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"Relax, Take It Easy"
Single by Mika from the album Life in Cartoon Motion
Released	2006 (EP) June 2007 July 2007 December 2007 (single)
Format	Digital download CD Single
Recorded	2006
Genre	Pop
Length	3:43
Label	Casablanca
Writer	Mika
Producer	Greg Wells
Mika singles chronology
"Relax, Take It Easy" (2006) "Grace Kelly" (2007)

"Relax, Take It Easy" is a 2006 and 2007 single by Mika, from his debut album Life in Cartoon Motion. In the UK, it failed to chart on its original limited 7" vinyl release, but after "Grace Kelly" topped the charts in January 2007, it managed to peak at #67 on the UK Downloads Chart because of download sales. The song makes use of a melody line from the Cutting Crew hit single "(I Just) Died in Your Arms".^[1]

The song became a hit in Poland where it reached #1 on the official Polish Airplay Chart.^[2]

Greek singer Tamta sang a remixed version of the song at the MAD Music Videos Awards. In North America, it was released as the third single.

The song will be released as Mika's sixth single release in the UK in stores on 31 December 2007 and for digital download on 24 December 2007 as a double A-side with "Lollipop".

Contents 1 Formats and track listings 2 Charts 3 References 4 External links

7" vinyl

• A. "Relax, Take It Easy"
• B. "Billy Brown"

12" vinyl

• A1. "Relax, Take It Easy (Ashley Beedle's Castro Vocal Mix)"
• B1. "Relax, Take It Easy (Ashley Beedle's Dub Discomix)"
• B2. "Relax, Take It Easy (Original Mix)"

European CD maxi single

1. "Relax, Take It Easy (Original)"
2. "Relax, Take It Easy (Aschley Beedle's Castro Vokal Discomix)"
3. "Relax, Take It Easy (Acoustic)"
4. "Relax, Take It Easy (Video)"

2-Tracks (Re-release)

1. "Relax, Take It Easy (New Radio Edit)"
2. "Lollipop"

Maxi (Re-release)

1. "Relax, Take It Easy"
2. "Lollipop (Live From L'Olympia Paris)"
3. "I Want You Back (Live From L'Olympia Paris)"
4. "Relax, Take It Easy (Dennis Christopher Remix Radio Edit)"
5. "Lollipop (Fred Deakin's Fredmix)"

USB Memory Strick (Re-release)

1. "Relax, Take It Easy (New Radio Edit)"
2. "Lollipop"
3. "Relax, Take It Easy (Alpha Beat Remix)"
4. "Relax, Take It Easy (Frank Musik Mix)"
5. "Relax, Take It Easy (Ashley Beedle's Castro Vocal Discomix)"
6. "Relax, Take It Easy (Live In Paris (5.1 Surround)"
7. "Lollipop (16:9 Bunny Action)"

On the week ending June 24, 2007, after its release on different parts of Europe, "Relax, Take it Easy" jumped from #102 to #19 (83 upward positions) in the Euro 200 charts.The following week it jumped 12 positions at #7.

The song also debuted at #12 on the week ending June 30, 2007, in the Billboard Euro Hot jumping to #8 the following week, at #4 on the 3rd week and at #2 on the 4th week, despite not being released in some other European countries such as the United Kingdom.

The song debuted at #39 on the week 25 of 2007 in the United World Chart with over 67,000 points jumping to #26 the following week with over 85,000 points, at #24 with 92,000 points on the 3rd week and at #16 with 123,000 points on the 4th week. In the first 19 weeks Relax, Take It Easy has sold more than 2.000.000 copies worldwide and has peaked at #14.

The song spent 2 weeks at #1 on the Belgian Ultratop Chart.

The song spent 7 weeks at #1 on the Dutch Top 40 Chart.

The song spent 15 weeks at #1 on the French download Chart.

Chart	Peak position
Austria Singles Chart[3]	2
Belgium Singles Chart[3]	1
Bulgaria Singles Chart	7
Billboard European Hot 100	2
Canadian Hot 100	15
Czech IFPI Chart[4]	1
Danish Airplay Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart[3]	1
Euro 200[5]	2
French Singles Chart[3]	1
Finland Singles Chart[3]	1
German Singles Chart[3]	4
Italian Singles Chart[6]	2
Lebanon Chart	1
Maltese Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart[3]	2
Portugal Singles Chart[7]	9
Romanian Top 100 Airplay Chart	1
Russian Airplay Chart	3
Sweden Singles Chart[3]	7
Switzerland Singles Chart[8]	2
UK Singles Chart	59
United World Chart[3]	14
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay	5

Preceded by "All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado	Poland Singles Chart number-one single (first run) February 25, 2007 - March 11, 2007	Succeeded by "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado
Preceded by "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado	Poland Singles Chart number-one single (second run) March 25, 2007	Succeeded by "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake
Preceded by "All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado	Czech IFPI Chart number-one single May 9, 2007 - May 15, 2007	Succeeded by "Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs
Preceded by "Double Je" by Christophe Willem	French Singles Chart number-one single July 7, 2007 - July 14, 2007	Succeeded by "Double Je" by Christophe Willem
Preceded by "Scars" by Stan Van Samang	Belgian Singles Chart number-one single July 28, 2007 - August 4, 2007	Succeeded by "Scars" by Stan Van Samang
Preceded by "Jij Bent Zo" by Jeroen Van Der Boom	Dutch Top 40 number-one single August 25, 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent

• Mika's official website
• Mika at MySpace

v • d • e Mika
Studio albums	Life in Cartoon Motion
Singles	"Relax, Take It Easy" • "Grace Kelly" • "Love Today" • "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" • "Happy Ending" "Lollipop/Relax, Take It Easy (re-release)" •
DVDs	Live In Cartoon Motion