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2001 single by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
"Complicated"
Single by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
from the album Room with a View
B-side"Georgia"
ReleasedApril 9, 2001
GenreCountry
Length3:48
LabelArista Nashville
Songwriter(s)Shaye Smith
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Producer(s)Paul Worley
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson singles chronology
"Georgia"
(2000) 		"Complicated"
(2001) 		"I Don't Want You to Go"
(2001)

"Complicated" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson. It was released in April 2001 the second single from her debut album Room with a View. The song was also her second entry on two U.S. singles charts, peaking at number 5 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) and number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number 15 on that magazine's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The song was written by Johnson and Shaye Smith.

Content

"Complicated" is a mid-tempo country pop ballad where the female narrator expresses her fear of admitting her strong feelings to the object of her affection - a good friend, calling her feelings "complicated."

Music video

The music video was directed by Lisa Mann and premiered in mid-2001. It shows Johnson performing the song in several different areas of a large, round room with many ledges, trying to find her lover, but being unsuccessful every time. She tries to write a song, but throws the piece of paper, which in turn causes many other pieces of paper to fall on top of her. Many scenes show many different images of Johnson trying to catch up to each other, and one scent shows one image handing a phone to another. Eventually she does locate her boyfriend, and the video ends with them having fun together on the stairs and in an elevator. Scenes of Johnson performing the song against a white background with many flickering white lights, and laying down on a sofa are also shown.

Charts

"Complicated" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 21, 2001.

Chart (2001-2002) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 5
US Billboard Hot 100 59
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 15
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard) 39

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Complicated" by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Chart (2001) Position
Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS) 31
US Country Songs (Billboard) 22

Release history

Release dates and format(s) for "Complicated"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States April 9, 2001 Country radio Arista Nashville
March 2002 Adult contemporary radio
May 2002 Hot adult contemporary radio

References

  1. "Carolyn Dawn Johnson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  2. "Carolyn Dawn Johnson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  3. "Carolyn Dawn Johnson Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  4. "Carolyn Dawn Johnson Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  5. "BDS CHART : Top 100 of 2001". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  6. "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  7. "Going for Adds | Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1396. April 6, 2001. p. 68. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  8. "New & Active | AC" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1443. March 8, 2002. p. 74. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  9. "New & Active | Hot AC" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1455. May 31, 2002. p. 59. Retrieved April 15, 2024.

External links

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Studio albums
Singles
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