"It's Complicated" is the third single from

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's fourth album, ''

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'', released on October 25, 2011.

Music and lyrics

Lead vocalist,

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wrote the lyrics, while the music was written by himself, guitarists Kevin Skaff and Neil Westfall, and A Day to Remember.

Release and performances

The song, along with 3 others from the album, was mixed by

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. In September 2011, it was revealed that "It's Complicated" would be released as the third single from the album on October 25, though it was only released as a radio single. "It's Complicated " charted on ''

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chart, at number 34. The band played an acoustic version of "It's Complicated" for MTV on February 14, 2012. "It's Complicated" is available to play on the

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games. Liz Ramanand from

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said the song had "catchy guitar riffs" and the song's style being "a poppy punk feel". Ramanand also called the song an "anthem for the brokenhearted" that "will get fists pumping" and the chorus "very appealing".

Track listing

;Digital download #"It's Complicated" – 2:57 ;Promotional CD #"It's Complicated (Radio Edit)" – 2:46 #"It's Complicated (Album Version)" – 2:57

Chart positions

Personnel

Personnel per album booklet. ;A Day to Remember *

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Joshua Woodard — bass *Neil Westfall —

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

*Alex Shelnutt —

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*Kevin Skaff —

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

;Production *Chad Gilbert — producer *

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and Jeremy McKinnon — co-producers *

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*Andrew Wade —

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References

{{Authority control A Day to Remember songs 2011 singles Song recordings produced by Andrew Wade Song recordings produced by Chad Gilbert Songs written by Jeremy McKinnon Song recordings produced by Jeremy McKinnon Victory Records singles