What's Left of Me (song)

"What's Left of Me"
Single by Nick Lachey
from the album What's Left of Me
Released	February 21, 2006 (U.S.) January 29, 2007 (UK)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	Hollywood
Genre	Pop
Length	4:05
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Nick Lachey, Jess Cates, Emanuel Kiriakou, Lindy Robbins
Producer	Emanuel Kiriakou
Certification	Gold (ARIA)
Nick Lachey singles chronology
"This I Swear" (2003) "What's Left of Me" (2006) "I Can't Hate You Anymore" (2006)

"What's Left of Me" is a song originally recorded by American singer Nick Lachey, as first single of his second album, What's Left of Me. The ballad expresses how Lachey feels about the divorce situation with his ex-wife Jessica Simpson. To date, it is Lachey's most successful single as a solo artist.

The song has also been recorded by Leandro Lopes, winner of the first season of Brazilian reality television show Ídolos, and was released as Lopes's first single.

Song information

Jive Records artist Nick Lachey debuted his new single "What's Left of Me" on AOLMusic.com Friday, February 3 at 12:01 am ET. According to AOL, it was the No. 1 performing promo on AOLMusic.com's homepage since they started in-depth tracking. 89% of AOL Members who voted on the song gave it a positive rating.

The track's impacts on Top 40 radio occurred in March 2006, through Z-100 in New York, WPRO in Providence and KISS 108 in Boston had already added the song when Nick visited Z-100 on February 10, 2006 and the song has been getting Top 10 phones since.

Lachey performed the single with "Team Lachey" on the December 19, 2007 episode of Clash of the Choirs.

CD Single Track List

Europle CD Single Track List:

1. What's Left of Me (Album Version)
2. Don't Shut Me Out (Bonus Cut)
3. What's Left of Me (Passengerz Remix)
4. What's Left of Me (Jack D. Elliott Remix)

Music video

Lachey was documented on a MTV Special that was aired on April 22, 2006 called "What's Left of Me". Following the special, a Making The Video was aired, covering the production process. The clip itself was premiered to the world at the end of the show. The video features Vanessa Minnillo former Miss Teen USA, and former TRL VJ, who in the video clip assumingly plays the Jessica Simpson character.

As the video progresses, objects from the house begin to disappear, such as a laptop computer, a stereo, some pictures, furniture, and products inside the fridge. At the end of the video, the wedding ring that Vanessa is wearing on a necklace also disappears, and seconds later Vanessa disappears before Nick's eyes. A final shot of Nick standing on an empty house projects the theme of the song, and shows that there's nothing 'left of him'.

Many references to Nick's personal life with Jessica are made: most specifically the wedding ring on the necklace disappearing and the presence of a camera crew filming Nick and Vanessa (a reference to Nick's personal discomfort over the making of the show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica).

Chart performance

"What's Left of Me" was one of the early successes of 2006. "What's Left of Me" debuted at No. 89 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and eventually reached a peak position of No. 6 becoming Lachey's highest charting song as a solo artist. "What's Left of Me" remained on the Billboard Hot 100 for a total of twenty-five weeks. The song also performed well on other Billboard charts, including the Billboard Pop 100 where it reached a peak position of #5. Thanks to the success of the single the album had an extremely strong debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 for the week of May 14, 2006. What's Left of Me sold 172,000 copies for that week, which was already a significant improvement upon the first week sales of his debut album, SoulO, which only sold 171,000 in total.

Chart (2006)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	5
U.S. Billboard Adult Comptemporary	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	4
Portugal Airplay Singles Chart	4
Australian ARIA Single Charts	7
Austrian Singles Chart	55
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	20
German Singles Chart	40
Irish Singles Chart	47
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	33
Swedish Singles Chart	13
Swiss Singles Chart	25
UK Singles Chart	47

Leandro Lopes version

"Deixo A Voz Me Levar"
Single by Leandro Lopes
Released	October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)
Format	CD single
Genre	Pop
Length	3:09
Label	Sony BMG

Background

In the same year of "What's Left of Me"'s original release, Sony BMG's executives chose for Leandro Lopes and Lucas Poletto, the two finalists of the first season of Ídolos, to record the song which was called "Deixo A Voz Me Levar" (Portuguese for "Let The Voice Carry Me"), in preparation for a single release as soon as the winner was announced.

Leandro and Lucas sang the song on July 27, 2006. Upon Leandro winning the competition, "Deixo A Voz Me Levar" was released on October 6, 2006 as the first single from his first album entitled Leandro Lopes: Por Você (English: Leandro Lopes: For You).

Music video

Filming of Leandro Lopes' first music video started around September 2006 in São Paulo, São Paulo. The video was directed by Pietro Sargentelli and first premiered on October 13, 2006 on MTV Brasil.

Track listings

• CD Single

1. "Deixo A Voz Me Levar" – 3:09

Preceded by None

Ídolos winner's singles Deixo A Voz Me Levar (2006)

Succeeded by Rotina

References

Preceded by "SOS" by Rihanna

Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one single June 26, 2006

Succeeded by "Get Together" by Madonna