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[[File:Blown Away - May 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Underwood performing "Blown Away" on the [[Blown Away Tour]] (2012-13).]]
"Blown Away" received generally positive reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]]. A reviewer for ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' thought that Mark Bright's "brooding, atmospheric" production and Underwood's vocal performance "elevate this cinematic tune to an instant classic. When the girl shuts herself in the storm cellar, leaving her alcoholic father passed out on the couch in the path of a twister, you can almost feel the wind."<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066989/carrie-underwood-blown-away-track-by-track-review|title=Carrie Underwood, 'Blown Away': Track-By-Track Review|date=May 1, 2012|accessdate=April 19, 2014|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> Writing for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Mikael Wood thought that the song confirmed the description of the album as "a turn toward darkness from a singer who first topped the country chart with '[[Jesus, Take the Wheel]]'."<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/album-review-carrie-underwoods-blown-away.html|title=Album review: Carrie Underwood's 'Blown Away'|date=April 30, 2012|accessdate=April 19, 2014|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]]|last=Wood|first=Mikael}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' columnist [[Brian Mansfield]] thought the song's "synthesizers, strings sounds, vocal overdubs and echoing guitars" combined dramatically, creating a "neo-80s feel - think an Oklahoma version of the [[Eurythmics]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2012/05/carrie-underwoods-blown-away-a-track-by-track-review/1#.UC3TX0QXubI |title=Carrie Underwood's 'Blown Away': A track-by-track review |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett Company |date=May 1, 2012 |accessdate=April 19, 2014 |last=Mansfield |first=Brian}}</ref> "Blown Away" received a five-star rating from Billy Dukes of Taste of Country, who called it "dangerous, but irresistible." He also praised Underwood for recording darker material than her previous singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/carrie-underwood-blown-away-song/ |title=Carrie Underwood, ‘Blown Away’&nbsp;– Song Review |work=Taste of Country|publisher=Taste of Country Network |date=June 13, 2012|accessdate=April 19, 2014}}</ref> Also giving it five stars, Bobby Peacock of Rough Stock called it "more grandiose" than Underwood's previous efforts, also saying that it "makes itself known by sounding like absolutely nothing else on radio."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/single-review-carrie-underwood-blown-away/ |title=Single Review: Carrie Underwood - "Blown Away" &#124; New Country Music, Listen to Songs & Video |work=Rough Stock|publisher=Cheri Media Group|last=Peacock|first=Bobby|date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> Chris Richards of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' gave the song a mixed review, deeming the lyrics as "gripping", but comparing the instrumentation to the ones of [[Taylor Swift]] songs.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/review-carrie-underwoods-dark-side-gives-way-to-the-sunshine-on-blown-away/2012/04/30/gIQAbE0VsT_story.html|title=Review: Carrie Underwood’s dark side gives way to the sunshine on ‘Blown Away’|last=Richards|first=Chris|date=April 4, 2012|accessdate=April 19, 2014|work=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=Washington Post Media}}</ref>
"Blown Away" received generally positive reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]]. A reviewer for ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' thought that Mark Bright's "brooding, atmospheric" production and Underwood's vocal performance "elevate this cinematic tune to an instant classic. When the girl shuts herself in the storm cellar, leaving her alcoholic father passed out on the couch in the path of a twister, you can almost feel the wind."<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066989/carrie-underwood-blown-away-track-by-track-review|title=Carrie Underwood, 'Blown Away': Track-By-Track Review|date=May 1, 2012|accessdate=April 19, 2014|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> Writing for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Mikael Wood thought that the song confirmed the description of the album as "a turn toward darkness from a singer who first topped the country chart with '[[Jesus, Take the Wheel]]'."<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/album-review-carrie-underwoods-blown-away.html|title=Album review: Carrie Underwood's 'Blown Away'|date=April 30, 2012|accessdate=April 19, 2014|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]]|last=Wood|first=Mikael}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' columnist [[Brian Mansfield]] thought the song's "synthesizers, strings sounds, vocal overdubs and echoing guitars" combined dramatically, creating a "neo-80s feel - think an Oklahoma version of the [[Eurythmics]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2012/05/carrie-underwoods-blown-away-a-track-by-track-review/1#.UC3TX0QXubI |title=Carrie Underwood's 'Blown Away': A track-by-track review |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett Company |date=May 1, 2012 |accessdate=April 19, 2014 |last=Mansfield |first=Brian}}</ref> "Blown Away" received a five-star rating from Billy Dukes of Taste of Country, who called it "dangerous, but irresistible." He also praised Underwood for recording darker material than her previous singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/carrie-underwood-blown-away-song/ |title=Carrie Underwood, ‘Blown Away’&nbsp;– Song Review |work=Taste of Country|publisher=Taste of Country Network |date=June 13, 2012|accessdate=April 19, 2014}}</ref> Also giving it five stars, Bobby Peacock of Rough Stock called it "more grandiose" than Underwood's previous efforts, also saying that it "makes itself known by sounding like absolutely nothing else on radio."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/single-review-carrie-underwood-blown-away/ |title=Single Review: Carrie Underwood - "Blown Away" &#124; New Country Music, Listen to Songs & Video |work=Rough Stock|publisher=Cheri Media Group|last=Peacock|first=Bobby|date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> Chris Richards of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' gave the song a mixed review, deeming the lyrics as "gripping", but comparing the instrumentation to the ones of [[Taylor Swift]] songs.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/review-carrie-underwoods-dark-side-gives-way-to-the-sunshine-on-blown-away/2012/04/30/gIQAbE0VsT_story.html|title=Review: Carrie Underwood’s dark side gives way to the sunshine on ‘Blown Away’|last=Richards|first=Chris|date=April 4, 2012|accessdate=April 19, 2014|work=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=Washington Post Media}}</ref>


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This article is about the Carrie Underwood song. For other songs with the same title, see Blown Away (disambiguation).
"Blown Away"
Song

"Blown Away" is a song by American recording artist Carrie Underwood, taken from her fourth studio album of the same name (2012). The song served as the album's second single on July 9, 2012 through Arista Nashville. Written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear, who previously wrote Underwood's single "Before He Cheats" (2007), "Blown Away" is a country pop song with lyrics addressing the story of a daughter locking herself in a storm cellar while her alcoholic father is passed out on the couch in the path of a tornado. Producer Mark Bright drew inspiration from 1980s music.

Upon its release, "Blown Away" was met with positive reviews from music critics, who considered it to be the musical highlight of the album. The song's content and production received particular praise, as critics felt it confirmed the album's darker mood which Underwood had mentioned prior to its release. Commercially, "Blown Away" was successful. In the United States, it became her 13th number one hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, and also reached number 20 on the Hot 100. It also charted in Canada and the United Kingdom. It won several awards, including two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance.

The accompanying music video was directed by Randee St Nicholas. Underwood said that when she heard first the song, she already had ideas of a possible video for it, and wanted it to be a dark Wizard of Oz in 2012. It earned the singer an award for Female Video of the Year at the 2013 American Country Awards. Underwood has performed "Blown Away" in a number of live appearances, including at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, and two years in a row at the Country Music Association Awards. It was also performed as the encore of the Blown Away Tour (2012-13).

Writing and composition

After Underwood's Play On Tour wrapped in December 2010, she started to work on her fourth studio album, then untitled. Sony Music Nashville chairman/CEO Gary Overton said that the singer "took nearly a year to compile and record the songs."[4] Songwriters Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear, who previously wrote "Before He Cheats" for Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts (2005), worked on "Blown Away" initially without a specific artist in mind.[5] At first, they built the drums and the string parts that of the introduction and verses.[6] Tompkins started playing his keyboard to find sound effects for the introducion, and ended up using one that was a thunderstorm. "I think that's what kind of threw us into it. We just started writing it," he said.[5] The songwriters then came up with the first verse of the song: "Dry lighting cracks across the skies / Those storm clouds gather in her eyes / Her daddy was a mean old mister / Momma was an angel in the ground / The weatherman called for a twister / She prayed blow it down."[5] Kear commented that it was not the duo's intent or goal to make it a dark, revenge-themed song. As they wrote the pre-chorus line "not enough rain in Oklahoma", both knew that it was a Carrie Underwood song, as the singer is from that state. "We knew if we stuck with that lyric ["Oklahoma"--which is Carrie's home state] it was Carrie's song or maybe no one would ever record it," Kear commented.[6] After the theme of the song had been stablished, the songwriters wanted to "dig up as much drama as [they] could."[6] Lyrically, "Blown Away" tells the story of a daughter locking herself in a storm cellar while her alcoholic father is passed out on the couch in the path of a tornado.[7] Underwood revealed that "Blown Away" was the song that defined the direction of the album, and recalled the first time she heard the demo:

"I listened to it on my crappy computer speakers and then I had to go find my headphones because as soon as I listened to a few bars, I had to listen more closely and I got chills. I remember where I was when I heard it and called my manager, Ann, and I was like, 'Do not let anyone else have this song! It’s my song.' In talking to Chris and Josh about it, they [told me], 'We said we're either writing a song for Carrie Underwood or this song is never going to see the light of day.' It made me feel so good that they were thinking of me when they wrote it."[7]

"Blown Away" (2012)
A 21 second sample of the song's chorus features Underwood delivering a strong vocal performance over a melodic pop instrumentation.[6] The vocal effect added to Underwood's voice was compared to the ones used in Def Leppard songs.[4]
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As noted by interviewer Kurt Wolff, "the melody and overall sound of the song also stand out as something fresh and very different."[6] Tompkins explained to Wolff that "Blown Away" was an "attempt at 'melodic pop' that was 'unique' yet still 'country.'"[6] Tompkins also commented that "Blown Away" is "not even mine and Josh’s song anymore; it's [Carrie's] song now. She's completely claimed it. The song is Carrie. It's not even a song that had a chance of being pitched to anybody else. It's a completely different type of song for Carrie. She's got a lot of pop elements, and I listen to a lot of pop, but I listen to everything from Randy Newman to Mozart to Rihanna to Steely Dan. I think all that stuff shows up in my music, and I think it showed up in 'Blown Away.'"[6] The final version of the song was produced by Mark Bright, who drew inspiration from 1980s music. Underwood recalled Bright adding an effect to her vocals similar to the ones used in Def Leppard songs: "That was a big thing with [the band], all of that hollow vocal sound. And I liked it."[4] Bright used a similar effect on "See You Again", another song from Blown Away.[4] Melodically, "Blown Away" is written in the key of A minor, and is set in the common time with a tempo of 134 beats per minute. The song follows the sequence of Am - C - G as its chord progression, and Underwood's voice spans from the low note of G3 to the high note of E5.[8]

Reception

Critical response

Underwood performing "Blown Away" on the Blown Away Tour (2012-13).

"Blown Away" received generally positive reviews from music critics. A reviewer for Billboard thought that Mark Bright's "brooding, atmospheric" production and Underwood's vocal performance "elevate this cinematic tune to an instant classic. When the girl shuts herself in the storm cellar, leaving her alcoholic father passed out on the couch in the path of a twister, you can almost feel the wind."[9] Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Mikael Wood thought that the song confirmed the description of the album as "a turn toward darkness from a singer who first topped the country chart with 'Jesus, Take the Wheel'."[10] USA Today columnist Brian Mansfield thought the song's "synthesizers, strings sounds, vocal overdubs and echoing guitars" combined dramatically, creating a "neo-80s feel - think an Oklahoma version of the Eurythmics."[11] "Blown Away" received a five-star rating from Billy Dukes of Taste of Country, who called it "dangerous, but irresistible." He also praised Underwood for recording darker material than her previous singles.[12] Also giving it five stars, Bobby Peacock of Rough Stock called it "more grandiose" than Underwood's previous efforts, also saying that it "makes itself known by sounding like absolutely nothing else on radio."[13] Chris Richards of The Washington Post gave the song a mixed review, deeming the lyrics as "gripping", but comparing the instrumentation to the ones of Taylor Swift songs.[14]

Chart performance

Following the release of the album, "Blown Away" debuted at number 22 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart.[15] It eventually peaked at number 15, staying at the chart for a total of 35 weeks.[16] On the main Hot 100 chart, "Blown Away" peaked at number 20 and spent 22 weeks on the chart; it was ranked the 70th biggest song of 2012 there overall.[17] The song was certified two-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and, as of November 13, 2013, it has sold over 2,413,000 digital units in the United States.[18] On the week of September 6, 2012, the song became Underwood's 16th top ten single on the Country Airplay component chart, a record among women in the tally's 68-year history according to Billboard.[19] The following month, on the week of October 15, it reached the top spot, becoming the singer's 13th number one.[20] It stayed there for a second week, making Underwood the only female vocalist of 2012 to achieve three weeks at number one on the chart, as previous single "Good Girl" had peaked at the same position.[21] "Blown Away" also peaked at number 27 in Canada, and is Underwood's first song to chart in the United Kindgom, reaching number 155 despite not having a proper release in the country.[22][23]

Accolades

Year Recipient Awards Category Result
2013 "Blown Away" American Country Awards Female Video of the Year Won[24]
Country Music Association Awards Music Video of the Year Nominated[25]
CMT Music Awards Video of the Year Won[26]
Grammy Awards Best Country Song Won[27]
Best Country Solo Performance Won[27]
World Music Awards World's Best Song Pending[28]
World's Best Music Video Pending[28]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Blown Away" was directed by Randee St. Nicholas and produced by Brandon Bonfiglo for Randee St. Nicholas Photography.[29] Underwood said that when she heard first the song, she already had ideas of a possible video for it, and wanted it to be a dark Wizard of Oz in 2012.[30] The singer deemed it "a visual song. You listen to it and you can see everything that is happening. It's so dramatic. I'm not a drama person, but when you can make a movie in song form in three-and-a-half minutes, it's surreal."[7] A sneak peek of the video was released on June 11, 2012.[31] The music video premiered worldwide on July 30, during a 24-hour exclusive window domestically and internationally on E! News at 7 and 11:30 p.m. ET/PT and on the homepage of E! Online.[29] Prior to the E! premiere, Underwood held a private screening of the video with country radio station KJ97 for over 200 of their listeners in San Antonio, Texas.[29]

A scene of the video with Underwood as the daughter running back to her home, while a tornado approaches. The singer used subtle references to the Wizard of Oz in the music video.[32]

The video begins with Underwood as a daughter studying at home. As her abusive father arrives, he asks if she needs help but she denies, gathering her things and leaving the room; however, as the daughter stands up, he grabs her arm to make her stay, yet she pulls it away and leaves. The singer revealed that this scene had no script, stating that she and the actor "went in and acted out the scene the way we thought it might happen."[30] Underwood revealed that she left the filming location with bruises on her arm from when the actor would grab her and she would pull away: "I had finger marks on my arm when I left at the end of the day, so I was like, 'Wow.' ... It was intense. I wasn't just imagining it, it was really intense."[30] As the video continues, we see the daughter standing in the middle of cemetery, walking around and staring at the clouds as a thunderstorm is forming in the sky. She then runs back to her house through an old, destroyed yellow-brick road, similar to the one of Wizard of Oz.[30] The daughter enters the house and stares her father holding an alcoholic drink bottle as he sleeps on a couch. She sits next to him, recalling the times he let his drunkenness and anger out of hand. She tries to wake him up, but has no luck as she realizes he has passed out. Staring at the window and noticing the thunderstorm is getting worse, the daughter leaves her father and runs to the cellar alone to protect herself. She's seen laying in an old bed and crying, as she hears a tornado coming closer to their house, with her father still asleep. The next day, there are no traces of the house, and the daughter calmly walks away to a brighter day.

Regarding the Wizard of Oz references, Underwood commented that "it was all about having subtle references," such as the plaid shirt and red shoes she wore on the video.[32] When asked if her aim was to generate controversy with the storyline, the singer said that it was not what she were aiming for at all, adding: "I try to stay away from controversy in any form or fashion. It was just such a great story and such a mini-movie, listening to the song, and we really wanted to do it justice in the video."[30]

Live performances

Underwood performed "Blown Away" on American Idol on May 3, 2012, the week of the album's release. Amy Sciaretto of Taste of Country summarized the performance, writing, "Underwood was elevated on steps as she performed, with storm clouds roaring on the screens behind her. She was bathed in light as smoke billowed at feet."[33] The same month, she performed the song at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, dressed in a long, red gown.[34] The singer also performed it at the 2012 Country Music Association Awards. Throughout the performance, wind machines were used while confetti flew through the air.[35] In 2013, Underwood performed "Blown Away" again at the same award show, this time in a medley with "Good Girl", "See You Again" and "Two Black Cadillacs", representing the ending of the Blown Away era.[36] The same year, she performed an acoustic version of the song during the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.[37] "Blown Away" was performed as the encore of Underwood's Blown Away Tour (2012-13), along with "I Know You Won't".[38]

Charts and certifications

Chart procession and succession

Order of precedence
Preceded by Billboard Country Airplay
number-one single
October 27-November 3, 2012 		Succeeded by

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