"Everything I'm Not" is the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 released in 2005 from The Veronicas

The Veronicas

The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

' album The Secret Life of...

The Secret Life Of... (album)

The Secret Life of... is the debut studio album by Australian pop rock band The Veronicas, released on 17 October 2005 on Sire Records. It reached #2 in Australia and is certified 4x platinum. The album also reached #5 in New Zealand and #3 in the Billboard Top Heatseekers. The Secret Life of......

. It reached #7 on the ARIA Singles Charts

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 and has been certified Gold (over 35,000 units shipped).

The song is also featured in the trailer to the 2007 live-action Bratz film.

According to Digital Spy, the song is set to be the band's third UK single, taken from their debut UK album and overall second studio album Hook Me Up

Hook Me Up

Hook Me Up is the second studio album by Australian band The Veronicas, which was released on 3 November 2007 by Rhino Entertainment, Sire Records and London Records. The album shows a new direction in music for the duo – exploring a New Wave/electro-pop sound which was influenced by Los Angeles...

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Critical reception

Kelefa Sanneh from the New York Times named it amongst some of the excellent songs on the album, calling it "[...] loud [and] melancholy[...]". Preston Jones from Slant Magazine

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stated that it felt "[...] like the estrogenically inclined counterparts to the boy-toy confection that is the Click Five's Greetings From Imrie House

Greetings From Imrie House

Greetings from Imrie House is the debut of The Click Five. It was released on August 16, 2005 and reached #15 on the U.S. Billboard 200. It contains singles "Just the Girl", "Catch Your Wave" and "Say Goodnight" and an iTunes single, "Pop Princess"....

." Ryan Dombal from Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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reviewed the remix version of "Everything I'm Not", stating that the track might finally break them into the US mainstream.

Chart performance

"Everything I'm Not" was released in Australia on 22 November 2005. The song made its debut on the chart on issue date 4 December 2005 at number thirteen. After a steady climb up the charts for eight weeks, the song made its peak at number seven on 22 January 2006, where it stayed for one week before it slowly moved off the top 50. The single was certified gold with shipments of over 7,500 copies.

In New Zealand the single made its chart debut at number ten but only remained on the chart for nine weeks, its last position at number twenty-one. In Europe it peaked at number fourteen on the Belgium Ultratip charts

Ultratop

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 at number three.

Live performances

The Veronicas performed "Everything I'm Not" on television shows such as Dancing With the Stars

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, The Panel, Sunrise

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, Live at the Chapel and the 2006 ARIA Music Awards

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They also performed live recordings of the song on Sessions@AOL

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and in 2009 they performed the song on UK radio station Capital FM to promote the single's release.
On 10 September 2009, they performed the song live at the Oxford Art Factory on Oxford Street

Oxford Street, Sydney

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 in Paddington

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, Sydney as part of the Mastercard

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's Priceless Music Events.

Music video

The "Everything I'm Not" music video featured The Veronicas singing with their band while trashing a car of an ex-boyfriend, apparently named Ryan, for cheating on Lisa by painting and smashing the car with paint buckets while the ex-boyfriend looked on from a video camera. When it's too much for the ex-boyfriend to handle, he drops his cell phone on the ground. In the end, it seems like the police catch them doing it and they slam down the camera, smashing the ex-boyfriend's chances of seeing his car for the final time.

Formats and track listings

• CD single

1. "Everything I'm Not" – 3:23
2. "4ever" (Claude le Gache Extended Vocal) – 7:17
3. "4ever" (Mac Quayle Break Mix) – 7:20

• U.S. promo maxi single

1. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins
   Jason Nevins
   Jason Nevins is an American DJ, producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop dance productions.-Career:In the early 1990s, Nevins began releasing singles under various monikers through various dance labels, but achieved global recognition in 1998 with his production of Run-DMC's...
   
    Extended Mix) – 6:11
2. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Remix Edit) – 3:11
3. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Electromagnetic Dub) – 6:12
4. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude le Gache
   Dave Audé
   Dave Audé is a Grammy nominated producer, house DJ, and remixer. He has done production for musicians such as KoЯn, t.A.T.u., DJ Keoki, Barenaked Ladies, Faith No More, Cause and Effect, Hilary Duff, Wanessa, Ashley Tisdale, The Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga, Lunascape, Madonna, Britney Spears, CeCe...
   
    Club Mix) – 7:09
5. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude le Gache Edit) – 3:59
6. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude le Gache Mixshow) – 6:01
7. "Everything I'm Not" (Eddie Baez Mix) – 8:59

Remix EP Digital download (13 June 2006)

1. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Remix Edit) – 3:30
2. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude Le Gache Edit) – 3:59
3. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude Le Gache Mixshow) – 6:02

Remix EP Digital download (DJ Version) (13 June 2006)

1. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Extended Mix) – 6:12
2. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Electromagnetic Dub) – 6:13
3. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude Le Gache Club Mix) – 7:08
4. "Everything I'm Not" (Eddie Beez Mix) – 8:57

iTunes EP (28 February 2006)

1. "Everything I'm Not" – 3:22
2. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude le Gache Mixshow) – 6:02
3. "4ever" (E Smoove Club) – 7:17
4. "4ever" (Claude le Gache Dub) – 7:16

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	7
Chart (2006)	Peak position
New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	10
Belgian Ultratip Singles Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...  (Flanders Flanders Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp... )	3

End of year charts

Year	Country	Chart	Position
2006	Australia	ARIA	#48

Sales and certifications

Provider	Sales	Certification
Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	35,000+	Gold

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Australia	22 November 2005	CD single
United States	May 2006
	13 June 2006	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
	28 February 2006	Itunes ITunes Store The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...  Ep Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

External links

• Watch the music video to "Everything I'm Not"