Devastated (Sam Clark song)

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"Devastated"
Sam Clark - Devastated.jpg
Single by Sam Clark
from the album Take Me Home
Released30 July 2010 (physical)
1 August 2010 (digital)
Format Digital download, CD single
Genre Pop rock
Length3:31
Label PLW Entertainment
Songwriter(s) CLARK S/WILTSHIRE P
Sam Clark singles chronology
"Send Me a Sign"
(2010)
"Devastated"
(2010)

"Devastated" is the third single from Australian singer Sam Clark's debut studio album, Take Me Home . [1] The single is also Clark's debut single in the UK. [2] It was released physically in Australia on 30 July 2010 [3] and digitally on 1 August. [4]

Contents

Music video

Released on 3 August, the video for the song was directed by Joel Kohn. [5] The video shows Clark playing the part of four members of a news team a serious anchor, a campy reporter in the field, a sports reporter and a female weather presenter named Macey Downpour. [1] The video was also one of the ten most viewed Australian videos on YouTube as of the week commencing 15 August 2010. [6]

Charts

On 22 August 2010, "Devastated" debuted at number one on the Australian Physical Singles Chart. [7] On 23 August, it debuted on the AIR Singles Chart (Australian independent chart) at number sixteen. [8]

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Australian Physical Singles Chart 1
AIR Singles Chart 16

Track listing

CD single [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Devastated (radio edit)" 
2."Devastated (acoustic)" 
3."Broken (video clip)"4:20
4."Send Me a Sign (video clip)"3:10
5."Send Me a Sign (behind the scenes)" 
Digital [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Devastated"3:31

Release history

CountryDateFormat
Australia 1 August 2010 [4] Digital download
30 July 2010 [3] CD single

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