Stranger (Hilary Duff song)
"Stranger" | ||||
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Single by Hilary Duff | ||||
from the album Dignity | ||||
Released | June 25, 2007 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:10 | |||
Label | Hollywood | |||
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Hilary Duff singles chronology | ||||
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"Stranger" on YouTube |
"Stranger" is a song recorded by American singer Hilary Duff for her fourth studio album, Dignity (2007). It was written by Duff and Kara DioGuardi with the song's producers Vada Nobles, Derrick Harvin, and Julius "Logic" Diaz.
Background and release
In mid April 2007, in a post on Duff's
In mid-2007, concurrent to the preparation of the radio release of "Stranger", Duff was featured in a bikini on the July covers of the magazines
The single was released to U.S. contemporary hit radio stations on July 10, 2007.[6]
Composition
'Stranger" is a
Critical reception
A writer for
A review from Music Focus called the track "unashamedly pop" and said that it was "one of the strongest cuts from Duff's latest album and pushes her into a maturer pop sound". They gave the song a positive review, adding that "Stranger" "need[ed] to be a success" and was "cool, confident slice of dance pop and some of Duff's best work to date".
Blender magazine included the song in the "Dangerously in Love" category on its year-end "Oh Yeah... 209 Songs We Like" list.[15]
Chart performance
Due to the lack of promotion given to the song, it reached number ninety-seven on the U.S.
The WaWa club mix of the song was premiered at the opening party of the
Music video
The video for the single was directed by Fatima Robinson and was shot in Los Angeles, including at a mansion in Silver Lake, between May 10 and 12, 2007.[2][29] Duff said she was ill during the shoot, but that it went well because she liked the song and the director; she also said she thought it was her best music video to date.[29] The video premiered on Yahoo! Music on May 30, 2007[30] and had its "First Look" on Total Request Live on June 6, 2007.
The video begins with Duff's character running out of her home to look for her romantic partner (played by Nick Hounslow), During the second chorus, the dinner party scene is shown again. Duff is introduced to the other woman, and she talks to other guests. The chorus plays again with Duff walking into a nightclub and teasing her partner, before dancing with another man. She then breaks into another dance routine with two other dancers. The final two choruses show Duff and her partner fighting, and Duff looking at a cellphone before leaving the house with a suitcase.
Blender magazine wrote, "Her dancing skills are still a tad stilted but she makes up for it with some key 'despondent' and 'perturbed' acting faces", also noting what it described as "shameless close-ups of a certain cell phone".[32]
Track listings
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Stranger" | 4:10 |
2. | "Stranger" (Smax & Gold Club Mix) | 8:47 |
3. | "Stranger" (WaWa Club Mix) | 7:04 |
4. | "With Love" (Bimbo Jones Remix) | 6:40 |
Total length: | 26:41 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Stranger" (WaWa Club Mix) | 7:07 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Stranger" (WaWa Mix) (Radio Edit) | 3:12 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Stranger" (Radio Edit) | 3:08 |
2. | "Stranger" (WaWa Club Mix) | 7:04 |
3. | "Stranger" (Smax & Gold Club Mix) | 8:47 |
4. | "With Love" (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit) | 2:51 |
Total length: | 21:50 |
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States | — | 253,000[21] |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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France[45] | June 25, 2007 | Digital download (WaWa Club Mix) | Angel |
Germany[46] | |||
Italy[47] | |||
Spain[48] | |||
United States[49] | July 10, 2007 | Contemporary hit radio | Hollywood |
France[50] | September 3, 2007 | Digital download (WaWa Mix Radio Edit) | Angel |
Germany[51] | |||
Italy[52] | |||
Spain[53] | |||
United Kingdom[54] | |||
United Kingdom[55] | Digital download (EP) |
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