Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)

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"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)"
Single by Mika
from the album Life in Cartoon Motion
B-side"Instant Martyr"
Released23 July 2007 (2007-07-23)
Recorded2006
Genre
Length
  • 4:10 (album version)
  • 3:09 (radio edit)
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)
  • Mika
  • Jodi Marr
  • John Merchant
  • Andres Orue
  • Dan Warner
Producer(s)Greg Wells
Mika singles chronology
"Love Today"
(2007) 		"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)"
(2007) 		"Happy Ending"
(2007)
Music video
"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" on YouTube

"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" is the fourth single from the debut album Life in Cartoon Motion of singer Mika. It reached number 9 in the UK charts after it was released on 23 July 2007. It was inspired by, and written for, the Butterfly Lounge, the first Size Acceptance nightclub in Orange County, California.[1] The club is mentioned specifically in the lyrics "Get yourself to the Butterfly Lounge. Find yourself a big lady", and is now their theme song.[2] A B-side of the single is "Standing in the Way of Control".

The song was met with mixed reviews from music critics. The song peaked at number 9 in the United Kingdom (his third top 10 hit in that country), and reached the top ten in Ireland, Finland, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.

  1. ^ "BFLMIKA02". Butterfly Lounge. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. ^ "UK Singer Mika and the Butterfly Lounge". Fattie Gossip. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2010.