I Do Not Hook Up
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"I Do Not Hook Up" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson
. It served as the second single from her fourth album All I Ever Wanted
. The song, in addition to another track on the album ("Long Shot"), was recorded by Katy Perry
for her unreleased album (A) Katy Perry (previously just called "Hook Up").
"I Do Not Hook Up" was sent to American radio stations on April 14, 2009. The song was written by Greg Wells
, Katy Perry
, Kara DioGuardi
and produced by Howard Benson
.
, recording the track for her second album . Later on, The songs "Hook Up", which was renamed as "I Do Not Hook Up" and "Long Shot" were offered to Kelly Clarkson for her 2009 album, All I Ever Wanted.
playing on a covers album or as the first of a series of concert encores. Ride the wild guitar by Phil X
(aka Xenidis) from beginning to end, bounce to the insistent beat, and chant along with the decisive chorus that delivers a message of girl power. Yes, it's formulaic, but like the best pop records, it's a masterful template written by real pros. And speaking of pop, it would be interesting to hear rock formats play this and not tell their listeners who it is. The phones could ring with questions like, "Is that a new Pat Benatar
record?" Absolutepunk.net also gave a rave review of the song, writing, "Hook Up” leans on a massive chorus that will destroy radio as we know it." About.com
gave the song a very positive review, commenting "Kelly Clarkson turned the intriguing song title 'My Life Would Suck Without You
' into a #1 smash on Billboard's Hot 100. Now, the follow-up 'I Do Not Hook Up' is likely to grab as much initial attention with another intriguing title. Fortunately, this dissertation on the virtue of taking things slow is also another hot rocker for Clarkson." "There really can't be too many rousing rock hits about the healing power of a solid romantic relationship. Some guy has been driven to drink, and the slow pursuit of Kelly Clarkson can heal the pain. That's the message here, and it seems a plausible one. It is also likely to drive the second big smash single from All I Ever Wanted to the upper reaches of the pop singles chart.....Add another to the growing list of classic Kelly Clarkson singles".
Femalefirst.co.uk gave the song another positive review and received 4 out of 5 stars as voted by the public. They said that "‘I Do Not Hook Up’ is a feisty anthem with a catchy guitar riff and chorus, which Kelly bellows out with her amazing voice. After just one listen you find yourself already singing along and the single looks set to be a hit just as her comeback single ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’". Los Angeles Times
writes, "should be heard by every teen girl contemplating chucking her purity ring."
on March 20, 2009, and also on the March 14, 2009 episode of Saturday Night Live
. She also performed the song live in the UK at The Album Chart Show, and later on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 12, 2009 and The Ellen DeGeneres Show
on May 14. Clarkson also performed "I Do Not Hook Up" on several Australian television shows, including Rove, and Australia's Funniest Home Videos Show in early June. Clarkson performed the single on Monday, 8 June on GMTV
. Also on the same day, she appeared on Loose Women
performing the single. Clarkson appeared on the hit United States show So You Think You Can Dance
on July 2, during the results show and performed it. The song was included on tours All I Ever Wanted Summer Fair Mini-Tour and All I Ever Wanted Tour.
and was shot March 25, 2009. A 30 second preview debuted of the video on Clarkson's official website. Clarkson revealed to Access Hollywood
the plot of the video:"I go into fantasy mode. So the girl that’s a good girl, in her fantasy, she’s always hooking up. I’m throwing guys around". The video was supposed to be released on April 20 on MTV. Clarkson stated in the Access Hollywood
interview that there are three guys for her in the video, but in the final version of the video there are only two, meaning that the fantasy with the third man was cut off from the video.
The video begins with Clarkson at a wedding, where she is bored and gets excited just as she sees a beautiful bartender. She imagines seducing him, right on the table, and imagines the two kissing. Soon after, she realizes that was only her imagination and a guy that is sitting next to her says that "the strawberry is delicious" while eating the chocolate covered strawberry. In the second scene, Clarkson is in a bar with her friends enjoying and watching the guys in place. They then have the idea of dancing on the counter, to call attention. It's there that Clarkson slips and falls on the floor, but she quickly gets up and gives a happy scream. (Making reference to a scene of Cameron Diaz
in the movie What Happens in Vegas
). In the end, she sings the final phrase of the music by holding the guy she was interested in and winks for the camera. It then shows her and her friends laughing at what they could do.
There are also scenes where Clarkson is singing the song with her band on stage.
The music video of Clarkson's 2011 single "Mr. Know It All
" also features Clarkson watching snippets of the "I Do Not Hook Up" music video on a Sony Google TV
.
Single EP (Australia - CD) (88697 52450 2)
Remixes (Europe - MP3 Download)
German vocalist Martina Dennis did a Eurodance (also referred to as 'Hands Up')
cover, which also features many remixes.
Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem
did a cover on a radio broadcast.
On the Canadian Hot 100
, the song performed better on the airplay charts and digital sales, boosting it up to #13, making another Top-15 hit.
"I Do Not Hook Up" saw a resurgence in the Australian ARIA
charts during Clarkson's promotional visit in June, leaping to #9, becoming her 8th top 10 single in Australia. On the UK Singles Chart
failed to reach the same success as "My Life Would Suck Without You", with a peak of #36 it is her second lowest charting single in the UK, although it marks her tenth consecutive top 40 hit in the country (also worth of note is that the song has spent more weeks inside the UK top 100 chart than her higher charting singles "Low/The Trouble With Love Is", "Walk Away", "Breakaway" and "Never Again"). The single also didn't chart as highly in Ireland, Sweden, New Zealand, Germany, and Austria.
It appeared at #91 on the 2009 Billboard Year-End Chart.
Notes
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
. It served as the second single from her fourth album All I Ever Wanted
All I Ever Wanted (album)
All I Ever Wanted is the fourth studio album by American pop rock singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson, released on March 6, 2009 in Australia and Germany and the United States on March 10. It was her second album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200...
. The song, in addition to another track on the album ("Long Shot"), was recorded by Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
for her unreleased album (A) Katy Perry (previously just called "Hook Up").
"I Do Not Hook Up" was sent to American radio stations on April 14, 2009. The song was written by Greg Wells
Greg Wells
Greg Wells is a multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Adele, Weezer, Pink, Theophilus London, Deftones, Katy Perry, Rufus Wainwright, The All American Rejects, OneRepublic, Mika, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach,...
, Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
, Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; her songs have appeared on more than 159...
and produced by Howard Benson
Howard Benson
Howard Benson is a two-time Grammy-nominated music producer and aerospace engineer.-Biography:Howard Benson has a degree in materials engineering from Drexel University and studied composition at the Philadelphia College for Performing Arts. Later he worked for Garrett AiResearch, where he worked...
.
Development
"I Do Not Hook Up" was written by Greg Wells, Katy Perry, Kara DioGuardi, originally called "Hook Up". It was first written and recorded by American pop singer Katy PerryKaty Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
, recording the track for her second album . Later on, The songs "Hook Up", which was renamed as "I Do Not Hook Up" and "Long Shot" were offered to Kelly Clarkson for her 2009 album, All I Ever Wanted.
Critical reception
The song received positive reviews upon its release, and is often regarded as one of the album's highlights. Billboard magazine gave the song a positive review, writing "Here is a Kelly Clarkson song you can imagine Joan JettJoan Jett
Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...
playing on a covers album or as the first of a series of concert encores. Ride the wild guitar by Phil X
Phil X
Philip Xenidis, better known as Phil X , is a Greek-born guitarist and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based turbo pop band Powder. He also has a second band, the Drills. He is best known as the guitarist who replaced Rik Emmett in the Canadian rock band Triumph, for the Edge of Excess album and tour...
(aka Xenidis) from beginning to end, bounce to the insistent beat, and chant along with the decisive chorus that delivers a message of girl power. Yes, it's formulaic, but like the best pop records, it's a masterful template written by real pros. And speaking of pop, it would be interesting to hear rock formats play this and not tell their listeners who it is. The phones could ring with questions like, "Is that a new Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...
record?" Absolutepunk.net also gave a rave review of the song, writing, "Hook Up” leans on a massive chorus that will destroy radio as we know it." About.com
About.com
About.com is an online source for original information and advice. It is written in English, and is aimed primarily at North Americans. It is owned by The New York Times Company....
gave the song a very positive review, commenting "Kelly Clarkson turned the intriguing song title 'My Life Would Suck Without You
My Life Would Suck Without You
"My Life Would Suck Without You" is a song performed by American pop rock singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson. It is the first single from her fourth studio album, All I Ever Wanted. Dr. Luke and Max Martin, writers of her hit "Since U Been Gone", co-produced and co-wrote the song. Claude Kelly also...
' into a #1 smash on Billboard's Hot 100. Now, the follow-up 'I Do Not Hook Up' is likely to grab as much initial attention with another intriguing title. Fortunately, this dissertation on the virtue of taking things slow is also another hot rocker for Clarkson." "There really can't be too many rousing rock hits about the healing power of a solid romantic relationship. Some guy has been driven to drink, and the slow pursuit of Kelly Clarkson can heal the pain. That's the message here, and it seems a plausible one. It is also likely to drive the second big smash single from All I Ever Wanted to the upper reaches of the pop singles chart.....Add another to the growing list of classic Kelly Clarkson singles".
Femalefirst.co.uk gave the song another positive review and received 4 out of 5 stars as voted by the public. They said that "‘I Do Not Hook Up’ is a feisty anthem with a catchy guitar riff and chorus, which Kelly bellows out with her amazing voice. After just one listen you find yourself already singing along and the single looks set to be a hit just as her comeback single ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’". Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
writes, "should be heard by every teen girl contemplating chucking her purity ring."
Promotion
Clarkson performed the song live on Good Morning AmericaGood Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
on March 20, 2009, and also on the March 14, 2009 episode of Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
. She also performed the song live in the UK at The Album Chart Show, and later on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 12, 2009 and 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...
on May 14. Clarkson also performed "I Do Not Hook Up" on several Australian television shows, including Rove, and Australia's Funniest Home Videos Show in early June. Clarkson performed the single on Monday, 8 June on GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
. Also on the same day, she appeared on Loose Women
Loose Women
Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...
performing the single. Clarkson appeared on the hit United States show So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
on July 2, during the results show and performed it. The song was included on tours All I Ever Wanted Summer Fair Mini-Tour and All I Ever Wanted Tour.
Music video
The music video was directed by Bryan BarberBryan Barber
Bryan Barber is a music video and motion picture director. He has directed many music videos for popular artists.-Personal:Barber graduated from Sacramento, CA Hiram Johnson High School in 1988...
and was shot March 25, 2009. A 30 second preview debuted of the video on Clarkson's official website. Clarkson revealed to Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
the plot of the video:"I go into fantasy mode. So the girl that’s a good girl, in her fantasy, she’s always hooking up. I’m throwing guys around". The video was supposed to be released on April 20 on MTV. Clarkson stated in the Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
interview that there are three guys for her in the video, but in the final version of the video there are only two, meaning that the fantasy with the third man was cut off from the video.
The video begins with Clarkson at a wedding, where she is bored and gets excited just as she sees a beautiful bartender. She imagines seducing him, right on the table, and imagines the two kissing. Soon after, she realizes that was only her imagination and a guy that is sitting next to her says that "the strawberry is delicious" while eating the chocolate covered strawberry. In the second scene, Clarkson is in a bar with her friends enjoying and watching the guys in place. They then have the idea of dancing on the counter, to call attention. It's there that Clarkson slips and falls on the floor, but she quickly gets up and gives a happy scream. (Making reference to a scene of Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz
Cameron Michelle Diaz is an American actress and former model. She became famous during the 1990s with roles in the movies The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, and There's Something About Mary. Other high-profile credits include the two Charlie's Angels films, voicing the character Princess Fiona...
in the movie What Happens in Vegas
What Happens in Vegas
What Happens in Vegas is a 2008 American romantic comedy film from 20th Century Fox starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. The title is based on the marketing catchphrase, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas."-Plot:...
). In the end, she sings the final phrase of the music by holding the guy she was interested in and winks for the camera. It then shows her and her friends laughing at what they could do.
There are also scenes where Clarkson is singing the song with her band on stage.
The music video of Clarkson's 2011 single "Mr. Know It All
Mr. Know It All
"Mr. Know It All" is a song by American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson. The break-up themed song was written by Brian Kennedy, Ester Dean, Brett James, and Dante Jones. It was described as the most different among the singles released by Clarkson...
" also features Clarkson watching snippets of the "I Do Not Hook Up" music video on a Sony Google TV
Google TV
Google TV is a Smart TV platform from Google. It was announced on May 20, 2010, at Google’s Google I/O event and was co-developed by Google, Intel, Sony and Logitech...
.
Tracklist
Single (Europe - CD) (88697 52449 2)- I Do Not Hook Up (Album Version) [03:20]
- I Do Not Hook Up (Instrumental Version) [03:20]
Single EP (Australia - CD) (88697 52450 2)
- I Do Not Hook Up (Album Version) [03:20]
- I Do Not Hook Up (Instrumental Version) [03:20]
- My Life Would Suck Without You (Chriss Ortega Radio Mix) [03:40]
- My Life Would Suck Without You (F&L Radio Edit) [03:53]
Remixes (Europe - MP3 Download)
- I Do Not Hook Up (Album Version) [3:20]
- I Do Not Hook Up (Ashanti Boyz Radio Mix) [3:39]
- I Do Not Hook Up (Ashanti Boyz Club Mix) [5:56]
Remixes/covers
- I Do Not Hook Up (Bimbo JonesBimbo JonesBimbo Jones is a UK dance music group comprising producers Lee Dagger and Marc JB and vocalist Katherine Ellis. Known for their remix work and white label releases, they produced a remix of Meck's 2006 UK number-one single "Thunder in My Heart Again"...
Club Mix) – 6:48 - I Do Not Hook Up (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit) – 3:56
- I Do Not Hook Up (Bimbo Jones Radio Mix) – 3:56
- I Do Not Hook Up (Bimbo Jones Club Edit) – 4:50
- I Do Not Hook Up (DJ Tim A Club Remix) – 7:05
- I Do Not Hook Up (Tim Dance Vocal Experience Remix) – 6:29
- I Do Not Hook Up (Mike Junior Remix) – 3:43
German vocalist Martina Dennis did a Eurodance (also referred to as 'Hands Up')
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
cover, which also features many remixes.
Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem
The Gaslight Anthem
The Gaslight Anthem is an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, consisting of Brian Fallon , Alex Rosamilia , Alex Levine and Benny Horowitz...
did a cover on a radio broadcast.
Release history
| Country | Release Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | April 14, 2009 | Airplay | RCA Records |
| Australia | April 21, 2009 | CD single | Sony Music |
| Germany | May 22, 2009 | CD single | Sony Music |
| United Kingdom | June 1, 2009 | CD single | RCA Label Group (UK) |
Chart performance
The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #20 and sold over 690,000 copies after 18 weeks on the chart. It peaked at #12 on the Billboard Pop 100, #13 on the Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks, and #8 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40.On the Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
, the song performed better on the airplay charts and digital sales, boosting it up to #13, making another Top-15 hit.
"I Do Not Hook Up" saw a resurgence in the Australian ARIA
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...
charts during Clarkson's promotional visit in June, leaping to #9, becoming her 8th top 10 single in Australia. On the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
failed to reach the same success as "My Life Would Suck Without You", with a peak of #36 it is her second lowest charting single in the UK, although it marks her tenth consecutive top 40 hit in the country (also worth of note is that the song has spent more weeks inside the UK top 100 chart than her higher charting singles "Low/The Trouble With Love Is", "Walk Away", "Breakaway" and "Never Again"). The single also didn't chart as highly in Ireland, Sweden, New Zealand, Germany, and Austria.
It appeared at #91 on the 2009 Billboard Year-End Chart.
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
Year end chart |
Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
9 | — | Gold | 35,000 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 68 | — | — | — |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... (Flanders) |
8 | — | — | — |
| Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
13 | — | Gold | 20,000 |
| 19 | — | — | — | |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,... |
81 | — | — | — |
| German Singles Chart | 55 | — | — | — |
| Hungarian Airplay Top 40 Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
10 | 75 | — | — |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
30 | — | — | — |
| Italian Singles Chart | 47 | — | — | — |
| 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... |
31 | — | — | — |
| Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
30 | — | — | — |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
36 | — | — | — |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The 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... |
20 | 91 | — | 690,000 |
Notes
- 1 The single peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Pop 100, however, it did not progress further because the chart was de-activated in June 2009.