Lollipop (Mika song)

Infobox Single
Name = Lollipop


Artist = Mika
from Album = Life in Cartoon Motion
Released = flagicon|Norway April 2007 flagicon|United Kingdom December 31, 2007 flagicon|Canada March 2008
Format = Digital download
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Bubblegum pop
Power pop
Length = 3:03
Label = Island
Writer = Mika (Michael Holbrook Penniman)
Producer = Greg Wells
Certification =
Last single = "Grace Kelly"
(2007)
This single = "Lollipop"
(2007)
Next single = "Love Today"
(2007)Extra chronology 2
Type = singles
Last single = "Happy Ending"
(2007)
This single = "Relax, Take It Easy / Lollipop"
(2007)
Next single =

"Lollipop" is a song by Mika from his 2007 debut album, "Life in Cartoon Motion". When the album was released, "Lollipop" had high amounts of downloads, even before it had been released as a single, charting in the Top 75 UK Singles Charts. In April 2007, it was released to radio in the UK, Norway, Switzerland, and Australia.

On December 31, 2007, it was released as a double A-side single with "Relax, Take It Easy" in the UK. The single was available for digital download on 24 December 2007. Mika has said in interviews that the song was written as a message to his younger sister.

Formats and track listings

CD: 1 - Maxi
# "Relax, Take It Easy" (Radio Edit)
# "Lollipop (Live from L'Olympia Paris)"
# "I Want You Back (Live from L'Olympia Paris)"
# "Relax, Take It Easy (Dennis Christopher Remix Radio Edit)"
# "Lollipop (Fred Deakin's Fredmix)"

CD: 2 - 2-Track
# "Relax, Take It Easy (New Radio Edit)"
# "Lollipop"

USB Memory Stick
# "Relax, Take It Easy (New Radio Edit)"
# "Lollipop"
# "Relax, Take It Easy (Alpha Beat Remix)"
# "Relax, Take It Easy (Frank Musik Mix)"
# "Relax, Take It Easy (Ashley Beedle's Castro Vocal Discomix)"
# "Relax, Take It Easy (Video - Live In Paris (5.1 Surround)"
# "Lollipop (Video - 16:9 Bunny Action)"

Music video

The music video for "Lollipop" was released in November 2007. It is a parody of "Little Red Riding Hood", and is animated in a style reminiscent of the "Life in Cartoon Motion" album cover. Both were designed by Mika's sister. The video was titled "Lollipop: 16:9 Bunny Action".

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDLKmoOjrA8 Music video]
*myspace|mikamyspace|Mika