Everything I'm Not

"Everything I'm Not"
Single by The Veronicas
from the album The Secret Life of.../Hook Me Up: UK Edition
Released	22 November 2005 (2005-11-22) (Australia)
Format	CD, digital download
Recorded	2005
Genre	Pop rock,[1]
Length	3:23
Label	Sire
Writer(s)	Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Jessica Origliasso, Lisa Origliasso, Rami
Producer(s)	Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Rami
Certification	Gold (ARIA)
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 in 2005 from The Veronicas' album The Secret Life of.... It reached #7 on the ARIA Singles Charts and has been certified Gold (over 35,000 units shipped).

The song is also featured in the trailer to the 2007 live-action Bratz film.

According to Digital Spy, the song is set to be the band's third UK single, taken from their debut UK album and overall second studio album Hook Me Up.

Critical reception

Kelefa Sanneh from the New York Times named it amongst some of the excellent songs on the album, calling it "[...] loud [and] melancholy[...]".^[2] 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."^[3] 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.^[4]

Chart performance

"Everything I'm Not" was released in Australia on 22 November 2005.^[5] The song made its debut on the chart on issue date 4 December 2005 at number thirteen.^[6] After a steady climb up the charts for eight weeks, the song made its peak at number seven on 22 January 2006, where it stayed for one week before it slowly moved off the top 50.^[7] The single was certified gold with shipments of over 7,500 copies.^[8]

In New Zealand the single made its chart debut at number ten but only remained on the chart for nine weeks, its last position at number twenty-one.^[9] In Europe it peaked at number fourteen on the Belgium Ultratip charts at number three.^[10]

Live performances

The Veronicas performed "Everything I'm Not" on television shows such as Dancing With the Stars,^[11] The Panel,^[12] Sunrise,^[13] Live at the Chapel^[14] and the 2006 ARIA Music Awards.^[15] They also performed live recordings of the song on Sessions@AOL^[16] and in 2009 they performed the song on UK radio station Capital FM to promote the single's release.^[17] 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.^[18]

Music video

The "Everything I'm Not" music video featured 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 looked on from a video camera. When it's 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.

Formats and track listings

• CD single

1. "Everything I'm Not" – 3:23
2. "4ever" (Claude le Gache Extended Vocal) – 7:17
3. "4ever" (Mac Quayle Break Mix) – 7:20

• U.S. promo maxi single

1. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Extended Mix) – 6:11
2. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Remix Edit) – 3:11
3. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Electromagnetic Dub) – 6:12
4. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude le Gache Club Mix) – 7:09
5. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude le Gache Edit) – 3:59
6. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude le Gache Mixshow) – 6:01
7. "Everything I'm Not" (Eddie Baez Mix) – 8:59

Remix EP Digital download (13 June 2006)

1. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Remix Edit) – 3:30
2. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude Le Gache Edit) – 3:59
3. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude Le Gache Mixshow) – 6:02

Remix EP Digital download (DJ Version) (13 June 2006)

1. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Extended Mix) – 6:12
2. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins Electromagnetic Dub) – 6:13
3. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude Le Gache Club Mix) – 7:08
4. "Everything I'm Not" (Eddie Beez Mix) – 8:57

iTunes EP (28 February 2006)

1. "Everything I'm Not" – 3:22
2. "Everything I'm Not" (Claude le Gache Mixshow) – 6:02
3. "4ever" (E Smoove Club) – 7:17
4. "4ever" (Claude le Gache Dub) – 7:16

Charts

End of year charts

Sales and certifications

Release history

References

External links

• Watch the music video to "Everything I'm Not"