Cooler Than Me

Cooler Than Me
"Cooler Than Me"
Single by Mike Posner
from the album 31 Minutes to Takeoff
Released April 16, 2010
Format Digital download
Genre Synthpop, dance-pop
Length 3:36
Label J
Writer(s) Mike Posner, Eric Holljes
Producer Gigamesh
Mike Posner singles chronology
"Cooler Than Me"
(2010)		 "Please Don't Go"
(2010)

"Cooler Than Me" is a song by American recording artist Mike Posner. Since its release it has peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay in its July 31, 2010 issue. The instrumental was produced by Gigamesh. Another version, labeled "Gigamesh Remix", was released on Mike Posner's October 2009 mixtape One Foot Out the Door. The original version features "Cooler Than Me" - Mike Posner & the Brain Trust Ft. Big Sean. They were later removed on the single mix.

Speaking in August 2010 to noted British urban writer Pete Lewis - Assistant Editor of Blues & Soul - Posner described the background to the song: "A lotta people don’t know I recorded that song while was still a student, and that I recorded it in my dorm-room on an extremely cheap microphone! So to now be hearing it on the radio in The States and over here is very special for me, knowing that I made it in such a makeshift manner! And while yes, it is about a specific girl in my class I had a crush on - though I’m not gonna tell you her name, because she doesn’t deserve any notoriety! - it’s also about a specific TYPE of girl! Because there are girls like that EVERYWHERE! You know, everybody knows that girl who thinks she’s cooler than them! Which is why I figured I’d just try to capture that moment of feeling snubbed! Because all my songs are either driven by something that’s happened to me, or by something I’ve felt on the inside.”[2]

Contents

Music video

In the music video, Posner starts out at a concert singing some of his songs before an enthusiastic audience. After the show he goes driving with his friends, who then drop him off at the Roosevelt Hotel on Los Angeles' Hollywood Blvd.[3] After a short ride in an elevator, Posner enters a hotel suite, where he joins a party already in progress.

Throughout the course of the video, Posner tries on different styles of sunglasses including Oakley Razorblades, Holbrooks, Jupiters, Frogskins, and 3D glasses. While he is trying each pair on, it evokes a different perception of the party currently going on in the apartment. In the end, he is seen leaving the hotel that morning with his original sunglasses back on.

The video, directed by Jason Beattie,[4] features cameos by Louie Vito, The Dingo, Chelsea Chanel "CC" Dudley and Christopher Pfaff from Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory.[citation needed],

The music video premiered early April 2010 and Uploaded 26 May 2010 on VEVO. It made UK Premiere 28 September 2010

Media usage

On May 18, 2010, Electronic Arts announced that "Cooler Than Me" will be featured in the Sims 3: Ambitions video game. The song was converted to "Simlish", the language of the Sims.[5]

Posner appeared on Lopez Tonight on May 31, 2010, with a performance of "Cooler Than Me" (Gigamesh Remix), as well as America's Got Talent on July 28, 2010. Posner also performed the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show premiere week in its eighth season.

The song was used to promote a season of Beauty and the Geek Australia which aired on the Seven Network throughout 2010. On October 2, 2010 the song was performed by Cher Lloyd on The X Factor (UK) during the Judges' Houses stage of the competition, but she was unable to finish the song in front of Cheryl Cole and Will.I.Am due to a case of Tonsillitis. In spite of this, she made it through to the live shows.

On October 16, 2010 the song was covered at the end of an episode of the UK television show Harry Hill's TV Burp by a man and his wife who had appeared on a spoof video on the show earlier that evening. For Body pump 76, "Cooler Than Me" has been used for Abs track. On December 8, 2010, the acapella group Groove for Thought covered the song on the 2nd episode of second season of the Sing Off. It was also covered in the 2011 X Factor Australia First Auditions, by boy group, Young Men Society who made it to the top 8 before being eliminated.

Release history

Region Format Date Label
United States,[6] France[7] Digital download April 16, 2010 J Records
Germany[8] CD single August 27, 2010 J Records
United Kingdom Digital download November 8, 2010 RCA Records

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[10] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 9
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[12] 7
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13] 5
Czech Republic (IFPI)[14] 30
Denmark (Tracklisten)[15] 22
European Hot 100 Singles[16] 13
France (SNEP) Download Chart[17] 6
Germany (Media Control AG)[18] 22
Ireland (IRMA)[19] 4
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[20] 23
New Zealand (RIANZ)[21] 3
Norway (VG-lista)[22] 8
Poland (Dance Top 50)[23] 48
Slovakia (IFPI)[24] 14
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[25] 48
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 30
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 21
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[28] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[29] 6
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[30] 3
Chart (2011) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[31] 13
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[32] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
Australian Singles Chart[33] 21
European Hot 100 Singles[34] 93
Hungarian Airplay Chart[35] 88
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[36] 33
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[37] 19
Canadian Hot 100[38] 36
Germany Top 100 (Media Control Charts)[39] 93

Certifications

Country Certification
Australia 3x Platinum[40]
Canada Gold[41]
New Zealand Platinum[42]
United States 2x Platinum[43]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100?begin=1&order=position
  2. ^ Mike Posner interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues crazy bitch & Soul' November 2010
  3. ^ "Mike Posner’s "Cooler Than Me" Video Premiere". amp.radio.com. 2010-06. http://amp.radio.com/2010/05/26/mike-posners-cooler-than-me-video-premiere/. 
  4. ^ Cooler Than Me | Mike Posner|Music Video|MTV
  5. ^ http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/05/listen-sounds-sims-3
  6. ^ Amazon.com
  7. ^ Amazon.fr
  8. ^ Amazon.de
  9. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  10. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  13. ^ "mike-posner Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for mike-posner. Prometheus Global Media.
  14. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201035 into search.
  15. ^ "Danishcharts.com – Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". Tracklisten. Hung Medien.
  16. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-hot-100?begin=1&order=position
  17. ^ "Classement des ventes de titres téléchargés en France du 15 novembre au 21 novembre 2010" (in French). Chartsinfrance.net. http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/1047/titres-telechargement.php,v1. Retrieved 2010-11-26. 
  18. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  19. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  20. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  21. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
  22. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". VG-lista. Hung Medien.
  23. ^ "Dance Chart :: Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video" (in Polish). ZPAV. 2010-11-01. http://zpav.pl/rankingi/listy/dyskoteki/index.php?idlisty=211. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  24. ^ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201034 into search.
  25. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Posner, Mike – Cooler Than Me" Canciones Top 50. Hung Medien.
  26. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
  27. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  28. ^ "Chart Stats – Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
  29. ^ "mike-posner Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for mike-posner. Prometheus Global Media.
  30. ^ "mike-posner Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for mike-posner. Prometheus Global Media.
  31. ^ "Lescharts.com – Posner, Mike – Cooler Than Me" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
  32. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  33. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2010". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2010.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
  34. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts-year-end/european-hot-100-singles?year=2010#/charts-year-end/european-hot-100-singles?year=2010
  35. ^ "MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 2010" (in hungarian). Mahasz. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=eves_osszesitett_listak&id=radios&ev=2010. Retrieved 10 March 2011. 
  36. ^ "2010 Year-end UK Singles". BBC (BBC Online). 2010-12-26. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/2010/singles. Retrieved 2010-12-26. 
  37. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/hot-100-songs?year=2010&begin=11&order=position
  38. ^ "Charts Year End: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/chart_display.jsp?f=Canadian+Hot+100&g=Year-end+Singles. Retrieved 2010-05-02. 
  39. ^ http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-single-jahrescharts-2010-2010-212/?start=90
  40. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  41. ^ Gold & Platinum Certification - August 2010 Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  42. ^ http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=63
  43. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - December 1, 2010: Mike Posner certified singles". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Mike%20Posner&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
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