Just like a pill

Just like a pill
P nk
publication	2001
length	3:57
Genre (s)	Pop rock
Author (s)	P! Nk , Dallas Austin
Award (s)	Gold ( Austria )
album	Missundaztood
Cover versions
2002	School girl all stars
2004	Kelly Hansen
2007	Cascada

P! Nk interprets Just Like a Pill

Just Like a Pill (German " Like a Pill ") is a rock - / pop song from 2001 by the American singer Pink , together with Dallas Austin wrote. The song won a gold record in Austria .

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The lyrics describe the consequences of an overdose from the first person perspective : ( "I think I took too much" - I think I took too much ). The lyrics are considered autobiographical, because the singer reported in interviews about her drug abuse . An overdose occurred on Thanksgiving 1995, before her career began.

“That's part of who I am but I'm not as self-destructive as I used to be. I've done it so I'm not curious about it. "

“It's part of me, but I'm not as self-destructive as I used to be. I did it, so I'm no longer curious about it. "

- Pink in an interview on Just Like a Pill

The analgesic mentioned in the lyrics ( "I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch" - I can't stay with your morphine because it makes me itch ) is also used as a metaphor for false expectations in a relationship when the singer turns directly to a person ( “And I swear you're just like a pill / Instead of makin 'me better, you keep makin' me ill” - And I curse, you're just like a pill / Instead of it I feel better, you just keep making me sick ).

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The song produced by Dallas Austin was released as a single on June 10, 2002. The later film director Francis Lawrence realized a music video for the song. After Get the Party Started and Don't Let Me Get Me, it is the third single from their album Missundaztood . The song is 3:57 minutes long. Just Like a Pill was Pink's first number one hit in the UK Top 40 .

Charts

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	2 (15 weeks)	15th
Austria (Ö3)	2 (20 weeks)	20th
Switzerland (IFPI)	6th (27 weeks)	27
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (11 weeks)	11
United States (Billboard)	8th (20 weeks)	20th

Track list of the single

• Single (UK)

1. "Just Like a Pill" (radio version) - 3:57
2. "Just Like a Pill" (Jacknife Lee Remix) - 3:46
3. "Get the Party Started" (Live At La Scala) - 3:17 am
4. "Just Like a Pill" (video) - 3:57

• Music cassette

1. "Just Like a Pill" (radio version) - 3:57
2. "Just Like a Pill" (Jacknife Lee Remix) - 3:46
3. "Get the Party Started" (Live At La Scala) - 3:17 am

• CD single (Europe)

1. "Just Like a Pill" (radio version) - 3:57
2. "Just Like a Pill" (Jacknife Lee Remix) - 3:46

• CD single (USA)

1. "Just Like a Pill" (album version) - 3:57
2. "Just Like a Pill" (Instrumental) - 3:52
3. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (Ernie Lake Ext Club Vox) - 5:49

Web links

• Just Like a Pill at Discogs (English)
• Music video on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IFPI Austria - Association of the Austrian Music Industry Gold & Platinum. In: ifpi.at. Retrieved on May 22, 2013 (keyword (artist): Just Like a Pill). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Talia Soghomonian: Interview -. In: musicomh.com. August 3, 2005, accessed May 27, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Hugo Daniel: Pink attempted to use her success to save her best friend, who died of a drug overdose. In: nydailynews.com. May 12, 2013, accessed May 27, 2013 . 
4. ^ Francis Lawrence | IMVDb. In: imvdb.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
6. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Pnk-Just-Like-A-Pill/release/2811480
7. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Just-LIke-A-Pill/release/3183422
8. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Pnk-Just-Like-A-Pill/release/384633
9. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Pnk-Just-Like-A-Pill/release/2321465