Paid My Dues

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"Paid My Dues"
Single by Anastacia
from the album Freak of Nature
Released	November 12, 2001 (EU)
Format	CD single, Maxi single
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop
Length	3:22
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Anastacia, Lamenga Kafi, Greg Lawson, Damon Sharpe
Producer(s)	Richie Jones, Ric Wake
Chart positions
#1 (Denmark, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland) #2 (Sweden) #3 (Austria, Germany) #4 (Netherlands) #6 (Belgium, Greece) #10 (France) #14 (UK) #39 (Australia)
Anastacia singles chronology
2001 "Made for Lovin' You"	2001 "Paid My Dues"	2002 "One Day in Your Life"
Alternate cover
UK promo single cover

"Paid My Dues" is a song released by American singer Anastacia from her second album "Freak of Nature". The song was written by Anastacia herself, Lamenga Kafi, Greg Lawson, Damon Sharpe and produced by Ric Wake and Richie Jones. The song became an overall-hit, peaking at number 1 in several European countries and the top 10 in most of Europe, UK excluded.

Contents 1 Formats and track listings 2 Music video 3 Chart performance 3.1 Charts

[edit] Formats and track listings

• Australian single

1. "Paid My Dues" [Album Version] 3:22
2. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Radio Edit]
3. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Dub Mix] 5:23
4. "I Dreamed You" [Album Version] 5:04
5. "Funk Medley" ("Sexy Mother F**ker", "Play That Funky Music", "Underdog") [Live from Amsterdam] 7:30

• Brazilian promo single

1. "Paid My Dues" [Album Version] 3:22
2. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Radio Edit]
3. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Dub Mix] 5:23
4. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Mix] 5:25

• European promo single

1. "Paid My Dues" [Album Version] 3:22

• European single

1. "Paid My Dues" [Album Version] 3:22
2. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Mix] 5:25
3. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Dub Mix] 5:23
4. "Funk Medley" ("Sexy Mother F**ker", "Play That Funky Music", "Underdog") [Live from Amsterdam] 7:30

• German CD single

1. "Paid My Dues" [Album Version] 3:22
2. "Funk Medley" ("Sexy Mother F**ker", "Play That Funky Music", "Underdog") [Live from Amsterdam] 7:30

• UK single

1. "Paid My Dues" [Album Version] 3:22
2. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Radio Edit]
3. "I Dreamed You" [Album Version] 5:04

• UK 12" promo maxi single

1. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Mix] 5:25
2. "Paid My Dues" [Album Version] 3:22

• UK 12" promo single

A-side

1. "Paid My Dues" [Album Version] 3:22
2. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Mix] 5:25

B-side

1. "Paid My Dues" [The S-Man's Darkstar Dub Mix] 5:23
2. "Funk Medley" ("Sexy Mother F**ker", "Play That Funky Music", "Underdog") [Live from Amsterdam] 7:30

• UK 12" promo maxi single (Shelter Mixes)

1. "Paid My Dues" [Shelter Vocal Mix] 8:10
2. "Paid My Dues" [Shelter Dub Mix] 6:08

[edit] Music video

Directed by Liz Friedlander, the music video for "Paid My Dues" was shot in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

In the beginning, Anastacia is speaking while being in a virtual mirror. Then you can see Anastacia in a room where she is packing her suitcases. Following this, you see her while she is trying to make her a way but there are many people she must across. Then she is in some kind of a disco, where she successfully tries again to find her way through people, this time to a stage. When she finally arrives there, she goes through a mirror and is 'teleported' to a stage, where she lip-synching the song. In the end she pulls out the electricity cable.

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	39
Austrian Singles Chart	3
Belgian Singles Chart	6
Denmark Singles Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart	4
Finnish Singles Chart	18
French Singles Chart	10
German Singles Chart	3
Greek Singles Chart	6
Italian Singles Chart	1
New Zealand Singles Chart	24
Norwegian Singles Chart	1
Portuguese Singles Chart	1
Spanish Los 40 Chart	7
Swedish Singles Chart	2
Swiss Singles Top 100	1
UK Singles Chart	14

v • d • e Anastacia
Discography | Awards | Music videos
Albums
Not That Kind (2000) · Freak of Nature (2001) Anastacia (2004) · Pieces of a Dream (2005)
Singles
I'm Outta Love · Not That Kind · Cowboys & Kisses · Made for Lovin' You Paid My Dues · One Day in Your Life · Why'd You Lie to Me · You'll Never Be Alone Left Outside Alone · Sick and Tired · Welcome to My Truth · Heavy on My Heart Everything Burns · Pieces of a Dream · I Belong to You
Soundtrack Singles
Boom · Love Is a Crime
DVDs
The Video Collection · Live at Last