"Cuz I Can" is a song written by

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Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
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and

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for Pink's fourth album, ''

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'', from which it was released as the seventh and final single for the album. It was one of the five album tracks that leaked onto the internet in July 2005.

Lyrics and composition

Lyrically, the song is about Pink playing by her own rules, and boasting about her "

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", a contrast to the anti-

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content of "

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", another track on the album. Referring to Cuz I Can", she called herself "a walking contradiction" and "a hypocrite sometimes."Vineyard, Jennifer
"How Pink Got Her Groove Back"
.

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. April 17, 2006.

Release

The track was sent to radio stations in Australia on October 4, 2007. It debuted at number 33 on the Australian

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Digital Track Chart and peaked at number 14. The track debuted at number 39 on the

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Singles Chart, becoming the first single to chart on

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sales alone. It peaked at number 29. Cuz I Can" was sent to Russian radio station on December 24, 2007. Single peaked at number 46 on the national radio chart.

Music video

The official

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for the song was first seen on Australian television on October 5, 2007, and footage of a live performance from the

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. The performance, which was the show opener for the tour, featured dancers dressed like

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s and with only underwear beneath their robes.

Charts

References

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