PROMUSICAE PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...  Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	2
Australian ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...  Singles Chart	3
Canadian Singles Chart	3
Italian Singles Chart	3
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,...	5
Finnish Singles Chart	8
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallony)	12
Norwegian Singles Chart	12
U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Dance Chart	12
Swedish Singles Chart	14
Danish Singles Chart	14
Swiss Singles Chart	15
German Singles Chart	22
Dutch Singles Chart	24
French Singles Chart	27
Austrian Singles Chart	27
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)	32
Year-End Charts (1999)
Italian Top 100 Singles of the Year	42
UK Top 100 Singles of the Year	56

Uk Sales: 330,812 (Gold)

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Look At Me".

UK CD Maxi/Canadian CD

(Released 10 May 1999)

1. "Look At Me" [Single Version] - 4:08
2. "Look At Me" [Mark!s Big Vocal Mix Surgery Edit] - 7:30
3. "Look At Me" [Terminalhead Remix] - 5:55
4. "Look At Me" Enhanced Video

UK CD Maxi - Special Edition

(Released 10 May 1999–Presented in a Special Digipack including four postcards)

1. "Look At Me" [Single Version] - 4:08
2. "Look At Me" [Mark!s Big Vocal Mix Surgery Edit] - 7:35
3. "Look At Me" [Terminalhead Remix] - 5:55
4. "Look At Me" Enhanced Video

European CD Maxi

(Released 10 May 1999)

1. "Look At Me" [Single Version] - 4:08
2. "Look At Me" [Mark!s Big Vocal Mix Surgery Edit] - 7:30
3. "Look At Me" [Terminalhead Remix] - 5:55

European 2-Track CD Single

(Released 10 May 1999)

1. "Look At Me" [Single Version] - 4:08
2. "Look At Me" [Terminalhead Remix] - 5:55
3. "Look At Me" Enhanced Video

Brazilian CD Maxi

(Released 10 May 1999)

1. "Look At Me" [Album Version] - 3:42
2. "Look At Me" [Mark!s Big Vocal Mix] - 7:34
3. "Look At Me" [Mark!s Fantasy Dub] - 8:44
4. "Look At Me" [Terminalhead Remix] - 5:55
5. "Look At Me" [Terminalhead Dub] - 5:42
6. "Look At Me" [Sharp Boys Vocal Mix] - 7:48
7. "Look At Me" [Sharp Boys Queeny Dub] - 7:21

Japanese CD Single

(Released 16 June 1999)

1. "Look At Me" [Single Version] - 4:08
2. "Look At Me" [Mark!s Big Vocal Mix Surgery Edit] - 7:30
3. "Look At Me" [Terminalhead Remix] - 5:55
4. "Look At Me" [Sharp Boys Vocal Remix] - 7:48
5. "Look At Me" [Sharp Boys Queeny Dub] - 7:21

Italian 12"

(Released 10 May 1999)

Side A:

1. "Look At Me" [Mark!s Big Vocal Mix Surgery Edit] - 7:30
2. "Look At Me" [Mark!s Fantasy Dub] - 8:44

Side B:

1. "Look At Me" [Sharp Boys Vocal Mix] - 7:48
2. "Look At Me" [Full Length Version] - 4:31

Official versions and remixes

1. Album Version / Full Length Version - 4:31
2. Radio Edit #1 / Single Version - 4:08
3. Radio Edit #2* - 3:35
4. Radio Edit #3* - 3:19
5. Mark!s Big Vocal Mix Surgery Edit - 7:30
6. Mark!s Fantasy Dub* - 8:44
7. Sharp Boys Queeny Dub - 7:21
8. Sharp Boys Vocal Remix - 7:48
9. Terminalhead Dub* - 5:42
10. Terminalhead Edit* - 3:46
11. Terminalhead Remix - 5:55

* appears only in promotional singles