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"Mysterious Girl"
One of the artworks used for the 1996 re-release
Single by Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx
from the album Natural and The Long Road Back
B-side	"Take Me Back" (1995) "Turn It Up" (extended mix) (1996)
Released	14 August 1995 (1995-08-14)
Genre	Cod reggae ragga pop
Length	3:39
Label	Melodian Mushroom (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Peter Andre Bubbler Ranx Ollie Jacobs Glen Goldsmith
Producer(s)	Ollie Jacobs
Peter Andre singles chronology
"Turn It Up" (1995) "Mysterious Girl" (1995) "Get Down on It" (1996)
"Kiss the Girl" (1998) "Mysterious Girl" (2004) "Insania" (2004)
Music video
"Mysterious Girl" on YouTube

"Mysterious Girl" is the second overall single and third British single from British singer-songwriter Peter Andre's second studio album, Natural (1996). The song was written by Glen Goldsmith, Philip Jackson, Ollie Jacobs and Andre, and produced by Jacobs & Mubs. It features guest vocals from Caribbean rapper Bubbler Ranx. It was first released as a single by Melodian Records in Australia on 14 August 1995 and was issued in the United Kingdom the same year, but it was not until a re-release in 1996 that the song became a commercial success there. The accompanying music video was filmed in Thailand.

During its original 1995–1996 release, "Mysterious Girl" peaked at number one in New Zealand and number two in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It was also a top-10 hit in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Sweden, and Switzerland. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the single reached number 11 in September 1996. In 2004, the song was once again re-released in Ireland and the UK, where it topped the UK Singles Chart following extensive promotion. In 2023, the Official UK Chart revealed that "Mysterious Girl" ranked as number 148 in their ranking of the best-selling singles of all time.

Critical reception

Clem Bastow from The Guardian described "Mysterious Girl" as "a perennial classic from that peculiarly mid-90s period where reggae and dancehall had invaded the pop charts. It holds its own (perhaps due to the guest spot from Caribbean rapper Bubbler Ranx) alongside Maxi Priest's 'That Girl', Shaggy's 'Oh Carolina' and Chaka Demus & Pliers' ebullient cover of 'Twist and Shout'." Daniel Booth from Melody Maker said it is "a slushy, mushy reggae mess that is as horrid as it is awful."

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote that "Andre's sunshine reggae single automatically conjures up tropical beaches, palm and coconut trees. As this summer seems to be without end, the chances look good for the Australian." A reviewer from Music Week gave the song three out of five, adding, "After patiently building a UK fanbase, Australian Andre could make the Top 10 with this pleasant reggae track." James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update described it as a "accomplished but derivative Chaka Demus & Pliers/UB40/Bitty McLean-ish catchy 85.9bpm pop-reggae roller".

Chart performance

The song reached the top of the charts in New Zealand and number eight in Australia, and it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Following a lengthy campaign on The Chris Moyles Show in 2004, and Andre's appearance on the British reality show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, the song was re-released as the first single from Andre's fourth studio album The Long Road Back, peaking at number one in February 2004. In Ireland, "Mysterious Girl" reached number three upon its initial release in 1996, but the 2004 reissue saw the song reach a new peak of number two.

Music video

Filmed in Thailand, the music video for "Mysterious Girl" depicts Ranx and Andre on a beach. There are montages of several women, Andre, and Ranx dancing in a lagoon shirtless and in their jeans. The video was shot on on the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand and a Swiss Thai model called Champagne X (her name is Champagne Inthachak), who was a big star at the time, also played as a model in this video. Andre is later seen dancing underneath a waterfall, a more iconic part of the video. Andre is last seen walking along the beach shirtless and later rolls in the sand as the sun sets. Clem Bastow from The Guardian wrote, "The video for the single was as much an advertisement for Andre’s personal trainer and spray-tan artist as it was a music video; the sight of him grooving in searingly blue tropical waters, proudly displaying his new look, was eye-popping (though not necessarily for the reasons he might have hoped)."

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

References

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