{{Short description|2003 single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor}} {{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = Mixed Up World | cover = Mixedupworld.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Sophie Ellis-Bextor | album = Shoot from the Hip | B-side = The Earth Shook the Devil's Hand | released = {{start date|2003|10|13|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = 3:44 | label = Polydor | writer = * Sophie Ellis-Bextor * Gregg Alexander * Matt Rowe | producer = * Gregg Alexander * Matt Rowe | prev_title = Music Gets the Best of Me | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = I Won't Change You | next_year = 2003 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|jSTSgmZDspU|"Mixed Up World"}}}} }} "'''Mixed Up World'''" is a song by British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, released on 13 October 2003 as the lead single from her second studio album, ''Shoot from the Hip'' (2003). Written by Bextor, Gregg Alexander and Matt Rowe, it was produced by both Alexander and Rowe, it reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart and was especially successful in Denmark, where it debuted and peaked at number three.
Lyrically, the song is about Bextor trying to navigate life in a world which is mixed up, with Bextor saying that the song was partially influenced by the Iraq war which she claimed left her "feeling powerless", with the song trying to "find joy in a world that suddenly seemed heavy and cynical".<ref name="Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Mixed Up World - Can't Stop The Pop"/> It has sold more than 35,000 copies in the UK.<ref name="Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Mixed Up World - Can't Stop The Pop">{{cite web |last1=Herman |first1=Craig |title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Mixed Up World - Can't Stop The Pop |url=https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2023/10/09/sophie-ellis-bextor-mixed-up-world/ |website=Can't Stop the Pop |access-date=25 April 2026 |date=9 October 2023}}</ref> The music video for the song features various dancers wearing a mix of bright and dark colours.
In 2024, the Official Charts Company ranked "Mixed Up World" as the 10th best–selling song by Ellis–Bextor in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Official biggest songs revealed |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sophie-ellis-bextor-biggest-songs/ |website=Officialcharts.com |access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref>
==Music video== The music video, directed by Rupert Jones, features men in bowler hats as Ellis-Bextor moves between giant black and white punctuation marks. It was the first video that shows her hair dyed blond. A short clip from the video was featured in an ad on Australia's VH1 channel in June 2006.
In a review of the song, ''Can't Stop the Pop'' claimed that the music video for "Mixed Up World" did not entirely reflect the lyrical nature of the song, claiming that whilst the song portrays "a sense of uncertainty", the music video does not visually portray this as a result of it having a "clear yet unrelated concept" which they claimed was "perfectly aligned to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s slightly offbeat, avant-garde image".<ref name="Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Mixed Up World - Can't Stop The Pop"/>
==Track listings== '''UK CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Mixed Up World|year=2003|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=9812108}}</ref> # "Mixed Up World" – 3:49 # "Mixed Up World" (Groove Collision vocal mix) – 6:38 # "The Earth Shook the Devil's Hand" – 2:42 # "Mixed Up World" (CD Rom) – 3:49
'''UK cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Mixed Up World|year=2003|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Polydor Records|id=9812109}}</ref> # "Mixed Up World" – 3:49 # "Mixed Up World" (Groove Collision vocal mix) – 6:38 # "The Earth Shook the Devil's Hand" – 2:42
'''European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Mixed Up World|year=2003|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=981 211-0}}</ref> # "Mixed Up World" – 3:49 # "Mixed Up World" (Groove Collision vocal mix) – 6:38
'''European 12-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Mixed Up World|year=2003|type=European 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Polydor Records|id=389 378-1}}</ref> :A1. "Mixed Up World" (Groove Collision vocal mix) :B1. "Mixed Up World" (Groove Collision instrumental mix) :B2. "Mixed Up World" (radio edit)
'''Australian CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Mixed Up World|year=2003|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=9813293}}</ref> # "Mixed Up World" – 3:49 # "Take Me Home" (Sneaker Pimps remix) – 4:41 # "Murder on the Dancefloor" (Phunk Investigation vocal mix) – 8:34 # "Get Over You" (Almighty Pop'd Up mix) – 7:14 # "Music Gets the Best of Me" (Flip & Fill remix) – 6:05
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2003) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australia|32|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Mixed Up World|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|Austria|44|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Mixed Up World|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|Flanders Tip|8|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Mixed Up World|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|9|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Mixed Up World|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|Denmark|3|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Mixed Up World|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|Germany|69|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Mixed Up World|songid=5838|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- !scope="row"|Hungary (Editors' Choice Top 40)<ref>{{cite web |title=2003/46. heti Editors' Choice Top 40 slágerlista |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/editors-choice-radios-jatszasi-lista/2003/46 |publisher=MAHASZ|language=hu|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref> |24 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|26|song=Mixed Up World|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|76|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Mixed Up World|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- !scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10097.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 46, saptamina 1.12 – 7.12, 2003|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050220101620/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10097.html|archive-date=20 February 2005|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref> |56 |- {{single chart|Scotland|11|date=20031025|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|45|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=Mixed Up World|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|UK|7|date=20031025|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2019}} |}
==Sales== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|nocert=true|salesamount=35,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sophie-online.net/en/sfth_album.php|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor @ Sophie-Online.net • Your 24/7 resource for all things Sophie Ellis-Bextor|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505044605/http://www.sophie-online.net/en/sfth_album.php|archive-date=5 May 2008|access-date=21 July 2008}}</ref>|access-date=19 December 2019}} |}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |13 October 2003 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |rowspan="2"|Polydor |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=11 October 2003}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Australia |20 October 2003 |CD |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue713.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 20/10/2003|publisher=ARIA|page=25|date=20 October 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031106130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20031107-0000/Issue713.pdf|archive-date=6 November 2003|access-date=26 June 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |}
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