Damaged (Danity Kane song)

"Damaged"
Single by Danity Kane
from the album Welcome to the Dollhouse
Released	January 29, 2008 (see Release history)
Format	CD single CD maxi single digital download
Recorded	2007 at Circle House Recording Studios in Miami, Florida[1]
Genre	Dance-pop R&B electropop
Length	4:09 (album version) 3:38 (radio edit) 4:13 (video version) 4:06 (instrumental)[2]
Label	Bad Boy Atlantic
Writer(s)	Justin Walker Sean Combs Mario Winans Jonathan Yip Jeremy Reeves Micayle McKinney Ray Romulos Shannon "Slam" Lawrence Rose Marie Tan James Smith[1]
Producer(s)	Stereotypes Combs Winans[1]
Certification	Platinum (RIAA)
Danity Kane singles chronology
"Home for Christmas (2006)" "Damaged" (2008) "Bad Girl" (2008)

"Damaged" is a song by American girl group Danity Kane. It was written by Justin Walker, Sean Combs, Mario Winans, Jonathan Yip, Jeremy Reeves, Micayle McKinney, Ray Romulos, Shannon "Slam" Lawrence, Rose Marie Tan, and James Smith.^[1] The song was produced by the Stereotypes, with additional production from Combs and Winans,^[1] for the band's second studio album, Welcome to the Dollhouse (2008).

Released as the album's lead single on January 29, 2008 stateside, the song reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it became the band's second top 10 hit. In addition, "Damaged" reached the top 30 on the Canadian Hot 100, their first song to chart there.

Music video

The music video for "Damaged" was directed by Syndrome and premiered on March 11, 2008 on MTV's TRL, where it peaked at number 3 on its countdown. In its entirety it premiered on MTV.com.^[3] The video also premiered as the 'New Joint' on BET's 106 & Park on March 20, 2008. The song peaked at No. 6.

The video features the members of Danity Kane in a futuristic theme. The pink special effects are used to represent the setting of being within an actual heart. Throughout the video, choreography is done along with the music and the girls are shown in a futuristic room with screens of them performing the choreography, which they see while laying down on a futuristic bed. Towards the end of the music video, the beds that the girls are lying on close to form a heart, which happens to be the heart of a man on a stretcher in a hospital. Medical staff, who turn out to be the members of Danity Kane, try to revive him. The music video then transitions to a setting where the man is in his bedroom with a note on him saying "Tired of the damage – DK".

Track list

Australian Single

1. "Damaged" – Album Version – 4:09
2. "Damaged" – Global Factory Radio Edit – 3:25
3. "Damaged" – DJ Richie Rich X-Mix Remix – 4:21

USA "Dance Mixes" Digital Release

1. Friscia & Lamboy Club Mix – 9:05
2. Global Factory Mix Club Mix – 7:49
3. DJ Richie Rich X-Mix Remix – 4:21
4. Friscia & Lamboy Radio Edit – 4:44
5. Global Factory Radio Edit – 3:25
6. Friscia & Lamboy Dub – 8:55
7. Friscia & Lamboy Club Mix No. 2 – 6:33

USA "Urban Remixes" Digital Release

1. Remix feat. Fabolous – 4:07
2. Remix feat. Gorilla Zoe – 4:08
3. Remix feat. Fabolous (Clean Version) – 4:07
4. Remix feat. Gorilla Zoe (Clean Version) – 4:08

Official versions and remixes

• Album Version – 4:09
• Acapella – 4:09
• Instrumental – 4:09
• Pop Version/Radio Edit – 3:38
• Mike Rizzo's Global Factory Mix Club Mix – 7:49
• Mike Rizzo's Global Factory Radio Edit – 3:25
• DJ Richie Rich X-Mix Remix – 4:21
• DJ Crime Remix – 3:20
• Friscia & Lamboy Club Mix – 9:05
• Friscia & Lamboy Radio Edit – 4:44
• Friscia & Lamboy Dub – 8:55
• Friscia & Lamboy Club Mix No. 2 – 6:33
• Chubalicious Club Remix – 7:09
• M'Silver Tribal Remix – 4:12
• AC Beats Tyler Nelson Radio Edit – 03:42
• AC Beats Tyler Nelson Alternate Intro – 03:44
• Tyler Nelson Dark Club Mix – 06:37
• Remix featuring Gorilla Zoe – 4:08
• Remix featuring Gorilla Zoe (Clean Edit) – 4:08
• Remix featuring Fabolous – 4:07
• Remix featuring Fabolous (Clean Edit) – 4:07

Release history

Region	Date
United States	January 29, 2008
Canada	April 15, 2008
United Kingdom	August 18, 2008

Chart performance

The song was released to legal digital download sites on January 29, 2008 in the United States.^[4] It reached the top ten in the US and Ukraine.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position Australian ARIA Charts[5] 51 Canadian Hot 100[6] 26 Ukraine (FDR Pop Singles)[7] 2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 10 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[9] 24 U.S. Billboard Pop Songs[10] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Rank US Billboard Hot 100 42 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Awards

Year	Awards	Award	Results	ref
2008	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Dancing in a Video	Nominated	[12]
		Best Pop Video	Nominated	[13]

References

1. Welcome to the Dollhouse album booklet
3. "Trl Schedule". MTV. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
4. "MTV's "Making The Band" Returns With Three New Albums From the Series' Stars; New Singles From Danity Kane and MTB4 Finalists Arrive at Online Retailers Tomorrow; Full-Length Collections to Follow in March". Yahoo Finance. January 28, 2008. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
6. Archived June 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
7. "FDR Pop Singles Chart #348 ~ 2 Березня - 9 Березня 2008 (2 Mar - 9 Mar 2008)". 2 March 2008. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
8. "Danity Kane Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
9. Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales
10. "Billboard Pop 100 Singles". Billboard Magazine. June 28, 2008. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
11. "American single certifications – Danity Kane – Damaged". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
12. "2008 MTV Video Music Awards". MTV. January 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
13. xta (August 15, 2008). "Hyper Stars: Britney, Jonas Brothers, PCD Up for VMA Video of the Year". Hyper-stars.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics