Nobody's Home

“Nobody's Home”
Single by Avril Lavigne from the album Under My Skin
B-side	"I Always Get What I Want" "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover)
Released	November 15, 2004 (UK) November 29, 2004 (AUS) December 18, 2004 (US) January 5, 2005 (CAN) January 17, 2005 (SLV)
Genre	Alternative rock, post-grunge, power ballad
Length	3:32
Label	Arista
Writer(s)	Avril Lavigne (lyricist and composer) Ben Moody (composer)
Producer	Avril Lavigne, Don Gilmore
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Avril Lavigne International singles chronology
"My Happy Ending" (2004)	"Nobody's Home" (2004)	"He Wasn't" (2005)
Avril Lavigne US singles chronology
"My Happy Ending" (2004)	"Nobody's Home" (2004)	"Fall to Pieces" (2005)
Alternate covers
CD Maxi cover

"Nobody's Home" is Avril Lavigne's third single from her second album Under My Skin. The track featured Daniel Stern playing guitar and was produced by Lavigne and Don Gilmore and written by Lavigne and Ben Moody formerly of Evanescence. It is a "rock ballad" song that is generally slower than her last singles from Under My Skin.

Track listing

Germany and Taiwan

1. "Nobody's Home" (Album version)
2. "Nobody's Home" (Live acoustic version)
3. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
4. "I Always Get What I Want"
5. "Nobody's Home" (Music video)

UK CD 1

1. "Nobody's Home" (Album version)
2. "Nobody's Home" (Live acoustic version)

UK CD 2

1. "Nobody's Home" (Album version)
2. "Nobody's Home" (Live acoustic version)
3. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
4. "Nobody's Home" (Video)

Australia

1. "Nobody's Home" (Album version)
2. "Nobody's Home" (Live acoustic version)
3. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
4. "I Always Get What I Want"

Japan

1. "Nobody's Home" (Album version)
2. "My Happy Ending" (Live acoustic version)
3. "Take Me Away" (Live acoustic version)
4. "Nobody's Home" (Music video)

U.S. promo

1. "Nobody's Home" (Album version)
2. Instrumental excerpt of "Nobody's Home"
3. Suggested callout hook of "Nobody's Home"

European promo

1. "Nobody's Home" (Album version)

About the song

"Nobody's Home" was written with ex-Evanescence guitar player and Lavigne's then-current good friend Ben Moody. While many people listening to this song thought of it being about Amy Lee, the lead singer of Evanescence, she insists it was about a girl who she went to high school with. "Yeah, Nobody's Home was about a girl in high school. We weren't close friends or anything, but everyday I saw her...she was just headed down the wrong path, and her life wasn't all that great." noted Lavigne on the earlier release for the video.

Appearances

Nobody's Home was in the Totally Hits 2005 cd.

Music video

Lavigne singing in the video, in a long black dress and an orchestra behind her.

In the music video for "Nobody's Home", Avril plays a homeless teenager who lives street-to-street with another girl. Lavigne, who said it was really fun to make, had to wear a black wig, and acid-wash jeans for the video. The other side Lavigne had to play was a rich-like version of her: in a dress, with long, curled blonde hair, singing the song with an orchestra behind her.

"Nobody's Home" showed the outcasted, homeless Lavigne trying to get off the streets. She also tries to call her mother, but hangs up. In other parts of the video the outcasted girl is shown washing herself in a convenience store bathroom. She also tries playing the guitar on the street, probably trying to earn money. The video also shows the runaway trying to get inside an unlocked car during heavy rain. At the end of the video, the girl, dirty clothes, messy short hair and all, is shown with a tear rolling down her cheek. After that, she turns around and walks away.

References in the video

• In the beginning of the video, you can see "A+D", for Lavigne's then-boyfriend, now-husband Deryck Whibley. Next, in the bathroom scene, where Lavigne is using the hand dryer, "A+D" can be seen inside of a heart that is written on the bathroom wall. The other outcast runaway was real-life on-and-off best friend Monique, who also appeared as one of the young women in the "My Happy Ending" video.

Charts

"Nobody's Home" peaked lower in most countries than some of Lavigne's previous singles, but managed to gain some respectable chart positions. The song was very close to reaching the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, but it only managed to peak at #41. It charted better in the UK and Australia, reaching #24 in both countries; it was her lowest-charting UK single before "Hot" charted in 2007 and peaked only at #30. It peaked at #4 on the Canadian BDS Airplay chart, and successfully hit #1 in Argentina and Mexico.

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