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"Lollipop" | ||||
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Single by Mika | ||||
from the album Life in Cartoon Motion | ||||
B-side | "Relax, Take It Easy" | |||
Released | 31 December 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Genre | Bubblegum pop | |||
Length | 3:03 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Songwriter(s) | Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. | |||
Producer(s) | Greg Wells | |||
Mika singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Lollipop" on YouTube |
"Lollipop" is a song by Mika from his 2007 debut album, Life in Cartoon Motion. When the album was released, "Lollipop" had high numbers of downloads, even before it had been released as a single, charting in the Top 75 UK Singles Chart. In April 2007, it was released to radio in the UK, Norway, Switzerland, and Australia. On 31 December 2007, it was released as a double A-side single with "Relax, Take It Easy" in the UK. The single was available for digital download on 24 December 2007. Mika has said in interviews that the song was written as a message to his younger sister. The single performed moderately in the UK Singles Chart considering that it was released as a fifth single from Life in Cartoon Motion, peaking at number 18 as an A-side to the double-A-side single "Relax, Take It Easy".