Strawberry Kisses
Encyclopedia
"Strawberry Kisses" is a pop
song written by Jeff Franzel, Andy Marveil and Marjorie Maye, produced by Chong Lim for Nikki Webster
's first album Follow Your Heart (2001). It was released as the album's first single on 11 June 2001 (see 2001 in music
) in Australia
and 27 May 2002 in the UK
as a CD single
. Webster states the song as being "fresh, really bright and chirpy". To this date, it is number 2 on the List of Top 25 singles for 2001 in Australia. She also states "After I first heard the demo, I was singing it that night and I just thought that's a fantastic sign of a good song - something people remember". Brazilian girl band Rouge
covered the song in Portuguese
called Beijo Molhado ("Wet Kiss") in 2002 for their debut album.
for "Strawberry Kisses" was directed by Mark Hartly. The video features Webster entering a space ship and meets up with a little cartoon character called Digital Jimmy. Digital Jimmy (DJ) was created by Hartly, and Webster thought the idea was fantastic and when she saw the basic drawing she fell in love with him. Webster then sings in a microphone for the first one minute of the song, starts dancing then as the song finishes she leaves the space ship and goes on another space ship ending the video. Webster stated that the back-up dancers in the video were her friends from her dance class.
in its second week in the chart and Platinum
in its ninth week in the chart. The song was also released in New Zealand where it peaked at number forty and spent only one week on the chart, and United Kingdom where it peaked and debut at number sixty-four and stayed in the chart for that one week.
UK CD single
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 Jeff Franzel, Andy Marveil and Marjorie Maye, produced by Chong Lim for Nikki Webster
Nikki Webster
Nikki Webster is an Australian pop performer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and her single "Strawberry Kisses".-Recording career:...
's first album Follow Your Heart (2001). It was released as the album's first single on 11 June 2001 (see 2001 in music
2001 in music
See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....
) in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and 27 May 2002 in the UK
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...
as a CD single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...
. Webster states the song as being "fresh, really bright and chirpy". To this date, it is number 2 on the List of Top 25 singles for 2001 in Australia. She also states "After I first heard the demo, I was singing it that night and I just thought that's a fantastic sign of a good song - something people remember". Brazilian girl band Rouge
Rouge (pop group)
Rouge was a commercially successful girl group, formed in the first season of the Brazilian reality show Popstars, broadcast by SBT in 2002...
covered the song in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
called Beijo Molhado ("Wet Kiss") in 2002 for their debut album.
Music video
The music videoMusic 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...
for "Strawberry Kisses" was directed by Mark Hartly. The video features Webster entering a space ship and meets up with a little cartoon character called Digital Jimmy. Digital Jimmy (DJ) was created by Hartly, and Webster thought the idea was fantastic and when she saw the basic drawing she fell in love with him. Webster then sings in a microphone for the first one minute of the song, starts dancing then as the song finishes she leaves the space ship and goes on another space ship ending the video. Webster stated that the back-up dancers in the video were her friends from her dance class.
Chart performance
The song debut into the Australian singles chart at number two on 18 June 2001. It stayed at number two for seven weeks. It then dropped to number six, then number twelve, then after four weeks dropping out of the top fifty. The song left the top one-hundred at number eighty-nine and spent a total of eighteen weeks in the charts. The song went GoldMusic recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
in its second week in the chart and Platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
in its ninth week in the chart. The song was also released in New Zealand where it peaked at number forty and spent only one week on the chart, and United Kingdom where it peaked and debut at number sixty-four and stayed in the chart for that one week.
Track listing
Australian CD single- "Strawberry Kisses"
- "Strawberry Kisses" (Fresh Kisses mix)
- "Strawberry Kisses" (karaoke mix)
UK CD single
- "Strawberry Kisses" (radio mix)
- "Strawberry Kisses" (Fresh Kisses mix)
- "Strawberry Kisses" (karaoke mix)
- "Strawberry Kisses" (music video)
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart 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... |
2 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... Singles Chart |
40 |
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 58 |
| UK Singles Chart | 64 |
Release details
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
2001-06-11 | Gotham Records | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
GOTH01022 |
| New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
2001-07-29 | BMG | CD | 74321876034 |
| United Kingdom 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... |
2002-05-27 | Gotham Records | CD | 74321943642 |