Next Best Superstar

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"Next Best Superstar"
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Single by Melanie C
from the album Beautiful Intentions
B-side "Everything Must Change"
Released4 April 2005 (2005-04-04)
Length3:31
Label Red Girl
Songwriter(s) Adam Argyle
Producer(s) Greg Haver
Melanie C singles chronology
"Melt" / "Yeh Yeh Yeh"
(2003)
"Next Best Superstar"
(2005)
"Better Alone"
(2005)
Music video
"Next Best Superstar" on YouTube

"Next Best Superstar" is a song by English singer Melanie C. The track was written by Adam Argyle and produced by Greg Haver for her third solo album, Beautiful Intentions (2005). The song features thumping drums and new wave guitars and talks about the fickleness of fame resulting from manufactured genre shows such as the music competition Pop Idol .

Contents

"Next Best Superstar" was released as the album's lead single on 4 April 2005. The song peaked at number ten on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top forty of the majority of all charts it appeared on, also becoming a top ten hit in Belgium, Italy and Scotland. An accompanying music video was Norwegian director by Ray Kay.

Music video

The video was directed by Ray Kay in January 2005. The video begins with Melanie C getting ready for her performance. After having done make-up, she starts performing by herself. After the performance, she gets her make-up done again and starts performing again, this time with her band. The video premiered on CD:UK on 26 February 2005.

Track listings

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 41
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [7] 45
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [8] 3
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [9] 6
Germany (Official German Charts) [10] 32
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 37
Italy (FIMI) [12] 21
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 28
Scotland (OCC) [14] 8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 25
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 10

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia4 April 2005CD [18]
United Kingdom
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
Red Girl [19]

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