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Nobody's Home (Avril Lavigne song)

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"Nobody's Home"
Single by Avril Lavigne
from the album Under My Skin
B-side
ReleasedOctober 25, 2004 (2004-10-25)
StudioNRG Recording (Hollywood, California)
Length3:32
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Avril Lavigne
Producer(s)Don Gilmore
Avril Lavigne singles chronology
"My Happy Ending"
(2004) 		"Nobody's Home"
(2004) 		"He Wasn't"
(2005)
Music video
"Nobody's Home" on YouTube

"Nobody's Home" is the third single released from Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne's second studio album, Under My Skin (2004). The track was written by Lavigne and former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody, who also plays guitar on the song. "Nobody's Home", produced by Don Gilmore, is generally slower-paced than Lavigne's previous singles from Under My Skin.

The song was well-received critically and commercially, reaching number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaking within the top 40 on the charts of Australia and nine European countries, including Austria, Greece, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. One of the song's B-sides, "I Always Get What I Want", was released as a single on the iTunes Store on October 31, 2004.[1]

Critic and fan response

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Riff magazine described the song as having influences of post-grunge.[2] In an AOL Radio listener's poll, "Nobody's Home" was voted Lavigne's seventh best song.[3] PopMatters implied that the song's title "should tell you that the dominant mood is one of anger and defensiveness."[4]

Chart performance

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"Nobody's Home" reached number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100, spending 17 weeks on the chart.[5] It peaked higher in the UK and Australia, reaching number 24 in both countries; it was her lowest-charting UK single before "Hot" charted in 2007 and peaked at number 30.[6]

Music video

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Lavigne plays a troubled and homeless girl who runs away from home after problems with her parents.

The music video was filmed on July 29 and 30, 2004, in Los Angeles, California, directed by Diane Martel.[7] The video of "Nobody's Home" premiered on October 20 on MTV's Total Request Live.[8]

In the music video for "Nobody's Home", Lavigne plays a homeless teenager who appears to live street-to-street with a friend. Lavigne, who said it was a fun video to make, wore a black wig and acid-wash jeans when playing the homeless teenager. The video shifts to a more glamorous Lavigne who wears a dress with long, curled hair, singing the song with an orchestra behind her.

"Nobody's Home" showed the outcast, homeless Lavigne trying to get off the streets. She also tries to call her mother, but hangs up. As the video progresses, a store manager kicks her out of his store, but the outcast girl ends up going back into the store and is shown washing herself in a convenience store bathroom. She also tries playing the guitar on the street to try to earn money. Towards the end of the video, the runaway is seen trying to get inside parked cars, eventually finding an unlocked one, during heavy rain. At the end of the video, the girl, with dirty clothes and messy hair, is shown with a tear rolling down her cheek. She then turns around and walks away as the camera fades out.

During the video Avril was wearing the T-shirt with logo of Moscow. Russian word "Москва" was printed on Avril's T-shirt.

References in the video

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At the beginning of the video, one can see "A+D", for Lavigne's then-boyfriend, now ex-husband, Deryck Whibley. Next, in the bathroom scene where Lavigne is using the hand dryer, "A+D" can be seen inside a heart that is written on the bathroom wall. The other outcast runaway is real-life friend Monique, who also appeared as one of the young women in the "My Happy Ending" video.

Track listings

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Australian CD single[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody's Home"3:33
2."Nobody's Home" (live acoustic)3:42
3."Knockin' on Heaven's Door"2:51
4."I Always Get What I Want"2:31
German and Taiwanese CD single[10][11]
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody's Home"3:33
2."Nobody's Home" (live acoustic)3:42
3."Knockin' on Heaven's Door"2:51
4."I Always Get What I Want"2:31
5."Nobody's Home" (video)3:33
Japanese maxi-CD single[12]
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody's Home"3:33
2."My Happy Ending" (live acoustic version)3:56
3."Take Me Away" (live acoustic version)2:55
4."Nobody's Home" (video)3:33
UK CD1[13]
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody's Home"3:33
2."Nobody's Home" (live acoustic)3:42
UK CD2[14]
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody's Home"3:33
2."Nobody's Home" (live acoustic)3:42
3."Knockin' on Heaven's Door"2:51
4."Nobody's Home" (video)3:33

Personnel

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Personnel are adapted from the US promo CD liner notes and inlay.[15]

  • Avril Lavigne – words, music, vocals
  • Ben Moody – music, guitar
  • Jon O'Brien – keyboards, programming
  • David Campbell – string arrangement
  • Brooks Wackerman – drums
  • Don Gilmore – production, recording
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • Kim Kinakin – artwork design
  • James Minchin III – photography

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "Nobody's Home"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[41] Platinum 60,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[42] Gold 40,000‡
United States (RIAA)[43] Gold 500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Nobody's Home"
Region Date Format Label(s) Ref.
United States October 25, 2004 Contemporary hit radio Arista [44]
Japan November 4, 2004 CD
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United Kingdom November 15, 2004 [45]
Germany November 29, 2004 [46]

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