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, and recorded by Canadian

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. It was released in August 2002 as the first single released from Clark's album ''

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''. It peaked at number 2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, becoming Clark's first top 10 single on that chart since "

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Content

The song is an impassioned lyric about sticking it out in a relationship.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of '' Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "uptempo, easy-to-sing-along-with, radio-friendly ode to the complexities of modern relationships, and Clark gives it all she's got." She goes on to say that the writers, Lovelace and Miller, have "crafted a lyric that examines the dynamics of relationships."'' Billboard'', September 7, 2002

Music video

A music video was released for the song, directed by

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. It shows Clark performing the song with a guitar under many strobe lights in downtown Nashville, as well as scenes of her and her boyfriend (who works as a hotel valet) fighting for an unknown reason. She gets in her convertible and leaves him, leaving him to become anxious and upset as to what he did to make her upset. He impatiently waits for her to come back, and in the last seconds of the video she does. He gets in the passengers side, much to her dismay, and the two ride off together. Scenes featuring her driving her car through Nashville are also shown.

Chart performance

"I Just Wanna Be Mad" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 31, 2002.

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 2002 singles 2002 songs Terri Clark songs Songs written by Lee Thomas Miller Song recordings produced by Keith Stegall Songs written by Kelley Lovelace Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore Mercury Records singles Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions Canadian Country Music Association Single of the Year singles