Label Bad Boy
Atlantic | ||
Released January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29) Format CD single
CD maxi single
digital download Recorded 2007 at Circle House Recording Studios in Miami, Florida Genre Dance-pop
R&B
electropop Length 4:06 (album version)
3:38 (radio edit)
4:13 (video version)
4:06 (instrumental) | ||
"Damaged" is a song by American girl group Danity Kane. It was written by Justin Walker, Sean Combs, Mario Winans, Jonathan Yip, Jeremy Reeves, Micayle McKinney, Ray Romulos, Shannon "Slam" Lawrence, Rose Marie Tan, and James Smith. The song was produced by the Stereotypes, with additional production from Combs and Winans, for the band's second studio album, Welcome to the Dollhouse (2008).
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Released as the album's lead single on January 29, 2008 stateside, the song reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it became the band's second top 10 hit. In addition, "Damaged" reached the top 30 on the Canadian Hot 100, their first song to chart there.
Music video
The music video for "Damaged" was directed by Syndrome and premiered on March 11, 2008 on MTV's TRL, where it peaked at number 3 on its countdown. In its entirety it premiered on MTV.com. The video also premiered as the 'New Joint' on BET's 106 & Park on March 20, 2008. The song peaked at No. 6.
The video features the members of Danity Kane in a futuristic theme. The pink special effects are used to represent the setting of being within an actual heart. Throughout the video, choreography is done along with the music and the girls are shown in a futuristic room with screens of them performing the choreography, which they see while laying down on a futuristic bed. Towards the end of the music video, the beds that the girls are lying on close to form a heart, which happens to be the heart of a man on a stretcher in a hospital. Medical staff, who turn out to be the members of Danity Kane, try to revive him. The music video then transitions to a setting where the man is in his bedroom with a note on him saying "Tired of the damage – DK".
Track list
Australian Single
- "Damaged" – Album Version – 4:09
- "Damaged" – Global Factory Radio Edit – 3:25
- "Damaged" – DJ Richie Rich X-Mix Remix – 4:21
USA "Dance Mixes" Digital Release
- Friscia & Lamboy Club Mix – 9:05
- Global Factory Mix Club Mix – 7:49
- DJ Richie Rich X-Mix Remix – 4:21
- Friscia & Lamboy Radio Edit – 4:44
- Global Factory Radio Edit – 3:25
- Friscia & Lamboy Dub – 8:55
- Friscia & Lamboy Club Mix No. 2 – 6:33
USA "Urban Remixes" Digital Release
- Remix feat. Fabolous – 4:07
- Remix feat. Gorilla Zoe – 4:08
- Remix feat. Fabolous (Clean Version) – 4:07
- Remix feat. Gorilla Zoe (Clean Version) – 4:08
Official versions and remixes
Chart performance
The song was released to legal digital download sites on January 29, 2008 in the United States. It reached the top ten in the US and Ukraine.