Can it really be seven years since Katy Perry burst onto the Official Singles Chart with I Kissed A Girl, the anthem for any secret girl sniggers and cherry Chapstick enthusiasts the world over?
Well, yes, it certainly is. To mark the occasion, we look at the stats and fact behind Katy Perry's lip-smacking debut. The track would go on to spend another two at the top.
Remember CD singles? Sure you do. Round and plastic, came with pretty cases. Useful as coasters. Anyway, I Kissed A Girl has sold over 28, of those. I Kissed A Girl started off an impressive chart record for our Katy. She has had four chart-toppers in total: California Gurls ft. The skit ended with the two forcing a bound and gagged Perry into a faux wedding with Palmer. On her blog, Palmer mentioned that the piece was meant as a protest against Proposition 8, and claimed to wonder if Perry was exploiting homosexuality in order to sell her music.
He was accused of promoting "homosexualism" and alcoholic beverages usage through the lyrics of the song. The Secretary of Education supported the decision of the head of the school.
During the Hello Katy Tour and promotional performances, the song is played exactly like the album version. For her MTV Unplugged album, Katy Perry decided to do a jazzy-remix of the song inspired by traditional pop and since then when it's played live, has been played in it's remix form.
The second half is generally still played as it is normally known except for a long instrumental interlude after the bridge. Katy Perry's degree of passion in the song is heard in her live performances, where she uses appropriate gestures to convey the message of the song, including a mock shocked expression where her mouth opens wide, and as a result, saliva pools in her mouth because she does not give herself time to swallow, which is a form of artistic expression as seen by 90s pop icon Tori Amos.
This affects her pronounciation, but in a way many see as positive, giving it a more intimate feel, which is often the result of being able to hear "imperfections" in the song. The reason being, so that the songs flow together naturally and not sound choppy. She tends to do this with many of her songs when performing live, but it is by far the most frequently seen in I Kissed A Girl. Many recent performances give a long instrumental section so that she doesn't drool, but early versions before the interlude were added do exist.
The music video for the song was released on May 16, on Perry's personal website and on MySpace. The video was directed by Kinga Burza and features a Moulin Rouge and burlesque-type setting with scenes of Perry, along with many other flamboyantly-dressed women dancing to the song. Despite the song's title, there is no depiction of same-sex kissing. The video has a very Moulin Rouge and burlesque-type setting with scenes of Perry, along with many other flamboyantly-dressed women, dancing to the song.
During the video, the women and Perry have pillow fights and just enjoying being girls. Towards the end of the video, she wakes up next to her boyfriend and she goes back to sleep. The video made its television debut on June 12, on TRL with the visit and interview by Perry in set show.
On June 24, it became 1 on TRL. The video obtained high airplay on this music video channel, as well as on VH1. The video has had over 38 million views on YouTube and an additional 67 million pre-vevo views. Due to the video and the song's popularity around the world, there are videos on YouTube which imitate and parody the song.
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