High Maintenance
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Upon its release, High Maintanence was met with mixed to positive reviews. James Christopher Monger of Allmusic wrote that the extended play (EP) had a more adult
pop
sound, and gave the album a rating of two and a half stars out of five. Lauren Carter of The Boston Herald compared the EP to the likes of Avril Lavigne
and Kesha
and commented "High Maintenance is mostly high-octane fun, Cosgrove's all-grown-up soundtrack to letting loose and testing the rules without breaking them." Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly
said that Cosgrove's return to music is stronger than before. Allison Stewart of The Washington Post
gave a mixed view of the EP, stating, "Cosgrove's new EP, High Maintenance will sound familiar to anyone who heard her modestly received, similar-sounding 2010 full-length debut, Sparks Fly
or any other teen pop
disc released in the last five years." However, the editors for USA Today
gave the EP a negative review, noting, "She has been singing since the start of Nickelodeon
's iCarly
, but Cosgrove's new electro-inspired EP is the first release to distinguish the 17-year-old from the show's lead character. But the break's not too sharp."
chart in the US.
", which is named after Cosgrove's new single "Dancing Crazy
", co-written by Avril Lavigne
and Max Martin
and Shellback, who produced it and was released on Cosgrove's second EP
High Maintenance which was released on March 15, 2011. The tour began January 24, 2011 and ended February 25, 2011. The tour featured dates in House of Blues
locations such as ones located in Houston, Texas and Anaheim, CA. She also performed at several theatres on the tour, including locations in cities such as Atlanta, GA, Tampa, FL and Orlando FL. Accompanying Cosgrove on the tour was Greyson Chance
, who rose to fame when a video of him singing "Paparazzi
" by Lady Gaga
emerged on popular video sharing website YouTube
. Chance performed several of his own original songs, as well as covers from famous artists. The tour was financially successful. The second show on the tour, which took place in Minneapolis, sold about 54% of its tickets. The shows total gross revenue was $37,256. The fourth show of the tour, which took place in Rosemont, Illinois
, was much more successful, selling 90% of the available tickets. The total gross revenue for the show was $118,435. The stop in Tampa, Florida was also successful; selling 959 out of the total 1,385 available, the stop grossed a total of $40,642.
During the week before the EP's release, the music video for "Dancing Crazy" was available for free digital download on iTunes
. Aside from being performed while on tour, the song was also performed live on the March 9, 2011 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
. The performance saw Cosgrove singing the song as several children danced around her. As Cosgrove started to sing the final chorus of the song, Greyson Chance, who had opened up for her on her Dancing Crazy Tour, came out onto the stage to sing with her. On March 15, 2011, the day of the EP's release, Cosgrove performed at the Hard Rock Cafe
in Hollywood, California
. The first 500 customers to purchase the EP from F.Y.E.
or the performance at the Hard Rock Cafe received a free wristband, which grants them access to an album signing held by Cosgrove.
Along with the numerous live performances, Nickelodeon
also aired a television special, titled Dancing Crazy With Miranda Cosgrove, which aired on Saturday, March 19, 2011. The special showed footage of Cosgrove recording the song, as well as its music video. It also gave fans of Cosgrove a behind-the-scenes look at her tour. Also included in the special was Cosgrove interacting with several of her fans.
On April 5, 2011, Cosgrove tweeted that she would be going on tour again in the summer. Even though Cosgrove associated her Sparks Fly
album with the first part of the tour, High Maintenance, her new EP
was associated with the second part of the tour. Greyson Chance
opened up for her on the North American part of the tour
Cosgrove only performed three out of the five songs on the EP, which were "Kiss You Up", "High Maintenance" and "Dancing Crazy
", while "Face of Love" and "Sayonara" were left out. Cosgrove also performed songs from her debut album Sparks Fly
, The tour was re-named from Dancing Crazy Winter Tour to Dancing Crazy Summer Tour on April 5, 2011.
The tour resumed on July 15, 2011. However, on August 11, 2011, Cosgrove's tour bus was involved in a traffic collision on Interstate 70
in Vandalia, Illinois
. Five passengers were injured including Cosgrove, who sustained a broken ankle. Initial reports confirmed that the tour would be postponed while Cosgrove recovered. A week later, Cosgrove released a statement stating that the tour was canceled by the doctor's orders. Cosgrove admitted that she would resume touring by next year.
The tracks of High Maintenance were released in the Japanese edition of Cosgrove's debut album Sparks Fly. Also, this version includes the artwork produced for the EP.
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1950s and 1960s vocal music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence, as well as a radio format that plays such music....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
sound, and gave the album a rating of two and a half stars out of five. Lauren Carter of The Boston Herald compared the EP to the likes of Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
and Kesha
Kesha
Kesha village is a small village nestled in the mountains of Yongshun County, northwestern Hunan province, China, located at latitude 29 05' 50", longitude 109 57' 9". The name is pronounced in Standard Chinese. The official language is Manderin Chinese....
and commented "High Maintenance is mostly high-octane fun, Cosgrove's all-grown-up soundtrack to letting loose and testing the rules without breaking them." Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
said that Cosgrove's return to music is stronger than before. Allison Stewart of The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
gave a mixed view of the EP, stating, "Cosgrove's new EP, High Maintenance will sound familiar to anyone who heard her modestly received, similar-sounding 2010 full-length debut, Sparks Fly
Sparks Fly
Sparks Fly is the debut studio album by American actress and pop singer-songwriter Miranda Cosgrove. The plans for the album were first announced in July 2008, and the album was released by Columbia Records on April 27, 2010 as a standard edition and a deluxe edition and Epic Records in India and...
or any other teen pop
Teen pop
Teen pop is a subgenre of pop music that is created, marketed and oriented towards teenagers. Teen pop copies genres and styles such as pop, dance, R&B, hip hop, country and rock....
disc released in the last five years." However, the editors for USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
gave the EP a negative review, noting, "She has been singing since the start of Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
's iCarly
ICarly
iCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan...
, but Cosgrove's new electro-inspired EP is the first release to distinguish the 17-year-old from the show's lead character. But the break's not too sharp."
Commercial performance
The EP debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart in the US.
Promotion
Cosgrove headlined her own tour, titled "Dancing Crazy TourDancing Crazy Tour
The Dancing Crazy Tour was the debut solo tour by American entertainer, Miranda Cosgrove. visiting North America, the trek supported her debut studio album, Sparks Fly. The tour began in Missouri and travel throughout the United States and ended in Ohio. Cosgrove continued the tour into the summer...
", which is named after Cosgrove's new single "Dancing Crazy
Dancing Crazy
"Dancing Crazy" is a single performed by American recording artist Miranda Cosgrove. It was co-written by Avril Lavigne, Max Martin and Shellback and was produced by Martin and Shellback for Cosgrove's second extended play High Maintenance, released on March 15, 2011...
", co-written by Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
and Max Martin
Max Martin
Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...
and Shellback, who produced it and was released on Cosgrove's second 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...
High Maintenance which was released on March 15, 2011. The tour began January 24, 2011 and ended February 25, 2011. The tour featured dates in House of Blues
House of Blues
House of Blues is a chain of 13 live music concert halls and restaurants in major markets throughout the United States. House of Blues first location was in Cambridge's Harvard Square. It was opened in 1992 by Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, star of The Blues Brothers...
locations such as ones located in Houston, Texas and Anaheim, CA. She also performed at several theatres on the tour, including locations in cities such as Atlanta, GA, Tampa, FL and Orlando FL. Accompanying Cosgrove on the tour was Greyson Chance
Greyson Chance
Greyson Michael Chance is an American pop rock singer and pianist whose April 2010 performance of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" at a sixth-grade music festival became a hit on YouTube, gaining over 43 million views. Two of his original compositions, "Stars" and "Broken Hearts", gained over 5 and 7...
, who rose to fame when a video of him singing "Paparazzi
Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)
"Paparazzi" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released as the final single from her debut album The Fame . Written by Rob Fusari and Gaga, the song portrays Gaga's struggles in her quest for fame, as well as balancing success and love...
" by Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
emerged on popular video sharing website YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
. Chance performed several of his own original songs, as well as covers from famous artists. The tour was financially successful. The second show on the tour, which took place in Minneapolis, sold about 54% of its tickets. The shows total gross revenue was $37,256. The fourth show of the tour, which took place in Rosemont, Illinois
Rosemont, Illinois
Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...
, was much more successful, selling 90% of the available tickets. The total gross revenue for the show was $118,435. The stop in Tampa, Florida was also successful; selling 959 out of the total 1,385 available, the stop grossed a total of $40,642.
During the week before the EP's release, the music video for "Dancing Crazy" was available for free digital download on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
. Aside from being performed while on tour, the song was also performed live on the March 9, 2011 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
. The performance saw Cosgrove singing the song as several children danced around her. As Cosgrove started to sing the final chorus of the song, Greyson Chance, who had opened up for her on her Dancing Crazy Tour, came out onto the stage to sing with her. On March 15, 2011, the day of the EP's release, Cosgrove performed at the Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and...
in Hollywood, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The first 500 customers to purchase the EP from F.Y.E.
F.y.e.
F.Y.E., standing for "For Your Entertainment," is a chain of entertainment media stores in the United States. As one of many Trans World Entertainment brands, it began in 1993 and was expanded in 2001 after buying out and rebranding mall-based Camelot, Strawberries, Record Town and Coconuts stores...
or the performance at the Hard Rock Cafe received a free wristband, which grants them access to an album signing held by Cosgrove.
Along with the numerous live performances, Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
also aired a television special, titled Dancing Crazy With Miranda Cosgrove, which aired on Saturday, March 19, 2011. The special showed footage of Cosgrove recording the song, as well as its music video. It also gave fans of Cosgrove a behind-the-scenes look at her tour. Also included in the special was Cosgrove interacting with several of her fans.
On April 5, 2011, Cosgrove tweeted that she would be going on tour again in the summer. Even though Cosgrove associated her Sparks Fly
Sparks Fly
Sparks Fly is the debut studio album by American actress and pop singer-songwriter Miranda Cosgrove. The plans for the album were first announced in July 2008, and the album was released by Columbia Records on April 27, 2010 as a standard edition and a deluxe edition and Epic Records in India and...
album with the first part of the tour, High Maintenance, her new 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...
was associated with the second part of the tour. Greyson Chance
Greyson Chance
Greyson Michael Chance is an American pop rock singer and pianist whose April 2010 performance of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" at a sixth-grade music festival became a hit on YouTube, gaining over 43 million views. Two of his original compositions, "Stars" and "Broken Hearts", gained over 5 and 7...
opened up for her on the North American part of the tour
Cosgrove only performed three out of the five songs on the EP, which were "Kiss You Up", "High Maintenance" and "Dancing Crazy
Dancing Crazy
"Dancing Crazy" is a single performed by American recording artist Miranda Cosgrove. It was co-written by Avril Lavigne, Max Martin and Shellback and was produced by Martin and Shellback for Cosgrove's second extended play High Maintenance, released on March 15, 2011...
", while "Face of Love" and "Sayonara" were left out. Cosgrove also performed songs from her debut album Sparks Fly
Sparks Fly
Sparks Fly is the debut studio album by American actress and pop singer-songwriter Miranda Cosgrove. The plans for the album were first announced in July 2008, and the album was released by Columbia Records on April 27, 2010 as a standard edition and a deluxe edition and Epic Records in India and...
, The tour was re-named from Dancing Crazy Winter Tour to Dancing Crazy Summer Tour on April 5, 2011.
The tour resumed on July 15, 2011. However, on August 11, 2011, Cosgrove's tour bus was involved in a traffic collision on Interstate 70
Interstate 70
Interstate 70 is an Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a Park and Ride near Baltimore, Maryland. It was the first Interstate Highway project in the United States. I-70 approximately traces the path of U.S. Route 40 east of the Rocky...
in Vandalia, Illinois
Vandalia, Illinois
Vandalia is a city in Fayette County, Illinois, United States, northeast of St. Louis, on the Kaskaskia River. From 1819 to 1839 it served as the state capital of Illinois. Vandalia was the western terminus of the National Road. Today it is the county seat of Fayette County and the home of the...
. Five passengers were injured including Cosgrove, who sustained a broken ankle. Initial reports confirmed that the tour would be postponed while Cosgrove recovered. A week later, Cosgrove released a statement stating that the tour was canceled by the doctor's orders. Cosgrove admitted that she would resume touring by next year.
The tracks of High Maintenance were released in the Japanese edition of Cosgrove's debut album Sparks Fly. Also, this version includes the artwork produced for the EP.
Singles
- "Dancing CrazyDancing Crazy"Dancing Crazy" is a single performed by American recording artist Miranda Cosgrove. It was co-written by Avril Lavigne, Max Martin and Shellback and was produced by Martin and Shellback for Cosgrove's second extended play High Maintenance, released on March 15, 2011...
" is the EPExtended playAn 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...
's lead and only single, co-written by Avril LavigneAvril LavigneAvril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
with Max MartinMax MartinMartin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...
and Shellback, who produced it. The song was released for digital downloadMusic downloadA 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...
on December 21, 2010, while the music video was released onto NickelodeonNickelodeon (TV channel)Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
on February 13, 2011. It featured Cosgrove and her love interest at a party on a high school football field. The single was also a commercial success. In the US, it peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart. On the Top HeatseekersTop HeatseekersTop Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart, it debuted and peaked at number 21. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
at 100 in spring 2011. In SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, where it debuted at number 77 and peaked at number 17.
Track listing
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
34 |