"Not as We" is a 2008 song from Alanis Morissette's seventh studio album, ''

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''. The song premiered on the American television series '' House'' in

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of episode 3, "97 Seconds". "Not as We" was remixed and released as the second single from ''Flavors of Entanglement'' in

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, while "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man" was released as the second single in

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. The single was released to radio on October 13, 2008. On November 25, 2008 the ''Not as We (Remixes) EP'' was released in Canada. The EP includes the radio edit and six other remixes.

Track listing

;CD Single # "Not as We" (Radio Edit) # "Not as We" (Album Version) ;DMD Maxi Remix EP # "Not as We" (Radio Edit) # "Not as We" (

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's multipressor Edit) # "Not as We" (

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's Reborn Edit) # "Not as We" ( Holosound Edit) ; Digital Remixes # "Not as We" (Blow-Up Mix) - 7:36 # "Not as We" (Dangerous Muse Remix) - 7:46 # "Not as We" (DJ Lynnewood's Reborn Remix) - 8:57 # "Not as We" (Eddie Amador's Multipressor Remix) - 7:47 # "Not as We" (Holosound Mix) - 7:33 # "Not as We" (Jack Shaft Extended Edit) - 7:02 The Album Version is a

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while the shorter radio edit adds guitars, bass and background effects and starts with the first line of the song while the Album Version has an instrumental opening. The music video uses the

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Music video

The music video, directed by James Whitaker and produced through RSA's promo division Black Dog Films, was shot in

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on September 10, 2008. It features imagery identifiable as being shot at

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. It premiered on

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Charts

The song unexpectedly charted when the album was released due to downloads of the song, resulting in a position of 22 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. As of December 2008, the song had already sold 38,000 paid downloads, according to Billboard. The digital downloads also helped the song reach the lower parts of UK Singles Chart (#197) despite the single not being commercially released in the United Kingdom.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Not As We 2008 singles Alanis Morissette songs Pop ballads Rock ballads Songs written by Alanis Morissette Song recordings produced by Guy Sigsworth 2008 songs Songs written by Guy Sigsworth