The Best Damn Thing

The Best Damn Thing
Studio album by Avril Lavigne
Publication (s)	April 13, 2007
Label (s)	RCA Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Pop rock, punk rock
Title (number)	12
running time	44:07
occupation	Vocals , guitar : Avril Lavigne Guitar, piano , bass , keyboard , drums : Lukasz Gottwald Guitar, bass: Butch Walker Guitar: Tim Pierce (on Innocence ) Guitar: Greg Suran (on Innocence ) Bass: Paul Bushaell (on Innocence ) Bass: Chris Chaney (on Contagious ) Drums: Steve Wolf Drums: Josh Freese Drums: Kenny Aronoff Drums: Steve Jocz Keyboard, Piano: Jamie Muhoberac (on Innocence ) Violin : Cyan Wilson (on Keep Holding On ) Cello : Larry Corbett (on Keep Holding On )
production	Dr. Luke, Rob Cavallo , Butch Walker, Deryck Whibley
chronology Under My Skin (2004) The Best Damn Thing Goodbye Lullaby (2011)
Single releases February 27, 2007 Girlfriend June 19, 2007 When you're gone October 2, 2007 Hot June 13, 2008 The Best Damn Thing

The Best Damn Thing ( English for. " The best damn thing ") is the third studio album by the Canadian rock singer Avril Lavigne , released in Germany on 13 April 2007. In the USA , the publication took place four days later. Lavigne's record company RCA had already releasedthe cover for the albumon February 2nd. Deryck Whibley , Lavigne's husband at the time, was theproducer. In total, The Best Damn Thing sold over 5 million times and reached one of the top positions in the world annual charts.

Avril Lavigne at a press conference in Hong Kong, China (2007)

Musical style

According to an article on the music website Billboard.com, the new single Girlfriend is reminiscent of Toni Basils song Mickey . I Can Do Better is a fast track title. The song When You're Gone , which begins with piano and synthesizer, is described as a ballad. The last song that Billboard was allowed to hear in advance is called Everything Back but You and is a pop / punk track in the style of Rancid .

Avril Lavigne wrote short comments for AOL Music on her new songs Girlfriend, I Can Do Better, Everything Back but You and When You're Gone , which are as follows:

• Girlfriend - "This is the first single from my new record. I'm excited because Girlfriend is a little different. It's a new sound, but it's still me! The song is really fun and makes you want to get up and dance. "
• I Can Do Better - "This song is one of my favorites. Travis Barker plays the drums here. I had a lot of fun with the track."
• Everything Back but You - "This song is about a fictional story about a guy who wrote 'I Wish You Were Here' instead of 'I wish you were here' on a postcard ) writes. Something like that. "
• When You're Gone - "The song is a ballad about leaving someone you love behind and about the little things that you miss about them."

tour

To promote the album, a concert tour called The Best Damn Tour was organized, which began in Canada and the US in March 2008 and later continued in Europe and Asia. The American pop band Jonas Brothers was hired for the opening act in Europe . In the course of her world tour in June / July 2008 Lavigne could also be seen in Germany and Austria. At a concert in the Canadian city of Toronto, the DVD named after the tour was created at the same time, which was released on September 5, 2008 in Europe and on September 9 in North America.

Track list

1. Girlfriend [Radio Edit] (Avril Lavigne, Lukasz Gottwald ) - 3:37
2. I Can Do Better (Avril Lavigne, Lukasz Gottwald) - 3:16
3. Runaway (Avril Lavigne, Lukasz Gottwald, Kara DioGuardi ) - 3:48
4. The Best Damn Thing (Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker ) - 3:10
5. When You're Gone (Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker) - 4:00
6. Everything Back but You (Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker) - 3:02
7. Hot (Avril Lavigne, Evan Taubenfeld ) - 3:23
8. Innocence (Avril Lavigne, Evan Taubenfeld) - 3:52
9. I Don't Have to Try (Avril Lavigne, Lukasz Gottwald) - 3:17
10. One of Those Girls (Avril Lavigne, Evan Taubenfeld) - 2:55
11. Contagious (Avril Lavigne, Evan Taubenfeld) - 2:10
12. Keep Holding On (Avril Lavigne, Lukasz Gottwald) - 4:00
13. Girlfriend (German Version) ( Bonustrack ) - 3:37

This version has been censored, ie swear words have been removed (e.g. bitch on Runaway and shit on Girlfriend). There is also a “Deluxe Edition”, which contains a making-of, and a “Limited Edition”, which contains additional bonus tracks, all music videos up to Hot and four live tracks from the “Orange Lounge”.

Single releases

Girlfriend was presented as the first single at the end of February 2007 . Before that, the song Keep Holding On was released as a single, which was published by Lavigne and Dr. Luke was written. It had already been created for the soundtrack of the film Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders and was decoupled as a result. After Girlfriend , When You're Gone , Hot and The Best Damn Thing followed .

year	title	Chart positions
		DE	AT	US	GB	F.	I.	CA
2007	Girlfriend The Best Damn Thing	3	1	1	2	2	1	1
2007	When You're Gone The Best Damn Thing	17th	10	24	3	17th	4th	8th
2007	Hot The Best Damn Thing	26th	17th	95	30th	-	-	10
2008	The Best Damn Thing The Best Damn Thing	64	51	-	-	-	-	76

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	15,000
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Greece (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Ireland (IRMA)	2 × platinum	30,000
Italy (FIMI)	2 × platinum	160,000
Japan (RIAJ)	diamond	1,000,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	320,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	platinum	150,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	20,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	10,000
Portugal (AFP)	gold	10,000
Russia (NFPF)	4 × platinum	80,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	30,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)	gold	3,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	452,000
All in all	9 × gold 23 × platinum 1 × diamond	4,777,500

Main article: Avril Lavigne / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/30/avril_lavigne_announces_release_of_third
2. ↑ Information ( memento of the original from October 19, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on kohlscorporation.com (.pdf file, English; 27 kB). Retrieved January 29, 2012 
3. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003538836
4. ↑ - ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Avril Lavigne. Title: Under My Skin ( Memento from June 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1535093/20060626/story.jhtml
7. ↑ http://www.amazon.de/Best-Damn-Thing-Avril-Lavigne/dp/B000NA1OXY/ref=pd%20ka%201/028-9937532-9161312?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1173715594&sr=8-1
8. ↑ DE: Avril Lavigne in the German single charts ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT: Avril Lavigne in the Austrian charts US: Avril Lavigne in the US single charts UK: The Best Damn Thing in the Official UK Charts (English) F: Avril Lavigne in the French charts I: Avril Lavigne in the Italian charts CA: Avril Lavigne on the Canadian Singles Chart 
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. ↑ Key Releases: 03/12/11. (No longer available online.) In: Music Week. March 12, 2011, archived from the original on September 15, 2016 ; accessed on September 10, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.