Login
Login

Mysterious Girl

{{Short description|1995 single by Peter Andre}}

{{About||the 1990s Indian film|Mysterious Girl (film)}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Mysterious Girl

| cover = Mysteriousgirl.JPG

| alt =

| border = yes

| caption = One of the artworks used for the 1996 re-release

| type = single

| artist = Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx

| album = Natural {{noitalic|and}} The Long Road Back

| B-side =

  • "Take Me Back" (1995)
  • "Turn It Up" (extended mix) (1996)

| released = {{start date|1995|8|14|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/s9znGwk.jpg|title=New Releases – Product Available from: 14/08/95 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 287)|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|via=Imgur|access-date=2 December 2019}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

  • Cod reggae{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/10-things-about/a167683/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-peter-andre/|title=Ten Things You Never Knew About Peter Andre|first=Alex|last=Fletcher|website=Digital Spy |date=29 July 2009}}
  • ragga{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/gotta-get-thru-this-dom-passantinos-survey-of-the-new-milleniums-uk-1-singles.htm|title="Gotta Get Thru This": Dom Passantino's Survey of the New Millenium's UK #1 Singles|website=Stylus Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624030747/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/gotta-get-thru-this-dom-passantinos-survey-of-the-new-milleniums-uk-1-singles.htm|archive-date=24 June 2006|access-date=19 May 2024|quote=...it's a perfectly serviceable slice of mid 90s pop ragga...}}
  • pop

| length = 3:39

| label =

| writer =

| producer = Ollie Jacobs

| prev_title = Turn It Up

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Get Down on It

| next_year = 1996

| chronology = Peter Andre

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist =

| type = singles

| prev_title = Kiss the Girl

| prev_year = 1998

| title = Mysterious Girl

| year = 2004

| next_title = Insania

| next_year = 2004

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|iqIq4B1rgl4|"Mysterious Girl"}}}}

}}

"Mysterious Girl" is the second overall single and third British single from British singer-songwriter Peter Andre's second studio album, Natural (1996). The song was written by Glen Goldsmith, Philip Jackson, Ollie Jacobs and Andre, and produced by Jacobs & Mubs. It features guest vocals from Caribbean rapper Bubbler Ranx. It was first released as a single by Melodian Records in Australia on 14 August 1995 and was issued in the United Kingdom the same year, but it was not until a re-release in 1996 that the song became a commercial success there. The accompanying music video was filmed in Thailand.

During its original 1995–1996 release, "Mysterious Girl" peaked at number one in New Zealand and number two in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It was also a top-10 hit in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Sweden, and Switzerland. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the single reached number 11 in September 1996. In 2004, the song was once again re-released in Ireland and the UK, where it topped the UK Singles Chart following extensive promotion. In 2023, the Official UK Chart revealed that "Mysterious Girl" ranked as number 148 in their ranking of the best-selling singles of all time.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-best-selling-singles-of-all-time-on-the-official-uk-chart__21298/|title=The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=8 November 2023|access-date=11 August 2024}}

Critical reception

Clem Bastow from The Guardian described "Mysterious Girl" as "a perennial classic from that peculiarly mid-90s period where reggae and dancehall had invaded the pop charts. It holds its own (perhaps due to the guest spot from Caribbean rapper Bubbler Ranx) alongside Maxi Priest's 'That Girl', Shaggy's 'Oh Carolina' and Chaka Demus & Pliers' ebullient cover of 'Twist and Shout'."{{cite magazine|first=Clem|last=Bastow|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2014/sep/23/australian-anthem-mysterious-girl-peter-andre|title=Mysterious Girl by Peter Andre – pop on the beach with a side of spray tan|magazine=The Guardian|date=23 September 2014|access-date=7 October 2021}} Daniel Booth from Melody Maker said it is "a slushy, mushy reggae mess that is as horrid as it is awful."{{cite magazine|first=Daniel|last=Booth|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53674354763/|title=Singles|magazine=Melody Maker|date=25 May 1996|page=54|access-date=14 May 2024}}

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote that "Andre's sunshine reggae single automatically conjures up tropical beaches, palm and coconut trees. As this summer seems to be without end, the chances look good for the Australian."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-08-26.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=34|date=26 August 1995|page=7|access-date=27 February 2018}} A reviewer from Music Week gave the song three out of five, adding, "After patiently building a UK fanbase, Australian Andre could make the Top 10 with this pleasant reggae track."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-05-18-I.pdf|title=Reviews|magazine=Music Week|date=18 May 1996|page=8|access-date=17 August 2021}} James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update described it as a "accomplished but derivative Chaka Demus & Pliers/UB40/Bitty McLean-ish catchy 85.9bpm pop-reggae roller".{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |title= Dj directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 16 September 1995 |page= 11 |accessdate= 12 May 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-09-16.pdf |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}}

Chart performance

The song reached the top of the charts in New Zealand and number eight in Australia, and it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Following a lengthy campaign on The Chris Moyles Show in 2004,{{cite web|url=http://www.peter-andre.net/pages/biography.html |access-date=17 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721211055/http://www.peter-andre.net/pages/biography.html |archive-date=21 July 2011 |title=Peter Andre | Free Music Download | Hot Topic at Peter-Andre.net }} and Andre's appearance on the British reality show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, the song was re-released as the first single from Andre's fourth studio album The Long Road Back, peaking at number one in February 2004. In Ireland, "Mysterious Girl" reached number three upon its initial release in 1996, but the 2004 reissue saw the song reach a new peak of number two.

Music video

Filmed in Thailand, the music video for "Mysterious Girl" depicts Ranx and Andre on a beach. There are montages of several women, Andre, and Ranx dancing in a lagoon shirtless and in their jeans. The video was shot on on the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand and a Swiss Thai model called Champagne X (her name is Champagne Inthachak), who was a big star at the time, also played as a model in this video.{{Cite news |title=Peter Andre: 'I think I had a sense of arrogance that I now regret' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/peter-andre-i-think-i-had-a-sense-of-arrogance-that-i-now-regret-1.4796797 |access-date=2024-05-31 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} Andre is later seen dancing underneath a waterfall, a more iconic part of the video. Andre is last seen walking along the beach shirtless and later rolls in the sand as the sun sets. Clem Bastow from The Guardian wrote, "The video for the single was as much an advertisement for Andre’s personal trainer and spray-tan artist as it was a music video; the sight of him grooving in searingly blue tropical waters, proudly displaying his new look, was eye-popping (though not necessarily for the reasons he might have hoped)."

Track listings

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

  • Australian CD and cassette single; UK CD single (1995){{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1995|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Melodian Records|id=D11921}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1995|type=Australian cassette single sleeve|publisher=Melodian Records|id=C11921}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1995|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Mushroom Records|id=D11921}}
  1. "Mysterious Girl" (radio edit)
  2. "Mysterious Girl" (Malibu edit)
  3. "Mysterious Girl" (extended mix)
  4. "Mysterious Girl" (instrumental)
  • UK 7-inch single (1995){{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1995|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Mushroom Records|id=S11921}}

:A. "Mysterious Girl" (radio edit)

:B. "Take Me Back"

  • UK CD1 (1996){{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1996|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Mushroom Records|id=D2000}}
  1. "Mysterious Girl" (radio edit)
  2. "Mysterious Girl" (R&B Shankmaster mix)
  3. "Mysterious Girl" (Malibu edit)
  4. "Turn It Up" (extended mix)
  • UK CD2 (1996){{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1996|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Mushroom Records|id=DX2000}}
  1. "Mysterious Girl" (radio edit)
  2. "Mysterious Girl" (Jupiter's Swing mix)
  3. "Mysterious Girl" (Dissent & Submerged remix)
  4. "Mysterious Girl" (Bag o' Tricks mix)

{{col-2}}

  • UK cassette single (1996){{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1996|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Mushroom Records|id=C2000}}
  1. "Mysterious Girl" (radio edit)
  2. "Turn It Up" (extended mix)
  • Dutch CD single (1996){{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1996|type=Dutch CD single liner notes|publisher=Mushroom Records|id=74321 402052}}
  1. "Mysterious Girl" (radio edit) – 3:36
  2. "Mysterious Girl" (R&B Shankmaster remix) – 5:13
  • French CD single (1996){{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1996|type=French CD single liner notes|publisher=Mushroom Records, BMG France|id=74321 40250 2}}
  1. "Mysterious Girl" (radio edit)
  2. "Mysterious Girl" (Malibu edit)
  3. "Let's Get It On"
  • European maxi-CD single (1996){{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=1996|type=European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Mushroom Records|id=74321 37847 2}}
  1. "Mysterious Girl" (radio edit)
  2. "Mysterious Girl" (R&B Shankmaster mix)
  3. "Mysterious Girl" (Jupiter's Swing mix)
  4. "Mysterious Girl" (Bag o' Tricks mix)
  • UK CD single (2004){{cite AV media notes|title=Mysterious Girl|others=Peter Andre|year=2004|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Music UK|id=PA001CD}}
  1. "Mysterious Girl" (radio edit)
  2. "Mysterious Girl" (Jupiter soul mix)

{{col-end}}

Charts

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Mysterious Girl"

!Chart (1995–1996)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|8|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Austria|3|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|5|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Flanders|8|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-10-05.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=40|date=5 October 1996|page=18|access-date=5 March 2018}}

| 3

scope="row"|Estonia (Eesti Top 20){{cite web|url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=eestipaevaleht19960810.2.25.11.2&srpos=3&e=-------en-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA-Mysterious+Girl+Peter+Andre------------|title=MUUSIKAEDETABELID: EESTI TOP 20|work=Sõnumileht|date=August 10, 1996|page=12|access-date=December 14, 2024|language=et}}

|align="center"|2

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-09-07.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=36|date=7 September 1996|page=9|access-date=15 May 2024}}

| 11

{{single chart|Finland|20|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|France|24|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Germany|7|artist=Peter Andre|song=Mysterious Girl|songid=3279|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Hungary (Mahasz)

| 6

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2943759#page/n33/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (10.8. – 16.8. '96)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=42|date=10 August 1996|access-date=18 November 2020}}

| 25

{{single chart|Ireland2|3|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true|refname="ire"}}
scope="row"|Israel (Israeli Singles Chart){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-07-27.pdf|title=UK World Hits: Israel|magazine=Music Week|date=27 July 1996|page=26|accessdate=11 August 2024}}

| 5

{{single chart|Dutch40|2|year=1996|week=30|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Norway|11|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Poland (Music & Media){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-08-10.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay – Week 32/1996|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=32|date=10 August 1996|page=21|access-date=1 February 2021}}

| 10

{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=19960706|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Sweden|6|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|2|artist=Peter Andre|rowheader=true|refname="uk"}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Mysterious Girl 2004"

!Chart (2004)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-03-13.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurocharts|magazine=Billboard|volume=116|issue=11|date=13 March 2004|page=65|access-date=19 March 2020}}

| 7

{{single chart|Ireland2|2|song=Mysterious Girl|rowheader=true|refname="ire"}}
{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20040306|rowheader=true|refname="SCO2004"}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Peter Andre|rowheader=true|refname="uk"}}

{{col-2}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+1995 year-end chart performance for "Mysterious Girl"

!Chart (1995)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1995/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1995|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=29 July 2019}}

| 23

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+1996 year-end chart performance for "Mysterious Girl"

!Chart (1996)

!Position

scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1996|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1996|language=de|access-date=29 July 2019}}

| 22

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1996|title=Jaaroverzichten 1996|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=29 July 2019}}

| 64

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1996|title=Rapports annuels 1996|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=29 July 2019}}

| 28

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-21.pdf|title=1996 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=51/52|date=12 December 1996|page=12|access-date=18 December 2019}}

| 22

scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=1996|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 1996|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=18 November 2020}}

| 90

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control){{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1996|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1996|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=7 August 2015}}

| 35

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1996&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1996|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=29 July 2019}}

| 14

scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1996-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1996|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=29 July 2019}}

| 3

scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1996&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1996|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=19 March 2020}}

| 47

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1996|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1996|language=de|access-date=29 July 2019}}

| 33

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1996|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=18 January 1997}}

| 9

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+2004 year-end chart performance for "Mysterious Girl"

!Chart (2004)

!Position

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2004.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2004|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=7 July 2018}}

| 8

{{col-end}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Mysterious Girl"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|certref=|access-date=29 July 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1996|access-date=29 July 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Peter Andre|title=Mysterious Girl|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1996|access-date=29 July 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=single|artist=Peter Andre|title=Mysterious Girl|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1996|access-date=29 July 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|artist=Peter Andre|title=Mysterious Girl|relyear=1995|source=radioscope|access-date=May 13, 2025|certyear=2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Peter Andre|title=Mysterious Girl|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|certyear=1996|id=4476-3737-1|access-date=18 November 2020}}

{{Certification Table Bottom | streaming=true}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqIq4B1rgl4 Official video]

{{Peter Andre}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:1995 songs

Category:1995 singles

Category:1996 singles

Category:2004 singles

Category:Mushroom Records singles

Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand

Category:Number-one singles in Scotland

Category:Peter Andre songs

Category:Songs written by Glen Goldsmith

Category:Songs written by Peter Andre

Category:UK singles chart number-one singles

Category:British reggae songs