So Yesterday

"So Yesterday" is Hilary Duff's second single from her 2003 album Metamorphosis and her debut single in the UK. The single was released by Buena Vista Records on July 29, 2003 together with the song "Workin' It Out" as a b-side. It stormed music charts all over the world as well as massive airplays in 2003.

The video

The video for "So Yesterday" was played a lot on MTV and TRL and also on MuchMusic. The video is about Hilary Duff breaking up with her boyfriend, and not feeling sad about it. It has currently sold 8 Million videos and was named the Third Best-Selling Pop song of 2003 losing to Avril Lavigne's "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi".

It was a hot favourite on MTV where it debuted at number one on all of its Charts like TRL and CHART!.

In Australia, the video was played at the Inaugural Ceremony of Prime Minister John Howard.

In Asia, it received massive airplay by MTV and sold 5 Million videos in India and China alone.

The video was directed by John Myers and was shot mainly in California. Hilary is said to have chosen the theme of the video after the recent breakup with Aaron Carter.

Sales

The single is said to have sold over 2 million units worldwide with most of the sales coming from Canada where it sold 1 million copies and earned a Diamond certification. The single is the best-selling debut single in Canadian Music history. It was also certified as a World Diamond Single, a feat which few artists have achieved.

Country	Certification
Australia	Platinum (70,000 units)
Belgium	Platinum (30,000 units)
Canada	Diamond (1,000,000 units)
France	Gold (100,000 units)
Netherlands	2X Platinum (120,000 units)
Ireland	Diamond (15,000 units)
India	Platinum (250,000 units)
New Zealand	Platinum (20,000 units)
U.S.A.	Gold (500,000 units)
Worldwide Certification and Sales	8X Platinum/ Diamond (2,235,000 ++ units)

Charts

The song was an instant hit among the charts and hit the top 20 in many countries. It also hit number one in Ireland, New Zealand ,and the European Official Airplay Chart (EOAC). The song stormed Asia where it quickly picked up 7 nominations, winning 4 of them. Its worldwide sales for the video stood at 1.2 million (8X Platinum according to VRIA).

Chart	Entry Position	Peak Position	Weaks on Chart
Billboard Hot 100	53	42	20
UK Singles Top 75	71	9	8
Australia Singles Top 50	39	8	20
New Zealand Top 40	23	23	2
Swiss Singles Top 100	97	28	20
Germany Singles Top 100	56	46	8
Belgium Singles Top 50	50	11	13
Ireland Singles Top 50	12	6	12
France Singles Top 100	57	8	21
Dutch Top 40	28	5	14
World Singles Top 40	28	25	14
			152

Chart trajectories

Billboard Hot 100 trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	53	53	55	55	73	71	66	57	52	47	42	46	51	53	64	79	90	87	95	99

Australian ARIA Singles Chart
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	39	23	16	13	14	14	9	8	10	9	9	9	11	12	15	16	20	23	30	45

In Australia, the single peaked at 8 and stayed in the top 10 for 6 weeks. However it spent a total of 20 weeks on the chart from its debut at 39 to its ending week at 45.

Canada Top 40
Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Chart Position	16	13	6	3	2	2	2	8	13	19	34	39

The single couldn't make it to number one despite having high sales. However Avril Lavigne's Complicated spent 3 weeks at number one with its sales of more than 800,000 per week. Hilary managed to sell only 300,000 per week and thus couldn't reach the top spot.

Total Request Live
Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Chart Position	8	6	4	3	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	4	6	4	3	1	2

Total Request Live
Day	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
Chart Position	1	1	5	3	2	1	4	2	3	2	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1

The song spent 19 days at number one and was one of the highest peaking TRL singles in 2003. The only other video to beat So Yesterday's record for the most days at number one in that year was Senorita by Justin Timberlake which spent 21 days at number one. They constantly fought for the top 2 spots and Senorita usually got better of So Yesterday.

Track listing

"So Yesterday"
"Workin' It Out"

UK - CD: 1

"So Yesterday"
"Girl Can Rock"
"Album Megamix"
Enhanced with photo gallery, lyrics screen and wallpaper

UK - CD: 2

"So Yesterday"
"Workin' It Out"
"So Yesterday Mix"
Free poster

Remixes

Thunderpuss Remix
Dance Remix

Original Song Appears On

External links

Hilary Duff songs | 2003 singles