Misery Business
2007 single by Paramore / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Misery Business" is a song by American rock band Paramore from their second studio album, Riot! (2007) and serves as the lead single from the album. The song was written about a past experience of the band's lead singer, Hayley Williams, which involved a male friend who she felt was being exploited by a girl; when Williams and her friend dated afterwards, she wrote the track in order to "finally explain my side of the story and feel freed of it all". The accompanying music video for "Misery Business" was the third to be directed by Shane Drake for the band, and Alternative Press named "Misery Business" the Video of the Year in 2007.
"Misery Business" | ||||
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Single by Paramore | ||||
from the album Riot! | ||||
B-side |
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Released | June 4, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Studio | The House of Loud (New Jersey) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:31 | |||
Label | Fueled by Ramen | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | David Bendeth | |||
Paramore singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Misery Business" on YouTube | ||||
"Misery Business" is considered the band's breakthrough hit and is credited with introducing the band to a mainstream audience.[8][9][10] The track was commercially successful, peaking on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 26 (for the week of January 12, 2008), making it the band's highest-charting single until "Ain't It Fun" reached No. 10 in 2014.[11] It also peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was the group's first charting single in the UK with more than 20,000 copies created within less than a year of the song's debut. It also succeeded in many countries including Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. On June 2, 2022, the song was certified six times platinum in the United States, the first of the band's songs to have sold six million units.[12]