Pieces of Me
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| Single by Ashlee Simpson | |||||||||
| from the album Autobiography | |||||||||
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| Released | June 29, 2004 | ||||||||
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| Recorded | 2004; Henson Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) |
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| Genre | Pop rock | ||||||||
| Length | 3:37 (album version) 3:13 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Geffen | ||||||||
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| Producer(s) | John Shanks | ||||||||
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"Pieces of Me" is a song by American pop/rock singer Ashlee Simpson and the first single from her début album, Autobiography (2004). The song, which was jointly written and composed by Simpson, Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, and produced by Shanks, is a blend of pop and rock with lyrics about finding comfort and happiness in a relationship with a new boyfriend. "Pieces of Me" was released as the first single from Autobiography in mid-2004 (see 2004 in music), prior to the album's release in July; it peaked at number five in the United States (on the Billboard Hot 100), and contributed to the considerable success of Autobiography, which went triple platinum in the U.S. Outside of the U.S., the song enjoyed some chart success as well, reaching the top ten in a number of countries. As of 2014[update], it remains Simpson's most successful song, as well as her only song to reach the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart.
The recording of "Pieces of Me" features in "Valentine's Bummer," the fourth episode of the first season of Simpson's reality show, The Ashlee Simpson Show, and was inspired by Simpson's relationship with the musician Ryan Cabrera, a friend with whom she became romantically involved. As she said, "It was just really nice to be with somebody who's just real and who's nice — just a good person. So I wrote that about him, and when I finished it, I was so excited and so was he." (The two were reported to have broken up in August 2004, while the song was still high on the charts. They soon got back together before breaking up again in early 2005.) In another interview, she said, "It's a feel good song, it's easy to listen to and every time I perform it or listen to it or whatever, ... it just feels good."
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