I'm Not Dead

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I'm Not Dead

I'm Not Dead is the fourth album by pop singer Pink, released in North America on April 4, 2006; it was released a day earlier in most other territories. Pink worked with producers billymann, Josh Abraham, Swedish hit maker Max Martin, and Luke Gottwald, Butch Walker and Mike Elizondo co-wrote the tracks, which range from the intrinsically personal to political. The album was originally titled Long Way to Happy, after the song of the same name, but Pink changed her mind because she thought I'm Not Dead made a stronger statement that this was a comeback album. The album yielded six singles: "Stupid Girls", "Who Knew", "U + Ur Hand", "Nobody Knows", "Dear Mr. President" and "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)".

1 History
2 Track listing
3 Sales and Certifications
4 Trivia
5 Shop
6 Reviews
7 External Links

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History

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Release and chart performance

The album was leaked to file sharing networks on March 25, eleven days before its release date, most likely from a promotional CD. On March 28 the official website of MTV previewed the album in a section titled The Leak, where one can listen to an album one week before it comes out in stores. The album sold 126,000 copies in its first week in the U.S. and debuted at number six, a higher debut position than those of Pink's last two albums, M!ssundaztood (2001) and Try This (2003); however, first-week sales for I'm Not Dead were lower. I'm Not Dead was initially Pink's lowest seller in the U.S., and exited the Billboard 200 after just twenty-three weeks. It reappeared at number 198 in late December 2006 and has stayed in the chart ever since; as of June 23 2007, it had sold just over 800,000 copies and was at number forty-five on the chart. It has been certified platinum.

I'm Not Dead debuted at number three in the United Kingdom and has not left the top fifty since its release. The album was the ninth best-selling album of 2006 in the UK, with over 848,000 copies sold, and it was certified three times (900,000 copies) platinum in January 2007. By May 20 2007 the album had surpassed sales of over one million. As of August 26 2007, I'm Not Dead was at number 21 on the UK album chart.

In Australia, after twenty-six weeks of release, it ascended to number one to become Pink's first number-one album. As of August 2007 it was certified eight times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association with 560,000 copies shipped. It has become the most successful album in Australia for Pink. I'm Not Dead was the second best selling album of 2006 in Australia, and the number-one selling album by an American or a female artist. The album is highly tipped to take out top honours for the number one album of 2007. It has spent sixty-eight weeks in the top fifty and forty weeks in the top five, and is the album with the longest stay in the top ten of the decade. On its sixty-first week on the Australian ARIA chart, I'm Not Dead repositioned itself at number one. After its sixty-seventh week in the top ten, the album is behind only Shania Twain's Come on Over, which spent seventy-eight weeks in the top ten.

In Canada the album debuted at number two with 13,000 copies sold in its first week. It has sold over 100,000 copies and was certified platinum. In New Zealand the album reached number one on the week of the 28th July. It was the album's 37th week on the chart, despite being released over a year earlier. In the rest of the world the album performed well, reaching the top ten in eighteen countries and number one in Germany, and being certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in more than seventeen countries. The album had a positive critical reception, receiving a 70/100 score on Metacritic.

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Singles

Before "Stupid Girls" was chosen as the album's lead single, videos were shot for it and "U + Ur Hand", which became the third single. Released in February–March 2006, "Stupid Girls" reached number thirteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100; becoming Pink's biggest hit since 2002 — and the top five in the UK and Australia. It was the subject of considerable discussion, with Pink attending The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss what she called the "stupid girl epidemic"; in the song she deplores the lack of good role models for girls while encouraging them to cultivate independence. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance"

"Who Knew" was released as the second single in May 2006 and initially failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but it later debuted at number ninety-five in March 2007. It was re-released in the U.S. in June 2007, and reached number twelve at the end of August 2007. It reached the top ten in other countries, including Australia and the UK. It received a Golden Tape in Germany for being number one on MTV's Total Request Live for twenty days. The music video for the next single, "U + Ur Hand", reached number one on MTV's Total Request Live in America; the single itself took three months to chart on the Hot 100 and peaked at number nine in April 2007. It reached the top twenty across most of Europe and Australia during August–September 2006. The fourth single, "Nobody Knows", was released outside the U.S. in November and reached the top forty in the UK and Australia.

The song "Dear Mr. President" attracted publicity, and there was popular belief that it would be released as a single. During a promotional visit to Australia, Pink appeared on the TV show Rove Live and said that the track would never be released commercially, despite unexpected radio airplay in some markets. Pink mentioned during a radio interview in Seattle on Kiss 106.1 that she would not release "Dear Mr. President" as a single because she didn't want people to think it was a publicity stunt. In Belgium an acoustic version of the song was released as a download-able single in late 2006, and it reached number one on the Ultratop chart. In the UK "Dear Mr. President" was released as a download-only single with "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)". It reached the UK top forty, also charting in the top five in Australia. "Dear Mr. President" became the fifth top five hit in Australia from I'm Not Dead.

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Tour

Pink began her North American I'm Not Dead Tour on June 24 2006 in Chicago, and it ended in Dallas (Texas) after twenty shows. She started her European tour on September 8 of the same year in Istanbul; it ran for fifty-two shows and was scheduled to end in Milan on December 21. A DVD of a concert on this leg of the tour, Pink: Live from Wembley Arena, was released in April 2007. In 2007 Pink headed back to the U.S. to accompany Justin Timberlake on his FutureSex/LoveShow tour. She began her sold-out Australian tour in April 2007, and additional dates were scheduled to meet high demand. The Australian leg of the tour was finally set at a record-breaking thirty-five shows, selling around 307,000 tickets. It became the most successful tour by a female artist in Australia. Pink broke another record by being the only female artist to play seven sold-out shows in Sydney.

Sony BMG Australia released a special tour edition of I'm Not Dead on March 17, 2007. It contains the original album including two bonus tracks and a DVD that features live performances and music videos.

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Track listing

"Stupid Girls" (Pink, Billy Mann, Robin Mortensen Lynch) – 3:17
"Who Knew" (Pink, Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald) – 3:28
"Long Way to Happy" (Pink, Butch Walker) – 3:49
"Nobody Knows" (Mann, Pink) – 3:59
"Dear Mr. President" (Pink, Mann) featuring Indigo Girls – 4:33
"I'm Not Dead" (Pink, Mann) – 3:46
"'Cuz I Can" (Pink, Martin, Gottwald) – 3:43
"Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" (Pink, Walker) – 3:18
"U + Ur Hand" (Pink, Martin, Gottwald, Rami Yacoub) – 3:34
"Runaway" (Pink, Mann) – 4:23
"The One That Got Away" (Pink, Mann) – 4:42
"I Got Money Now" (Pink, Mike Elizondo) – 3:55
"Conversations with My 13 Year Old Self" (Pink, Mann) – 3:50
"Fingers" (Pink, Mann, Christopher Rojas) – 4:13 (non-U.S. bonus track; includes thirty seconds of silence on non-UK version)
"Centerfold" (Pink, Greg Kurstin, Cathy Dennis) – 3:20 (UK bonus track, with seventeen seconds of silence)
"I Have Seen the Rain" (James T. Moore) featuring James T. Moore – 3:29 (hidden track)

Bonus DVD - DualDisc DVD side

Entire Album in 5.1 Surround Sound & Enhanced Stereo
Preview of the Live in Europe Concert DVD
Interview with P!nk
P!nk Presents: The Stupid Girls
"Stupid Girls" music video
"Stupid Girls" outtakes & bonus photos

Australian Tour Edition - CD/DVD set

14. "Fingers" (non-U.S bonus)

15. "I Have Seen the Rain"

16. "Who Knew" (Bimbo Jones radio edit) marked as no. 15 on album cover

17. "U + Ur Hand" (Beatcult remix) marked as no. 16 on album cover

"Stupid Girls" – video
"Who Knew" – video
"U + Ur Hand" – video
"Nobody Knows" – video
"Dear Mr. President" – live video
"Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" – live video
"Stupid Girls" – making the video
"U + Ur Hand" – making the video

Single B-sides

"Heartbreaker" ("Stupid Girls")
"Disconnected" ("Who Knew")
"Crash & Burn" ("U + Ur Hand")
"Words" ("Nobody Knows")

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Sales and Certifications

Country	Peak Position	Certification	Total Sales
Australia	1	8x Platinum	600,000
Austria	1	Platinum	30,000
Germany	1	3x Platinum	600,000
Europe	1	2x Platinum	2,000,000
Switzerland	1	2x Platinum	60,000
New Zealand	1	2x Platinum	30,000
Russia	1	2x Platinum	40,000
Canada	2	Platinum	100,000
Greece	2	-	-
UK	3	3x Platinum	1,145,500
Belgium	3	Platinum	50,000
Finland	3	Gold	16,005
Norway	4	-	-
Netherlands	5	-	-
U.S. (Billboard)	6	Platinum	1,223,973
Estonia	6	Gold	5,000
France	7	Platinum	245,400
Sweden	7	Gold	30,000
Hungary	9	Platinum	10,000
Ireland	9	3x Platinum	60,000
Denmark	13	Gold	15,000
Czech Republic	19	-	-
Japan	19	-	55,000
South Korea	20	-	2,000
Portugal	28	-	-
Italy	31	Gold	40,000
Poland	39	-	-
World (Mediatraffic)	2	2x Platinum	5,800,000 6,206,000 (+7,5)

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Awards

Year	Award	Category
2006	MTV Video Music Award	Best Pop Video for "Stupid Girls"
2006	Nominated for MTV Europe Music Award	Best Video for "Stupid Girls"

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Chart Toppers

Year	Song	The Billboard Hot 100	Hot Dance Airplay	Pop 100
2006	Stupid Girls	13	13	14
2006	Who Knew	9	10	4
2006	U + Ur Hand	9	1	5

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Credits

Performance Credits

Pink Primary Artist

Lee Levin Drums

Shawn Pelton Drums

Leon Pendarvis Conductor

Jeff Phillips Guitar

Roc Raida DJ

Amy Ray Background Vocals

Emily Saliers Guitar, Background Vocals

Andy Timmons Guitar

Butch Walker Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocals

Beth Cohen Background Vocals

Joey Waronker Drums

Billy Mann Guitar, Piano, Background Vocals

Dan Warner Electric Guitar

Robin Lynch Guitar

Max Martin Guitar

Mike Elizondo Guitar, Keyboards

Justin Meldal-Johnsen Bass

Geoff Zanelli Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar

Pete Wallace Guitar, Percussion, Piano

Steven Wolf Tambourine

Christopher Rojas Violin

Niklas Olsson Bass

Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald Guitar

Lasse Mårtén Drums

Rafael Moreira Guitar

Mylious Johnson Drums

Technical Credits

Daniel Chase drum programming

Al Clay Producer

Brian Malouf Engineer

Leon Pendarvis Orchestral Arrangements

Butch Walker Programming, Producer

Billy Mann Arranger, Producer, Engineer, drum programming

Jeri Heiden Art Direction

Tom Coyne Mastering

Max Martin Producer, drum programming, Instrumentation

Mike Elizondo Programming, Producer

Paul David Hager Engineer

Josh Abraham Producer, Engineer

Adam Hawkins Engineer

Josh Wilbur Engineer

John Hanes Digital Editing

Pete Wallace Engineer

Glen Nakasako Art Direction

Steven Wolf Programming

Christopher Rojas Engineer

Niklas Olsson drum programming

Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald drum programming, Instrumentation

Lasse Mårtén Engineer

Doug Tyo Engineer

Francesco Perlangeli Engineer

MachoPsycho Producer

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Trivia

The album was originally titled "Long Way to Happy", but P!nk changed her mind because she thought I'm Not Dead made a stronger statement that this was a comeback album.