September (Daughtry song)

"September"
Single by Daughtry
from the album Leave This Town
B-side "What Have We Become"
Released June 1, 2010 (2010-06-01)
(see release history)
Format
Recorded September 2008–March 2009 in Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length 4:00 (album version)
3:54 (radio edit)
Label RCA
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Howard Benson
Daughtry singles chronology
"Life After You"
(2009)		 "September"
(2010)		 "Renegade"
(2011)

"September" is the third and final single from Daughtry's second album Leave This Town (2009). This song was co-written by Chris Daughtry and Josh Steely. It was first released June 1, 2010 through RCA Records. The mid-tempo ballad is inspired by Chris's childhood memories growing up with his brother in a small town in North Carolina.

This song was performed on American Idol on May 12, 2010. "September" debuted at 30 on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart.

Background

Daughtry wrote the riff for "September" while he was on tour with Bon Jovi.[1] His bandmate Josh Steely sent Daughtry some lyrical ideas and Chris sent back a lyric based on Steely's outline, which Steely said was "exactly what he was going for, remembering the summer and going back to school". According to Daughtry, "every time I hear that song it takes me back to my summers in Lasker. I loved growing up there, but I knew I'd have leave to make something of my life." The song's lines, "Yeah, we knew we had to leave this town / But we never knew when and we never knew how / We would end up here the way we are" inspired the album's title.[2] Daughtry wanted "September" as a single, and that it should be released "at the time of the year when it will have meaning".[1]

In media

On August 19, 20, 24, September 20 and October 19, 2010, "September" was played on Hollyoaks.

Music video

The music video was shot July 1, 2010[3] at the Stevens Center of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina [4] and premiered on Vevo on July 16, 2010. The band is shown performing on stage with photos and home videos of them projected behind them.

Track listing

Digital download – single
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."September"  
  • Chris Daughtry
  • Josh Steely
4:00
2."What Have We Become"  
3:43

Chart performance

On the issue dated August 21, 2010, "September" became Daughtry's ninth single to reach the Billboard Hot 100. The single has sold 355,000 digital downloads as of November 24, 2010.[5] On the November 6, 2010 issue, the song reached its peak at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their eighth top-40 single.[6]

Weekly charts

Chart (2010–11) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 29
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 36
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] 2
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[10] 2
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[11] 20

Year end charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12] 29
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[13] 12
Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[14] 4

Release history

Region Date Format
United States June 1, 2010 Radio
June 8, 2010 CD, digital
United Kingdom August 23, 2010[15] Digital Download

References

  1. 1 2 Fred Bronson (March 5, 2013). "Top 100 'American Idol' Hits of All Time". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/04/30/daughtry-september/
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/CHRIS_Daughtry/status/17489910601
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/CHRIS_Daughtry/status/18730984234
  5. ↑ Mansfield, Brian (December 1, 2010). "'Idol' track sales: Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson, Adam Lambert and more". Idol Chatter on USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Hot 100" (The Week Of November 6, 2010). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Daughtry – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Daughtry. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Daughtry – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Daughtry. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Daughtry – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Daughtry. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Daughtry – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Daughtry. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Daughtry – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Daughtry. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Songs: 2010 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Adult Pop Songs: 2010 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Songs: 2011 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  15. ↑ UK Forthcoming Singles 2010-08-23
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