Complicated
~ Recording by Avril Lavigne
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.12 | Complicated | 4:04 | Avril Lavigne | Je t’aime 2008 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 5306002 |
| 1.9 | Complicated | 4:04 | Avril Lavigne | Zomertijd - Een Zomer Vol Muziek - De 100 Grootste Zomerhits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697325862 |
| 1.2 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Let Go | Avril Lavigne | Album |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697632532 |
| 1.6 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Lieblingssongs der Frauen | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 06007 5318800 |
| 3.10 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | 101 Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV | |
| 4.5 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | 100 Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697454452 |
| 2.8 | Complicated | ?:?? | Avril Lavigne | Het beste uit de Qmusic Millennium Top 1000: 2000–2009 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Belgium | 06007 5324501 |
| 3.5 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | Het beste uit de Qmusic top 500 van deze eeuw | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.8 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | So Fresh: The Top 10s 1999–2008 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Australia (see annotation before using) | 88697480132 |
| 1.6 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | The Greatest Songs of 2000–2009 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NMC United | 20957-2 |
| 1.9 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | The World’s Greatest Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases) | |
| 1.3 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | One Shot 2002 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 532 997-2 |
| 1.7 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | Songs 3 – Von Folk bis Hip Hop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.10 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | The World’s Greatest Ballads (international edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697857392 |
| 1.2 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Let Go | Avril Lavigne | Album |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697747062 |
| 3.17 | Complicated | 4:02 | Avril Lavigne | Het beste uit de MNM 1000: Limited Edition 2011 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Belgium | |
| 5.7 | Complicated | 4:04 | Avril Lavigne | 100x Women | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 533 550-0 | |
| 1.13 | Complicated | 4:08 | Avril Lavigne | Verdens Bedste Ballader | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.18 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | Power Vrouwen Top 101 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 886978727121 |
| 4.7 | Complicated | 4:04 | Avril Lavigne | Veronica 00’s Top 500 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697962862 |
| 2.16 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Alle 40 goed: 00’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 4334992 | |
| 3.7 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | Pop Stars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV | 5342284 |
| 1.2 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Let Go / Under My Skin | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | The Collection - China Special Edition | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88883757782 |
| 2.10 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Now That’s What I Call Drive | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | CDNNOW18 |
| 1.31 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Now That’s What I Call Drive | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Now! Music | |
| 2.19 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | The Noughties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 88875009892 |
| 2.21 | Complicated | 4:03 | Avril Lavigne | Het beste uit de Top 500 van de zeroes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Qmusic (Dutch & Belgian radio stations) | JK194065 |
| 2.6 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | #Love 2015 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875035272 |
| 2.11 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | NOW That’s What I Call Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | 88875058402 |
| 3.5 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | The Magical 2000s Sounds Good | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 88875148562 |
| 2.14 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Top of the Pops: 2001–2006 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Syco Entertainment, Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | 00600753704608, 5370460 |
| 3.10 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | Divas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985329662 |
| 4.7 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | Qmusic: Het Beste Uit De Top 1000 (2016) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V. (Sony Music Entertainment’s NL subsidiary since 2009) | |
| 1.2 | Complicated | 4:04 | Avril Lavigne | Let Go | Avril Lavigne | Album |
| SICP-4643 | |
| 1.9 | Complicated | 4:03 | Avril Lavigne | Latest & Greatest: Rock Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | USMMTCD063 |
| 1.17 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | That Ole Devil Called Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875131662 |
| 2.20 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | Now That’s What I Call Mum | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | CDNNNOW52 |
| 1.40 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | Now That’s What I Call Mum | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | |
| 3.9 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | 100 Hits: Just Be Good to Me | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMGN 100 187 |
| 1.2 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Let Go | Avril Lavigne | Album |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Music on Vinyl (imprint of Music on Vinyl B.V. Do not use for manufacturing/distribution relationships!) | MOVLP1771 |
| 1.15 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | 100 Hits: The Girls | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMGN 100 210 |
| 3.10 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | 100 Hits: The Best Soft Rock Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Music Group | DMGN100220 |
| 3.5 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Now That’s What I Call Dad Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | |
| 1.22 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | Female Pop Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music UK (~2002) | |
| 1.9 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | NOW 100 Hits: Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on Demand, NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | CDNNNOW81 |
| 1.9 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | NOW 100 Hits: Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | ||
| 1.9 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | NOW 100 Hits: Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | ||
| 2.3 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Die Hit-Giganten: Best of 2000er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 19075943912 |
| 1.47 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | NOW 100 Hits: Car Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | ||
| 3.7 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | NOW 100 Hits: Car Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | ||
| 3.7 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | NOW 100 Hits: Car Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on Demand, NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | CDNNNOW85 |
| 2.3 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | NOW 100 Hits: Sing‐A‐Long | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 3.13 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | NOW 100 Hits: Sing‐A‐Long | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on Demand | CDNNNOW90 |
| 1.5 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | Mnm Back to the 90's & Nillies -100 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CNR Music Group (Belgium) | AL313982 |
| 1.15 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | 2000s XL | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music CG | |
| 2.15 | Complicated | ?:?? | Avril Lavigne | Car Songs, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 4.15 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Top 40 Hitdossier 00's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.26 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Vacances détente : Été 2022 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.1 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | Love Sux (limited edition, Japan tour edition) | Avril Lavigne | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICX 30154, SICX 30154~5, SICX 30155 |
| 2.1 | コンプリケイテッド | 4:05 | アヴリル・ラヴィーン | Love Sux Japan Tour Edition | アヴリル・ラヴィーン | Album |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.1 | コンプリケイテッド | 4:05 | アヴリル・ラヴィーン | ラヴ・サックス：ジャパン・ツアー・エディション | アヴリル・ラヴィーン | Album |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | SICX-30154, SICX-30155 |
| 2.15 | Complicated | 4:04 | Avril Lavigne | Now Millennium 2002–2003 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDMLNOW0203 |
| 2.15 | Complicated | 4:04 | Avril Lavigne | Now Millennium 2002–2003 (special edition (with booklet)) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0196588205927, CDMLXNOW0203 |
| 1.33 | Complicated | 4:04 | Avril Lavigne | BBQ Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.4 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Greatest Hits | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 19658885512 |
| 1.4 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Greatest Hits | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.4 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Greatest Hits (Target exclusive) | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.4 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Greatest Hits | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP 31713 |
| 1.4 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Greatest Hits | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 19658885512 |
| 1.4 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Greatest Hits (explicit) | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.4 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Greatest Hits (indie exclusive) | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.41 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Músicas de Casamento: Internacionais | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.4 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Super Fresh | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Complicated | ?:?? | Avril Lavigne | Let Go | Avril Lavigne | Album |
| BMG Taiwan | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.13 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Diamond Collection | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.13 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | Greatest Hits | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Star Mark | 14095 |
| 1.1 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | The Singles Collection | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Gabria Records (bootleg label), RCA (bootleg label pretending to be the real thing), Sony Music (fake label, for bootlegs/counterfeits/pirated releases only) | |
| 1.1 | Complicated | 4:08 | Avril Lavigne | The Singles Collection | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
| Gabria Music Records | 886979230927 |
| 1.1 | Complicated | ?:?? | Avril Lavigne | The Best Songs | Avril Lavigne | Album + Compilation |
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| Pseudo-Release | |||||||||
| 2.1 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Love Sux (Japan Tour Edition) | Avril Lavigne | Album | |||
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 2.4 | Complicated | 4:06 | Avril Lavigne | les années 2000 (CD2) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697158512 |
| 1.18 | Complicated | 4:05 | Avril Lavigne | Bravo Hits 00’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magic Records (Poland) | 539 545 1 |
| 1.8 | Complicated | 4:07 | Avril Lavigne | Women | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| recording engineer and producer: | The Matrix (songwriters/producers collective) |
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| executive producer: | Antonio M. Reid |
| assistant mixer: | Femio Hernandez |
| mixer: | Tom Lord‐Alge |
| guitar: | Corky James |
| additional vocals: | The Matrix (songwriters/producers collective) |
| vocals: | Avril Lavigne |
| arranger: | The Matrix (songwriters/producers collective) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 2002) Arista Records, LLC (holding company - file NO releases here!) (in 2002, in 2022) |
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| recorded at: | Decoy Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| mixed at: | South Beach Studios in Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
| part of: | Billboard Year-End Hot 100 2002 (number: 11) (order: 11) BILLIONS CLUB (order: 52) |
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| recording of: | Complicated |
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Related works
Complicated
| writer: | Avril Lavigne The Matrix (songwriters/producers collective) |
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| publisher: | Avril Lavigne Publishing LLC Ferry Hill Songs Hollylodge Music Mr. Spock Music Tix Music Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) |
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| later parody versions: | A Complicated Song Confiscated Department of Surgery |
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