Pity Party (Melanie Martinez song)

"Pity Party"
Single by Melanie Martinez
from the album Cry Baby
Released June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02)
Format
Genre
Length 3:23
Label
Writer(s)
  • Melanie Martinez
  • CJ Baran
Producer(s) CJ Baran
Melanie Martinez singles chronology
"Carousel"
(2014)		 "Pity Party"
(2015)		 "Soap"
(2015)

"Pity Party" is a song by American recording artist Melanie Martinez as the leading single from her debut album, Cry Baby. A music video was released June 1, 2015.[2]

Background and composition

"Pity Party" was released by retailers on June 2, 2015 as the leading single from Melanie's upcoming debut album, Cry Baby.[3] The song uses an interpolation of Lesley Gore’s classic “It’s My Party“, released in 1963.[4]

Regarding her song, she said, "This was during my second session with Kara DioGuardi. It was awesome to write that song because I love music from the 50s and 60s. When I was singing, Kara said my voice reminded her of Judy Garland and artists from that time. I really wanted to write about no one showing up to my birthday party and the song is perfect inspiration for this theme. I love samples, especially older songs because they can put a fresh new take on an old song. So we were really inspired by that and we sampled it for the first line of the chorus and that is how 'Pity Party' came about".[5]

Rachel Campbell of Ppcorn recounts the song as, "mixing the dark and twisted with the bright and bubbly".[6] Mike Wass of Idolator noted how both "Pity Party" and Grace's single "You Don't Own Me" are based off of Lesley Gore songs, saying "there seems to be a revival of the late [Gore's] music afoot".[7]

Music video

The music video for the single, "Pity Party", was released on Melanie's YouTube channel, June 1, 2015. Unfortunately, the video was leaked 3 days prior to the official release.[8] The video was directed by Melanie herself, she describes it as a "fun experience for her", considering she's the only person featured in the video.[5]

A behind the scenes video was released June 17, 2015.[9] Melanie describes her character, "Cry Baby", "She fell in love with someone, she threw a birthday party, invited him, and nobody showed up so she’s just like absolutely insane". She said in the behind the scenes of her video.

Track listing

Single
No. Title Length
1. "Pity Party"   3:23
Total length:
 3:23
Pity Party Remixes - EP
No. Title Length
1. "Pity Party (XVII Remix)"   4:01
2. "Pity Party (K Theory Remix)"   4:58
3. "Pity Party (The Feels Remix)"   4:32
4. "Pity Party (Myles Travitz Remix)"   3:02
5. "Pity Party (Kassiano Remix)"   4:04
Total length:
 20:37

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Alternative Digital Songs (Billboard)[10] 22

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
United States June 2, 2015 Digital download Atlantic [3]
United Kingdom [11]
Australia [12]
Japan [13]

References

External links

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