Alice (Avril Lavigne song)
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| Single by Avril Lavigne | ||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Almost Alice | ||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Welcome to Mystery" | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | 29 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:35 (Original version) 5:00 (Extended version) |
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| Label | Buena Vista | |||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Avril Lavigne | |||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Butch Walker | |||||||||||||||||
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| 16 tracks |
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| Calgary Herald | (positive) |
| Digital Spy | (favorable) |
| 411mania.com |   |
| Idolator | (mixed) |
| Los Angeles Times | (mixed) |
"Alice" is a song written and performed by Avril Lavigne for Almost Alice, the soundtrack to the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland. An extended version was released as a hidden track on Lavigne's fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby.
The song is a mid-tempo ballad sung from the perspective of the film's lead character, Alice. Lavigne wrote the song after asking Disney executives and film director Tim Burton if she could write a song for the film. The song was produced by Butch Walker and mixed by Lavigne's former husband Deryck Whibley.
In January 2010, Lavigne was in a board meeting at the Disney offices going over clothing designs inspired by Alice in Wonderland for her Abbey Dawn line, when she mentioned to the executives that she was writing music for her upcoming album and would love to write a song for the film's soundtrack. Discussions between Lavigne's manager and film executives took place, and director Tim Burton agreed to let Lavigne write the song. Lavigne stated, "I got off the phone, sat down at my piano at home, wrote the song immediately; I was so inspired because I'd been designing for the movie [...] so I had all the images in my head." She played the song for Burton, who later called Lavigne to give his approval and confirm the song would be used for the film.
On his radio show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Seacrest called the story a "great lesson," telling his listeners "you ask for what you want. You gotta go for it, because if you didn't ask for it, then you wouldn't have gotten [the opportunity]." "Alice" was premiered on Seacrest's radio show on 27 January, when Lavigne made a surprise visit to the studio. Lavigne described the song as different from her previous work, calling it "a little darker."
The song was played over the film's end credits, and went on to sell 45,000 copies within the first four weeks of its release. Lavigne performed "Alice" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 3 March 2010.
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