It also attained moderate crossover success, reaching #12 on Pop Songs chart and #31 on Adult Pop Songs chart. It peaked at #3 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was the band's highest-charting single at that time, prior to the release of ' Ain't It Fun' in 2014, but 'Misery Business' still remains the band's most-played song on the radio to date whereas Ain't It Fun never succeeded on alternative radio due to the band's change of style as well as not having the staying power 'Misery Business' had, despite charting higher leaving 'Misery Business' as their most popular song to date. It reached its peak position of #26 during the chart week of January 12, 2008. Due to increased digital downloads during the month of August 2007, it re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart week of Septemat #34. During the week of June 25, 2007, it debuted at #99 on the chart and reached #75 two weeks later before dropping off the chart in the following week. This song is the group's first single to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He would go hang out with his girlfriend, who I wrote 'Misery Business' about because I was a dick.' Chart performance ДЄt the time of the release of 'Misery Business', Paramore was a guest on MTV's 'Discover and Download' which gave the band time in the spotlight to reach out and explain the purpose of their album and how they wish to see it grow.

She told Vulture, 'When I was 13 or 14 and I had a crush on Josh, he didn't like me back. In May 2020, she finally revealed that it was about bandmate Josh Farro.

Williams joked on Twitter on May 27, 2013, that it was about London's Heathrow Airport. Later, Williams addressed the lyrics in the chorus:

However, on the band's blog, Williams claims the song was written about a past experience involving a male friend who she felt was being manipulated by a girl, and later on when Williams and her friend began to date, she penned the lyrics to 'finally explain my side of the story and feel freed of it all'. The Fueled by Ramen website reports that Williams wrote the song based on feedback the band received after a question she posted on the band's LiveJournal asking what people were ashamed of. The origin of the song is ambiguous with Williams giving conflicting explanations. The phrase, 'Misery Business', was first heard in a Stephen King adaptation of the psycho-thriller film, Misery (1990). On September 7, 2018, Williams announced during a concert that the band will play the song 'for the last time for a really long time', mainly due to a line from the second verse that was deemed sexist and anti-feminist. On July 25, 2015, the song was certified triple-platinum in the United States, the first of the band's songs to have sold three million units. It also succeeded in many countries including Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. It was the group's first charting single in the UK with more than 20,000 copies created within less than a year of the song's debut. 26 (for the week of January 12, 2008), making it the band's highest-charting single until ' Ain't It Fun' reached No. The track was commercially successful, peaking on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 'Misery Business' is considered the band's breakthrough hit and is credited with introducing the band to a mainstream audience. The accompanying music video for 'Misery Business' was the third to be directed by Shane Drake for the band, and Alternative Press named 'Misery Business' the Video of the Year in 2007. The song was written about a past experience of the band's lead singer, Hayley Williams, which involved a male friend who she felt was being exploited by a girl when Williams and her friend dated afterwards, she wrote the track in order to 'finally explain my side of the story and feel freed of it all'. ' Misery Business' is a song by American rock band Paramore and serves as the lead single from their second studio album, Riot! (2007).

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