Josiah’s Grace Kelly song
At first, I thought this was Josiah’s own song, but when it was referred to as the Grace Kelly song I remembered hearing about it a while back. Josiah Leming, the 18 year old from Tennessee, sang the Grace Kelly song by Mika last night on part one of the Hollywood Auditions (AI7). Because it is relatively unknown in the U.S., lots of viewers thought it was Josiah’s own creation. I found this on Wikipedia about the song:
“Grace Kelly” is a song by Mika released for download on 9 January 2007. Produced and mixed by Greg Wells, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number three (#3) and the UK Official Download Chart at number one (#1). One week later, it jumped to the top position, despite still being available on downloads only. The track was number one in the UK Singles Chart for the 5 weeks to and including 18 February 2007. In the U.S., “Grace Kelly” was made available for digital download on 16 January 2007. This song was also #89 on MTV Asia’s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.[1], and ended 2007 as the years 3rd biggest-selling single in the UK[2]It was designed to be a mocking satire of musicians who try to reinvent themselves to be popular….
The song was featured in a season two episode of The Hills and a season one episode of Ugly Betty. It is also part of the soundtrack in the recent movie Knocked Up, … The song is also used in a trailer for the movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry…
TK!
Katie’s Beer and Be Strong In The Grace live! Yay! Keep the posts coming, please!
Well, I’ll never be as entertaining as you, Scottius Maximus, but I’m back for now.
Josiah def. was a great performer and he really did a great job in his rendition of Mika’s rendition and so much so that I’ve been trying to find Mika’s song “Grace Kelly”. Finally found it at Amazon. Hope this helps those who are looking for this song!
-Serina
TK writes: Yeah, it’s available in several places. I downloaded from iTunes, also.