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"I'm with You"
Song

"I'm With You" is a song written by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards) for Lavigne's debut album, Let Go, and was Lavigne's first ballad released as a single. It was also released on KQMQ-FM.

It was released as the album's third single in 2002 and 2003 (see 2002 in music and 2003 in music). It reached number one in Mexico, number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (Lavigne's third single to reach the top ten), number seven in the United Kingdom, number thirteen in Canada, and number one on the Global song chart. "I'm With You" received radio and television airplay in Australia, but it was not officially released there.

The song was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at 2004 Grammy Awards.

Lavigne perform "I'm With You" on a number of tv shows including Saturday Night Live and The View (U.S. TV series).

This song has also been interpreted in polish by czech singer Ewa Farna under the title : "Tam gdzie ty" (Where you are).

Music video

The single's music video, directed by renowned photographer David LaChapelle, involves Lavigne, who is seen alone, trying to find someone. Avril is in a party, also in the video it shows Lavigne pushing a guy when he tries to get her to be with him. Most of the video is in slow motion but Lavigne's mouth movements are in sync with the song's vocals. This was achieved by recording the footage while the song was played twice as fast.

Much Music named the video one of the 'Top 100 Best videos of All time'.[2]

Reception

Critical reception

The arrangement of singles from Let Go, with "I'm With You" as the third, was regarded "controversial choices", given that "I'm With You" was "thought by some to be the biggest potential smash on the album", and could have established Lavigne as a more mature artist if it was released first. According to Reid, "Some people just really didn't get that. And with the first video, there was some concern that maybe because it's so young and so playful, it might alienate more serious music lovers."[3]

"I'm With You" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance but lost to Luther Vandross's "Dance with My Father" and Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" respectively.

Year Awards ceremony Award Results
2004 Grammy Awards Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
2003 MTV Video Music Awards Best Female Video Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Love Song Won

Commercial and chart performance

"I'm With You" became Lavigne's third top 10 song when it entered at #7 on Billboard Hot 100 chart dated January 25, 2003 during its eighth week on the chart.[4] The next week it surged to its peak position of #4, where it stayed for two consecutive weeks[5][6], before a brief drop to #6 in the next week during its eleventh week on the chart.[7] The song spent ten consecutive weeks on the top 10 and twenty seven weeks on the Hot 100.[8] "I'm With You" ranked at #18 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2003.[9] The song was certified gold by Recording Industry Association of America on March 13, 2006 for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.[10] As a double-A-side DVD single, the "I'm With You"/"Sk8er Boi" video single was certified gold and platinum on May 15, 2003.[10] "I'm With You" is her longest staying song on this chart; only surpassed by her debut single "Complicated" which stayed on the chart for 31 weeks.[11] The song charted at #13 on Canadian Singles Chart.

In United Kingdom, the song was released on March 31, 2003. "I'm With You" debuted and peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart during the week ending of April 12, 2003,[12] being her third top ten single on the chart. The song experienced less staying power on the top 10 as it only stayed for two weeks compared to her previous singles such as "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi" stayed on the top ten for five and three weeks, respectively. However, "I'm With You" slightly surpassed the longevity of the two previous singles on the top 75, being in the chart for 10 weeks. This would be her longest staying on the chart up until "Girlfriend" stayed on the chart for a big margin of 24 weeks in 2007.[13] "I'm With You" also charted high in Ireland, debuted at #6 and peaked at #5, being lodged in the top ten for six weeks.[14]

Elsewhere, the song gained more moderate success, reached top five in New Zealand; top ten in Belgium and Netherland; top twenty in Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Norway and Denmark as well as reaching the top forty in France.[14]

In visual media

"I'm With You" was later featured in the season 3 Scrubs episode "My Tormented Mentor",[15] in the Smallville episode "Accelerate" and in the movie Bruce Almighty. The song was also used in the 2003 Brazilian soap opera Mulheres Apaixonadas.[16]

Furthermore it was featured in the video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2.

Track listings

UK, German, Korean CD single
  1. "I'm With You" 3:44
  2. "I'm With You" (recorded live in Mexico City 3:57)
  3. "Unwanted" (recorded live in Mexico City 4:01)
  4. "I'm With You" (music video)
French CD single
  1. "I'm With You" 3:44
  2. "I'm With You" (recorded live in Mexico City 3:57)
Australian single*
  1. "I'm With You" 3:44
  2. "I'm With You" (recorded live in Mexico City 3:57)
  3. "Unwanted" (recorded live in Mexico City 4:01)
I'm With You / Sk8er Boi USA DVD single
  1. "I'm With You" (music video)
  2. "Sk8er Boi" (music video)
  3. Skater Girl (TV spot)
  4. Street Performer (TV spot)
  5. Photogallery

Promo

US, UK, Australia CD promo
  1. "I'm With You" 3:44
  • "I'm With You" Australian CD single was printed in a limited quantity, it is said to be almost exclusive

Official versions

  1. Main Version
  2. Demo Version
  3. Leama & Moor Mix
  4. Leama & Moor Dub

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Ö3 Austria Top 40[17] 13
Belgium Singles Top 50 9
Canadian Singles Chart 13
Denmark Singles Top 40[18] 20
Dutch Top 40 9
France Singles Top 100[19] 34
German Singles Chart 13
Irish Singles Chart 5
Italian Singles Chart 5
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 5
Norway Singles Top 20[20] 16
Spain Singles Chart 12
Sweden Singles Top 60[21] 11
Swiss Singles Top 100[22] 12
UK Singles Chart 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40[23] 1

References

  1. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Avril-Lavigne-Im-With-You/master/193963
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Willman, Chris (2002-11-05). "'Boi,' Oh Boy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  4. ^ Billboard Hot 100: Week January 25, 2003
  5. ^ Billboard Hot 100: Week February 1, 2003
  6. ^ Billboard Hot 100: Week February 8, 2003
  7. ^ Billboard Hot 100: Week February 15, 2003
  8. ^ "I'm With You" chart listings at Billboard.com
  9. ^ 2003 Year End Chart for Billboard
  10. ^ a b RIAA Gold & Platinum Data
  11. ^ Avril Lavigne Chart History at [Billboard.com]
  12. ^ Avril Lavignes Chart History on UK Singles Chart.
  13. ^ Avril Lavigne's chart runs at polyhex.com
  14. ^ a b Avril Lavigne - "I'm With You" at [2]
  15. ^ Avril Lavigne Songs from TV and Movies at Tunefind.com
  16. ^ http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulheres_Apaixonadas#Internacional
  17. ^ Ö3 Austria Top 40 30.03.2003 Official Austrian singles chart
  18. ^ Denmark Singles Top 40
  19. ^ France Singles Top 100
  20. ^ Norway Singles Top 20
  21. ^ Sweden Singles Top 60
  22. ^ Swiss Singles Top 100
  23. ^ "Billboard Music-(Allmusic.com)".


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