"What You've Done to Me" is the winner's single by season four winner of ''

The X Factor Australia ''The X Factor'' is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The first season of the show premiered on Network Ten on 6 February 2005. Ten dropped ''The X Factor'' after ...

'',

Samantha Jade Samantha Jade Gibbs (born 18 April 1987) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She has written tracks for artists including JoJo and Ashley Tisdale. In 2012, Jade won the fourth season of '' The X Factor Australia'', the first wo ...

. It was released digitally on 20 November 2012, as the

lead single A lead single (or first single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date. A similar term, "debut ...

from her self-titled debut album. "What You've Done to Me" was written by David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii,

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and

Jörgen Elofsson Kjell Åke Jörgen Elofsson (born 14 January 1962) is a Swedish songwriter. He was one of the writers of the songwriter-team at Cheiron Studios in Stockholm (along with Denniz PoP, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub, Pe ...

, and produced by Musumeci and Egizii under their stage name

DNA Songs DNA Songs is a songwriting and production company founded by Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci in Australia in 2004. They have worked with a variety of international and local artists including Ricky Martin, Geri Halliwell, The Veronicas, Guy S ...

. It debuted at number one on the

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and was certified four times platinum by the

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(ARIA), denoting sales of 280,000 copies. "What You've Done to Me" also reached number 40 on the South Korea Gaon International Digital Chart.

Background and release

"What You've Done to Me" was written by David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii,

and

. It was produced by Musumeci and Egizii under their stage name

. After winning ''

The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–200 ...

'', "What You've Done to Me" was released for digital download on 20 November 2012, as Jade's winner's single. The song was released physically on 26 November 2012.

Reception

A writer for

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described "What You've Done to Me" as, "a sassy power ballad worthy of

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." After three days of release, the song debuted at number one on the

dated 25 November 2012. It became the 100th song to debut atop the chart and the 28th number-one single by an Australian reality-singing-show contestant. "What You've Done to Me" was certified triple platinum by the

(ARIA) for sales of 210,000 copies. For the week spanning from 16 to 22 December 2012, "What You've Done to Me" debuted and peaked at number 28 on the South Korea Gaon International Download Chart. This position on the download chart corresponded to the song's debut on the South Korea Gaon International Digital Chart at number 40. "What You've Done to Me" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 27th ARIA Music Awards.

Live performances

Jade performed "What You've Done to Me" live for the first time during ''The X Factor'' grand final performance show on 19 November 2012. After her performance, Jade's mentor

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called the song a "radio smash". Jade performed the song again during the grand final decider show the following day, after she was announced as the winner.

Usage in media

*The song is featured in the fourth episode of Ja'mie: Private School Girl.

Track listing

Charts and certification

Weekly charts

Certification

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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