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Performed by: Jesse McCartney; Kidz Bop Kids; Leona Lewis
Written by: Jesse Mccartney; Ryan Tedder

Credits: Mccartney, Jesse (Songwriter); Tedder, Ryan (Songwriter); JAMBITION MUSIC (Publisher); WRITE 2 LIVE PUBLISHING (Publisher)

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"Bleeding Love"
Single by Leona Lewis
from the album Spirit
B-side "Forgiveness"
Released 19 October 2007 (2007-10-19)
(see release history)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2007
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 4:24 (Album Version)
4:00 (Radio Edit)
Label Syco, J
Writer(s) Jesse McCartney, Ryan Tedder
Producer Ryan Tedder
Certification 2× Platinum (ARIA)
Platinum (RIAA)
Platinum (BPI, CRIA, IFPI, RIANZ)
Gold (Belgium, Sweden)
Leona Lewis singles chronology
"A Moment Like This"
(2006)		 "Bleeding Love"
(2007)		 "Better in Time"/"Footprints in the Sand"
(2008)
Music video
"Bleeding Love" at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)
"Bleeding Love"
Song by Jesse McCartney

from the album Departure
Recorded 2007
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 3:51
Label Hollywood
Writer Jesse McCartney, Ryan Tedder
Producer The Clutch
Departure track listing
Not Your Enemy
(12)		 "Bleeding Love"
(13)
Bleeding Love
Sample of Bleeding Love (Leona's Version)
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"Bleeding Love" is a pop/R&B ballad written by Jesse McCartney[1] and Ryan Tedder produced for British singer Leona Lewis's debut album, Spirit.[2] The song is the album's lead single (Lewis's official second single following "A Moment Like This"), released in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in October 2007.[3] "Bleeding Love" became the best-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom,[4] and, since the single's release, it has become a major international hit as the best-selling single of 2008. The single has reached number one in over 34 countries,[5] including the UK, Japan, and the United States. This is the second song to achieve this feat after "Candle in the Wind". The video aired on 17 October 2007,[6] and was uploaded to popular video-sharing website YouTube on the same day, where it has garnered over 120 million views.[7]

The track has sold over 3,370,000 digital downloads in the United States alone, and was the best selling single there in 2008.[8][9] The song achieved a similar feat in the United Kingdom where it was the best-selling single of 2007.[10]
"Bleeding Love" has charted within the UK top 100 singles chart in three different years, in 2007 it peaked at #1, 2008 at #2 and 2009 at #97.[11] "Bleeding Love" was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards.

Contents

Background

In December 2006, Lewis won the third series of British reality singing contest, The X Factor, her prize being a £1 million recording contract with Sony BMG, of which Simon Cowell is an A&R executive.[12] Cowell also mentored Lewis on the show. Cowell wanted Lewis's debut album to be an "incredible record" of original material, using some of the world's best record producers and songwriters.[13]

Meanwhile, in February 2007, OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder and pop singer-songwriter Jesse McCartney had written the song "Bleeding Love" for McCartney's third studio album,[14] Departure, however, his record label did not like the song.[15] Tedder believed it was a "massive" song and the record company were "out of [their] mind". McCartney wanted to keep it for himself as he had a personal attachment to the song, but Tedder realised it would not work for him.[15] Despite his own reality TV background, Tedder had previously made the decision not to work with contestants from the singing competition American Idol, but he had not heard of The X Factor, and on being shown a website about Lewis, he thought that "her voice just sounded unreal," saying that "from a writer's perspective, this girl — with or without a TV show — has one of the best voices I've ever heard."[16] On hearing that Cowell was looking for songs for Lewis's debut album, Tedder rearranged "Bleeding Love", changed the key and tailored it to suit her voice.[15] He pitched the song to Cowell, who said it was "the one".[16]

Music structure and lyrics

"Bleeding Love" is a pop song with R&B undertones set in the key of F major. It moves at 104 bpm and is set in 4/4 time. The album version runs for four minutes and twenty-two seconds and the radio edit runs for four minutes and one second. Lewis performs (A5) during the final chorus, and (D4) during each verse. The range of the song for her version is 1 1/2 octaves.[17] "Bleeding Love" is constructed in the common verse-chorus-bridge song pattern. It employs a church organ which is audible throughout the song until the bridge. Synthesized strings are also prominent throughout the song, which intermittently integrates wood block percussion throughout the track. A heavy, distorted marching band-like drum loop backs the song.[18] The song employs an interesting yet subtle harmonic shift beginning at the bridge. A harmonic shift or harmonic variety generally identifies most song bridges. What is special in "Bleeding Love" is that the turn around from the common I, VI, IV, V (F, Dm, Bb, C) progression used exclusively up to the bridge for both verses and choruses shifts to focus on the relative minor: VI, IV, I/V, V (Dm, Bb, F/C, C). The darker quality of superimposing the second half of the verse, as well as the final chorus over this VI chord progression, in addition to resolving the song on this relative minor, enhances the intensity of the pain and pathos of the song.

McCartney wrote the song about his long-term girlfriend, and said: "I kept thinking about being in love so much that it hurts. I was away from my girlfriend for four months at the time and I really wanted to [quit] and fly home. I was so in love that it was painful. It was like bleeding, it cut me open."[19] The song refers to someone in a relationship who is extremely blinded by love. Regardless of the numerous warnings from her friends and the fact that she is emotionally hurt by her lover, she continues to love him and accepts the pain. Metaphorically, this is represented in him "cutting her open". However, all she can do is "bleed love" for him.[20]

Promotion

The song's first radio play was on the BBC Radio 1 Chart Show on 16 September 2007,[3] and was quickly followed by an online exclusive streaming by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.[21] It was reported that over 1.5 million people listened to the song online.[22] The song was also Scott Mills's record of the week from Monday 24 September to Friday 28 September.[23]

Lewis went on a two-day regional UK radio tour to promote the single and album on 11 and 12 October 2007.[24] This was followed by an appearance on This Morning on 15 October. Lewis performed the song live on the fourth series of The X Factor on 20 October 2007,[25] and also made appearances on several other TV and radio shows such as T4, GMTV and Loose Women.

Lewis also performed the song at the Festival della canzone italiana on 29 February 2008, and on German entertainment show Wetten, dass..? on 1 March 2008.[26]

Lewis made her US television debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show, on 17 March 2008,[27] where she sang "Bleeding Love". She has also performed on Good Morning America on 4 April 2008, Live With Regis and Kelly on 8 April 2008, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 11 April 2008, and The Tyra Banks Show on 17 April 2008. Lewis performed the song live on the seventh series of American Idol on Wednesday 23 April 2008.[28]

Reception

Critical reaction to the song was mostly positive, with entertainment website Showbiz Spy describing it as "emotionally fuelled", saying, "this track perfectly showcases Leona's impressive vocal prowess and from the moment she opens her mouth we are instantly reminded about her amazing voice, capable of heart stopping intensity and a playful light touch."[29] Digital Spy's review of the song gave it four stars out of five, saying it is "easily the best single to be released by an X Factor star," and describing it as "a brilliantly smart pop record, managing to offer the lovelorn balladry that Lewis' X Factor fans are no doubt craving, while also suggesting a hint of street cred in the form of some beefy, vaguely modish beats."[30] It came second in Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007 announced on 31 December.[31]

However, BBC America's reviewer expressed that "the inventive percussion can't stop "Bleeding Love" from sounding dated, like filler on some long-lost, late '90s Mariah Carey album. It's one of those mid-tempo numbers — too slow for the club, too fast for the foxtrot. Actually, with its marching band drum beat, it sounds as much like Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" as a ballad can." The critic continues to say, "On to the positive: Lewis wisely restrains her vocals, never devolving into those vocal acrobatics that have historically plagued Christina Aguilera."[32]

Billboard's review by Singles Review Editor Chuck Taylor for "Bleeding Love", the first ahead of the song's release in the United States, stated it was "a colossal and timeless debut", going on to say "not only a one-listen harmonic show-stopper, it is also hip, soulful, beat-rippling and an undeniable vocal tour de force."[33] The Village Voice described the song as a "perfectly devised emo-pop machine ... the old Mariah is jealous right now."[34]

"Bleeding Love" has earned Lewis numerous awards and nominations. In December 2007, "Bleeding Love" won The Record of the Year[35] and the award for Best Track in the Virgin Media Music Awards 2007.[36] In January 2008, the song was nominated for the British Single award at the 2008 BRIT Awards.[37] Although the award was won by Take That's "Shine", it was announced that "Bleeding Love" had received the second highest number of public votes. The massive success of "Bleeding Love" earned Lewis the music award at Britain's Best 2008, which was aired on ITV1 on Friday 23 May 2008. On 3 December 2008, the song was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.[38] Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song 25th in the list of The 100 Best Singles of 2008.[39] In April 2009, Tedder and McCartney were awarded with the Song of the Year Award at the 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards for writing "Bleeding Love".[40]

Chart performance

"Bleeding Love" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number one on 28 October 2007.[41][42] With "Bleeding Love" reaching number one, Lewis became the first contestant from The X Factor to achieve two UK number-one singles.[43] Its seven week run at number one was also the second longest by a single from a UK female solo artist in chart history, only beaten by Rihanna and Jay-Z's 10-week run at the top with "Umbrella"".

In Australia, "Bleeding Love" debuted at number nine on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on 24 December 2007, and on 21 January 2008, topped the chart making Lewis the first artist to come from a British reality music talent show to top the Australian charts, and the first British act to reach number one on the ARIA Singles Chart since Sandi Thom's "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" in early 2007. On 10 February 2008, the single received a platinum certification, with sales of over 70,000.[44] In New Zealand, Lewis became the first British female solo artist to have a number one single since the Sugababes topped the chart in January 2006; it stayed at number one for five weeks.[45] It also reached number one in Switzerland, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands.[46]

In the United States, the single's digital release on 18 December 2007 led to nearly 6,000 legal downloads of the song.[47] As the song was added to song rotations throughout the country, increased digital sales of the single led to the song's debut on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 11.[48] The song officially debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on 1 March 2008 at number 85.[42] The song became Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit, and reached #1 on Billboards Hot 100 chart three separate times, each for a one-week run.[42] It also hit #1 on subsidiary charts, including Hot Digital Songs [49][50], and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, where it spent 52 weeks.[51] Lewis is the third female artist from the UK to have a number one hit with a debut U.S. single, following Petula Clark with "Downtown" (1965) and Sheena Easton with "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" (1981).[52]

The song has sold over 3 million in U.S. digital downloads.[53]

"Bleeding Love"'s U.S. chart run was atypical. After reaching number one for a week, it slipped to number four, rose to number two the next week, reclaimed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for another week, was succeeded by Lil Wayne's "Lollipop", and then returned to the number one slot, this time for two weeks. In doing so, it became just the second single to have three separate turns atop the Hot 100; Chic's "Le Freak" had done this January 1979, and the pattern has since happened twice more.[54] During this time, the parent album Spirit debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making Lewis the first solo British artist in 18 years to simultaneously top both the Billboard albums and singles charts. "Bleeding Love" spent twenty consecutive weeks in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, including ten weeks in the top two slots.

The song also reached number one on the Canadian Hot 100 dated 5 April 2008. In Spain, the single reached number two on the Spanish Singles Chart by PROMUSICAE. It was certificated Platinum with sales over 40,000 units. "Bleeding Love" was a hit on radio stations around the world, reaching number one in the airplay charts of the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany,[55] France,[56] Australia,[57] New Zealand, Luxembourg,[58] Latvia,[59] Slovakia,[60] Latin America,[61] Estonia[62] and Japan.[63] In the Greek Airplay Chart, it reached number two.[64] In Italy the song peaked at number 2 on the FIMI singles chart based only on digital downloads; instead it peaked at number 1 on the Italian Musica&Dischi singles chart, which is based on digital downloads and CD single sales, for 13 non-consecutive weeks.[42]

Sales performance

"Bleeding Love" was released in the United Kingdom in physical format on 22 October 2007, when it sold over 66,000 copies,[65] and topped the UK iTunes Store chart.[66] It was reported to be outselling Take That's "Rule the World" by three-to-one in chain store Woolworths,[67] and Britney Spears' "Gimme More" by ten-to-one.[66] "Bleeding Love" had sold over 126,000 copies by the end of Thursday 25 October,[68] and over 150,000 copies by the end of Friday 26 October.[69] It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007, a feat it maintained until "When You Believe" by Leon Jackson was released in December 2007, and outselling the rest of the top five singles combined.[41][70] It had sold around 107,000 downloads and 112,000 CD singles.[71]

In its second and third weeks on sale the single sold 158,370 copies,[72] and 111,978 copies respectively, bringing the total sales to 489,153 and making "Bleeding Love" the biggest selling single of 2007 after just three weeks of release.[73] It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a total of seven weeks, and in the top three for a further four weeks.[42] By the end of 2007 the single had sold a total of 788,000 copies and was the biggest selling single of the year. It was the first time a single by a UK female solo artist had topped the end of year singles sales chart in the 55 year history of the official charts.[4] "Bleeding Love" was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry on 9 November 2007,[74] and platinum on 18 January 2008.[75] Currently, it has stayed in the Top 75 for twenty weeks, nineteen of those in the Top 40.[42]

The song has sold 940,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company. It also has sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. alone. As of 19 September 2008, the single has been certified Gold and Platinum and 3x platinum in the US,[76] and Double Platinum in Australia.[77]

Music videos

Leona Lewis wearing a Dolce & Gabbana crystal gown in the music video for "Bleeding Love"

There are two music videos for "Bleeding Love". The first was directed by Melina Matsoukas and was filmed in Los Angeles.[78][dead link][79] It is set in a mock apartment block and features four storylines about couples in different stages of relationships: "The video is extremely emotional and shows everything from first love and unbridled passion to heartbreak, loss and anger."[80][dead link] Lewis stated that it is "real colourful, very funky, has lots of extras and I get to really perform."[78] Melina explained her meaning of the video in an interview on MTV's Making the Video, saying that the water in the video is a metaphor for the tenants' love problems, as if the apartments are bleeding love. For the video, Lewis wore a £100,000 Dolce & Gabbana crystal-encrusted dress, which weighed 40 pounds (18 kg).[79] The international version of the video was first posted to popular video sharing website YouTube on 17 October 2007.

Lewis filmed a second video in New York City for the US release of "Bleeding Love". The treatment for the video was written by Ryan Tedder,[81] and centres on a storyline involving Lewis arguing with her boyfriend, played by model Nicholas Lemons. It was directed by Jessy Terrero.[82] The video premiered in the United States on 29 January 2008 on Yahoo! Music,[83] and was uploaded to YouTube on 30 January 2008. Its television debut was on 4 February 2008 on VH1 as part of their "You Oughta Know" campaign.[84]

The international version of the music video was nominated for Best UK Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. The US version was number one on the VH1 Year End Top 40.

Formats and track listings

  • CD single (88697175622)
  1. "Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Ryan Tedder, Jesse McCartney) — 4:21
  2. "Forgiveness"[85] (Kara DioGuardi, Leona Lewis, Salaam Remi)[1] — 4:26
  • Maxi single (88697222422)[86]
  1. "Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
  2. "Forgiveness" (DioGuardi, Lewis, Remi) — 4:21
  3. "A Moment Like This" (Jörgen Elofsson, John Reid) — 4:1
  4. "Bleeding Love" (video)
  • U.S. CD promotional single (88697218242)[87]
  1. "Bleeding Love" (Radio Edit) (Tedder, McCartney) — 3:59
  2. "Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
  3. "Bleeding Love" (Call Out Hook) (Tedder, McCartney) — 0:10
  • U.S. digital single (886972980522)[88]
  1. "Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
  • Remixes and Other Versions
  1. Radio Edit
  2. Instrumental
  3. Acapella
  4. Remix featuring Trazz
  5. Jason Nevins Original Radio Mix
  6. Jason Nevins Rockin' Radio Mix
  7. Jason Nevins Club Mix
  8. Moto Blanco Radio Mix
  9. Moto Blanco Dub
  10. Moto Blanco Vocal Club Mix
  11. Shapeshifters Nocturnal Dub
  12. Shapeshifters Club Mix

Credits and personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Republic of Ireland 19 October 2007 Syco Music CD
United Kingdom[3] 21 October 2007 Digital download
22 October 2007 CD
New Zealand 3 December 2007 Sony BMG, Syco Music CD
Sweden 6 December 2007 CD
Australia[89] 15 December 2007 CD
United States[90] 18 December 2007 J Records Digital download
18 March 2008 CD
Italy[91] 11 January 2008 Sony BMG, Syco Music CD
Germany[92] CD, maxi CD, digital download
Switzerland[86] CD, maxi CD
Hong Kong[93] 23 January 2008 Maxi CD, digital download
Singapore[94] Maxi CD, digital download
Austria[citation needed] 25 January 2008 CD
Netherlands[95] 28 January 2008 CD
Japan[96] 13 February 2008
9 April 2008		 BMG Japan digital download
France[citation needed] 3 March 2008 Sony BMG, Syco Music CD

Charts

Chart (2007/2008) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[42] 1
Ö3 Austria Top 40[42] 1
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)[42][97] 1
Belgium Singles Chart (Wallonia)[98] 4
Canadian Hot 100[42] 1
Danish Singles Chart[42] 2
Dutch Singles Chart[42] 1
European Hot 100 Singles[99] 1
Finnish Singles Chart[42] 2
French Singles Chart[42] 1
German Singles Chart[42] 1
Greek Singles Chart[100] 1
Hungarian Mahasz Airplay Chart[101] 1
Irish Singles Chart[42] 1
Italian FIMI Singles Chart[102] 2
Japan Hot 100 Singles[103] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[42] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[42] 1
Romanian Top 100[104] 3
Russian Airplay Chart[105] 3
Spanish Singles Chart[98] 38
Swedish Singles Chart[42] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[42] 1
Turkey Top 20 Chart (Billboard)[106] 2
UK Singles Chart[42] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[107] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[107] 11
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[107] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks [51] 1
Year-end chart (2007) Position
UK Singles Chart[108] 1
Irish Singles Chart[109] 1
Year-end chart (2008) Position
Australian Singles Chart[110] 4
Austrian Singles Chart[111] 3
Canadian Hot 100 Songs[112] 2
French SNEP Singles Chart[113] 42
Japan Hot 100 Singles[114] 8
Spanish Singles Chart[115] 40
Swiss Singles Chart[116] 2
UK Singles Chart[117] 76

Procession and succession

Preceded by
"Crazy" by
Gnarls Barkley		 Top selling single of the year (UK)
2007		 Succeeded by
"Hallelujah" by Alexandra Burke
Preceded by
"If That's OK with You" by Shayne Ward		 Irish Singles Chart number-one single
25 October 2007 – 13 December 2007		 Succeeded by
"When You Believe" by Leon Jackson
Preceded by
"About You Now" by Sugababes		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
28 October 2007 – 15 December 2007		 Succeeded by
"What a Wonderful World" by Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy
Preceded by
"Apologize" by Timbaland presents OneRepublic		 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single
(first run)
17 December 2007 – 24 December 2007		 Succeeded by
"A Very Silent Night" by The Underdogs
Austrian Singles Chart number-one single
16 January 2008 – 19 February 2008		 Succeeded by
"A Very Silent Night" by The Underdogs
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
(first run)
27 January 2008 – 24 February 2008		 Succeeded by
"Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna
German Top100 Singles Chart number-one single
25 January 2008 – 19 February 2008		 Succeeded by
"Kuschel Song" by Schnuffel
Billboard Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
(first run)
8 March 2008 - 15 March 2008		 Succeeded by
"Apologize" by Timbaland presents OneRepublic
Billboard Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single (second run)
22 March 2008 - 29 March 2008		 Succeeded by
"Mercy" by Duffy
Preceded by
"A Very Silent Night" by The Underdogs		 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single
(second run)
31 December 2007 – 28 January 2008		 Succeeded by
"Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
Preceded by
"Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna		 Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
(second run)
2 March 2008 – 9 March 2008		 Succeeded by
"Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna
Preceded by
"Beggin'" by Madcon		 Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart number-one single
6 February 2008 – 20 February 2008		 Succeeded by
"Hold On Be Strong" by Maria Haukaas Storeng
Preceded by
"Il avait les mots" by Sheryfa Luna		 French SNEP Singles Chart number-one single
22 March 2008 - 29 March 2008		 Succeeded by
"Dangerous" by M. Pokora featuring Timbaland and Sebastian
Preceded by
"Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna		 Belgian Flemish Ultratop 50 number-one single
9 February 2008 - 22 March 2008		 Succeeded by
"O Julissi" by Ishtar
Preceded by
"Valerie" by Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse		 Dutch Top 40 number-one single
23 February 2008 - 8 March 2008		 Succeeded by
"Hello World" by Nikki
Preceded by
"Love Song" by Sara Bareilles		 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 number-one single (first run)
5 April 2008 - 11 April 2008		 Succeeded by
"Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey
Preceded by
"Love Song" by Sara Bareilles		 Canadian Hot 100 number-one single
5 April 2008 - 12 April 2008		 Succeeded by
"4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
Preceded by
"Mercy" by Duffy		 Billboard Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
(third run)
5 April 2008 - 19 April 2008		 Succeeded by
"Mercy" by Duffy
Preceded by
"Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey		 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 number-one single (second run)
19 April 2008 – 4 July 2008		 Succeeded by
"I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
Preceded by
"Burn -Fumetsu no Face-" by B'z		 Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one single
5 May 2008		 Succeeded by
"No More" by Tsutaya
Preceded by
"Love in This Club" by Usher featuring Young Jeezy (first run)
"Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey (second run)
"Lollipop" by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major (third run)		 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
30 March 2008 - 5 April 2008 (first run)
20 April 2008 - 26 April 2008 (second run)
4 May 2008 - 17 May 2008 (third run)		 Succeeded by
"Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey (first run)
"Lollipop" by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major (second run)
"Take a Bow" by Rihanna (third run)

Cover versions

  • Jesse McCartney recorded a cover of the song as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of his 2008 album Departure.
  • German group The Baseballs covered the song in rockabilly style for their debut album Strike! in 2009.

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