AVRIL LAVIGNE - COMPLICATED
Uh Huh, Life's Like This
Uh Huh, Uh Huh, That's The Way It Is
'Cause Life's Like This
Uh Huh, Uh Huh That's The Way It Is
Chill Out, What You Yellin' For?
Lay Back, It's All Been Done Before
And If You Could Only Let It Be
You Will See
I Like You The Way You Are
When We're Drivin' In Your Car
And You're Talkin' To Me One On One
But You've Become...
Somebody Else 'Round Everyone Else
You're Watchin' Your Back Like You Can't Relax
You're Tryin' To Be Cool
You Look Like A Fool To Me
Tell Me
Why'd You Have To Go And Make Things So Complicated?
I See The Way You're Actin' Like You're Somebody Else
Gets Me Frustrated
Life's Like This
You, You Fall And You Crawl And You Break
And You Take What You Get And You Turn It Into Honesty
You Promised Me I'm Never Gonna Find You Fake It
No, No, No
You Come Over Unannounced
Dressed Up Like You're Somethin' Else
Where You Are And Where It's At, You See
You're Makin' Me
Laugh Out When You Strike Your Pose
Take Off All Your Preppy Clothes
You Know, You're Not Foolin' Anyone
When You Become
Somebody Else 'Round Everyone Else
You're Watchin' Your Back Like You Can't Relax
You're Tryin' To Be Cool
You Look Like A Fool To Me
Tell Me
Why'd You Have To Go And Make Things So Complicated?
I See The Way You're Actin' Like You're Somebody Else
Gets Me Frustrated
Life's Like This
You, You Fall And You Crawl And You Break
And You Take What You Get And You Turn It Into Honesty
You Promised Me I'm Never Gonna Find You Fake It
No, No, No
No, No, No
No, No, No
No, No, No
Chill Out, What You Yellin' For?
Lay Back, It's All Been Done Before
And If You Could Only Let It Be
You Will See...
Somebody Else 'Round Everyone Else
You're Watchin' Your Back Like You Can't Relax
You're Tryin' To Be Cool
You Look Like A Fool To Me
Tell Me
Why'd You Have To Go And Make Things So Complicated?
I See The Way You're Actin' Like You're Somebody Else
Gets Me Frustrated
Life's Like This
You, You Fall And You Crawl And You Break
And You Take What You Get And You Turn It Into Honesty
You Promised Me I'm Never Gonna Find You Fake It
No No
Why'd You Have To Go And Make Things So Complicated? (Yeah, Yeah)
I See The Way You're Actin' Like You're Somebody Else
Gets Me Frustrated
Life's Like This
You, You Fall And You Crawl And You Break
And You Take What You Get And You Turn It Into Honesty
You Promised Me I'm Never Gonna Find You Fake It
No No No
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards
Producer(s): The Matrix
This Song Describes A Situation Many Girls Of Avril's Age Are Familiar With: Their Boyfriend Is Great When They're Alone, But Around His Friends He Acts Like An Idiot.
Many Of Avril's Songs Of This Era Were About Real People And Real Situations, But This One Is Not. "Complicated" Was Not Written About Anyone In Particular, According To Lavigne. She Said, "It's Basically About Life, People Being Fake, And Relationships."
Lavigne Was 17 Years Old When This Song Was Released As Her Debut Single In 2002. It Came At A Cultural Nexus, As The Internet Was Becoming A Popular Medium For Discussion, But You Still Had To Watch Videos On Mtv, Hear Singers On The Radio, And Read About Them In Magazines.
Avril Was Not Your Typical Teenage Pop Star: She Came Off As A Regular Girl Who Was Goofy And Fun. Her Press Played Up This Image While Stressing That She Was An Authentic Talent, Writing Her Own Songs That Dealt With Matters Of The Heart. She Also Had A Unique Fashion Sense And Set A Trend With Her Look, Which Incorporated Canvas Shoes, Gaudy Accessories, Ties And Heavy Eyeshadow.
This Song Is Very Anodyne, Even Appealing To Adults (It Went To #3 On The Adult Contemporary Chart), But Avril Herself Became The Subject Of Lively Debate On The Internet.
Avril's Record Company, Arista, Had Her Work With Several Producers Before Finding A Combination That Worked. That Combination Was The Songwriting Trio Of Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, And Scott Spock, Collectively Known As The Matrix. They Wrote And Produced This And Four Other Songs On The Album With Lavigne.
Lavigne Is Listed As One Of The Songwriters On This Track, But There Was Some Question As To How Much She Contributed. According To Her Co-Writers The Matrix, They Wrote Most Of The Song And Avril Just Changed A Few Words. Lavigne Insisted That She Contributed A Lot More To The Song, Including Most Of The Lyrics And The Melody.
A Huge Part Of Lavigne's Appeal Was That She Wrote Her Own Songs. This Set Her Apart From Singers Like Britney Spears And Christina Aguilera, And Let Arista Records Position Her As A Singer-Songwriter Like Michelle Branch And Vanessa Carlton.
The Video Hit #1 On Mtv's Total Request Live And Spent Several Days There. It Won For Best New Artist In A Video At The 2002 Mtv Video Music Awards, And Mtv Named It The #2 Video Of 2002, Second To "Without Me" By Eminem.
Much Of The Video Was Shot In A Mall While It Was Open For Business. The Shoot Didn't Draw Much Attention From The Shoppers Because Avril Was Unknown At The Time.
This Got A Grammy Nomination For Song Of The Year, But Lost To "Don't Know Why" By Norah Jones. In The Battle Of Funny First Names, Norah Also Beat Avril For Best Pop Vocal Album And Best New Artist.