Chocolate (Kylie Minogue song)
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| Single by Kylie Minogue from the album Body Language |
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| B-side | "City Games" | |||||||||||||
| Released | June 2004  July 2004  |
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| Format | CD single (worldwide) Vinyl single (UK) |
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| Recorded | El Cortijo Studios, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop, dance, R&B | |||||||||||||
| Label | Parlophone Mushroom |
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| Writer(s) | Karen Poole Johnny Douglas |
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| Producer | Johnny Douglas | |||||||||||||
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"Chocolate" is a slow pop–dance song written by British songwriters Karen Poole and Johnny Douglas for Kylie Minogue's ninth studio album Body Language (2003). It also was produced by Douglas and received a mixed reception from music critics. The song was released as the album's third single in the summer of 2004 (see 2004 in music) and reached number-one in the Ukraine and Chile, and the top ten in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and the United Kingdom, where it became Minogue's twenty-seventh top ten single.
An early version of "Chocolate" included a rap by Ludacris but wasn't used on the final mix. A one-minute clip was leaked in July 2006 onto the Internet.
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[edit] Music video
"Chocolate" featured a music video that was directed by Dawn Shadforth and was filmed on June 6 and 7, 2004 in London, England, with rehearsals six days before filming began. The video features the songs single edit and Minogue performing several jazz dance numbers in a studio-theater with back-up dancers. The video is a tribute to the MGM musicals of the 1950s, and saw Minogue reunite with choreographer Michael Rooney whom she had previously worked with on the video for her hit single "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (2001).
The video was a minor hit on music channels. Although it could not match the success of its predecessors the video was a top twenty hit in the UK, reaching number eleven on the TV airplay chart and number thirteen on MTV's Europe Top 20 countdown.
The version of the song used in the music video (as also heard on radio) was re-recorded to be shorter than the actual album track. This included an altered instrumental with newer vocals to echo a more Pop sound in retrospect to the album's more RnB vibe.
[edit] Chart performance
On June 28, 2004, "Chocolate" was released in the United Kingdom. The song became Minogue's twenty-seventh top ten single when it debuted at number six on the singles chart, and spent a total of seven weeks in the top seventy-five. Outside of the UK, the song was a modest success. It reached number fourteen in Italy, and charted well outside the top twenty in France, Germany and Ireland. Airplay was limited and the song was unable to break into the top twenty in many territories, despite of this, "Chocolate" remains as Kylie's biggest hit from the album Body Language in Mexico, reaching #12 on the Mexican Top 100 Singles Chart and #1 on MTV's Top 20, making the album reappear on the charts and being certified gold.
The song also reached number-seven in Russia.[1]
On July 12, 2004, "Chocolate" was released in the Australia to minimal success only reaching number fourteen on the singles chart. It became Minogue's first single to chart outside the top ten since "Your Disco Needs You" in 2001.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 14 |
| Chilean Singles Chart | 1 |
| French Singles Chart | 69 |
| German Singles Chart | 43 |
| Greece Singles Chart | 14 |
| Hungary Singles Chart | 7 |
| Irish IRMA Singles Chart | 26 |
| Israel Singles Chart | 17 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 14 |
| Mexican Singles Chart | 12 |
| Romanian Singles Chart | 2 |
| Russian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 53 |
| Ukraine Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 6 |
| United World Chart | 30 |
[edit] Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Chocolate".
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UK CD single #1
UK CD single #2
Australian CD single
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UK 12" picture disc
UK 12" white label promo
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[edit] Personnel
The following people contributed to "Chocolate":[4]
- Kylie Minogue – lead vocals
- Johnny Douglas - production, mixing, all instruments, backing vocals
- Karen Poole - backing vocals
- Dave Clews - programming, protools, vocal engineering
- A Guevara - MC
- Geoff Pesh - mastering
[edit] References
- ^ Russian Top 100
- ^ "Which of Kylie's unreleased tracks and mixes have leaked onto the Internet?". MixKylie.co.uk. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
- ^ "Chocolate - Black Vinyl - EMO Dub - UK - 12" VINYL - Promo". Eil.com. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
- ^ Body Language (CD liner notes). Parlophone. November 2003.
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