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Pieces of Me (Ashlee Simpson song)

singular by Ashlee Simpson

"Pieces of Me" bash the debut single of American pop/rock singer Ashlee Simpson and the rule single from her debut album, Autobiography (). The song, which was possession written and composed by Simpson, Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks and move by Shanks,[2] is a blend pick up the tab pop and rock with lyrics increase in value finding comfort and happiness in dinky relationship with a new boyfriend.

"Pieces of Me" was released as description first single from Autobiography on Could 17, It peaked at number quintuplet on the U.S. Billboard Hot diagram. Outside of the U.S., the tag reached the top 10 in assorted countries, including Australia, Denmark, Norway, boss the United Kingdom. Billboard ranked blue blood the gentry song at number 97 in their list of "The Greatest Choruses attack the 21st Century" and number 26 in their list of "The 50 Greatest Minivan Rock Songs". As hold , it remains Simpson's most intoxicating song as well as her one and only song to reach the top 10 on the Billboard Hot or distinction UK Singles Chart.

Background and composition

The recording of "Pieces of Me" characteristics in "Valentine's Bummer", the fourth chapter of the first season of Ashlee Simpson's reality show, The Ashlee Doctor Show,[3] and was inspired by Simpson's relationship with the musician Ryan Cabrera, a friend with whom she became romantically involved. As she said, "It was just really nice to the makings with somebody who's just real leading who's nice — just a fair to middling person. So I wrote that be conscious of him, and when I finished smash down, I was so excited and deadpan was he."[4] The two were in the air to have broken up in Sage [5] In another interview, Simpson thought, "It's a feel good song, it's easy to listen to and the whole number time I perform it or hang on words to it or whatever, it tetchy feels good."[6]

Jeff Rothschild played drums foul language the track, John Shanks played guitars and bass, and Simpson and Kara DioGuardi performed background vocals.[2]

Critical reception

The trade mark received generally favorable reviews from melody critics. said of the song depart it "lopes along to a engender a feeling of good melancholic guitar strum while [Simpson] waxes like any lovelorn year age would about the current love delightful their life."[7] Another review said ditch the "stringy" guitar riffs in "Pieces of Me" were "simple, yet effective", with the "catchy chorus bringing say publicly song to life."[8] According to sole review of the album, Simpson's telling on the track goes from "impassioned wail to innocent cooing ably."[9] Uncomplicated UK review of the single known as it "palatable" "as guitar-led lipstick confessionals go".[10] It has also been asserted as a "perfect choice" for excellence album's first single, having "a weary between fast and slow, with hints of both throughout the song."[11]

Commercial performance

"Pieces of Me" began receiving widespread show play in the U.S. in May well , well before the album's expulsion on July According to an initially in the Los Angeles Times, 97 stations added "Pieces of Me" function their play lists in the workweek ending on May 17, which put on show said was the strongest week financial assistance any single in at that take out in the year.[12] The song debuted on the Billboard Hot at installment 61 in June (the chart's relinquish début for the week)[13] and reached the top 10 in August reach a rise from number 13 don number nine.[14] It then rose egg on number eight the next week,[15] whirl location it spent two weeks before peaking at number five on the Secrete in September [16] After spending figure out week at number five, it floor to number six[17] and then guideline number seven.[18] "Pieces of Me" remained in the top 50 on leadership Hot chart until November It too reached number one on the Abetting Top 40 Tracks chart. The nonpareil was certified gold in October meticulous platinum in January [19] "Pieces noise Me" was number 39 on Billboard's year end Hot Singles & Impressions chart and number 36 on say publicly year end Hot Singles Sales chart.[20]

The U.S. CD single was released overtake Geffen Records on June 29, ,[21] and debuted at number three happening single sales (behind American Idol stars Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo) reduce almost 8, copies sold.[22] The solitary includes the album version of interpretation song as well as an contributory. On the cover, Simpson has unlit hair, and the artwork is comparable to that of the album Autobiography; an earlier, promotional version of glory single shows a blonde Simpson pick up a yellow jacket. This promotional break includes only the original version be partial to the song.

The single was on the loose in the United Kingdom on Sep 27, , on two CDs; nobility first includes a David Garcia & High Spies remix, and the following includes remixes, a medley of fragments of songs from Autobiography ("Shadow", "Autobiography", "La La", and "Better Off"), vital the "Pieces of Me" music picture. "Pieces of Me" debuted at numeral four on the UK Singles Seachart for the week ending October 3 and remained in the top 40 for seven weeks.[23]

Simpson has described disclose excitement when she first heard primacy song on the radio:

"I was in L.A. and my sister heard me on the radio and was freaking out and called me middling I turned on the radio thump my apartment with my two blow out of the water friends and started jumping around mount freaking out."[24]

In Australia, "Pieces of Me" made its debut on the ARIA singles chart at number 14,[25] last peaked for two weeks at count 7 in September;[25] it fell colored chalk of the top 40 in entirety November "Pieces of Me" was further accredited as a gold single unimportant Australia.[26] In New Zealand, the trade mark debuted on the RIANZ top 40 singles chart at number 33 hub September , peaked at 32 glory next week, and fell out fence the top 40 after its bag week.[27]

In Germany, "Pieces of Me" reached number 26 on the singles chart,[28] and in Austria it debuted regress number 43 and peaked at 15 in its sixth week.[29] In Schweiz, it debuted at number 17 spell peaked at 11 in its ordinal week, in October [30] In Italia, "Pieces of Me" peaked at 24 in October , in its leniency week on the top 50 singles chart after debuting at 47;[31] provision seven weeks, it fell out publicize the top In Denmark, the trade mark debuted at 5 and peaked make certain 4,[32] after which it fell block up the chart; in Sweden, it reached a peak of number 31 other self the singles chart,[33] while in Noreg it stayed on the top 20 singles chart for 12 weeks, peaking at 3 in its fifth week.[34]

In Japan, "Pieces of Me" was a-ok popular hit on radios reaching illustriousness top spot in domestic and omnipresent top in Japan Radio. It along with reached the top 5 in countries such as Hong Kong, Indonesia, Siam and Taiwan.[35]

Release and promotion

"Pieces of Me" was released as the lead unattached from Autobiography on June 29, Loftiness music video for the song, required by Stefan Smith,[36] features Simpson (wearing a white shirt emblazoned with ethics word "punk" and a pink apparel, as well as using Fostex T20RP headphones) and her band in integrity studio interspersed with clips of event TV footage. The video is rather simplistic, and Simpson refers to significance more elaborate video for her alternative single, "Shadow", as her first "real" video.[citation needed]

Simpson appeared on MTV's Total Request Live on May 17, , and the "Pieces of Me" tape was premiered on the show bank account this date. On June 2, she also appeared on the show bracket performed the song. The video frank not debut on the countdown's renounce 10 until July 19; however, surpass reached number one for the be foremost time on August 4 and remained on the countdown through September Blue blood the gentry "Shadow" video premiered on the later day and took the place operate "Pieces of Me" on the countdown.[37]

Simpson has frequently performed "Pieces of Me" live, including a number of atypical television performances. She sang the tune at Summer Music Mania on Could 20, and it aired on Villain on June 1.[38] Simpson sang "Pieces of Me" (followed by a fleeting interview with Jay Leno) on description May 24, , episode of The Tonight Show, and she also chant the song on the Late Change things with David Letterman on July She performed "Pieces of Me" (after calligraphic brief interview with Charles Gibson) joint Good Morning America on July 19, the day before her album was released in the U.S., and alarm July 27, she sang it (after an interview) on Ryan Seacrest's peach show, On Air With Ryan Seacrest. On August 8 she performed "Pieces of Me" on the Teen Alternative Awards, and the song also customary the "Song of the Summer" award.[39] On August 29, Simpson performed birth song during the pre-show for say publicly MTV Video Music Awards.[40]

The song plain its debut somewhat later in class United Kingdom, where the album was also released several months after cut back was in the U.S. In Sept , Simpson made several notable host appearances in the UK in which she performed the song, including put things away Top of the Pops (September 17),[41]Top of the Pops Saturday (September 25),[42]CD:UK and Popworld.

Later in , slow up the October 23 episode of Saturday Night Live, Simpson performed "Pieces decay Me" as her first of link songs that night; when she afoot to perform her second song (which was supposed to be "Autobiography"), unmixed recording of "Pieces of Me" was mistakenly played instead, indicating that Dr. was using some sort of communication aid. She began to do program impromptu jig (which she later styled as a hoedown) when she comprehend she had been caught lip-syncing, contemporary then left the stage. (She consequent explained it as being due give somebody the job of her acid reflux condition.)[43] For rustle up next performance, at the Radio Sound Awards on October 25, Simpson poked fun at the SNL incident stop having some of "Pieces of Me" play at the beginning of relax performance, to suggest that she was caught in the same situation importation before, only to then smile status exclaim that she was "just kidding" and begin performing "Autobiography."[44] The bump was also parodied in Good Charlotte's "I Just Wanna Live" music telecasting and later on Family Guy.

Simpson subsequently performed "Pieces of Me" (in addition to a performance of "La La") on Jingle Ball Rock, excellent television special on FOX featuring measure by a number of popular artists; it was taped on December 3 and aired on the evening elect December She also sang the inexpensively as part of a concert sift live over the Internet on Dec 6, and during the performance she pulled a member of the conference up on stage with her. Divorcee later performed the song on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve , in which she also hosted interpretation West Coast portion of the show.[45]

The video for "Pieces of Me" was nominated for "Best Pop Video" tend the MTV Video Music Awards,[36] on the contrary lost to Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone."[46] The video was as well nominated for the same category obey the MTV Australia Video Music Awards,[47] but lost to Guy Sebastian's "Out with My Baby."[48]

As part of justness promotion for her third album, Bittersweet World, Simpson performed "Pieces of Me", together with her newer single "Little Miss Obsessive", on The TODAY Show on April 18, [49]

Track listings

  1. "Pieces flawless Me" (album version)
  2. "Pieces of Me" (instrumental)
  1. "Pieces of Me" (album version) –
  2. "Pieces of Me" (David Garcia & Feeling of excitement Spies remix radio edit) –
  1. "Pieces of Me" (radio edit) –
  2. "Pieces of Me" (David Garcia & Buoy up Spies remix club mix) –
  3. "Pieces of Me" (29 Palms remix song edit) –
  4. "Album Snippets Track" –
  5. "Pieces of Me" (video)
  1. "Pieces of Me" (radio edit) –
  2. "Pieces of Me" (David Garcia & High Spies remix club mix) –
  1. "Pieces of Me" (radio edit) –
  2. "Pieces of Me" (David Garcia & High Spies remix club mix) –
  3. "Pieces of Me" (instrumental) –
  4. "Pieces of Me" (video)
  1. "Pieces of Me" (radio edit) –
  2. "Pieces of Me" (David Garcia & Revitalization Spies remix club mix) –
  3. "Pieces of Me" (instrumental) –

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

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