"Mobile" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter

Avril Lavigne Avril Ramona Lavigne ( ; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. At age 16, she signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records. Her debut studio album, '' Let Go'' (2002), is the best-selling album of the 21 ...

from her debut studio album, '' Let Go'' (2002). The song was written by Lavigne and

Clif Magness Clifton “Clif” Magness is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for co-writing and producing several tracks on Avril Lavigne’s 2002 debut album, '' Let Go'' including the song " Losing Grip". ...

, with production being helmed solely by Magness. In May 11, 2003, the song was released in New Zealand and Australia as the fifth single from the album.

Composition

According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by

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, the song is written in the key of

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and is set in

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of common time with a

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of 100

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Critical reception

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'' referred to "Mobile" as a "completely inescapable hit". He noted that "Lavigne wails over crashing waves of acoustic and electric guitars, her big voice occasionally turns sideways in a drawl, a casual hint that she may actually be, of all things, a fine country singer in the making".

Chart performance

"Mobile" was released as a radio-only single Australia and as an airplay and physical single in New Zealand; the physical copy included "Complicated" and two previously unreleased b-side tracks, namely "Let Go" and "All You Will Never Know" (which are also featured in Avril's promotional album '' Let Go: B-Sides'', a demo compilation published in 2001, the year before the release of her debut studio album '' Let Go''). The song debuted at number 36 on the New Zealand Singles Chart for the issue dated May 11, 2003. It spent a total of 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 26 for the issue dated June 8, 2003.

Music video

A music video was filmed for the song in December 2002, although it was shelved for unknown reasons. In January 2011, the music video leaked online.

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from the ''Let Go'' album liner notes. *

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– writer, producer,

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, guitars, bass, keyboards, programming *Steve Gryphon – drum recording *Tom Hardisty – drum recording assistant *

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– mixing at South Beach Studios (Miami) *Femio Hernandez – mixing assistant *

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– drums

Charts

References

{{Avril Lavigne songs 2003 singles Avril Lavigne songs 2002 songs RCA Records singles Songs written by Avril Lavigne Songs written by Clif Magness Arista Records singles