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Everything I'm Not

"Everything I'm Not"
Single by the Veronicas
from the album The Secret Life of...
Released21 November 2005 (2005-11-21)
Length3:23
Label
  • Sire
  • EngineRoom Music
Songwriters
Producers
  • Lukasz Gottwald
  • Max Martin
  • Rami
The Veronicas singles chronology
"4ever"
(2005)
"Everything I'm Not"
(2005)
"When It All Falls Apart"
(2006)
Alternative covers
Digital cover
Alternative covers
New Zealand cover

"Everything I'm Not" is the second single released from Australian musical duo the Veronicas' debut album, The Secret Life of... (2005). It reached number seven on the ARIA Singles Charts and has been certified gold over 35,000 units shipped in Australia.

Critical reception

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Kelefa Sanneh from The New York Times named it amongst some of the excellent songs on the album, calling it "[...] loud [and] melancholy[...]".[1] Preston Jones from Slant Magazine stated that it felt "[...] like the estrogenically inclined counterparts to the boy-toy confection that is the Click Five's Greetings From Imrie House."[2] Ryan Dombal from Entertainment Weekly reviewed the remix version of "Everything I'm Not", stating that the track might finally break them into the US mainstream.[3]

Release and chart performance

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"Everything I'm Not" was released in Australia on 21 November 2005.[4] The song made its debut on the chart on issue date 4 December 2005 at number 13. After a steady climb up the charts for eight weeks, the song peaked at number seven on 22 January 2006, where it stayed for one week before making its descent. It managed to spend eight weeks in the top ten, and was present on the chart for 22 non-consecutive weeks.[5] The single was certified gold with shipments of over 35,500 copies.[6] In New Zealand, the single made its chart debut at number 10 and remained on the chart for nine weeks, its last position at number 21.[7] In Europe, "Everything I'm Not" peaked at number 14 on Flanders' Ultratip chart at number three.[8]

Live performances

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The Veronicas performed "Everything I'm Not" on television shows such as Dancing With the Stars,[9] The Panel,[10] Sunrise,[11] Live at the Chapel[12] and the 2006 ARIA Music Awards.[13] They also performed live recordings of the song on Sessions@AOL[14] and in 2009 they performed the song on UK radio station Capital FM to promote the single's release.[15] On 10 September 2009, they performed the song live at the Oxford Art Factory on Oxford Street in Paddington, Sydney as part of the MasterCard's Priceless Music Events.[16]

Music video

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The "Everything I'm Not" music video features the Veronicas singing with their band while trashing a car of an ex-boyfriend, apparently named Ryan, for cheating on Lisa by painting and smashing the car with paint buckets while the ex-boyfriend looks on from a video camera. When it is too much for the ex-boyfriend to handle, he drops his cell phone on the ground. In the end, it seems like the police catch them doing it and they slam down the camera, smashing the ex-boyfriend's chances of seeing his car for the final time.

Track listings

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Charts

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Sales and certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format Label Ref.
Australia 21 November 2005 CD single
  • Sire
  • EngineRoom Music
[4]
United States 28 February 2006 iTunes EP [23]
May 2006 CD single [24]
13 June 2006 Digital download [25]

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