Paramore ‘Misery Business’ Reaches New Milestone After 2007 Release

Paramore's business is not in misery at all, as the band's song "Misery Business" reached a new milestone over a decade since its release.

In April 2007, Paramore dropped their album, "Riot!" which contained the lead single, "Misery Business." As the rock band already established their empire in the music industry, it did not take them a long time before their breakout single received a certification.

Nearly a year after its release, "Misery Business" was certified gold after selling half a million copies. It immediately reached platinum status in September of the same year.

Years after, the song scored triple platinum status and four times platinum status.

This 2022, Paramore saw the song's new category after RIAA hailed it to the six-times platinum mark.

As reported by Loudwire, "Misery Business" surpassed the mark after hitting No. 3 on the Alternative Airplay chart. It also appeared on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at No. 26.

Despite that, fans noted that Paramore's vocalist, Hayley Williams, once said she was not a fan of the song.

"Misery Business is not a set of lyrics that I relate to as a 26-year-old woman. I haven't related to it in a very long time. those words were written when I was 17... admittedly, from a very narrow-minded perspective," she said in 2015.

Williams wrote the song based on her teen years, so she felt distaste due to the lyric "Once a whore / You're nothing more / I'm sorry that'll never change."

Paramore Removed "Misery Business" From Sets

"Misery Business" surely strengthened Paramore's empire in the industry. But in 2018, they decided to remove the song from live shows.

During their appearance at Art + Friends at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, the vocalist said it would be the last time "Misery Business" would be part of their live repertoire.

"This is a choice we made because we feel like we should. We feel like it's time to move away from it for a little while. This is to every bad decision that led us here. This is to all the embarrassing things that we might've said, but we owned up to [them] and we grew," she said.

Fans waited until 2020 to know the reason behind the removal. When Spotify included it in the "Women of Rock" playlist, Williams scolded the music platform and said that "Misery Business" should not be used to promote anything that would affect female empowerment or solidarity.

By removing it, Paramore helps the bandmates to grow and progress.

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Hayley Williams, Paramore