So Small
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| Single by Carrie Underwood from the album Carnival Ride |
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| Released | August 28, 2007 (U.S.)[1] August 14, 2007 (CAN) August 14, 2007 (AUS) |
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| Format | CD single, digital download | ||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Country pop, ballad | ||||
| Length | 3:47 | ||||
| Label | Arista Nashville | ||||
| Writer(s) | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird | ||||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | ||||
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"So Small" is a song composed by fourth-season American Idol winner and country pop singer Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird. It is the first single from Underwood's second studio album, Carnival Ride, released in Canada on August 14, 2007, and in the United States on August 28, 2007. (See 2007 in music).
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[edit] Background
"So Small" is the first single for which Underwood shares a writing credit. Underwood co-wrote the song "I Ain't In Checotah Anymore" but it was not released as a single from her debut album Some Hearts.
Carrie Underwood's quote on So Small:
| “ | "So Small" is a feeling song on how people invest so much of their time and energy into things that aren't really important, and you don't really realize that until it's too late. We're all guilty of it, as I know I am, of just letting silly things get in the way. The smallest thing can almost ruin my day, and at some point, I realize, 'Good gracious, Carrie! What are you doing?' I have a great life, and we need to remember the things that are truly important.[2] | ” |
[edit] Single release
"So Small" was officially released to country radio stations on July 31, 2007.[3] The single was digitally released on Napster on August 14, 2007, the same day it was made available for sale on the Canadian iTunes Store, but was removed after several days. The song was permanently available for download on Napster and released on the U.S. iTunes Store on August 28, 2007.[1]
[edit] Chart performance
"So Small" debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs on August 9, 2007, making the highest chart entry by a solo country female artist in 43 years of Nielsen BDS history.[4][5] The song subsequently debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles on the same day.[6] It made its debut entry in the Hot 100 at 98 two weeks later. It jumped 76 positions on the Hot 100 in its third week on the chart, from 93 to 17, with 71,000 digital downloads,[7] becoming Underwood's fifth top twenty hit on the chart.
The song also became Underwood's fourth Number One single on the Billboard country music charts, holding the peak position for three weeks. On the chart week of December 22, 2007, the song fell from Number One to #10, the biggest fall from Number One since 1996, when Shania Twain's "You Win My Love" fell from Number One to #11.[8]
However, the song managed to sell over 755,800 digital downloads.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs | 6 |
| Canadian Country Singles Chart | 3 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 14[9] |
| United World Chart | 28[10] |
| Preceded by "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" by Dierks Bentley |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single December 1-December 15, 2007 |
Succeeded by "Our Song" by Taylor Swift |
[edit] Music video
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Carrie Underwood's video for "So Small" was directed by Roman White.[11] The video was originally planned to be premiering on September 13th on CMT, but instead premiered on September 20, 2007 on CMT, where the channel became "Carrie Music Television" and aired the video continuously from 6:00am-12:00pm straight, playing it an estimated 66 times. The video was also made available to purchase exclusively on the iTunes music store on September 20.[12]
The video tells the story of a teenage girl, an adult man, and an adult woman all struggling with problems in their lives. The video starts with the teenage girl having an argument with her mother, and proceeding to run away. The girl stands on the side of the road while two cars are approaching from opposite directions. In one car a woman can be seen visibly upset over something, and in the other a man is seen arguing on his cell phone. As the cars get closer, the teenage girl, feeling suicidal, decides to step in front of one of the oncoming vehicles. The woman in the car quickly swerves out of the way, but in doing so collides with the car in the other lane. As the two cars begin to collide, everything is suddenly frozen, except for the three people involved in the situation. It is revealed through flashbacks that the woman had had an argument with her husband earlier, and the man had been arguing with his wife. The three seem to acknowledge each other, while thinking over how small their problems now seem to be. Shattered glass from the car accident is seen frozen in midair around them. The sun rises and time is suddenly reversed to right before the teenage girl stepped in front of the woman's car. The girl, realizing that her actions could have taken others' lives, decides to go back home and is seen hugging her mother at the end of the video. The man and woman are also seen mending their relationships.
Scenes of Underwood standing on the street where the accident takes place are shown throughout the video.
The video features country-singer and actor Christian Kane who shares a record company with Underwood.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "So Small - Single". Phobos.apple.com. Retrieved August 24, 2007.
- ^ Darden, Beville. "Carrie Underwood Debuts New Music". Music.AOL.com. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ^ "Carrie Underwood's New Single Arrives". CMT.com. Retrieved August 6, 2007.
- ^ "Carrie Underwood's "So Small" Sets Country Music Record". CountryStandardTime.com. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
- ^ "Underwood Tries For Encore With 'Carnival Ride'". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2007.
- ^ "So Small" Debut Position on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles on August 9, 2007. Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
- ^ "Soulja Boy 'Cranks' Hot 100 No. 1 With Debut Single", Billboard.com, September 6, 2007.
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2007-12-13). Keys Still The "One" Atop Billboard Charts. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
- ^ "So Small" Peak Position on the Canadian Billboard Hot 100 on August 23, 2007. Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2007.
- ^ "So Small" Global Chart Positions and Trajectories". acharts.us. Retrieved September 9, 2007.
- ^ Videos: Carrie Underwood, "So Small". CMT.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
- ^ Carrie Underwood official site. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
[edit] External links
"So Small" video at CMT.com
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