Misery Business

~ Release group by Paramore

Wikipedia

"Misery Business" is a song by American rock band Paramore from their second studio album, Riot! (2007) and serves as the lead single from the album. The song was written about a past experience of the band's lead singer, Hayley Williams, which involved a male friend who she felt was being exploited by a girl; when Williams and her friend dated afterwards, she wrote the track in order to "finally explain my side of the story and feel freed of it all". The accompanying music video for "Misery Business" was the third to be directed by Shane Drake for the band, and Alternative Press named "Misery Business" the Video of the Year in 2007.

"Misery Business" is considered the band's breakthrough hit and is credited with introducing the band to a mainstream audience. The track was commercially successful, peaking on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 26 (for the week of January 12, 2008), making it the band's highest-charting single until "Ain't It Fun" reached No. 10 in 2014. It also peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was the group's first charting single in the UK with more than 20,000 copies created within less than a year of the song's debut. It also succeeded in many countries including Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. On June 2, 2022, the song was certified six times platinum in the United States by the RIAA, the first of the band's songs to have sold six million units.

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Single

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
Official
Misery BusinessParamoreDigital Media1
  • GB2007-04-17
Fueled by Ramen
Misery BusinessParamoreDigital Media2
  • MX2007-06-18
Misery BusinessParamoreDigital Media2
  • GB2007-06-18
Misery BusinessParamoreDigital Media3
  • GB2007-08-04
WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990)
Misery BusinessParamoreCD3
75678997630075678997631
Misery BusinessParamoreCD2
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567899815075678998157
Misery BusinessParamoreDigital Media1
Misery BusinessParamore7" Vinyl2
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)AT0279X075678998133
Misery BusinessParamoreDigital Media2
  • GB2008-01-25
WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990)
Misery BusinessParamoreVinylDisc (CD side) + VinylDisc (Vinyl side)1 + 1
  • GB2008-02-11
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)AT0299CDV075678995156
Misery BusinessParamoreCD1
  • GB2008-02-11
075678995187
Misery BusinessParamoreCD1
  • GB2008-02-11
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)AT0299CD1075678995194
Promotion
Misery BusinessParamoreCD1
Fueled by RamenPRO17051[none]
Misery Business (promo songle with album version of track)ParamoreCD1
  • -2007
Fueled by Ramen

Relationships

remixes:Misery Business (Commander Spaceship remix) by Travis Lien
single/EP which was taken from:RIOT!
Wikipedia:en: Misery Business [info]
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/118808 [info]
Wikidata:Q76158550 [info]

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