Miss Independent
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"Miss Independent" is the first single
(first in Australia and the United Kingdom) from pop rock
singer, Kelly Clarkson
's multi-platinum debut album, Thankful
, and her second overall single. The song was written by Rhett Lawrence
, Clarkson, Christina Aguilera
and Matt Morris
. It was Clarkson's second Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100
, making her the only American Idol
winner to have two Top 10 singles on the chart. The song was Aguilera's first hit as a songwriter for another singer.
On March 29, 2005, the single was certified gold by RIAA and has sold over 1,000,000 copies in all formats in the US. The song received a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
at the 2004 Grammy Awards, but lost out to Christina Aguilera
's "Beautiful
."
, and Matt Morris
for her sophomore album, Stripped
. But having been half-finished by the time Stripped was released, her record label decided to let Clarkson contribute to the lyrics and record the song.
In this rhythmic pop number, Clarkson describes a woman ("Miss Independent") who lets down her emotional barriers to fall in love. The single is also a downloadable content for Rock Band
, Rock Band 2
, and Lego Rock Band
.
. Moreover, the single came out at the time that the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay
was changing to include fewer top-forty stations, and more R&B and rhythmic stations. The single also did not have a commercial release on vinyl or CD-single forms to give it a boost on the charts. The single was released as a digital download
. It charted and peaked at number two on the first ever digital download
chart in July 2003. The song was a smash on top-forty radio formats, and peaked at number one for six weeks on Top 40 Mainstream and an equal six weeks on the Top 40 Tracks
.
Internationally, the song was also a hit. In Canada, it reached a peak of number six, a ranking it also attained in the United Kingdom. In Australia, the song peaked at number three on the charts. "Miss Independent" is tied with "Since U Been Gone
" as Clarkson's highest-peaking single in Australia to date.
(directed by Liz Friedlander
) shows Clarkson singing at a house party. The video appeared on the yearly MuchMusic
program Fromage
(French
for "cheese"). On this countdown composed of "cheesy" music videos, "Miss Independent" finished second to Britney Spears
's single "Me Against the Music
".
Another video was believed to have been made for the United Kingdom. This video, however, is in fact a T4
performance edited to look like a video. In it, Clarkson is shown performing on top of a building with a cityscape background. The same U.S. video was used to promote the single in the UK and Europe.
US single
US Promo CD
US 12" Promo
European/Australian CD single
UK CD single
UK cassette single
UK 12" 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...
(first in Australia and the United Kingdom) from pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
singer, Kelly Clarkson
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,...
's multi-platinum debut album, Thankful
Thankful (Kelly Clarkson album)
-Sales and chart performance:Release of the album was preceded by the single "Miss Independent", which become a top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit and a #1 top 40 smash. In thanks to the success of the single, as well as buzz from her American Idol win , the album sold well in the United States...
, and her second overall single. The song was written by Rhett Lawrence
Rhett Lawrence
Rhett Lawrence is a record producer and songwriter. He is originally famous for producing the Grammy Award–winning, Billboard #1 Hot 100 and #1 R&B single "Vision of Love" for Mariah Carey. He produced and co-wrote the Kelly Clarkson pop rock hit "Miss Independent” which was #1 for 6 weeks at Top...
, Clarkson, Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
and Matt Morris
Matt Morris (musician)
Matthew Burton Morris is an American pop artist and songwriter. He is the son of country music star Gary Morris. He achieved early fame when he appeared on the Disney Channel television series The Mickey Mouse Club in the early 1990s, where he was a cast member from 1991-1995...
. It was Clarkson's second Top 10 single on the 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...
, making her the only American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
winner to have two Top 10 singles on the chart. The song was Aguilera's first hit as a songwriter for another singer.
On March 29, 2005, the single was certified gold by RIAA and has sold over 1,000,000 copies in all formats in the US. The song received a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist...
at the 2004 Grammy Awards, but lost out to Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
's "Beautiful
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera song)
"Beautiful" is a song written by Linda Perry and recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for Aguilera's fourth studio album, Stripped...
."
Song information
"Miss Independent" was originally written by Aguilera, Rhett LawrenceRhett Lawrence
Rhett Lawrence is a record producer and songwriter. He is originally famous for producing the Grammy Award–winning, Billboard #1 Hot 100 and #1 R&B single "Vision of Love" for Mariah Carey. He produced and co-wrote the Kelly Clarkson pop rock hit "Miss Independent” which was #1 for 6 weeks at Top...
, and Matt Morris
Matt Morris (musician)
Matthew Burton Morris is an American pop artist and songwriter. He is the son of country music star Gary Morris. He achieved early fame when he appeared on the Disney Channel television series The Mickey Mouse Club in the early 1990s, where he was a cast member from 1991-1995...
for her sophomore album, Stripped
Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)
Stripped is the fourth studio album by American pop recording artist Christina Aguilera. It was released on October 26, 2002. It reached the top two of the album charts in both the United States and United Kingdom and features two UK number-one hits: "Dirrty" which gained criticism and controversy...
. But having been half-finished by the time Stripped was released, her record label decided to let Clarkson contribute to the lyrics and record the song.
In this rhythmic pop number, Clarkson describes a woman ("Miss Independent") who lets down her emotional barriers to fall in love. The single is also a downloadable content for Rock Band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
, Rock Band 2
Rock Band 2
Rock Band 2 is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems. It is the sequel to Rock Band and is the second title in the series. The game allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular songs by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments...
, and Lego Rock Band
Lego Rock Band
Lego Rock Band is a music video game and part of the Rock Band series developed by Harmonix Music Systems, but also incorporates elements from other Lego video games as developed by Traveller's Tales. The game is published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games...
.
Chart success
"Miss Independent" performed strongly on the Billboard charts, and managed to peak at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100Billboard 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...
. Moreover, the single came out at the time that the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay
Hot 100 Airplay
The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard...
was changing to include fewer top-forty stations, and more R&B and rhythmic stations. The single also did not have a commercial release on vinyl or CD-single forms to give it a boost on the charts. The single was released as a 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...
. It charted and peaked at number two on the first ever digital download
Hot Digital Tracks
The Hot Digital Tracks chart is a song popularity chart that ranks the best selling digital tracks in the United States according to Billboard magazine...
chart in July 2003. The song was a smash on top-forty radio formats, and peaked at number one for six weeks on Top 40 Mainstream and an equal six weeks on the Top 40 Tracks
Top 40 Tracks
Top 40 Tracks is a defunct airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. It was created in 1998, when Billboard Magazine changed the airplay profile of The Hot 100 Airplay to include more R&B, Country, and Rock stations to its profile . To preserve the notion of the former chart, Top 40 Tracks was...
.
Internationally, the song was also a hit. In Canada, it reached a peak of number six, a ranking it also attained in the United Kingdom. In Australia, the song peaked at number three on the charts. "Miss Independent" is tied with "Since U Been Gone
Since U Been Gone
"Since U Been Gone" is a song written and produced by Max Martin and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald for American singer Kelly Clarkson. The song was released as the second single from her second album, Breakaway in the US and Australia and was released as the first single in Europe...
" as Clarkson's highest-peaking single in Australia to date.
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
(directed by Liz Friedlander
Liz Friedlander
Liz Friedlander is an American film, music video and television director.Originally from New York, Friedlander moved to Pennsylvania to attend the Drama Conservatory school at Carnegie Mellon University...
) shows Clarkson singing at a house party. The video appeared on the yearly MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...
program Fromage
Fromage
Fromage was an annual one-hour special produced by the Canadian MuchMusic cable channel. Originally hosted by songwriter Christopher Ward, beginning in the late 1980s , Fromage pays "tribute" to music videos that are considered the worst or cheesiest of the year by MuchMusic staff.- History :Since...
(French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
for "cheese"). On this countdown composed of "cheesy" music videos, "Miss Independent" finished second to Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
's single "Me Against the Music
Me Against the Music
"Me Against the Music" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears from her fourth album, In the Zone, featuring American recording artist Madonna. It was released on October 20, 2003 as the lead single from the album by Jive Records. After bonding with Spears during a night in New York...
".
Another video was believed to have been made for the United Kingdom. This video, however, is in fact a T4
T4 (Channel 4)
T4 is a scheduling slot on Channel 4 from about 09:00 until 14:00 on Saturdays and 17:00 on Sundays. It also airs on weekdays in the school holidays. The slot has a separate station identification on screen graphic from Channel 4 and E4. The logo of T4 is noticeably the top right segment of the...
performance edited to look like a video. In it, Clarkson is shown performing on top of a building with a cityscape background. The same U.S. video was used to promote the single in the UK and Europe.
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Miss Independent".US single
- "Miss Independent" - 3:35
- "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" - 2:36
- "Miss Independent" (MaUVe mix) - 7:55
US Promo CD
- "Miss Independent" - 3:35
- "Miss Independent" (Call Out Hook) - 0:10
US 12" Promo
- "Miss Independent" (Junior's Kelly Rock Mix) - 9:04
- "Miss Independent" (Hani's Extended Club Mix) - 9:08
European/Australian CD single
- "Miss Independent" - 3:35
- "Respect" - 2:15
- "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" - 2:36
- "Miss Independent" (music video) - 3:35
UK CD single
- "Miss Independent" - 3:35
- "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" - 2:36
- "Miss Independent" (MaUVe mix) - 7:55
- "Miss Independent" (music video) - 3:35
UK cassette single
- "Miss Independent" - 3:35
- "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" - 2:36
- "Miss Independent" (MaUVe mix) - 7:55
UK 12" single
- "Miss Independent" (MaUVe Full Vocal Mix - 7:55
- "Miss Independent" (Shanghai Surprise Mix) - 7:33
- "Miss Independent" (MaUVe Dub) - 7:55
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | April 10, 2003 | RCA Records RCA Records RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label... |
Digital download (radio only) | |
| May 25, 2003 | RCA Records RCA Records RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label... |
CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s... |
||
| Australia | August 4, 2003 | CD single |
Comprehensive charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
Year end position |
|---|---|---|
| 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... Singles Chart |
3 | 53 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 39 | - |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 6 | - |
| Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
9 | 80 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 11 | - |
| Sweden Singles Chart | 25 | - |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 44 | - |
| UK Singles Chart | 6 | - |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 9 | 44 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs | 1 | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 14 | 31 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 28 | - |
Sales and certifications
| Country | Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NA | 759,000 |
Personnel
- Lead Vocals by Kelly Clarkson.
- Background Vocals by Kelly Clarkson & Suzy Benson.
- Produced by Rhett LawrenceRhett LawrenceRhett Lawrence is a record producer and songwriter. He is originally famous for producing the Grammy Award–winning, Billboard #1 Hot 100 and #1 R&B single "Vision of Love" for Mariah Carey. He produced and co-wrote the Kelly Clarkson pop rock hit "Miss Independent” which was #1 for 6 weeks at Top...
. - Published by Rhettski (ASCAP), Xtina Music (BMIBroadcast Music IncorporatedBroadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
), Copyright Control (ASCAP), LogRhythm Music (BMIBroadcast Music IncorporatedBroadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
) - Writers: Rhett Lawrence, Christina AguileraChristina AguileraChristina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
, Kelly Clarkson, Matt MorrisMatt Morris (musician)Matthew Burton Morris is an American pop artist and songwriter. He is the son of country music star Gary Morris. He achieved early fame when he appeared on the Disney Channel television series The Mickey Mouse Club in the early 1990s, where he was a cast member from 1991-1995... - Recorded & Mixed at Sound Gallery Studios, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia 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...