Nobody's Home (Avril Lavigne song)

"Nobody's Home"
Single by Avril Lavigne
from the album Under My Skin
B-side	"I Always Get What I Want" "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover)
Released	4 November 2004 (2004-11-04) (see release history)
Format	CD Single
Recorded	2003 NRG Recording Studios, (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Rock,[1][2] pop rock[1]
Length	3:31
Label	Arista
Writer(s)	Lyrics: Avril Lavigne Music: Avril Lavigne, Ben Moody
Producer	Don Gilmore
Certification	Gold (ARIA) Platinum (ABPD) Gold (RIAA)
Avril Lavigne singles chronology
"My Happy Ending" (2004) "Nobody's Home" (2004) "He Wasn't" (2005)
Under My Skin track listing 12 tracks "Take Me Away" "Together" "Don't Tell Me" "He Wasn't" "How Does It Feel" "My Happy Ending" "Nobody's Home" "Forgotten" "Who Knows" "Fall to Pieces" "Freak Out" "Slipped Away" Music video "Nobody's Home" on YouTube

"Nobody's Home" is Avril Lavigne's third single from her second album Under My Skin. The track features Daniel Stern on guitar and was produced by Don Gilmore and written by Lavigne and Ben Moody, former Evanescence guitarist and Lavigne's then-current good friend. "Nobody's Home" is a "rock ballad" with post-grunge oriented sounds and is generally slower paced than her previous singles from Under My Skin. The song is featured on the Totally Hits 2005 CD. One of this song's B-sides, "I Always Get What I Want", was released as a single on iTunes on October 31, 2004.^[3]

In an AOL Radio listener's poll, "Nobody's Home" was voted Lavigne's seventh best song.^[2]

Music video

The music video was filmed on July 29 and July 30, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, directed by Diane Martel.^[4] The video of "Nobody's Home" premiered on October 20 on MTV's Total Request Live.^[5]

In the music video for "Nobody's Home", Lavigne plays a homeless teenager who appears to live street-to-street with a friend. Lavigne, who said it was a fun video to make, had to wear a black wig and acid-wash jeans when playing the homeless teenager. The video shifts to a more glamorous Lavigne who wears a dress with long, curled hair, singing the song with an orchestra behind her.

"Nobody's Home" showed the outcast, homeless Lavigne trying to get off the streets. She also tries to call her mother, but hangs up. As the video progresses, the outcast girl is shown washing herself in a convenience store bathroom. She also tries playing the guitar on the street to try to earn money. Towards the end of the video, the runaway is seen trying to get inside parked cars, eventually finding an unlocked one, during heavy rain. At the end of the video, the girl, with dirty clothes and messy hair, is shown with a tear rolling down her cheek. She then turns around and walks away as the camera fades out.

References in the video

At the beginning of the video, one can see "A+D", for Lavigne's then-boyfriend, now ex-husband, Deryck Whibley. Next, in the bathroom scene where Lavigne is using the hand dryer, "A+D" can be seen inside a heart that is written on the bathroom wall. The other outcast runaway is real-life friend Monique, who also appeared as one of the young women in the "My Happy Ending" video.

Track listing

Germany and Taiwan "Nobody's Home" (Album version) "Nobody's Home" (Live acoustic version) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" "I Always Get What I Want" "Nobody's Home" (Music video) UK CD single #1 "Nobody's Home" (Album version) "Nobody's Home" (Live acoustic version) UK CD single #2 "Nobody's Home" (Album version) "Nobody's Home" (Live acoustic version) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" "Nobody's Home" (Video) Australian CD "Nobody's Home" (Album version) "Nobody's Home" (Live acoustic version) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" "I Always Get What I Want"

Japan CD (4988017628102; Released November 4, 2004) "Nobody's Home" (Album version) "My Happy Ending" (Live acoustic version) "Take Me Away" (Live acoustic version) "Nobody's Home" (Music video) U.S. promo CD "Nobody's Home" (Album version) Instrumental excerpt of "Nobody's Home" Suggested callout hook of "Nobody's Home" European promo CD "Nobody's Home" (Album version)

Chart performance

"Nobody's Home" peaked lower in most countries than some of Lavigne's previous singles, but managed to gain some respectable chart positions. The song was very close to reaching the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, but it only managed to peak at #41. It charted better in the UK and Australia, reaching #24 in both countries; it was her lowest-charting UK single before "Hot" charted in 2007 and peaked only at #30. It peaked at #4 on the Canadian BDS Airplay chart, and successfully hit #1 in Mexico.

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2004-05) Peak Position Australia (ARIA)[6] 24 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[7] 20 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[8] 1 Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[9] 7 Canadian BDS Airplay Chart 4 European Hot 100 Singles[10] 76 France (SNEP)[11] 24 Germany (Media Control AG)[12] 29 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[13] 30 Ireland (IRMA)[14] 19 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[15] 37 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 35 UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[17] 24 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40[18] 13 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 38 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 41 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 19 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay 14

Certifications Country Certification (sales thresholds) Australia Gold[19] Brasil Platinum[20] United States Gold[21]

Awards

Year	Awards ceremony	Award	Results
2005	Juno Awards	Juno Fan Choice	Won
	Socan Awards	Best Pop Song	Won

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format
Japan[22]	4 November 2004 (2004-11-04)	BMG Japan	CD single
United Kingdom[23][24]	15 November 2004 (2004-11-15)	Arista
Germany[25]	29 November 2004 (2004-11-29)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.mp3.com/albums/629930/summary.html
2. ^ ^{a b} Cheung, Nadine. "Top 10 Avril Lavigne Songs". AOL Radio. Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolradioblog.com%2F2011%2F01%2F15%2Ftop-avril-lavigne-songs%2F&date=2011-01-15. Retrieved 15 January 2011. 
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18. ^ "Billboard Music-(Allmusic.com)". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p529805/charts-awards/billboard-singles. 
19. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2008". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2008Singles.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
20. ^ "Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD)" (in Portuguese). ABPD. http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Avril%20Lavigne. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
21. ^ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2011-05-30. 
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External links

• "Nobody's Home" music video