Chocolate (Kylie Minogue song)

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"Chocolate"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Body Language
Released	June 2004: Europe July 2004: Australia
Format	CD single: Worldwide Vinyl single: United Kingdom
Recorded	El Cortijo Studios, Spain
Genre	Pop–dance
Label	Parlophone/Mushroom
Writer(s)	Karen Poole Johnny Douglas
Producer(s)	Johnny Douglas
Chart positions
#6 (United Kingdom) #14 (Australia & Italy) #26 (Ireland)
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Red Blooded Woman" (2004)	"Chocolate" (2004)	"I Believe in You" (2004)

"Chocolate" is a slow pop–dance song written by British songwriters Karen Poole and Johnny Douglas for Minogue's ninth album Body Language (2003). The song was produced by Douglas and received a mixed reception from music critics. The song was released as the third single in the summer of 2004 (see 2004 in music) and reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, where it became Minogue's twenty-seventh top ten single. It reached the top twenty in Australia and Italy, and the top thirty in Ireland.

The song was one of Minogue's personal favourites from the album, and the single release featured the previously unreleased song "City Games" as a B-side. The song was one of the first demoed for the album and was included on the fake City Games album track listing which surfaced on the internet in 2003.

"Chocolate" was supposed to be the lead single from Body Language (2003), but was scrapped in favour of "Slow".^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Music video 2 Formats and track listings 3 Chart performance 3.1 Charts 3.2 Chart trajectories 4 Notes 5 References

[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.

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Confide in Me".^[1]

International CD single #1 "Chocolate" (Radio edit) – 4:02 "Love at First Sight" (Live at Money Can't Buy) – 4:57 International CD single #2 "Chocolate" (Radio edit) – 4:02 "City Games" – 3:42 "Chocolate" (Tom Middleton Cosmos mix) – 7:29 "Chocolate" (EMO mix edit) – 4:31 "Chocolate" music video Australian CD single "Chocolate" (Radio edit) – 4:02 "City Games" – 3:42 "Chocolate" (Tom Middleton Cosmos mix) – 7:29 "Chocolate" (EMO mix edit) – 4:31 "Live at First Sight" (Live at Money Can't Buy) – 4:57 "Chocolate" music video

Vinyl single "Chocolate" (Tom Middleton Cosmos mix) – 7:29 "Chocolate" (Radio edit) – 4:02 "Chocolate" (EMO mix) – 6:54 Official remixes[2] "Chocolate" (Original Ludacris Rap version) "Chocolate" (Violanti's dub)1 "Chocolate" (Violanti's Harpoon remix)

1. The Violanti remixes are unconfirmed, but were supposed to have been considered for a U.S. release.

[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 Top 100 Airplay and #1 on MTV's Top 20, making the album reappear on the charts and being certified gold.

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
Australia ARIA Singles Chart	14
France Singles Chart	69
Germany Singles Chart	43
Hungary Singles Chart	7
Ireland IRMA Singles Chart	26
Italy Singles Chart	14
Mexican Singles Chart	12
Swizterland Singles Chart	53
United World Chart	30
UK Singles Chart	6

[edit] Chart trajectories

Australian ARIA Singles Chart
Week	01	02	03	04
Position	14	22	30	37

UK Singles chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07
Chart position	6	18	27	33	40	45	57

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• SloKylie.com - Slovenian Kylie Page. link. Last accessed on March. 3, 2006. - Worldwide chart positions, sales and certifications.
• MixKylie.co.uk. link. Last accessed on March. 3, 2006. - Worldwide chart positions, formats and track listings.

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