Merril Bainbridge

Merril Bainbridge is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter who debuted with the single, "Mouth", which peaked at number-one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the United States.

In 1994, Bainbridge released the single "Mouth" and her debut album The Garden in Australia. Other singles from the album included "Under the Water" which peaked at number four in Australia, "Power of One" and "Sleeping Dogs". At the ninth annual ARIA Awards, Bainbridge was nominated for five awards including "Best Pop Release", "Breakthrough Artist - Single", "Best New Talent", "Single of the Year" and "Best Female Artist".

In 1996, "Mouth" was released in the United States and debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-seven and after twelve weeks, the song peaked at number four. It spent a total of thirty weeks in the charts selling 600,000 copies and earning a gold single. The Garden was also released in the US in that year and debut on the Billboard 200 at number one hundred and sixty-one. "Mouth" was also  released in the United Kingdom in November 1996. "Under the Water" was released in the United States in 1997.

In 1998, Bainbridge released the album Between the Days and the first single "Lonely". Also, she released a cover of "I Got You Babe" featuring Shaggy and the song appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Welcome to Woop Woop.Other songs released from the album were "Between the Days" and "Walk on Fire".

In 1999, Bainbridge recorded "Sydney from a 747" which appeared on the soundtrack of the IMAX film Sydney - A Story of a City and was released as part of an official music compilation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic games.

In 2000, Bainbridge recorded "Friends" for the Australian film The Magic Pudding which is featured on its soundtrack. Bainbridge attempted a comeback in 2003 with the song "Girl Next Door" and an album which was untitled but the song failed to chart and the album was shelved.