"Not as We" is a song from Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...

's seventh studio album, Flavors of Entanglement

Flavors of Entanglement

Flavors of Entanglement is the seventh studio album, fifth international release and last Maverick Records release by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. The album, which was originally set for an April release, was released May 30, 2008 in Germany, Benelux and Ireland, released...

. "Not as We" was remixed and released as the second single from Flavors of Entanglement in North America

North America

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, while "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man

In Praise Of The Vulnerable Man

"In Praise of the Vulnerable Man" is a song from Alanis Morissette's 7th studio album, Flavors of Entanglement. On August 15, 2008, the single was released in the UK. Two days later, it was released in Europe.-Track listing:-Music video:...

" was released as the second single in Europe

Europe

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.

The single was released to radio on October 13, 2008.

On November 25, 2008 the Not as We (Remixes) EP was released in Canada. The EP includes the radio edit and six other remixes.

Tracklist

1. "Not as We" (radio edit)
2. "Not as We" (Jack Shaft radio edit)
3. "Not as We" (Blow-Up edit)
4. "Not as We" (Dangerous Muse
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    edit)
5. "Not as We" (Eddie Amador
   Eddie Amador
   Eddie Amador is an American house music record producer and remixer. He is also the founder of the Mochico and MochicoPrimo record labels.Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Amador studied mechanical engineering at Arizona State University while moonlighting as a hip hop DJ. In 1996, he earned a...
   
   's multipressor edit)
6. "Not as We" (DJ Lynnwood
   DJ Lynnwood
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   's reborn edit)
7. "Not as We" (Holosound edit)

The Album Version is a piano driven ballad while the shorter Radio Edit adds guitars, bass and background effects and starts with the first line of the song while the Album Version has an instrumental opening. The music video uses the Radio Edit.

Music video

The music video, directed by James Whitaker and produced through RSA's promo division Black Dog Films, was shot in Los Angeles

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 on September 10, 2008. It features imagery identifiable as being shot at Half Moon Bay

Half Moon Bay

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. It premiered on Yahoo! Music

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 on the night of October 2, 2008 and features Morissette in various stages on the path to emotional recovery.

Charts

The song surprisingly charted when the album was released due to downloads of the song, resulting in a position of 22 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. As of December 2008, the song had already sold 38,000 paid downloads, according to Billboard. The digital downloads also helped the song reach the lower parts of UK Singles Chart (#197) despite the single not being commercially released in the United Kingdom.

Chart (2008)	Peak position
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 ...	197
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...	22