Commercializzata nel periodo autunnale del 2008, Sober è diventata subito una delle canzoni più trasmesse radiofonicamente al mondo. As the chorus starts again, Pink is shown walking in the room where the party was held where everybody is blacked out and drunk, including her doppelgänger. And then pictures of a white room where Pink is dressed with white outfit and wearing a white pageboy wig are shown. In Europa la canzone è diventata una dei maggiori successi dell'inverno 2009, nonostante questo non è riuscita ad ottenere gli ottimi risultati di So What. For one, the lyrics are dense and satisfying. "[21], Andy Battaglia from The A.V.

To be free of pain, to be free of shyness — it's like that liquid courage. We try to get away from ourselves, and find our 'true selves' and then we do these things that take us so far from the truth, I guess that 'Sober' is 'How do I feel this good when it's just me, without anything to lean on?'. [32] Elsewhere, the song became a top-ten hit in over twelve countries.

[26] While listing the "Top 100 Pop Songs of 2008", Bill Lamb of About.com placed the song at number 72, writing that "Pink is likely to make more than a few parents happy with the sentiments of this song celebrating the value of partying sober. And I had this line in my head saying, 'How do I feel this good sober?

She is scared of the truths that she has been running away from, and she has turned to drugs and alcohol to ease these feelings of insecurity. In its fourth week, the song cracked the top-forty, reaching number 34, while in its eighth week, it entered the top-twenty, reaching number 20. Pink: Sober Meaning. Dopo un mese circa dall'uscita a livello mondiale Sober ha ottenuto ottimi risultati anche a livello di classifica e diventando un tormentone in diversi stati come l'Australia, la Nuova Zelanda, la Germania, il Regno Unito e l'Austria. I don't wanna be the girl who laughs the loudest Or the girl who never wants to be alone I don't wanna be that call at four o'clock in the morning [5], "Sober" was selected to be "Funhouse"'s second single, after the huge success of "So What". When I was younger it was drugs and things and I was given the opportunity to sing … [T]he DJ woke up and said “I’ll give you a guest spot on Friday nights if you never touch drugs again.” It was Thanksgiving of ’95 and I woke up the next morning and never did another drug. However, few critics dismissed the track, calling it "more of the same" from her previous music. … So everyone was at my house, all these new friends all of sudden, and I looked around and there’s that moment when you’re drinking where you just hate everyone that’s at your house and … I was thinking, "How do I feel this good sober?" Pink's doppelgänger is shown in the bathroom, throwing up. After weeks fluctuating on the charts, the song reached a peak of number 15 on the issue dated March 7, 2009. [33] In 2009, the song was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments of over 140,000 copies. So that's what I did: ”Sober”. … So I went to the studio the next day, and I thought, "Cool: I want to get drunk and write a song about sobriety.

Nel video musicale prodotto per Sober Pink spiega come in una festa lei fosse l'unica sobria mentre gli altri erano tutti ubriachi. [47], The video starts with views from the city and then a little TV is turned on in Pink's bedroom and Pink appears in white.

The power pop song talks about the quiet sense of comfort in being sober, with the singer claiming it was about the vices that we choose. A music video for the track was directed by Jonas Akerlund and it finds Pink at a party with her doppelgänger. Pink - Sober - Lyrics Meaning The lyrics of Sober by Pink describe a girl that is caught in a life that she does not want to be living. She is one of the most consistent artists in the pop mainstream today. Pink enters the bathroom and sits beside her doppelgänger who seemed disturbed and then walks out. "[4] Danja and Marcella Araica contributed to additional lyrics, with Danja, Kanal and Harry serving as the producers of the song.

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After falling to number 65, the song jumped to number 49.

"Sober" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Pink, taken from her fifth studio album, Funhouse (2008).