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"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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Relationships

writer:Josh Farro
Hayley Williams
publisher:But Father, I Just Want to Sing Music (publishing company of Hayley Williams of Paramore)
FBR Music
WC Music Corp.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/137208 [info]
Wikidata:Q651870 [info]
music quoted on:good 4 u

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
2007-09-07Misery Business (live, 2007‐09‐07: Astoria Theatre, London, UK)liveParamore3:46
2008-01-30Misery Business (live, 2008-01-30: Apollo Manchester, Manchester, England, UK)liveParamore3:46
2008-06-14Misery Business (live, 2008-06-14: Live at Norwegian Wood, Frognerbadet, Oslo, Norway)liveParamore3:30
2008-08-10Misery Business (live, 2008-08-10: Virgin Mobile Festival, Pimlico Racetrack, Baltimore, MD, USA)liveParamore3:40
2008-08-12Misery Business (live, 2008-08-12: Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA)liveParamore4:40
Misery Business (album version/with intro)Paramore3:32
Misery Businesscover and instrumental8-Bit Misfits3:37
Misery BusinesscoverPostmodern Jukebox feat. Therese Curatolo4:04
Misery BusinesscoverMadilyn Bailey3:16
Misery BusinesscoverSea of Treachery3:15
Misery BusinessliveParamore3:46
Misery Business (live)liveParamore?:??
Misery Business (explicit)coverMachine Gun Kelly & Travis Barker3:21
Misery BusinesscoverSkatune Network3:18
Misery Businesscover and instrumentalThe Piano Tribute Players4:04
Misery BusinesscoverFirst to Eleven3:31
Misery Businesscover and instrumentalTwinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star4:03
Misery BusinessParamore3:16
Misery Business (single version/without intro)Paramore3:19
Misery BusinessParamore3:33
Misery BusinessParamore?:??
Misery BusinessParamore?:??
Misery Business (live: London, England, UK)liveParamore3:47
Misery Business (music video)Paramore3:19
Misery Business (acoustic at 97x Green Rooms Sessions)Paramore3:23
Misery Business (acoustic) (live, Q101, Chicago, IL, USA)liveParamore3:17
Misery Business (acoustic)Paramore3:15
Misery Business (Andy Gillion remix)Paramore3:20
Misery Business (Commander Spaceship remix)Travis Lien3:28
Misery Business (karaoke)Paramore?:??
Misery Business (The Voice Performance)cover and liveCharlotte Sometimes3:27
Misery Business (video)Paramore?:??
Mizery BusinazzNoisewaves2:48