Underwater (Mika song)

"Underwater"
Single by Mika
from the album The Origin of Love
Released	23 November 2012
Format	Digital download, CD single
Recorded	2012
Genre	Pop
Length	3:08
Label	Barclay, Casablanca
Writer(s)	Mika, Littlemore, Paul Steel
Producer(s)	Greg Wells, Mika
Mika singles chronology
"Celebrate" (2012) "Underwater" (2012) "Origin of Love" (2012)

"Underwater" is a song by singer-songwriter Mika, released as the album's third single in France, and the second single in Europe from his third studio album, The Origin of Love.

Background

The single peaked at #12 in France. The single will not be released in the United Kingdom, and instead, the single's artwork was adapted for the British equivalent single release, "Origin of Love".

The song was featured in a Swatch Scuba Libre Collection TV Commercial advert,^[1] becoming one of the most successful singles.

Music Video

The music video for the track was released on YouTube on 21 November 2012. It was filmed in Los Angeles during the third week of October, and premiered on 21 November 2012, just two days' before the single's official release.^[2]

The music video features Mika out in an ocean of cloth on a small makeshift boat, as he floats around as the waves slowly gets choppier over time, having a burlap sack filled with glowing orbs, however as the waves gets choppier, a rope snaps from the boat, forcing Mika to keep his mast up as it gets worse, some of his treasures fall into the ocean too, as the waves become unstable for the boat, the burlap sack and Mika fall into the ocean, as he then sees sea people who dance around him distracting him, however as they do, the ropes from the mast gets tangled around Mika's body as one of the sea people snatches the burlap sack from Mika, swimming away as Mika "drowns" from being underwater as he sinks downwards.

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3]	68
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[4]	7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5]	27
France (SNEP)[6]	12
Germany (Official German Charts)[7]	46
Italy (FIMI)[8]	14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	25

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Italy (FIMI)[10]	Gold	15,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. "YouTube". YouTube.
2. "@mikasounds: On my way to the airport for ..". Twitter. Mika's official profile. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Mika – Underwater" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
4. "Ultratop.be – MIKA – Underwater" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
5. "Ultratop.be – MIKA – Underwater" (in French). Ultratop 50.
6. "Lescharts.com – MIKA – Underwater" (in French). Les classement single.
7. "Musicline.de – Mika Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
8. "Archivio - Top Digital Download - Classifica settimanale WK 26 (dal 24-06-2013 al 30-06-2013)" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Mika – Underwater". Swiss Singles Chart.
10. "Italian single certifications – MIKA – Underwater" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter MIKA in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically