"Wonderland" is a song by English recording artist Natalia Kills

Natalia Kills

Natalia Keery-Fisher is an English singer-songwriter, actress, and short-film director who performs under the stage name Natalia Kills. She released her first single "Don't Play Nice" under the name Verbalicious in February 2005...

 from her debut studio album, Perfectionist

Perfectionist (Natalia Kills album)

Perfectionist is the debut studio album by English recording artist Natalia Kills, first released digitally on 15 March 2011 and physically on 1 April 2011. The album has spawned three singles so far: "Mirrors", "Wonderland" and "Free".-Background:...

. Written by Kills, Michael Warren and "The-Ron" Feemster

Theron Feemster

Theron Feemster, is an American 3x Grammy Award Winner record producer, songwriter, musician, and singer. He rose to fame in 2006 with featured production on singer Ne-Yo's album In My Own Words, and has since worked with many high-profile artists, including Keyshia Cole, Michael Jackson, Busta...

, and produced by Feemster, the song was released digitally in the United States as the album's second single

Single (music)

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 on 12 April 2011. It was featured in the 2011 romantic fantasy film Beastly

Beastly (film)

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.

Music video

The music video

Music video

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 for the song was made available on YouTube

YouTube

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 on 6 April 2011. As of August 2011, the video had gained over 2 million views.

Synopsis

The video starts with Kills being dragged by soldiers up the stairs of a mansion. This section of the video is intercut with images of armed police fighting with masked men. She then is forced to sit at a dining table with other women who's faces are half-covered with masks. She is served a cooked heart while the other women eat cupcakes with pills on them instead of sprinkles. They are watched by soldiers who stand on the floor above them. She then climbs up onto the table causing the soldiers to run down to her and grab her off the table. It then cuts to outside of the mansion where two soldiers are escorting Kills down the steps where her head is forced down and an executioner beheads her with an axe. Throughout the video Kills is shown singing the lyrics while leaning on a closed door. The video is intercut with text such as "Love is Pain", "Danger", "Lies" and the lyrics of the song.
There are two versions of the video; a censored edit and the uncensored original cut.

Reviews

Peter Robinson in the Guardian noted her appearances on a BBC sitcom and The Archers commented 'Bizarrely she has now been taken under the wing of Will.i.am and rebranded as a sort of post-Gaga LA pop noir princess. It's all a bit silly and she can't carry the role very well but the broody electro songs – even when they sound a bit dated – are top stuff.'

Track listings

• US digital download

1. "Wonderland" – 3:31

• German CD single

1. "Wonderland" – 3:31
2. "Wonderland" (Release Yourself Club Remix) – 6:13

• German digital remix EP

1. "Wonderland" (Release Yourself Club Remix) – 6:13
2. "Wonderland" (Ladytron
   Ladytron
   Ladytron are an English electronic band formed in 1999 in Liverpool, Merseyside. The group consists of Helen Marnie , Mira Aroyo , Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu .Their sound blends electropop with New Wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron described their sound as "electronic pop"...
   
    Remix) – 3:27
3. "Wonderland" (We Have Band Remix) – 4:22
4. "Wonderland" (video) – 4:02

Personnel

• Natalia Kills – vocals
  Singing
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• "The-Ron" Feemster
  Theron Feemster
  Theron Feemster, is an American 3x Grammy Award Winner record producer, songwriter, musician, and singer. He rose to fame in 2006 with featured production on singer Ne-Yo's album In My Own Words, and has since worked with many high-profile artists, including Keyshia Cole, Michael Jackson, Busta...
  
   – producer
  Record producer
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  , instrumentation
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  , backing vocals
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• Robert Horn – engineer
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  , guitar
• Zach Kasik – engineer
• Robert Orton
  Robert Orton (mix engineer)
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   – mixing
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Charts

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Chart (2011)	Peak position
Slovakia (IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... )	93

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
United States	12 April 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Interscope records Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
Germany	3 June 2011	CD single, digital download
United Kingdom	28 July 2011