GBI (German Bold Italic)

"GBI (German Bold Italic)" is a single from Towa Tei's 1998 album Sound Museum. The song is a collaboration with Australian singer Kylie Minogue. At the time, Tei was best known as one of the DJs behind New York club sensations Deee-Lite, having produced their biggest hit "Groove Is In The Heart" (and appearing in the promotional video, from which some audio blips were re-used on this single); Minogue meanwhile was going through a difficult point in her musical career - critics were praising her musical ventures on the Deconstruction Records, but the public were failing to warm to it, particularly the Impossible Princess album. Minogue decided to add vocals to the song and the result is probably the most avant-garde entry in her entire discography (and probably the most unknown).

Music video

By far, "GBI" is one of Minogue's strangest videos to date. The video follows Kylie throughout New York City as she is decked out in a full Geisha outfit and make-up and towards the climax of which the singer was collared like a dog and carried by a Japanese man on a leash. It was directed by then-boyfriend Stéphane Sednaoui. Again, the video fails to appear on any Minogue compilation, although a remixed version of it appears on the "Fever Tour" DVD, released in 2002. The video can be seen on Stéphane Sednaoui's website and on YouTube.

The song itself is based around the font name German Bold Italic. The font is seen on the single cover, and was included as a bonus feature on the CD single and the enhanced CD version of the Sound Museum album.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "GBI: German Bold Italic".

UK CD1 & JP CD2

GBI (Radio Edit) – 03:31
GBI (Sharp Boys Deee-Liteful Dub) – 08:58
Boldline (Non-Kylie track) – 02:40

UK MC

GBI (Radio Edit) – 03:31
GBI (Album Version) – 06:58

UK CD2

GBI (Radio Edit) – 03:31
GBI (Album Version) – 06:58

OZ CD & JP CD2

GBI (Intro) – 00:26
GBI (Album Mix) – 04:17
GBI (Ebony Boogie Down Mix) – 05:14
BMT SP-1200 Remix (Non-Kylie track)
GBI (Rekut/DJ Krust Mix) – 08:15
GBI (German Bold Light Mix) – 02:49

JP 2x12"

GBI (Album Mix) – 04:17
GBI Kylie-Pella) – 01:40
BMT SP-1200 Remix (Non-Kylie track)
Boldline (Non-Kylie track) – 02:40
GBI (Ebony Boogie Down Mix) – 05:14
GBI (Rekut/DJ Krust Mix) – 08:15

Live performances

Minogue performed the song as Dance Interlude in KylieFever2002.

Charts

It spawned numerous remixes and also fared well in Japan, while in Australia and the United Kingdom the song was not a commercial hit, reaching number 63 in the United Kingdom and number 50 in Australia. To further compound its ignominy, it was not released on any Minogue album or compilation, possibly because it was property of the Athrob label. Melbourne-based DJ Wilde Rose was the first to play this song on Australian radio after receiving an advance copy from Kylie herself. To this day they remain good friends.

Chart (1998)	Peak position^[1]
UK Singles Chart	63
Australian Singles Chart	50
Japan Singles Chart	20

References

↑ "World Chart Positions". SloKylie.com: The Slovenian Kylie Page. Retrieved July 11, 2006.

External links

Official site

Towa Tei

As Towa Tei

Studio albums	Future Listening! (1995) Sound Museum (1998) Last Century Modern (1999) Flash (2005) Big Fun (2009) Sunny (2011)

Remix albums	Lost Control Mix (2000)

Songs	"GBI (German Bold Italic)" "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" "Let Me Know" "Sometime Samurai"

As Sweet Robots
Against The Machine

Studio albums	Sweet Robots Against the Machine (1999)

Related topics

Deee-Lite

Kylie Minogue songs

Singles discography

Kylie	"I Should Be So Lucky" "The Loco-Motion" "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" "It's No Secret" "Got to Be Certain" "Turn It into Love"

Enjoy Yourself	"Hand on Your Heart" "Wouldn't Change a Thing" "Never Too Late" "Tears on My Pillow" "Especially for You"

Rhythm of Love	"Better the Devil You Know" "Step Back in Time" "What Do I Have to Do" "Shocked"

Let's Get to It	"Word Is Out" "Give Me Just a Little More Time" "Finer Feelings" "If You Were with Me Now" "I Guess I Like It Like That"

Greatest Hits	"What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)" "Celebration"

Kylie Minogue	"Confide in Me" "Put Yourself in My Place" "Where Is the Feeling?"

Impossible Princess	"Too Far" "Cowboy Style" "Some Kind of Bliss" "Did It Again" "Breathe"

Light Years	"Spinning Around" "On a Night Like This" "Your Disco Needs You" "Please Stay" "Butterfly" "Kids"

Fever	"Can't Get You Out of My Head" "In Your Eyes" "Love at First Sight" "Come into My World"

Body Language	"Slow" "Red Blooded Woman" "Chocolate"

Ultimate Kylie	"I Believe in You" "Giving You Up"

X	"2 Hearts" "Wow" "In My Arms" "Speakerphone" "All I See" "The One"

Aphrodite	"All the Lovers" "Get Outta My Way" "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" "Aphrodite" "Better than Today"

The Abbey Road Sessions	"Flower"

Kiss Me Once	"Into the Blue" "I Was Gonna Cancel" "Sexercize" "Beautiful"

Kylie + Garibay	"Black and White"

Kylie Christmas	"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "Winter Wonderland" "Christmas Wrapping" "Only You" "Every Day's Like Christmas" "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter" "Let It Snow" "2000 Miles" "Santa Baby" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "100 Degrees"

Other songs	"Keep on Pumpin' It" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" "GBI (German Bold Italic)" "Sometime Samurai" "Lhuna" "Everybody Hurts" "Higher" "Timebomb" "Skirt" "Whistle" "Limpido" "Crystallize" "Right Here, Right Now" "The Other Boys"

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