"King of Anything" is a song written and recorded by American singer

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". The song was her second time being nominated for the category and her third nomination overall.

Background

"'King of Anything' is sort of a 'f*** you' song," Bareilles said. "I've had more unsolicited advice on my life than I care to mention, and this was how I dealt with it. It felt empowering to turn that frustration into music, especially a song that doesn't even sound angry. That's sort of what 'Love Song' was as well. Apparently, I don't get over things very quickly."

Release

"King of Anything" was released to radio in the US on May 10, 2010. It was released for sale on June 22, 2010. It was released in Europe in the spring of 2011.

Music video

The music video was released on June 29, 2010. It was filmed in Vancouver, Canada by director Laurent Briet and features Sara singing in a number of different places accompanied by a brass band; in a restaurant, on a bus, in a music store, standing in front of a mural and finally in a garden of flowers. The scenes of the video are all fragmented throughout. A behind-the-scenes of the video was released on Bareilles' official

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page. Bareilles states in the behind-the-scenes video that she had input in the making of the music video, writing a treatment for it as soon as she had written the song.

Chart performance

In the week dated July 5, 2010, this song debuted on number 59 in ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it her second entry and also her highest debut on the chart so far. It peaked at number 32, becoming her second top 40 single in the United States, after "

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". It charted the highest in the Netherlands, where it reached number 21. "King of Anything" was certified Platinum in the United States by the RIAA. It has sold 1,468,000 copies in the US as of November 2013.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Music video on YouTube
{{DEFAULTSORT:King Of Anything 2010 singles 2010 songs Epic Records singles Sara Bareilles songs Song recordings produced by Neal Avron Songs written by Sara Bareilles