"Careful" is a song by American

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band Paramore, and is the fourth single from their third studio album, ''

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''. The song charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the week ''

'' was released before it was announced as a single. It charted due to digital downloads. The song impacted radio on June 8, 2010.

Reception

Ed Masley of ''

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'' ranked it as the 13th best Paramore song, stating "Its No. 78 performance on the Hot 100 isn't for a lack of accessible pop hooks." Ex-guitarist Josh Farro, speaking with ''

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'' on the reasons he left the band, mentioned a lyric in "Careful" as being contradictory to their Christian faith.

Music video

It was announced on the official Paramore fanclub that a video containing live footage of the song would be released on June 8, 2010. The video was shot and edited by Brandon Chesbro, who also directed the video for the band's previous single "

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". The video was released via

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's YouTube account. It contains performances of the song in many concerts throughout 2009 and includes clips from their

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Soundwave Tour and also at their one-off performance at Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia. The clip also contains footage from their 2010 Spring Tour as well as their 2009 Fall Tour. It also shows clips of the band off stage. The music video is also the third of Paramore's videos to be a compilation of performances from various concerts, the first two being "

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" from ''

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'' and "

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" from ''

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''. As of November 2021, the song has 30 million views on

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Charts

Weekly charts

References

{{authority control 2009 songs 2010 singles Paramore songs Songs written by Hayley Williams Songs written by Josh Farro Fueled by Ramen singles Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo