The Best Damn Thing (song)
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"The Best Damn Thing" is the fourth single off Canadian singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne's third studio album The Best Damn Thing. It has been confirmed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment Germany that it would be released on June 13 in Germany, but the official release dates for all other countries still remain unknown. It has been released to Australian radio during the year of 2008, and has been added to radio countdown The Hot Hits.
Track listing
- The Best Damn Thing/Basic (see reference 1)
- The Best Damn Thing 3:09
- Sk8er Boi (MSN Control Room)
- The Best Damn Thing/Premium[3]
- The Best Damn Thing 3:09
- Girlfriend (MSN Control Room) 4:06
- Innocence (MSN Control Room) 3:51
- Hot (MSN Control Room) 3:49
- Losing Grip (MSN Control Room) 4:10
Music video
On a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Avril Lavigne revealed that the concept for the music video would be "Like a film of comedy, it has some funny scenes and a cute story about me wanting my 'Prince Charming'".
The video was directed by Wayne Isham and was filmed on February 28, 2008. The official video premiered on TRL Italy on April 4, 2008.
The video shows Lavigne as a cheerleader with back up dancers, in a light blue dress wearing a short pink wig, and in a black and pink room performing with her band. She played the drums towards the end of the video while wearing a T-shirt which displayed her clothing line logo "Abbey Dawn". Along with her brother Matthew, her former band members Evan Taubenfeld and Devin Bronson also made an appearance in the video. The video premiered on Imeem on April 9, 2008, in which Lavigne herself introduced the video[4].
Chart performance
So far in Canada, 2 stations have added the track and it is in the Top 90 in airplay. Though it had no physical release to date, it charted at number 7 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart and at number 76 on the Canadian Hot 100 Chart, though it has since descended on the chart considerably. The music video also peaked at 5 on the Australian iTunes Chart. The song has had no promotional appearances due to Avril being on tour.
Charts
| Chart 2008 | Peak position |
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| German Top 100[5] | 64 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[6] | 51 |
| Argentinian Singles Chart[7] | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100[8] | 91 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[9] | 7 |
| Canadian Hot 100 [10] | 76 |
| Chilean Singles Chart[11] | 21 |
| Poland Singles Chart [12] | 53 |
| Singapore Chart Attack | 15 |
| Philippines Hot 100[13] | 15 |
| Lithuanian Airplay Chart[14] | 36 |
| Portugal Singles Top 50[15] | 23 |
| Costa Rica (Los 40) [16] | 25 |
| MTV Asia Chart Attack[citation needed] | 1 |
| Philippines Myx International Top 20[17] | 4 |
References
- ^ TBDT Basic (5" SCD): SONY BMG - Avril Lavigne - Diskografie (=discography) (German)
- ^ Avril Lavigne in Concert on MSN Music
- ^ TBDT Premium (5"): SONY BMG - Avril Lavigne - Diskografie (German)
- ^ Avril lavigne's profile on Imeem
- ^ Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing: German Top 100 on viva.tv
- ^ Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing - austriancharts.at
- ^ Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing Top 40 Argentina
- ^ Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing Billboard Pop 100
- ^ Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing Billboard Bubbling Under
- ^ "The Best Damn Thing" Canadian Hot 100
- ^ Chilean Singles Chart. Issue date: July 12, 2008. Retrieved on July 1, 2008.
- ^ "The Best Damn Thing" Poland National Top 50 - Bubbling Under
- ^ "The Best Damn Thing" Philippines Hot 100
- ^ "The Best Damn Thing" Lithuanian Charts Company
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.los40.co.cr/lalista.asp
- ^ [2]
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