I'm with You (Avril Lavigne song)

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"I'm with You"
Avril lavigne i'm with you single.jpg
Single by Avril Lavigne
from the album Let Go
B-side"Sk8er Boi"
ReleasedNovember 18, 2002 (2002-11-18)
GenreRock[1]
Length3:44
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Matrix
Avril Lavigne singles chronology
"Sk8er Boi"
(2002) 		"I'm with You"
(2002) 		"Losing Grip"
(2003)
Music video
"I'm with You" on YouTube

"I'm with You" is a song by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne from her debut studio album, Let Go (2002). It was written by Lavigne and The Matrix, a production team consisting of Lauren Christy, Scott Spock and Graham Edwards. The song was released as the third single from the album on November 18, 2002, by Arista Records. "I'm with You" was Lavigne's first ballad released as a single. It was the second Lavigne song to be nominated for a Grammy in the categories Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.

The song reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top 10 in nine other countries, including Ireland, Italy, and New Zealand, peaking within the top five in these regions. In the US, the song topped two Billboard listings: the Adult Top 40 and the Mainstream Top 40. "I'm with You" received radio and television airplay in Australia, but it was not officially released there. The track was nominated for several awards following its release, winning two ASCAP Awards, a BMI Pop Music Award, and a SOCAN Award.

Reception[]

Critical reception[]

The song received critical acclaim from music critics. The arrangement of singles from Let Go, with "I'm with You" as the third, was regarded as "controversial choices", given that "I'm with You" was "thought by some to be the biggest potential smash on the album", and could have established Lavigne as a more mature artist if it was released first. According to Reid, "Some people just really didn't get that. And with the first video, there was some concern that maybe because it's so young and so playful, it might alienate more serious music lovers."[2] KidsWorld called it "the perfect song to drown your sorrows to when that guy from your class breaks your heart."[3]

Chart performance[]

"I'm with You" became Lavigne's third top 10 song when it peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2003 during its ninth week on the chart.[4] The song spent ten consecutive weeks on the top 10 and twenty-seven weeks on the Hot 100 making it Lavigne's second-longest staying song on this chart, surpassed by her debut single "Complicated" which stayed on the chart for 31 weeks.[5][6] "I'm with You" ranked at number 18 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2003 and number 13 on the Canadian Singles Chart.[7] The song was certified gold by Recording Industry Association of America in 2006 for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.[8] As of July 2013, I'm with You had sold 556,000 digital copies in the US.[9] As a double A-side DVD single, the "I'm with You"/"Sk8er Boi" video single was certified gold and platinum in 2003.[8]

In United Kingdom, "I'm with You" was released on March 31, 2003. The song debuted and peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart in 2003,[10] becoming her third top ten single on the chart; the song re-entered in UK Singles Chart in the week of December 17, 2011, in number 58. It debuted at number six and peaked at number five in Ireland, staying in the top ten for six weeks.[11] "I'm with You" reached top five in New Zealand; top ten in Belgium and the Netherlands; top twenty in Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Norway and Denmark as well as reaching the top forty in France.[11] The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart on December 10, 2011, at number 58, almost 10 years after the song first charted.[12]

Accolades[]

"I'm with You" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance but lost to Luther Vandross's "Dance with My Father" and Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" respectively.

Key
Indicates non-competitive categories Indicates non-competitive categories
Award/Publisher Year Category Result Ref.
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2004 Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture Indicates non-competitive categories Won [13]
ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2004 Most Performed Song Indicates non-competitive categories Won [14]
Billboard Music Awards 2003 Mainstream Top 40 Single of the Year Nominated [15]
BMI Pop Music Awards 2004 Award-Winning Song Indicates non-competitive categories Won [16]
Grammy Award 2004 Song of the Year Nominated [17]
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards 2003 Best Female Video Nominated [18]
Radio Disney Music Awards 2003 Best Song That Makes You Turn Up the Radio Nominated [19]
Radio Music Awards 2003 Song of the Year/Modern Adult Contemporary Radio Nominated [20]
Song of the Year/Top 40 Radio Nominated
SOCAN Awards 2004 Pop/Rock Music Award Indicates non-competitive categories Won [21]
Teen Choice Awards 2003 Choice Music: Love Song Nominated [22]

Music video[]

Lavigne in a pub in the song's music video.

The single's music video, directed by renowned photographer David LaChapelle, involves Lavigne, who is seen alone, trying to find someone, whilst her band members play the song alone in the streets. Showing her originally at a party, the video also sees Lavigne pushing a guy when he tries to get with her straight after making out with another woman. Most of the video is shown in slow motion but Lavigne's mouth movements are in sync with the song's vocals. This was achieved by recording the footage while the song was played twice as fast. The video also sees Lavigne walking on the streets and wearing a black jacket. Through the video, she is seen standing behind a snowy bank. At the end of the video, Lavigne walks out of the club with her coat on, kicks out the door and walks away. Much Music named the video one of the "Top 100 Best Videos of All Time".[23] The music video was originally meant to end with Lavigne walking out of the club to her bandmates, who then greet her and walk off together into the distance, but this ending was removed during post-production, ending the video with her leaving alone.[24] An alternative version of the video leaked online to the internet, comprising alternate shots, slightly longer sequences and featuring the originally filmed ending.

It was at least partly filmed in Los Angeles. The street shots were filmed on Broadway, and the Orpheum Theatre is seen.

In media, covers and samples[]

"I'm with You" was later featured in the season 3 Scrubs episode "My Tormented Mentor",[25] in the Smallville episode "Accelerate" and in the movie Bruce Almighty. The song was also used in the 2003 Brazilian soap opera Mulheres Apaixonadas. Furthermore, it was featured in the video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 and in Singstar Rock Ballads. The song is also used as the background music for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G85/G80 commercial, with Jennifer Garner and Cate Blanchett.

Rihanna sampled the song on her track "Cheers (Drink to That)", which was released as a single. Lavigne made an appearance in the music video.[26][27] Polish-Czech singer Ewa Farna covered the song and it was featured as a track on her album Měls mě vůbec rád.

Sophie Evans covered the song in Week 3 of Over the Rainbow. A year later, Amelia Lily covered the song in Week 9 of series 8 of The X Factor.

British singer Yungblud covered the song as part of his segment for BBC Radio 1's annual Live lounge month. He mashed-up the song with Taylor Swift's "Cardigan" (2020), accompanying himself on an acoustic guitar, joined by a cellist and two violinists, resulting in a cheerful, strings-laden performance. Both artists responded to the medley affirmatively.[28][29]

Track listing[]

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[67] Silver 290,000[66]
United States (RIAA)[68] Gold 500,000*
United States (RIAA)[69]
For video single, combined with "Sk8er Boi" 		Platinum 50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Release dates and formats for "I'm with You"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States November 18, 2002 Contemporary hit radio Arista [70]
Germany March 3, 2003 CD single [71]
United States March 11, 2003 DVD single [72]
United Kingdom March 31, 2003
[73]

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