Chocolate

"Chocolate"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Body Language
B-side	"City Games"
Released	June 28, 2004 (2004-06-28) (see Release history)
Format	CD single (worldwide) Vinyl single (UK)
Recorded	El Cortijo Studios, Spain
Genre	Pop, dance, R&B
Length	5:00 (Album Version) 4:02 (Radio Edit)
Label	Parlophone Mushroom
Writer(s)	Karen Poole Johnny Douglas
Producer	Johnny Douglas
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Red Blooded Woman" (2004) "Chocolate" (2004) "I Believe in You" (2004) Alternate Cover UK CD2

"Chocolate" is a slow pop–dance song written by British songwriters Karen Poole and Johnny Douglas for Kylie Minogue's ninth studio album Body Language (2003). It also was produced by Douglas and received a mixed reception from music critics. The song was released as the album's third single in the summer of 2004 (see 2004 in music) and reached number-one in the Ukraine and Chile, and the top ten in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and the United Kingdom, where it became Minogue's twenty-seventh top ten single.

An early version of "Chocolate" included a rap by Ludacris but wasn't used on the final mix. A one-minute clip was leaked in July 2006 onto the Internet.

Music video

The music video for "Chocolate" was noted for its tribute to musicals of the 1950s.

"Chocolate" featured a music video that was directed by Dawn Shadforth and was filmed on June 6 and 7, 2004 in London, England, with rehearsals six days before filming began. The video features the song's single edit and Minogue performing several jazz dance numbers in a studio-theater with back-up dancers. The video is a tribute to the MGM musicals of the 1950s, and saw Minogue reunite with choreographer Michael Rooney whom she had previously worked with on the video for her hit single "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (2001).

The video was a minor hit on music channels. Although it could not match the success of its predecessors the video was a top twenty hit in the UK, reaching number eleven on the TV airplay chart and number thirteen on MTV's Europe Top 20 countdown.

The version of the song used in the music video (as also heard on radio) was re-recorded to be shorter than the actual album track. This included an altered instrumental with newer vocals to echo a more Pop sound in retrospect to the album's more R&B vibe.

Live Performances

Kylie performed the song on the following concert tours:

• Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour
• Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour

The song was also performed on:

• Money Can't Buy 2003 TV Concert

Release history

Chart performance

On June 28, 2004, "Chocolate" was released in the United Kingdom. The song became Minogue's twenty-seventh top ten single when it debuted at number six on the singles chart, and spent a total of seven weeks in the top seventy-five. Outside of the UK, the song was a modest success. It reached number fourteen in Italy, and charted well outside the top twenty in France, Germany and Ireland. Airplay was limited and the song was unable to break into the top twenty in many territories.

On July 12, 2004, "Chocolate" was released in Australia to minimal success only reaching number fourteen on the singles chart. It spent a total of 4 weeks in the top 50, becoming Minogue's first single to chart outside the top ten since "Your Disco Needs You" in 2001.

Charts

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Chocolate".

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Chocolate":^[3]

• Kylie Minogue – lead vocals
• Johnny Douglas - production, mixing, all instruments, backing vocals
• Karen Poole - backing vocals
• Dave Clews - programming, protools, vocal engineering
• A Guevara - MC
• Geoff Pesh - mastering

References