Perfect (Vanessa Amorosi song)

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"Perfect"
Australian single cover for Perfect.jpg
Single by Vanessa Amorosi
from the album Somewhere in the Real World
Released26 April 2008 (2008-04-26)
Recorded2008
Genre Soul, rock
Length
Label Universal Music
Songwriter(s) David Franj, [2] [3] Vanessa Amorosi
Producer(s) Clif Magness [4]
Vanessa Amorosi singles chronology
"Kiss Your Mama!"
(2007)
"Perfect"
(2008)
"The Simple Things (Something Emotional)"
(2008)

"Perfect" is a song by Australian recording artist Vanessa Amorosi. "Perfect" was released in April 2008 as the second single from Amorosi's third studio album, Somewhere in the Real World .

Contents

Amorosi co-wrote "Perfect" with Australian songwriter David Franj and they each brought a different perspective to the theme of love, resulting in a powerful tune. "He was in love with his girlfriend, so his take on it was she's perfect, everything about her is so magnificent. And I'm the other side of love where I'm like that's obsessive and there's hard work in love and what you see as perfect is not necessarily going to be perfect in 20 years time." [5]

Amorosi says "Perfect" is "really a love story by two totally different people. That's my interpretation of it. I mean, it's open to anyone's interpretation but for me love is ... I find it to be quite obsessive. I love the imperfections in a person more so than the perfect things about them. Love can come in different shapes and forms and that's what it's really going on about." [6] [7]

"Perfect" was the most played song by an Australian artist on the 2008 National Airplay Chart (The Music Network – 22 December 2008). [8] The track also hit number one on the Australian iTunes Store on 6 June 2008.

Before release as a single, "Perfect" was featured in promotions by the Seven Network for the American show Bionic Woman . It will also be used in a commercial campaign for jeans by Calvin Klein in Australia.

Music video

The music video was shot entirely on green screen by noted video producer Stuart Gosling (Westlife, Girls Aloud). It features a glamorous Amorosi walking through a desert setting while peeling back the layers of her get-up. "The idea with this video clip was that beauty comes in all different forms and you can be over-accessorised and look gorgeous and beautiful but you can look just as beautiful stripping all that away", she said. [7]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryResult
2009 APRA Awards Most Played Australian Work [9] Nominated

Track listings

CD single/digital EP

  1. "Perfect" — 04:49
  2. "Perfect" (Radio version) — 03:20
  3. "Perfect" (Soulful version) — 06:09
  4. "Perfect" (Instrumental) — 04:52

iTunes single

  1. "Perfect" — 04:49
  2. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Live from Bluesfest 2007) — 05:17

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [12] Platinum70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabelCatalogueRef.
Australia26 April 2008 Universal Music Australia 1763772 [13]

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