I'm Not Dead

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I'm Not Dead
Studio album by P!nk
Released	April 4, 2006 (Germany)
Recorded	2004-2006
Genre	Pop, Rock
Length	54:07
Label	LaFace
Producer(s)	Max Martin, billymann, MachoPsycho, Christopher Rojas, Butch Walker, Lukasz Gottwald, Josh Abraham, Darkchild
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P!nk chronology
Try This (2003)	I'm Not Dead (2006)	. . .

I'm Not Dead is the fourth album by pop singer P!nk, released in North America on April 4, 2006 (see 2006 in music); it was released a day earlier in most other territories. P!nk worked with producers billymann, Josh Abraham, Swedish hit maker Max Martin, and R&B producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Luke Gottwald, Butch Walker and Mike Elizondo co-wrote the tracks, which range from the intrinsically personal to political. The album was originally titled "Long Way to Happy", after the song of the same name, but P!nk changed her mind because she thought I'm Not Dead made a stronger statement that this was a comeback album.

Contents 1 Release and reception 2 Track listing 3 Charts and sales 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Release and reception

The album sold 126,000 copies in its first week in the U.S., failing to improve upon her 2003 album Try This, of which 147,000 units were sold in its first week. I'm Not Dead was not a major success in the U.S., exiting the charts after just twenty-three weeks; as of October 2006, it had sold just 499,000 copies.^[1] After twenty-six weeks it went to number one in Australia and as of December 2006 was certified quadruple platinum with 280,000 copies shipped;^[2] it is P!nk's first number-one album there and the album has spent fifteen consecutive weeks in the top five. It debuted at number three in the UK and re-entered the top ten after twenty-three weeks of release.

The album was leaked to file sharing networks on March 25, eleven days before its release date, most likely from a promotional CD. On March 28 the official website of MTV previewed the album in a section titled The Leak, where one can listen to an album one week before it comes out in stores. Before "Stupid Girls" was chosen as the album's lead single, videos were shot for it and "U + Ur Hand", which became the album's third single. "Stupid Girls" reached the top twenty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the top five in the UK and Australia. It was the subject of considerable discussion, with P!nk attending The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss what she called the "stupid girl epidemic". Another track on the album, a critique of U.S. President George W. Bush titled "Dear Mr. President", also attracted publicity; it is thought to be an open letter to President George W. Bush. Despite popular belief that "Dear Mr. President" would be released as a single, during a promotional visit to Australia, Pink appeared on the TV show Rove Live and said that the track would never be released commercially, despite unexpected radio airplay in some markets. Pink also mentioned during a radio interview in Seattle on Kiss 106.1 that she would not release "Dear Mr. President" as a single because she didn't want people to think it was a publicity stunt.

"Who Knew" was released as the second single in May 2006 and failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, while reaching the top ten in other countries, including Australia and the UK. The music video for the next single, "U + Ur Hand", reached number one on MTV's TRL, but like "Who Knew" the song did not appear on the singles chart, although it reached the top twenty across most of Europe. The fourth single, "Nobody Knows", was released outside the U.S. in November. The bonus track "Fingers" was used on a cellphone commercial in Taiwan, and "Long Way to Happy" — which is about child sexual abuse (see pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs) — was featured in an episode of MTV's The Hills.

P!nk began her North American I'm Not Dead Tour on June 24, 2006 in Chicago (IL), ending in Dallas (TX), and she subsequently started her European tour on September 8 of the same year in Istanbul; it will end in Milan on December 21. She is also scheduled to perform in Australia in 2007. In 2007 Pink will be heading back to the U.S. to accompany Justin Timberlake on his FutureSex/LoveSounds tour.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Stupid Girls" (P!nk, Billy Mann, Robin Mortensen Lynch) – 3:17
2. "Who Knew" (P!nk, Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald) – 3:28
3. "Long Way to Happy" (P!nk, Butch Walker) – 3:49
4. "Nobody Knows" (Mann, P!nk) – 3:59
5. "Dear Mr. President" (P!nk, Mann) featuring Indigo Girls – 4:33
6. "I'm Not Dead" (P!nk, Mann) – 3:46
7. "'Cuz I Can" (P!nk, Martin, Gottwald) – 3:43
8. "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" (P!nk, Walker) – 3:18
9. "U + Ur Hand" (P!nk, Martin, Gottwald, Rami) – 3:34
10. "Runaway" (P!nk, Mann) – 4:23
11. "The One That Got Away" (P!nk, Mann) – 4:42
12. "I Got Money Now" (P!nk, Mike Elizondo) – 3:55
13. "Conversations with My 13 Year Old Self" (P!nk, Mann) – 3:50
14. "Fingers" (P!nk, Mann) – 4:13 (non-U.S. bonus track)
15. "Centerfold" (P!nk) – 3:20 (UK bonus track)
16. "I Have Seen the Rain" (James T. Moore) featuring James T. Moore – 3:29 (hidden track)

Bonus DVD - DualDisc DVD side

1. Entire Album in 5.1 Surround Sound & Enhanced Stereo
2. Preview of the Live in Europe Concert DVD
3. Interview with P!nk
4. P!nk Presents: The Stupid Girls
5. "Stupid Girls" music video
6. "Stupid Girls" outtakes & bonus photos

Single B-sides

• "Heartbreaker" ("Stupid Girls")
• "Disconnected" ("Who Knew")
• "Crash & Burn" ("U + Ur Hand")
• "Words" ("Nobody Knows")

[edit] Charts and sales

Chart	Provider(s)	Peak position	Sales	Certification
Euro Chart	IFPI	1 [3]	1,000,000	Platinum
Australian ARIA Album Chart	ARIA	1 [4]	280,000	4x platinum
Germany Albums Top 50	Media Control	1 [5]	200,000	Platinum
Switzerland Albums Chart	Media Control Europe	1 [6]	30,000	Platinum
Austria Albums Chart	Media Control Europe	1 [7]	15,000	Gold
United World Chart	Media traffic	2 [8]	2.809,000	Platinum
Canada Albums Chart	Nielsen SoundScan	2 [9]	100,000	Platinum
Greece Albums Chart	IFPI	2 [10]	-	-
World Top 50 Albums	Unknown	3 [11]	2,670,500	2x platinum
UK Top 75 Albums	BPI/The Official UK Charts Company	3 [12]	637,663	2x platinum
Belgium Albums Chart	Ultratop / Nielsen	3 [13]	15,000	Gold
Norway Albums Chart	VG Nett	4 [14]	-	-
Netherlands Albums Chart	Mega Charts BV	4 [15]	-	-
U.S. Billboard 200	Billboard	6 [16]	499,000[1]	Gold
U.S. Billboard Digital Albums	Billboard	6 [17]	-	-
Estonian Album Chart	Pedrobeat	6 [18]	-	-
Sweden Albums Chart	GLF	7 [19]
France Albums Chart	SNEP/IFOP	7 [20]	112.600	Gold
Ireland Albums Chart	IRMA	9 [21]	-	-
Hungary Albums Chart	MAHASZ	9 [22]	-	-
New Zealand Albums Chart	RIANZ	13 [23]	7,500	Gold
Denmark Albums Chart	IFPI / Nielsen	13 [24]	-	-
Finland Albums Chart	GLF	15 [25]	-	-
Czech Republic Albums Chart	IFPI	19 [26]	-	-
Japan Albums Chart	Oricon	19 [27]	60,000	-
Italy Albums Chart	FIMI/Nielsen	31 [28]	-	-
Poland Albums Chart	ZPAV	39 [29]	-	-
Worldwide Total Sales	MEDIATRAFFIC+7,5 that Mediatraffic not cover		3,250,000

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• PinkJams.com - Pink fansite which includes videos and rare tracks from this album