Paid My Dues

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“Paid My Dues”
“Paid My Dues” cover
Single by Anastacia
from the album Freak of Nature
Released Flag of World November 6, 2001
Format CD single, Maxi single
Recorded 2001
Genre Pop
Length 3:22
Label Epic
Writer(s) Anastacia, Lamenga Kafi, Greg Lawson, Damon Sharpe
Producer Richie Jones, Ric Wake
Anastacia singles chronology
2001
"Made for Lovin' You"
2001
"Paid My Dues"
2002
"One Day in Your Life"
Alternate cover
UK promo single 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. It was almost one year on Portuguese Top 20 charts.

Contents

[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

A screenshot from the video
A screenshot from the 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/ 2002) 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
Polish Singles Chart 11
Portuguese Singles Chart 1
Spanish Los 40 Chart 7
Romanian Singles Chart 3
Swedish Singles Chart 2
Swiss Singles Top 100 1
UK Singles Chart 14


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