Freak of Nature

Freak of Nature
Studio album by Anastacia
Released	November 23, 2001
Recorded	2001
Studio	Various Cove City Sound Studios (Glen Cove, New York) The Dream Factory, Right Track Recording, Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York) Encore Studios (Burbank, California) Homesite 13 (Novato, California) Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Pop R&B dance soul rock funk[1][2]
Length	47:14
Label	Epic Daylight
Producer	Louis Biancaniello Richie Jones Ric Wake Sam Watters
Anastacia chronology
Not That Kind (2000) Freak of Nature (2001) Anastacia (2004)
Singles from Freak of Nature
"Paid My Dues" Released: November 6, 2001 "One Day in Your Life" Released: March 4, 2002 "Boom" Released: June 3, 2002 "Why'd You Lie to Me" Released: September 9, 2002 "You'll Never Be Alone" Released: November 4, 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]
entertainment.ie	[4]
NME	2/10[5]
Q	[6]
Rolling Stone	favorable[7]
Slant Magazine	[8]
Yahoo! Music	[9]

Freak of Nature is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Anastacia, released on November 23, 2001 by Epic Records. The album was primarily produced by Ric Wake, Sam Watters, and Louis Biancaniello, with additional production from Richie Jones. The album debuted and peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard 200, while reaching number four in the United Kingdom and number one in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Freak of Nature has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide.^[10]

Release

For the US edition of the album, three tracks from the album were remixed ("One Day in Your Life", "You'll Never Be Alone", and "Don't Stop (Doin' It)") and a new track, "I Thought I Told You That", a collaboration with Faith Evans, was included on the album. A collectors edition of the album was released in Europe in November 2002, featuring a bonus disc containing "I Thought I Told You That", a cover version of the classic Disney song "Someday My Prince Will Come", and "Boom" (which served as the 2002 FIFA World Cup official song), as well as three remixes and two live recordings.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Freak of Nature"	Anastacia Richie Jones Eric Kupper Billy Mann	Ric Wake Jones^[a]	3:39
2.	"Paid My Dues"	Greg Lawson Damon Sharpe LaMenga Kafi Anastacia	Wake Jones^[a]	3:21
3.	"Overdue Goodbye"	Anastacia Mann	Wake Jones^[a]	4:34
4.	"You'll Never Be Alone"	Anastacia Sam Watters Louis Biancaniello	Biancaniello Watters	4:21
5.	"One Day in Your Life"	Anastacia Watters Biancaniello	Biancaniello Watters	3:28
6.	"How Come the World Won't Stop"	Anastacia Mann	Wake Jones^[a]	4:03
7.	"Why'd You Lie to Me"	Anastacia Sharpe Lawson Trey Parker Damon Butler Canela Cox	Wake	3:43
8.	"Don'tcha Wanna"	Anastacia Watters Biancaniello Stevie Wonder Yvonne Wright	Biancaniello Watters	3:43
9.	"Secrets"	Anastacia Brian James	Wake Jones^[a]	5:22
10.	"Don't Stop (Doin' It)"	Anastacia Watters Biancaniello	Biancaniello Watters	4:21
11.	"I Dreamed You"	Anastacia Derek Bramble Lindy Robbins	Wake	5:04
12.	"Overdue Goodbye (Reprise)"	Anastacia Mann	Wake Jones^[a]	1:35
Total length:				47:14

Japanese edition bonus track[11]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Boom" (2002 FIFA World Cup official song)	Anastacia Glen Ballard	Ballard	3:19

US edition[12][13]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Freak of Nature"	Anastacia Jones Kupper Mann	Wake Jones^[a]	3:39
2.	"Paid My Dues"	Lawson Sharpe Kafi Anastacia	Wake Jones^[a]	3:21
3.	"Overdue Goodbye"	Anastacia Mann	Wake Jones^[a]	4:34
4.	"You'll Never Be Alone" (US version)	Anastacia Watters Biancaniello	Biancaniello Watters	4:39
5.	"One Day in Your Life" (US version)	Anastacia Watters Biancaniello	Biancaniello Watters	3:50
6.	"How Come the World Won't Stop"	Anastacia Mann	Wake Jones^[a]	4:03
7.	"I Thought I Told You That" (featuring Faith Evans)	Miklós Malek Nicole Renée Anastacia	Wake	3:35
8.	"Why'd You Lie to Me"	Anastacia Sharpe Lawson Parker Butler Cox	Wake	3:43
9.	"Don'tcha Wanna"	Anastacia Watters Biancaniello Wonder Wright	Biancaniello Watters	3:43
10.	"Secrets"	Anastacia James	Wake Jones^[a]	5:22
11.	"Don't Stop (Doin' It)" (US version)	Anastacia Watters Biancaniello	Biancaniello Watters	4:27
12.	"I Dreamed You"	Anastacia Bramble Robbins	Wake	5:04
13.	"Overdue Goodbye (Reprise)"	Anastacia Mann	Wake Jones^[a]	1:35
Total length:				51:35

Collectors edition bonus disc[14][15]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Thought I Told You That" (featuring Faith Evans)	Malek Renée Anastacia	Wake	3:35
2.	"Someday My Prince Will Come"	Frank Churchill Larry Morey	Ballard	3:44
3.	"Boom" (2002 FIFA World Cup official song)	Anastacia Ballard	Ballard	3:19
4.	"Paid My Dues" (The S-Man's Darkstar Mix)	Lawson Sharpe Kafi Anastacia	Wake Jones^[a] Roger Sanchez^[b]	5:17
5.	"One Day in Your Life" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Mix)	Anastacia Watters Biancaniello	Wake Jones^[a] Hector^[b]	10:12
6.	"Why'd You Lie to Me" (Nu Soul DNB Mix)	Anastacia Sharpe Lawson Parker Butler Cox	Wake Charlie Rosario^[b] Maurice Joshua^[b]	6:38
7.	"Freak of Nature" (live from Japan, September 13, 2002)	Anastacia Jones Kupper Mann	Chuckii Booker	4:23
8.	"Overdue Goodbye" (live from Japan, September 13, 2002)	Anastacia Mann	Booker	5:41
Total length:				42:49

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^b} signifies a remixer
• "Boom" does not appear on the UK collectors edition bonus disc^[16]

Sampling credits

• "Don'tcha Wanna" contains portions of "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" by Stevie Wonder^[17]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001–02) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[18] 10 Austrian Albums Chart[19] 2 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[20] 1 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[21] 12 Danish Albums Chart[22] 1 Dutch Albums Chart[23] 1 European Top 100 Albums[24] 1 Finnish Albums Chart[25] 8 French Albums Chart[26] 15 German Albums Chart[27] 1 Hungarian Albums Chart[28] 5 Irish Albums Chart[29] 7 Italian Albums Chart[30] 3 Japanese Albums Chart[31] 59 New Zealand Albums Chart[32] 39 Norwegian Albums Chart[33] 1 Polish Albums Chart[34] 7 Scottish Albums Chart[35] 2 Swedish Albums Chart[36] 1 Swiss Albums Chart[37] 1 UK Albums Chart[38] 4 US Billboard 200[39] 27

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Austrian Albums Chart[40] 62 Danish Albums Chart[41] 14 Dutch Albums Chart[42] 28 Finnish Albums Chart[43] 53 French Albums Chart[44] 132 Swedish Albums Chart[45] 19 Swiss Albums Chart[46] 16 UK Albums Chart[47] 52 Chart (2002) Position Australian Albums Chart[48] 53 Austrian Albums Chart[49] 4 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[50] 22 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[51] 80 Danish Albums Chart[52] 19 Dutch Albums Chart[53] 7 French Albums Chart[54] 89 German Albums Chart[55] 3 Swedish Albums Chart[56] 10 Swiss Albums Chart[57] 3 UK Albums Chart[58] 29

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[59]	Platinum	70,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[60]	Platinum	40,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[61]	Platinum	50,000^*
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[62]	Platinum	50,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[63]	Platinum	39,275[63]
France (SNEP)[64]	2× Gold	274,900[65]
Germany (BVMI)[66]	3× Platinum	900,000^^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[67]	Gold	25,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[68]	2× Platinum	160,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[69]	Gold	7,500^^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[70]	2× Platinum	100,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)[71]	Gold	50,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[72]	Platinum	100,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[73]	2× Platinum	160,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[74]	5× Platinum	200,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[75]	3× Platinum	900,000^^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[76]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Edition	Label	Ref.
Australia	November 23, 2001	Standard	Sony	[77]
France	November 26, 2001			[78]
Germany				[79]
Italy				[80]
United Kingdom			Epic	[81]
United States	June 18, 2002		Epic Daylight	[13]
Japan	July 24, 2002		Sony	[11]
United Kingdom	November 11, 2002	Collector's	Epic	[16]
Germany			Sony	[14]
France	November 18, 2002			[15]

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