"Read My Lips" is a song written by Tony King and Roy Nicolson, produced by Leon Berger for Australian singer

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's first album, ''

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'' (1992). It was released as the album's first single in Australia on 20 May 1991, while Melissa was starring as Nikki Spencer on the Australian

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'' E Street''. It became her first and only number-one hit when it topped the Australian

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in July 1991.

Chart performance

"Read My Lips" was the only number-one hit in 1991 by a solo female Australian singer and was nominated for two

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. The song debuted on the Australian

on 3 June 1991 at number 41. After six weeks of being in the charts, the song had made its way to number one, knocking " The Grease Megamix" off the top spot. It stayed there for another week but then was dethroned by "

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. "Read My Lips" became

's highest-selling single of her career, spending 18 weeks in the top 50 and 21 weeks in the top 100. The single was certified platinum by

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(ARIA), becoming the sixth-highest-selling single for 1991. "Read My Lips" won the ARIA Award for "Highest Selling Single" for 1992.Melissa Awards data
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Track listings

Australian 7-inch, CD, and cassette single # "Read My Lips" – 3:48 # "Say Goodbye" – 4:59 Australian 12-inch single :A1. "Read My Lips" :B1. "Say Goodbye" :B2. "Read My Lips"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales and certifications

References

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