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| Released = April 16, 2010
| Released = April 16, 2010
| Format = [[music download|Digital download]]
| Format = [[music download|Digital download]]
| Genre = [[Synthpop]], [[electropop]], [[dance-pop]]
| Genre = [[Synthpop]], [[electropop]], [[dance-pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = {{duration||3|36}}
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| Label = [[J Records|J]]
| Label = [[J Records|J]]

Revision as of 21:46, 6 February 2012

"Cooler than Me"
Song

"Cooler Than Me" is the debut single 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]

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

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. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  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. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  10. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  11. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  12. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  13. ^ "mike-posner Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 35. týden 2010 in the date selector.
  15. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". Tracklisten.
  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. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  18. ^ "Chart Track: Week 2, 2010". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  19. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  20. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". Top 40 Singles.
  21. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". VG-lista.
  22. ^ "Dance Chart :: Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video" (in Polish). ZPAV. November 1, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  23. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201034 into search.
  24. ^ "Posner, Mike – Cooler Than Me" Canciones Top 50.
  25. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". Singles Top 100.
  26. ^ "Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me". Swiss Singles Chart.
  27. ^ "Mike Posner: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  28. ^ "mike-posner Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  29. ^ "mike-posner Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  30. ^ "Posner, Mike – Cooler Than Me" (in French). Les classement single.
  31. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  32. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2010". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  33. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts-year-end/european-hot-100-singles?year=2010#/charts-year-end/european-hot-100-singles?year=2010
  34. ^ "MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 2010" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved March 10, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  35. ^ "2010 Year-end UK Singles". BBC (BBC Online). December 26, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  36. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/hot-100-songs?year=2010&begin=11&order=position
  37. ^ "Charts Year End: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
  38. ^ http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-single-jahrescharts-2010-2010-212/?start=90
  39. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  40. ^ Gold & Platinum Certification - August 2010 Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  41. ^ http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=63
  42. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - December 1, 2010: Mike Posner certified singles". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
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