The Best Damn Thing is the third album by Canadian punk-pop singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. The album was released in North America and part of Europe on April 17, 2007, and in Australia and in the United Kingdom on April 16. It made its radio debut on Ottawa radio station HOT 89.9 at 6:00 pm on April 14.
The album's first single was the number-one hit "Girlfriend", the second single is "When You're Gone", and the third single is "Hot". It also includes "Keep Holding On", a single from the soundtrack of the film Eragon. The album was certified Platinum in the United States. It is certified double Platinum worldwide according to the United World Chart.As of November, 2007 the album has sold 1,311,386 million copies in the U.S and over 4.8 million worldwide.The album sold 289,000 copies in the U.S in it's first week & 770,000+ worldwide.
The album's first single was the number-one hit "Girlfriend", the second single is "When You're Gone", and the third single is "Hot". It also includes "Keep Holding On", a single from the soundtrack of the film Eragon. The album was certified Platinum in the United States. It is certified double Platinum worldwide according to the United World Chart.As of November, 2007 the album has sold 1,311,386 million copies in the U.S and over 4.8 million worldwide.The album sold 289,000 copies in the U.S in it's first week & 770,000+ worldwide.
Album information
Lavigne described the record as "fast, fun, young, bratty, aggressive, confident, cocky in a playful way...all the good stuff." It is produced by Dr. Luke, Lavigne's husband Deryck Whibley, Butch Walker and Lavigne herself. Travis Barker (Box Car Racer, blink-182, +44, Transplants, Expensive Taste, Aquabats) has also recorded drums for the album.
The standard version of the album, released on April 14, has all the profanities censored. This applies to the songs: "Girlfriend", "I Can Do Better", "Everything Back but You" and "I Don't Have to Try". In "I Can Do Better", all uses of the word shit are replaced with a shhh sound, but the line "You're so full of shit" is changed to "You're so full of it", and in "Everything Back but You" the words bitch and slut (in the chorus line "...bitch, slut, psycho babe, I hate you...") are replaced with hey, similar to those in "Girlfriend". Also, the lyric "Get ready, motherfucker" is replaced with double "get ready" in "I Don't Have to Try". The term motherfucking is used in the track "Girlfriend". The word "bitch" is unedited on the song "Runaway". Only the CD/DVD version contains the unedited, explicit versions. This version of the album bears the Parental Advisory label because of the instances of profanity. It was Lavigne's first album in the U.S. to bear the label; in some markets the label was used on her second album, Under My Skin (2004). Because of this, and because the album title contains the word damn, some children's radio stations (e.g. Radio Disney) that previously played Lavigne's music are not playing her new singles.
In an interview on Much Music, Lavigne stated that, after numerous photoshoots, she could not choose a suitable image for the album's cover. Lavigne's husband, Deryck Whibley, took the photo which appears on the cover on the side of the road in a suburb of Los Angeles, which was taken in a "spur of the moment" decision by the couple.
The standard version of the album, released on April 14, has all the profanities censored. This applies to the songs: "Girlfriend", "I Can Do Better", "Everything Back but You" and "I Don't Have to Try". In "I Can Do Better", all uses of the word shit are replaced with a shhh sound, but the line "You're so full of shit" is changed to "You're so full of it", and in "Everything Back but You" the words bitch and slut (in the chorus line "...bitch, slut, psycho babe, I hate you...") are replaced with hey, similar to those in "Girlfriend". Also, the lyric "Get ready, motherfucker" is replaced with double "get ready" in "I Don't Have to Try". The term motherfucking is used in the track "Girlfriend". The word "bitch" is unedited on the song "Runaway". Only the CD/DVD version contains the unedited, explicit versions. This version of the album bears the Parental Advisory label because of the instances of profanity. It was Lavigne's first album in the U.S. to bear the label; in some markets the label was used on her second album, Under My Skin (2004). Because of this, and because the album title contains the word damn, some children's radio stations (e.g. Radio Disney) that previously played Lavigne's music are not playing her new singles.
In an interview on Much Music, Lavigne stated that, after numerous photoshoots, she could not choose a suitable image for the album's cover. Lavigne's husband, Deryck Whibley, took the photo which appears on the cover on the side of the road in a suburb of Los Angeles, which was taken in a "spur of the moment" decision by the couple.
Singles and other tracks
Before the release of "Girlfriend", "Keep Holding On" was released as a single from the Eragon soundtrack in North America, charting at number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Girlfriend" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number five in March 2007. This is Lavigne's highest debut on that chart. On April 1, 2007, "Girlfriend" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone, rising twenty-one places from the previous week. This is her highest chart position in the UK so far, ahead of her first single, "Complicated", which reached a peak of number three. On May 5, "Girlfriend" reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, the same week that The Best Damn Thing debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200. This is Lavigne's first number-one single in the United States; her previous peak was with "Complicated", which peaked at number two in 2002.
On March 8, 2007, Lavigne announced on Kiss FM that "When You're Gone" would be the second single released from The Best Damn Thing. The single debuted at number ninety on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song "Hot" has been reported to be the third single from the album, and Avril Lavigne has shot the video clip for the single already. "Hot" has a planned release of October 10 in Japan. The Japanese physical single will feature "Girlfriend" (The Submarines' Time Warp '66 mix) and an acoustic version of "When You're Gone" as its B-sides..Another expected B-Side for the single is a song called "It's All Because of You" but Lavigne or any of her management hasn't announced this yet. The track "Innocence" is played on satellite radio in the U.S and is now played on various radio stations in Canada. Fans presume it is a "radio-only" single.
Songs that were not released as singles appeared on some Billboard charts. The title track "The Best Damn Thing" debuted at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 and at number ninety-one on the Pop 100; "Runaway" debuted at number eleven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 and at number ninety-four on the Pop 100; and "Innocence" debuted at number sixteen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. In a similar fashion, some album tracks debuted inside the top 200 on the UK Singles Chart: "Keep Holding On" debuted at number 175, "When You're Gone" at number 117 and "Innocence" at number 190.
Innocence has been released as a radio single in Italy, replacing Hot.
There is speculation about the fourth single between 3 songs: Runaway (which is a fan favorite and is used in various places), Everything Back But You (which was released as a clip before the CD was released), I Can Do Better (which is performed at live performances in many places, and on MuchMusic in Canada, there is an episode of "Born To Be" which features Avril working on a dance for "I Can Do Better)
"Girlfriend" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number five in March 2007. This is Lavigne's highest debut on that chart. On April 1, 2007, "Girlfriend" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone, rising twenty-one places from the previous week. This is her highest chart position in the UK so far, ahead of her first single, "Complicated", which reached a peak of number three. On May 5, "Girlfriend" reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, the same week that The Best Damn Thing debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200. This is Lavigne's first number-one single in the United States; her previous peak was with "Complicated", which peaked at number two in 2002.
On March 8, 2007, Lavigne announced on Kiss FM that "When You're Gone" would be the second single released from The Best Damn Thing. The single debuted at number ninety on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song "Hot" has been reported to be the third single from the album, and Avril Lavigne has shot the video clip for the single already. "Hot" has a planned release of October 10 in Japan. The Japanese physical single will feature "Girlfriend" (The Submarines' Time Warp '66 mix) and an acoustic version of "When You're Gone" as its B-sides..Another expected B-Side for the single is a song called "It's All Because of You" but Lavigne or any of her management hasn't announced this yet. The track "Innocence" is played on satellite radio in the U.S and is now played on various radio stations in Canada. Fans presume it is a "radio-only" single.
Songs that were not released as singles appeared on some Billboard charts. The title track "The Best Damn Thing" debuted at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 and at number ninety-one on the Pop 100; "Runaway" debuted at number eleven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 and at number ninety-four on the Pop 100; and "Innocence" debuted at number sixteen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. In a similar fashion, some album tracks debuted inside the top 200 on the UK Singles Chart: "Keep Holding On" debuted at number 175, "When You're Gone" at number 117 and "Innocence" at number 190.
Innocence has been released as a radio single in Italy, replacing Hot.
There is speculation about the fourth single between 3 songs: Runaway (which is a fan favorite and is used in various places), Everything Back But You (which was released as a clip before the CD was released), I Can Do Better (which is performed at live performances in many places, and on MuchMusic in Canada, there is an episode of "Born To Be" which features Avril working on a dance for "I Can Do Better)
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