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Released | January 29, 2008 | |||
Studio | Circle House Recording (Miami, Florida) [1] | |||
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Label | Bad Boy | |||
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"Damaged" on YouTube |
"Damaged" is a song by American girl group Danity Kane. It was written by Justin Walker, Sean Combs, Mario Winans, Jonathan Yip, Edward Logan, 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 Janurary 29, 2008, in the United States, the song reached number 10 on the US 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. In 2017, Billboard ranked the song number 38 on their list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time". [3]
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.
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. [5] 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".
Year | Awards | Award | Results | Ref. |
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2008 | MTV Video Music Awards | Best Dancing in a Video | Nominated | [6] |
Best Pop Video | Nominated | [7] |
Australian single
US "Dance Mixes" digital release
US "Urban Remixes" digital release
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United States (RIAA) [21] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Label | Ref. |
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United States | January 29, 2008 | Bad Boy | [ citation needed ] |
Canada | April 15, 2008 | [ citation needed ] | |
United Kingdom | August 18, 2008 | [ citation needed ] | |
Australia | August 25, 2008 | [22] |
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