Misunderstood (Robbie Williams song)

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"Misunderstood"
Robbie Williams - Misunderstood single cover.png
Single by Robbie Williams
from the album Greatest Hits
Released6 December 2004 (2004-12-06) [1]
Length4:01
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Stephen Duffy, Robbie Williams
Producer(s) Robbie Williams, Stephen Duffy, Andy Strange
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Radio"
(2004)
"Misunderstood"
(2004)
"Tripping"
(2005)
Music video
"Misunderstood" on YouTube

"Misunderstood" is a song by British pop singer Robbie Williams. Williams co-wrote and co-produced the song with Stephen Duffy from English band Duran Duran, who also plays the acoustic guitars, bass, and harmonica on the track. The song was released as the second single from Williams' hits compilation Greatest Hits in December 2004, peaking at number eight on the UK Singles Chart and reaching the top 10 in Denmark, Italy, and the Netherlands. The song was featured on the Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason soundtrack.

Contents

Music video

The music video incorporates some of the plot of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason into it, including some clips of the movie. Robbie Williams is interrogated by Thai officials. At the end of the video when the main interrogator says that if Williams keeps acting up, he might be there a long time. Williams asks, "How long is a long time?". The interrogator answers, "Oh, about a millennium", to which Williams answers by turning to the camera and singing his song "Millennium". Williams stated that the song was written because of his love of Edward Scissorhands , in which the protagonist of the film was misunderstood.

Track listings

UK CD1 and European CD single [2] [3]

  1. "Misunderstood"
  2. "Do Me Now" (demo)

UK CD2 and Australian CD single [4]

  1. "Misunderstood"
  2. "Please Please"
  3. "(I Feel It But) I Can't Explain"
  4. Gallery and video clip

UK DVD single [5]

  1. "Misunderstood" (video—stereo and 5.1 surround sound)
  2. "Chemical Devotion" (audio)
  3. "The Postcard" (audio)
  4. Gallery and video clip

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Greatest Hits album booklet. [6]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 39
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 21
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [9] 3
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [10] 13
CIS (TopHit) [11] 130
Denmark (Tracklisten) [12] 9
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [13] 17
Germany (Official German Charts) [14] 20
Ireland (IRMA) [15] 27
Italy (FIMI) [16] 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [17] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [18] 15
Romania (Romanian Top 100) [19] 53
Scotland (OCC) [20] 6
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [21] 16
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [22] 35
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 26
UK Singles (OCC) [24] 8

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