Alice

Album: Almost Alice (2010)
Charted: 59 71
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Songfacts®:

  • This Rock ballad penned and sung by Avril Lavigne and produced by Butch Walker is the lead single and end credit track from the Tim Burton directed Disney movie Alice In Wonderland. It also features on the soundtrack Almost Alice, a collection of songs inspired by the film. The dark, haunting tune is sung from the perspective of the film's lead character, Alice.
  • Lavigne told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest that she wrote the song after asking Disney executives and Tim Burton for a role on the soundtrack. Burton agreed, and Lavigne penned the song straight away on her piano.
  • The song's music video was directed by Dave Meyers and shot on January 26–27, 2010. Footage from the Alice in Wonderland movie is edited prominently into the clip. Lavigne blogged: "I had so much fun doing this video. We shot it in the Los Angeles Arboretum. It was beautiful. We wanted the visuals to capture the spirit of the movie."
  • Myers explained the video's concept to MTV News: "[Avril and I] kind of discussed a version of what we ended up shooting. She saw herself running during the choruses. She saw herself at a piano. She was proud of her musical contribution to the song. And I sort of played with the texture. I built the hole and told her it would be cool to have her at the bottom of the hole. It was two artists vibing."
    He added: "I thought it was like, honestly, Tim Burton in music form. I didn't expect it from Avril. I just really enjoyed the haunting quality of the song and just wanted to capture that in video form. In a lot of ways, what I wanted to do was a perfume ad in a goth way with enough of a story so that it's not a bunch of randomness. And it made this surreal look that was fashiony but goth."

Comments: 2

  • Ryan from Los AngelesAvril was a brilliant choice for this song. She has that teenage angst vibe and easily represents "growing up" which is one of the overarching, though subtle, themes of Alice in Wonderland. She has such strong pipes and they really add to the emotion of the song. I am sure some hate it because of how loud and "whiny" she may sound, but it adds to the song and the parallel to Alice's character. I also love the dark vibe of the song.

    It was disappointing though that the lyrics didn't make more reference to the trippy, weird situation that she was in. Even the music video doesn't do a great job of it. The only real relevance were the lyrics "I fell down", "I'm freaking out so where am I now? Upside down". It took until half the song was over to mention "I found myself in Wonderland." The word "found" here has multiple meanings: "I am here in Wonderland" and "I discovered who I am while in Wonderland." That second interpretation was more obvious when she emerges from the forest and looks back with a narrow smile.

    This is one of Avril's better songs but it takes some listening to understand why it is the way it is.
  • Dani from Largo, FlThis song is AWESOME!! Loved the movie as well!!
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