Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne Album) - Release and Singles

Release and Singles

Under My Skin was released on May 25, 2004 in the United States and worldwide.

Lavigne released four official singles for the album.

• "Don't Tell Me" was the first single of the album, written and produced by herself, Evan Taubenfeld and Butch Walker. It gave Lavigne a nomination at the 2004 MTV VMAs, reaching No. 22 in the Billboard Hot 100, No. 5 in the UK Singles Charts and top 10 in Australia.
• "My Happy Ending" was the second single; It was the lead single from the album, written and produced by her and Butch Walker the song returned Under My Skin to number one in Canada for several weeks, and to the top five in the U.S., Germany, the UK, Australia, and other European countries. It was her fourth No. 1 single in the U.S. Mainstream Top 40 and was her second platinum single since "Complicated" (2002), the song became a worldwide hit.
• "Nobody's Home" was the third single released from the album, written by Lavigne and Ben Moody ex Evanescence former and produced by Don Gilmore. The song peaked lower in most countries than some of her previous singles.
• "He Wasn't" was the fourth single from the album written and produced by her and Chantal Kreviazuk. It was not released in the United States or Australia, instead "Fall to Pieces" was released, but was only a radio single.

"Take Me Away" was also a radio-only single first released in Canada and later in Australia.

"Freak Out" was used in the official trailer of Walt Disney Pictures's 2005 film Ice Princess.