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So What was written by Pink, Max Martin and Shellback. It was released as the first single from Pink's fifth studio album, Funhouse. So What was performed at the 2008 MTV Music Video Awards on September 7th 2008, and was used to promote the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Latin America. Pink performed So What on MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 on November 6, 2008. In September 2008, the song became Pink's first solo number-one hit in her native USA. It has also reached #1 in twenty-five other countries. It is also the fourth song to reach number one in all four major music markets. It was one of the songs played in the music game Lego Rock Band and the 2009 video games for Dance Dance Revolution. The Uncensored Verson is also featured as a downloadable song on Guitar Hero: World Tour and SingStar. It is also a song on the DS version of Band Hero and available (along with Get the Party Started) on the popular app for the iPhone/iPod Touch Tap Tap Revenge 3.

The song was written by Pink, Max Martin and Shellback. Martin also produced the track. Pink and Martin are responsible for their hit songs from Pink's previous album, including the US top-10 hits Who Knew and U + Ur Hand. In interviews, the singer stated that the song was not autobiographical, only a few aspects of the song were. After reuniting with her husband Carey Hart in May 2009, Pink told Ellen DeGeneres that she found it "funny" to perform the song when he was in the audience and especially enjoyed the bit where she sang the line "You're a tool". The song was intended to be released to radio in the States later than its release date. As the song leaked on the internet, La Face Records decided to release the song on radio on August 18, 2008, as well as the digital version. The track was released on the American CHR on August 18, 2008. It was released digitally on American iTunes on August 19, 2008, and on September 2, it reached #1 on the store. The track has also peaked at #1 on iTunes in Canada but they were instructed from SonyBMG that they were not to play it due to an international embargo on the track. The song was performed as a group number on the season finale of the eighth season of American Idol by the Top 13. Allison Iraheta, a finalist from the eighth season of American Idol, performed the song during the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009. Meanwhile, in Australia, the song began receiving actual radio airplay from August 7 and was instantly on high rotation across both the Austereo and DMG Radio Australia networks. In New York, WHTZ "Z100" played the song on the morning show at 8:45am EST on the Elvis Duran and the Morning Zoo to great response. The song was released in the UK on September 29, 2008. It has been questioned whether Pink has something against singer Jessica Simpson, as this is the second time Simpson has been negatively referenced in a Pink single, the first being "Stupid Girls". Pink then said on the matter - "Everyone thinks I'm trashing Jessica Simpson, but I'm actually not at all, I'm actually saying that she's cooler than me 'cause the waiter keeps taking my table and giving it to her." Pink was originally going to use "The pilot took my private jet and gave it to Haylie Duff," but it "wasn't as funny".

So What has been well-received, with the website Popjustice giving it a positive review. Popjustice described the song as 'very amazing'. Chris Williams of Billboard gave the track a positive review, enjoying the "insatiable melodic verses meant for massive car singalongs and a chorus combustion followed by a fist-in-the-air refrain." He also called it "an irresistible soundscape that will transform listeners into rock stars singing their very own breakup song." Ryan Dumble of Blender gave So What a 3 out of 5 stars, commenting, "The disses are a bit immature ("I'm just fine and you're a tool") but there's a voyeuristic allure to the track." UK entertainment website Digital Spy also praised the song, calling it "packed with attitude" and "terrifically catchy" They gave it 5/5 stars, and later placed it as their top single of 2008 Guide gave a positive review saying: "A singsongy intro gives way to a martial beat and chorus that's likely to send fists pounding into the air." About.com lauds the track noting that this song is a good comeback for the singer; "Pink is back and not to be ignored." This song was number 29 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008. Time critic Josh Tyrangiel named this the #2 song of 2008. VH1's Top 40 Videos of 2008 ranked So What #3 on their list. However, there have been a few negative reviews. The New York Times called the song "perfunctory". The Onion's AV Club called the song "so blaring and bad as to make Funhouse seem like a lost cause from the start". The song was featured in the opening of the second episode of Castle. It was played again later in the episode as the victim's cell phone ringtone, showing she was in an a location the police did not previously realize before her murder. So What was nominated for The 51st Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and was beaten by Adele's Chasing Pavements. So What won the award for MTV's most addictive track. It was also nominated for Best Female Video on MTV Video Music Awards 2009, where it was beaten by Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me.

So What debuted at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 26 August 2008, making it Pink's highest debut to date on the chart. The song peaked at #1 on 16 September, making it her first solo #1, and second overall after Lady Marmalade, a collaboration with Christina Aguilera, Mýa, and Lil' Kim. It was Pink's ninth top-ten hit on the chart, and her third consecutive.

There was also well received by U.S. dance radios, reaching number-one on the Hot Dance Airplay chart on 6 December 2008 and giving Pink her second number-one Dance Airplay single since the week ending 10 February 2007, when she first reached that summit with U + Ur Hand. So What topped Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart during the chart week of December 20, 2008, giving Pink her second #1 there.

As of August 2010, the single has sold 3,947,000 digital units in the US.

So What also peaked at #1 on the Canadian Hot 100 and stayed at the top of the chart for four consecutive weeks.

In Australia, the song debuted at #1 on the ARIA Digital Chart and at #4 on the ARIA Singles Chart, reaching #1 on 21 September, making it Pink's 4th #1 in Australia. It has been certified Double Platinum for sales of 140,000. The song also peaked at #1 on the Australian Airplay Chart, and stayed there for 3 weeks, and is the first of 5 consecutive #1 radio airplay hits in Australia.

In Sweden, it had Pink's highest debut there, at #9, and climbed to #2, making it her highest charting single there. In Denmark it debuted at #14, and in Finland it debuted at #13.

In the Netherlands, the song debuted at #28 on the official Dutch Top 40, where it peaked at #4. In Belgium, So What debuted at #48 in Flanders and at #32 in Wallonia, and in the combined chart at #36. So What reached a peak of number 4 in Flanders.

In Austria, it debuted at number #14 on Austrian Top 75, but dropped out the chart in the second week. Several weeks later, re-entered the chart and has since peaked at #1.

So What has reached #1 on the official New Zealand RIANZ chart, becoming her first number one since Don't Let Me Get Me in 2002 and making New Zealand the first country in which So What reached number one. So What spent five consecutive weeks at number one in New Zealand, being her fourth number 1 in New Zealand. After twenty-two weeks on the chart, So What was certified Platinum for selling over 15,000 copies.

So What entered the German Singles Chart at #1 (three weeks) on 11 October 2008, making it Pink's first solo #1 there as well. In Germany, it was her 10th top-ten hit and her first one since Dear Mr. President in 2006. So What was Pink's third single to be certified Gold in Germany.

On September 28, 2008, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at #38 on downloads alone based on two days worth of sales. After the song's physical release, the following week So What knocked Kings of Leon's Sex On Fire from number one, beating the comeback singles from Oasis (The Shock of the Lightning) and Boyzone (Love You Anyway). So What is Pink's second solo number one single in the UK, the first being Just Like a Pill and third overall, including Lady Mamalade. It also set the record for the biggest jump to number one within the top 40 as it jumped 37 places to number one, beating last year's 34-place jump by Sugababes with About You Now. It sold 4,096 units when it debuted at number 38 after one day of download sales. In its first full week, it sold 53,264 copies, which was the third-biggest #1 sales in the UK in the year 2008.

Dave Meyers, who is known for having artists giving an over-the-top portrayal of celebrities or themselves, directed the video for So What. Pink previously worked with him for the videos to U + Ur Hand and Stupid Girls, which earned MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video. Pink also worked with Meyers on the videos for There You Go, Most Girls, You Make Me Sick, Get the Party Started, Don't Let Me Get Me and the Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle track Feel Good Time. The video was shown on August 22 on FNMTV. The video has premiered on 22 August on the UK music site Popjustice. Pink posted a message on her website for her fans about what it was like to shoot the video:

"If you EVER get a chance to drive a lawnmower down Sunset Blvd - I highly suggest it. Thanks for making my day. I'm really, really, really excited. This video was too much fun... glad you likey's and don't worry - Carey likey's too. We are insane."

The video begins in a tattoo parlour, Pink is getting a tattoo of a red void mark on her arm across an existing tattoo before the scene cuts to Pink riding down Sunset Boulevard on a lawnmower and drinking alcohol. Pink is then shown entering Guitar Center browsing guitars. She pretends to play before attempting to smash it into the ground, but she is restrained by a store clerk which leads to them engaging in a fight. Pink is shown cutting down a tree engraved with her real name and her ex-husband's names with a chainsaw. She cries on the chainsaw, while telling herself that she is all right, right before the tree falls and nearly crushes her neighbor (played by Will Sasso). After this, Pink is sitting in a bar after losing her table to Jessica Simpson, accompanied by a man who is playing the drums out of glasses. The next scene goes to Pink on a motorbike, while a newly wedded couple in a car pull up beside her and wave and smile at her. Jealous and outraged at the happy newlyweds, Pink is shown throwing objects at the car and popping the blown up condoms used to decorate the vehicle, before climbing onto it and playfully (albeit violently) attacking the vehicle. Pink is then shown stripping on the red carpet, surrounded by photographers, she takes off her jacket to reveal her (blurred) nude body. The paparazzi all snap photos of her as she does choreography from Michael Jackson's video for Thriller naked, but more akin to Austin Powers 2. Then while getting her hair done, her stylist applies hairspray, as Pink turns on her cigarette lighter, accidentally setting her hair on fire. Also shown are two men urinating in wine bottles, which they give to Pink, however Pink passes them to two guys walking past her. They drink it and then realizing what it is, spit it out in disgust. Finally, Pink is shown surrounded by men and women in their underwear engaging in a pillow fight. The video then cuts between all the scenes shown in the video before ending with Pink poking her tongue at the camera with her husband. Pink is also shown performing the song in concert near the end. Pink's husband Carey Hart makes cameos throughout the video, such as a scene where they are talking as newspaper headlines flash behind them. Producer Butch Walker also makes a cameo. Pink has stated that Hart had not heard the song prior to arriving for the video shoot. The video was released on Saturday, September 6 on iTunes, and quickly jumped to the #1 video spot on the iTunes chart in less than 24 hours of it being listed. The video was ranked on VH1 as the 3rd best music video of 2008 on the Top 40 Videos of 2008. On Facebook it was the second favorite video of 2008. The scene from the video where Pink's hair is set on fire is censored on MTV UK and its sister channels. That scene is replaced with other short clips from the video.

:wub: One of her best songs.

 

I can remember walking through wind and rain to buy the CD single :o

My parents were fighting with my brother so i thought I'd take a wee walk into town :lol:

I remember when it leaked online :wub:

 

I was just about to go to bed when i saw it had leaked, I ended up staying up listening to it on repeat about 40-odd times :lol: Still one of my faves, a highlight on a setlist too :)

Same here :o

That was back when the only places I posted was here, the Kylie forum and the Anastacia forum :lol:

 

Photo take by Dave Meyers

 

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The following photos from the video were taken by Frank Micelotta. Some of these are huge, so it might take a while to upload & post them!!

 

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