Format CD Length 3:33 | Recorded 2001 Label Gotham | |
Released 11 June 2001 (Australia) Genre Bubblegum pop, teen pop | ||
"Strawberry Kisses" is a pop song written by Jeff Franzel, Andy Marvel and Marjorie Maye, produced by Chong Lim for Nikki Webster's first album Follow Your Heart (2001). It was released as the album's first single on 11 June 2001 in Australia and 27 May 2002 in the UK as a CD single. Webster states the song as being "fresh, really bright and chirpy". To this date, it is number 2 on the List of Top 25 singles for 2001 in Australia. She also states "After I first heard the demo, I was singing it that night and I just thought that's a fantastic sign of a good song - something people remember".
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Strawberry Kisses Nominated for Highest Selling Single at the 15th Annual ARIA Awards in 2001.
An updated version featuring Sam Mac, entitled "Strawberry Kisses 2017" was released in Australia on March 16, 2017. All proceeds of the song will be donated to the Australian division of Starlight Children's Foundation.
Music video
The music video for "Strawberry Kisses" was directed by Mark Hartly. The video features Webster entering a space ship and meets up with a computer animated character called Digital Jimmy. Digital Jimmy (DJ) was created by Hartly, and Webster thought the idea was fantastic and when she saw the basic drawing she fell in love with him. Digital Jimmy presses a button on a remote control, which changes Webster's outfit from a pink dress resembling her 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony costume, to pink crop top and pants. Webster then sings in a microphone for the first one minute of the song, starts dancing then as the song finishes she leaves the space ship and goes on another space ship ending the video. Webster stated that the back-up dancers in the video were her friends from her dance class.
Chart performance
The song debut into the Australian singles chart at number two on 18 June 2001. It stayed at number two for seven weeks. It then dropped to number six, then number twelve, then after fourteen weeks dropping out of the top fifty. The song left the top one-hundred at number eighty-nine and spent a total of eighteen weeks in the charts. The song went Gold in its second week in the chart and Platinum in its ninth week in the chart. The song was also released in New Zealand where it peaked at number forty and spent only one week on the chart, and United Kingdom where it peaked and debut at number sixty-four and stayed in the chart for that one week.
Cover version
Brazilian girl band Rouge covered the song in Portuguese called "Beijo Molhado" ("Wet Kiss") in 2002 for their debut album.
Track listing
- "Strawberry Kisses"
- "Strawberry Kisses" (Fresh Kisses mix)
- "Strawberry Kisses" (karaoke mix)
- "Strawberry Kisses" (radio mix)
- "Strawberry Kisses" (Fresh Kisses mix)
- "Strawberry Kisses" (karaoke mix)
- "Strawberry Kisses" (music video)