"Look at Me" | ||||||||
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Single by Geri Halliwell | ||||||||
from the album Schizophonic | ||||||||
Released | 10 May 1999 | |||||||
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Recorded | 1998 | |||||||
Genre | Pop, jazz-pop | |||||||
Length | 4:33 (album version) 4:08 (single version) |
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Label | EMI | |||||||
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Producer(s) | Absolute | |||||||
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"Look at Me" is a song by British singer-songwriter, Geri Halliwell. Written by Halliwell, Paul Wilson and Andy Watkins, it was released on 10 May 1999 as the first single from Halliwell's debut solo album Schizophonic. It peaked at number two at the UK Singles Chart, and at number three in both Australia and Canada. To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Top of the Pops, Party in the Park, Wetten Dass, Tickled Pink,Tapis Rouge, Musica Si, Festival Bar 1999, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Graine de Star and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Reception for "Look at Me" was mostly positive. BBC News described the song as "undeniably catchy", and compared the performance to Shirley Bassey as "the queen of the scene flanked by a posse of subservient men", and adding that it "has shades of The Lady Is a Vamp". Almusic deemed the song "upbeat", "self-conscious", and "silly". the song was selected as the only post-Spice Girls song to be featured in the jukebox musical Viva Forever! in its entirety; producer Judy Craymer said "“It’s a very diva-like song and perfect for the hard world of television and its judges who we portray as the gods on Mount Olympus”".
"Look at Me" was released in the United Kingdom on 10 May 1999. Since Halliwell had chosen "Look at Me" as the first single from Schizophonic and because she felt as though the song was going to return her to the mainstream market, it was released the same week as Boyzone's "You Needed Me". In early 1999, Boyzone were at the height of their success with five UK number-ones, however, Halliwell was confident that "Look at Me" would reach number-one. Although more transactions were made of the "Look at Me" single, two CD singles of "You Needed Me" were released in order for fans to purchase both and ensure that Boyzone made it to the number-one position.