Nobody Knows (Pink song)

"Nobody Knows"
Single by Pink
from the album I'm Not Dead
B-side	"Words"
Released	November 20, 2006 (UK) January 12, 2007 (AUS, GER) January 15, 2007 (SP) January 19, 2007 (SWI) January 22, 2007 (NL, BE)
Format	CD single
Recorded	Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	R&B, soft rock
Length	3:57
Label	LaFace
Writer(s)	Pink, Billy Mann
Producer	Billy Mann
Pink single chronology "U + Ur Hand" (2006) "Nobody Knows" (2006) "Dear Mr. President" (2006)

"Nobody Knows" is a song by Pink, and was the fourth single from her fourth album, I'm Not Dead (2006). It was released on November 20, 2006 in Britain and Ireland and during January 2007 in Australia and Europe.

Commercial release

The song was released as a single on November 20, 2006 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and on January 13, 2007 in Australia; it reached number twenty-seven in all three countries. It was the only physical single from I'm Not Dead to miss the top five on the ARIA Singles Chart, on which it reached its peak in late January 2007, but it was very popular on radio. Two weeks before this, "Who Knew" (the second I'm Not Dead single) had re-entered the chart and "U + Ur Hand" was still on the chart, which meant that three singles by Pink were in the top fifty (as of January 21, 2007). On the UK Singles Chart it was Pink's lowest peaking single at the time, and the first I'm Not Dead single to miss the top ten.

"Nobody Knows" reached number seventeen in Germany and number seventy-four on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart. Although it reached the top forty on the majority of charts on which it appeared, it was not as successful as the album's preceding singles. In Canada the song was released to radio in mid-January shortly after the success of "U + Ur Hand"; in Belgium "Dear Mr. President" was the fourth single from the album.

The song was covered in week 3 of the seventh series of The X Factor by the boyband One Direction in 2010.

Music video

The music video was shot in London by director Jake Nava. The first scene features Pink in a hotel room (shot in The May Fair hotel) staring out of a window to London at night,that changes to sunrise. She then watches TV but finds there's hardly anything on apart from a melting snowman and puts her head under her pillow before accessing her laptop computer. During the video she messes up the room by throwing everything around, and she is later seen sitting in the fetal position in a shower. Another scene shows Pink walking down a street, past a couple in love and some drunken men. The video ends with Pink singing to an empty auditorium, pretending to do a real performance.

Track listings and formats

• CD Single

1. "Nobody Knows" [Album Version] - 3:57
2. "Words" - 3:06

Charts

Chart (2006-07)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[1]	27
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[2]	21
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[3]	23
Dutch Top 40[4]	38
France (SNEP)[5]	18
German Singles Chart[6]	17
Ireland (IRMA)[7]	27
Portugal Airplay Chart[8]	4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	17
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[10]	27

Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales
Worldwide		700,000[11]

Personnel

• Vocals: Pink
• Backing vocals: Billy Mann, Beth Cohen
• Mixed by: Tom Lord-Alge
• Assistant mix engineer: Fermio Hernandez
• Keyboard programming: Pete Wallace
• Electric guitars: Dan Warner
• Guitars: Pete Wallace, Billy Mann
• Piano: Pete Wallace, Billy Mann
• Drums: Lee Levin
• Percussion: Pete Wallace
• Production coordinator: Lana Israel

References

1. ^ "Australian-charts.com – P!nk – Nobody Knows". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
2. ^ "P!nk – Nobody Knows – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
3. ^ "Ultratop.be – P!nk – Nobody Knows" (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
4. ^ Dutch Top 40 Charts
5. ^ "Lescharts.com – P!nk – Nobody Knows" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
6. ^ Germany Singles Chart
7. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
8. ^ Portugal Top 50 by Music Square
9. ^ "P!nk – Nobody Knows – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
10. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
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