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"Clumsy"
Song

"Clumsy" is a song written by Fergie and Will.i.am, sampling Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It", Jimmy Spicer's "The Bubble Bunch" and Deee-Lite's "Who Was That?", for pop/R&B singer Fergie's debut solo album The Dutchess (2006). The song was released as the album's fifth single.[1] The song is currently at #5 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the fifth consecutive top-five single from The Dutchess. Fergie has also had 5 consecutive top 5 hits from a debut album, The Dutchess on the ARIA Charts in Australia making her the first artist to do so since Delta Goodrem in 2003 with Innocent Eyes who had 5 consecutive number ones. "Clumsy" is also featured on the soundtrack to Judd Apatow's Knocked Up.[2]

Fergie has performed the song numerous times, one performance being on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2008 in which she co-hosted in Hollywood. United World Chart registred more than 2 millions copies for this single.[citation needed]

Music video

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Fergie singing at the pop-up concert.

The music video for "Clumsy" is directed by Marc Webb and Rich Lee. It was wrapped up on September 7, 2007. The video premiere was on AOL Music site in October 12, 2007. The video premiered on iTunes October 26, 2007. After a few days on YouTube it had already been watched over nine million times.

The video is done in the style of a pop-up book. It begins with the book opening, displaying the directors' names, the artist and the title. Fergie begins to sing and the page flips to reveal a little pop-up concert, followed by a pop-up of a Dsquared fashion show where Fergie becomes attracted to a man (Alex Lundqvist) in the audience. Another page flip reveals Fergie in a car, and she sees the man again. She then shows off with the car, but it breaks down and the man leaves. At the song's bridge she is singing in a pop-up rocket and at the same time at the concert she then knocks down a dancer and the concert begins to fall down. While in the rocket she pushes the "airlock" button, which blows the man out of the rocket. After this, it shows Fergie in a plane flying around a pop-up world. To conclude the video, Fergie is getting ready on a rooftop photo shoot and she sits down on a ledge to read a message and she falls off the building and is caught by the man. They walk off toward a sunset and the book closes.

Track listing

Promo CD single[3]
  1. "Clumsy" (radio edit)
  2. "Clumsy" (album version)
UK promo CD single
  1. "Fergalicious" (radio edit)
  2. "Clumsy" (radio edit)
UK download single
  1. "Clumsy" (album version)
  2. "Fergalicious" (album version)
Ringle CD single[4]
  1. "Clumsy" (album version)
  2. "Clumsy" (remix)
  3. "Glamorous" (Space Cowboy remix)
  4. "Clumsy" (ring tone)
CD single[5]
  1. "Clumsy" (radio edit)
  2. "Clumsy" (instrumental)
  3. "Clumsy" (revisited)
  4. "Clumsy" (music video)
  1. "That's Where It Is" (Non LP track)
iTunes "Clumsy" EP
  1. "Clumsy" (ColliPark remix featuring Soulja Boy Tell 'Em) - 3:52
  2. "Clumsy" (Pajan rock mix)
  3. "Get Your Hands Up" (non-LP version)
Australian CD Single
  1. "Clumsy" (Radio edit)
  2. "Clumsy" (Revisited)

Chart performance

In New Zealand, after the success of the previous single "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Clumsy" started being downloaded, peaking at number 35 on the country's iTunes Store and eventually debuting at number 31 on the official RIANZ Top 40 Chart. It has since climbed to number four in New Zealand.[6] It had a top 5 success in the U.S., where it was number 2 on the Pop 100 and number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks. [6] This achievement makes Fergie the first female artist to pull five top 5 singles from a debut album since Paula Abdul did so in 1989-1990 with her Forever Your Girl album.

"Clumsy" is also number 4 on the Canadian Hot 100.[6] "Clumsy," has been able to do well on the Billboard Hot 100 even with "Big Girls Don't Cry," still receiving attention. The song has so far peaked at number five for five weeks, the fifth single off of Fergie's debut album to reach the top five of the Hot 100. This achievement makes Fergie the first artist in 17 years to pull five top five Hot 100 hits from an album, since Janet Jackson pulled seven Top ten singles with her 1989 release, Rhythm Nation 1814 album.[7]

As soon as the "Radio Edit" version of the song was released in the iTunes Store Australia (along with a new more rock friendly revisited version) it immediately entered the Top 100 Songs at number 10. After two days, it has already ascended to number 2 and topped the Pop Store. Exclusively with the benefit of digital downloads it managed to debut at number 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart. "Clumsy" has since become Fergie's fifth consecutive top 5 hit from the album, peaking at number three for three consecutive weeks.

Clumsy was less successful in Europe than Fergie's previous singles.

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[8] 53
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[6] 3
Brazil Hot 100 Singles[9] 3
Bulgarian Top 40[6] 14
Canadian Hot 100[6] 4
Croatian National Chart[10] 4
Danish Singles Top 40 [11] 38
Dutch Singles Top 100 Chart[12] 84
Euro 200 192
German Singles Chart[13] 50
Greek Singles IFPI Chart[14] 19
Irish Singles Chart[15] 17
Latin America Top 40[16] 13
Mexican Top 100[17] 81
New Zealand Singles Chart[6] 4
Philippines Singles Chart[18] 1
Polish National Top 50[19] 46
Swedish Singles Chart[20] 15
UK Singles Chart[21] 62
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 5 (6)
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 2
United World Chart[22] 6

References

  1. ^ Clumsy
  2. ^ Knocked Up (2007) - Soundtracks
  3. ^ [eBay.com http://cgi.ebay.com/FERGIE-3-PROMO-CD-SINGLE-LOT-CLUMSY-GLAMOROUS-BIG-GIRLS_W0QQitemZ170162017955QQihZ007QQcategoryZ307QQcmdZViewItem]
  4. ^ CD Single
  5. ^ [eBay.com http://cgi.ebay.com/FERGIE-CLUMSY-NEW-4-TRACK-CD-w-VIDEO_W0QQitemZ320174344364QQihZ011QQcategoryZ307QQcmdZViewItem]
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Fergie - Clumsy worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved October 20 2007.
  7. ^ Breaking Music News - Music Business Information - Music Industry Sales
  8. ^ Fergie - Clumsy - austriancharts.at
  9. ^ Hot 100 Singles
  10. ^ e!hot50
  11. ^ tracklisten.dk
  12. ^ http://dutchcharts.nl//showitem.asp?interpret=Fergie&titel=Clumsy&cat=s
  13. ^ Fergie - Clumsy - Music Charts
  14. ^ Ελληνικό Chart
  15. ^ Fergie - Clumsy - Music Charts
  16. ^ Top Latino
  17. ^ AmericaTop100.com - Las Listas Oficiales del Continente Americano
  18. ^ http://rx931.com/chart.html
  19. ^ APCCHART.COM © 1988 - 2007 APC-stats EU/UE
  20. ^ Fergie - Clumsy - Music Charts
  21. ^ Official UK Charts
  22. ^ Global Track Chart
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