Misfit (song)
| "Misfit" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Amy Studt | ||||||||||
| from the album False Smiles | ||||||||||
| Released |
 9 June 2003 2 August 2003 | |||||||||
| Format | CD, Digital download | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||||||||
| Length | 3:29 | |||||||||
| Label | Polydor | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Amy Studt, Karen Poole, Eriksen | |||||||||
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"Misfit" is the second single from UK singer Amy Studt. Released on 9 June 2003, the single reached a peak of #6 in the charts and is Studt's most successful single to date. It was also the most successful single internationally. It is taken from her debut album, False Smiles. The song is criticizing those who conform, labelling them superficial and saying it is all right to be a misfit. It is included on Now 55 in the UK.
Track listing
- "Misfit"
- "Queen A"
- "Put Your Faith in Me"
- "Misfit" (video)
Video
The video was directed by Sophie Muller, who directed the video for her last single Just a Little Girl. In it Amy is walking to school, and she gets tripped up and pushed around when she gets in. She flees to the bathroom, and then imagines herself performing. Then she is shown in a dormitory with her in a nightdress. All the girls are crowding around her, and she doesn't seem to like it so she climbs on top of a cupboard. She is then shown dancing with some other girls imagining herself to be like everybody else, which clearly displeases her. Then she proceeds to dance by herself in her own unique way, until some people in suits drive up to the school, presumably talent scouts, see her and start shooting pictures with her, and the other girls are seen to be crying. At the end she is seen back on top of the cupboard smiling.
Charts
The song is Studt's most successful single to date in the UK and internationally, debuting at number six on the UK Singles Chart and staying on the top seventy-five for ten weeks.[1] Its weakest chart position was on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, where it debuted at number forty-eight, then fell down to number fifty, and then fell off the top fifty completely after spending two weeks on it.
Covers
Brazilian singer and composer Jullie recorded a Portuguese version of "Misfit", renamed "Alice", for her debut album, Hey!.
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 6 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 11 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 17 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 32 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 48 |