So Small

Infobox Single
Name = So Small


Artist = Carrie Underwood
from Album = Carnival Ride
B-side =
Released = August 28 2007 (U.S.)
August 14 2007 (CAN)
August 14 2007 (AUS)
Format = CD single, digital download
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Country pop, ballad
Length = 3:47
Label = Arista Nashville
Writer = Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird
Producer =
Certification = Gold (RIAA)
Last single = "I'll Stand By You"
(2007)
This single = "So Small"
(2007)
Next single = "All-American Girl"
(2007)
Misc =
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Single


Lower caption = First released coverExternal music video|" [http://www.cmt.com/videos/carrie-underwood/175952/so-small.jhtml So Small] " at CMT.com

"So Small" is a song composed by fourth-season "American Idol" winner and country pop singer Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird. It is the first single from Underwood's second studio album, "Carnival Ride", released in Canada on August 14 2007, and in the United States on August 28 2007. (See 2007 in music).

Background

"So Small" is the first single for which Underwood shares a writing credit. Underwood co-wrote the song "I Ain't In Checotah Anymore" but it was not released as a single from her debut album "Some Hearts".

Carrie Underwood's quote on "So Small":

ingle release

"So Small" was officially released to country radio stations on July 31 2007. [ [http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1565922/20070731/underwood__carrie.jhtml "Carrie Underwood's New Single Arrives"] . CMT.com. Retrieved August 6 2007.] The single was digitally released on Napster on August 14 2007, the same day it was made available for sale on the Canadian iTunes Store, but was removed after several days. The song was permanently available for download on Napster and released on the U.S. iTunes Store on August 28 2007. [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=261066656&s=143441&i=261066715 "So Small - Single"] . Phobos.apple.com. Retrieved August 24 2007.]

Chart performance

"So Small" debuted at No. 20 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs on August 9 2007, making the highest chart entry by a solo country female artist in 43 years of Nielsen BDS history. [ [http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=821&t=Carrie_Underwoods_So_Small_sets_country_music_record "Carrie Underwood's "So Small" Sets Country Music Record"] . CountryStandardTime.com. Retrieved August 7 2007.] [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003633931 "Underwood Tries For Encore With 'Carnival Ride'"] . "Billboard". Retrieved September 9 2007.] The song subsequently debuted at No. 13 on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles on the same day. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3085632&cdi=9349434&cid=08%2F18%2F2007 "So Small" Debut Position on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles on August 9, 2007] . "Billboard". Retrieved August 30 2007.] It made its debut entry in the Hot 100 at 98 two weeks later. It jumped 76 positions on the Hot 100 in its third week on the chart, from 93 to 17, with 71,000 digital downloads, [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003636025 "Soulja Boy 'Cranks' Hot 100 No. 1 With Debut Single"] , Billboard.com, September 6, 2007.] becoming Underwood's fifth top twenty hit on the chart.

The song also became Underwood's fourth Number One single on the "Billboard" country music charts, holding the peak position for three weeks. On the chart week of December 22, 2007, the song fell from Number One to #10, the biggest fall from Number One since 1996, when Shania Twain's "You Win My Love" fell from Number One to #11.

However, So Small has become a cross-over hit, selling over 700.000 downloads, certificated Gold, and managed to be in top 20. [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003685079 |title=Keys Still The "One" Atop Billboard Charts |accessdate=2007-12-14 |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=2007-12-13 |work=Billboard.com]

Music video

Carrie Underwood's video for "So Small" was directed by Roman White. [cite web|title=Videos: Carrie Underwood, "So Small"|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/carrie-underwood/175952/so-small.jhtml|work=CMT.com|accessdate=2007-12-14] The video was originally planned to be premiering on September 13th on CMT, but instead premiered on September 20, 2007 on CMT, where the channel became "Carrie Music Television" and aired the video continuously from 6:00am-12:00pm straight, playing it an estimated 66 times. The video was also made available to purchase exclusively on the iTunes music store on September 20. [cite web
url = http://www.carrieunderwoodofficial.com/
title = Carrie Underwood official site
accessdate = 2007-09-20]

The video tells the story of a teenage girl, an adult man, and an adult woman all struggling with problems in their lives. The video starts with the teenage girl having an argument with her mother, and proceeding to run away. The girl stands on the side of the road while two cars are approaching from opposite directions. In one car a woman can be seen visibly upset over something, and in the other a man is seen arguing on his cell phone. As the cars get closer, the teenage girl, feeling suicidal, decides to step in front of one of the oncoming vehicles. The woman in the car quickly swerves out of the way, but in doing so collides with the car in the other lane. As the two cars begin to collide, everything is suddenly frozen, except for the three people involved in the situation. It is revealed through flashbacks that the woman had had an argument with her husband earlier, and the man had been arguing with his wife. The three seem to acknowledge each other, while thinking over how small their problems now seem to be. Shattered glass from the car accident is seen frozen in midair around them. The sun rises and time is suddenly reversed to right before the teenage girl stepped in front of the woman's car. The girl, realizing that her actions could have taken others' lives, decides to go back home and is seen hugging her mother at the end of the video. The man and woman are also seen mending their relationships.

Scenes of Underwood standing on the street where the accident takes place are shown throughout the video.

The video features country-singer and actor Christian Kane who shares a record company with Underwood.

References

External links

" [http://www.cmt.com/videos/carrie-underwood/175952/so-small.jhtml So Small] " video at CMT.com