"Predictable" is a song written by

Delta Goodrem Delta Lea Goodrem AM (born November 9, 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Goodrem signed to Sony Music at the age of 15. Her debut album, '' Innocent Eyes'' (2003), topped the ARIA Albums Chart for 29 non-consecutive week ...

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, and

Jarrad Rogers Jarrad Leith Rogers, aka "Mstr Rogers" is an Australian-British artist, songwriter and pop producer. Early life Jarrad played trumpet and classical piano from an early age. Studying piano under renowned concert pianist, Alexander Sumetski, he ...

for Goodrem's debut studio album, '' Innocent Eyes'' (2003). Released on 1 December 2003, the single peaked at number-one on the Australian

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, becoming Goodrem's fifth consecutive number-one single in Australia. This achievement broke the record set by Goodrem for the most consecutive number-ones from a debut album; the original record was held by

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. Due to Goodrem's cancer treatment, she was unable to shoot an accompanying film clip; Sony used a live video to represent the song. The live video was shot at the headquarters for

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in July 2003.

Background and meaning

The song was produced by John Fields in

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. Originally, the demo version of the song was rather different from the end product; however,

desired the song to have a rock edge to it, thus asking Fields to help produce it. The song is set around the theme of a girl rejecting the advances of a man, because she can see through his façade, and knows that if she lets him enter her life, she will end up heartbroken.

Release and reception

Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...

chose "Predictable" as the last single to represent '' Innocent Eyes'' and released it as a

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on 1 December 2003. The single was released with three different, collectable picture discs and debuted at number two on the Australian

, behind the first-series ''

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'' winner,

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. Due to her illness and treatment, the single received little promotion, but two weeks after its release, the song reached number one. The single remained in the top 10 for eight weeks and became the 17th-highest-selling single of Australia for 2003.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the ''Innocent Eyes'' album booklet. Studios * Produced, recorded, and arranged at Mansfield Lodge, Conway (Los Angeles), and Metropolis Audio (Melbourne, Australia) * Mastered at

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(New York City) Personnel * Delta Goodrem – writing, piano * Kara DioGuardi – writing * Jarrad Rogers – writing * John Fields – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, production, recording, arrangement * Phil Solem – guitars * David Falzone – piano *

Matt Mahaffey Matt Mahaffey (born June 9, 1973) is an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, and recording engineer best known for his band Self and his composer collective Cake In Space. Personal Mahaffey grew up in Kingsport, Tennesse ...

– keyboards, noises * Dorian Crozier – drums * Billy Hawn – percussion * Ameena Khawaja – cello * Sam Storey – studio assistant (Conway) * Robbie Adams – studio assistant (Metropolis) * Carl Schubert – studio assistant (Metropolis) *

Michael H. Brauer Michael Brauer is a New York-based mix engineer. He received a Grammy for "Best Pop Vocal Album" for his work on John Mayer's ''Continuum (John Mayer album), Continuum'', "Best Alternative Album" for Coldplay's ''Parachutes (Coldplay album), Parachu ...

– mixing *

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– mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

Song lyrics
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