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The list of songs written and performed by Avril Lavigne comprises original songs recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne for her four studio albums, cover versions of songs by other artists performed by Lavigne, and original songs written by Lavigne that were released by other artists. Lavigne has worked with a number of songwriters and producers since her professional career began in 2002.
After signing a record contract with Arista in November 2000 at age 16, Lavigne spent several months in New York working on songs for her debut album, Let Go, with several songwriters, including Sabelle Breer, Curt Frasca and Peter Zizzo.[1] Unhappy with the direction the album was taking, Lavigne moved to Los Angeles in May 2001 and made a major breakthrough when she began working with with American pop music writing and production trio The Matrix.[1] Together, the four produced "Complicated", which would become Lavigne's first single and gain her international recognition, as well as two of the album's other singles, Sk8er Boi and I'm with You. Overall, Lavigne produced six songs with The Matrix, five of which were included on the final album. She also worked with several other songwriters and producers, including Clif Magness.
For her sophomore album, Under My Skin, released in 2004, Lavigne made no plans to work with professional writers.[2] Instead, she wrote most of the album's songs with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, with whom she had become friends the previous summer.[3] The two spent nearly three weeks writing in the warehouse of Kreviazuk's husband, Raine Maida, the lead vocalist and songwriter for Our Lady Peace.[4] Because Lavigne had no experience in production, Madia produced five of the album's songs.[4] Lavigne also worked with two other producers: Don Gilmore, who worked on two tracks, and Butch Walker,[5] who worked on three. Along with Kreviazuk, Lavigne wrote three songs with her former guitarist, Evan Taubenfeld, and one with Ben Moody.[6][3]
Lavigne began recording her third album, The Best Damn Thing, in August 2006. Determined to produce an album that was more upbeat and energetic than her previous two had been,[7] she teamed with songwriter and producer Dr. Luke, with whom she wrote the album's debut single, "Girlfriend",[8] a fast, pop punk song that would become her most successful, peaking at number one in eight countries. Lavigne also worked with her then-husband and Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley, as well as with Butch Walker, who worked on two of the album's singles, and Evan Taubenfeld, who co-wrote four of the album's twelve songs.
Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne's fourth studio album, was released in 2011. Lavigne began recording the album in 2008 at her home studio. The album's first song, Black Star, was written by Lavigne initially as a jingle for the television commercial promoting her fragrance of the same name. She later expanded the song to include it on the album.[9] In all, Lavigne wrote half of the album's fourteen tracks on her own.[10][11] She also worked with Max Martin and Shellback, who co-wrote all three of the album's singles. She again wrote several songs with Evan Taubenfeld. Though he and Lavigne had been divorced in 2009, Deryck Whibley produced seven tracks on the album.
In addition to her original studio songs, Lavigne has also covered songs by other artists, both in live performances and in studio releases. Her first was Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan, which she first performed in 2003.[12] She has also covered several songs on each of her four world tours, including Green Day's "Basket Case",[13] Blink-182's "All The Small Things",[14] and Coldplay's Fix You.[15] Lavigne has also written several songs that she gave to other artists, most notably "Breakaway", which was recorded by Kelly Clarkson and released on her second album of the same name.[16]
Original songs
[edit]Avril Lavigne's original songs include those written and recorded by Lavigne and released on a studio album or on a single album. Lavigne has released four studio albums and sixteen singles, and in total has officially released 56 songs.
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Cover songs
[edit]Lavigne has covered a number of songs during her career. Her first was a cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", which she performed live at promotional appearances in early 2003 and on her Try To Shut Me Up Tour later that year. She has included cover songs on the set list of each of her four world tours, and has also sang several songs with their original performers: notably "Iris" with Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik at Fashion Rocks in 2004, '"Ironic" with Alanis Morisette in 2005, and "Love Is a Battlefield" with Pat Benatar in 2011.
| Song | Original Artist(s) | Year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Adia" | Sarah McLachlan | 2007 | Performed live with McLachlan at a Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS benefit concert in Montreal in 2007 and solo at The Roxy Theatre later that year. A studio version of the cover was released on Lavigne's official MySpace page in 2008. | [28] |
| "All The Small Things" | Blink-182 | 2005 | Performed live at shows on the Bonez Tour. | [14] |
| "American Idiot" | Green Day | 2005 | Performed live at shows on the Bonez Tour. | [29]` |
| "Airplanes" | B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams |
2011 | Chorus performed live at shows on the Black Star Tour as an intro to "My Happy Ending". | [30]` |
| "Bad Reputation" | Joan Jett | 2008 | Studio cover played at shows on The Best Damn Tour in 2008 and released on Lavigne's album Goodbye Lullaby in 2011. | [31] |
| "Basket Case" | Green Day | 2003 | Performed live at shows on the Try To Shut Me Up Tour. | [13] |
| "Fix You" | Coldplay | 2011 | Performed live at shows on the Black Star Tour. | [15] |
| "Fuel" | Metallica | 2003 | Performed live on "MTV Icon: Metallica". | [32] |
| "Mickey" | Toni Basil | 2008 | Performed live at shows on The Best Damn Tour. | [31] |
| "Imagine" | John Lennon | 2007 | Released on the compilation album Instant Karma. | [33] |
| "In Too Deep" | Sum 41 | 2008 | Performed live with Deryck Whibley in Nagoya, Japan on The Best Damn Tour. | [34] |
| "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | 2004 | Performed live with Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik at Fashion Rocks. | [35] |
| "Ironic" | Alanis Morisette | 2005 | Performed live with Morisette at the House of Blues. | [36] |
| "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | Bob Dylan | 2003 | First performed live in early 2003 at promotional appearances and was included on the set list of the Try To Shut Me Up Tour. A music video for the cover was also released in 2003. A studio version was included on the bonus CD released with the My World DVD. | [12][37][38] |
| "Love Is a Battlefield" | Pat Benatar | 2011 | Performed live with Benatar on The Oprah Winfrey Show. | [39] |
| "Love Revolution" | Lenny Kravitz | 2008 | Recorded with Plain White T's, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Vanessa Carlton for a Kohl's television commercial. | [40] |
| "O Holy Night" | -- | 2004 | Recorded with Chantal Kreviazuk for the compilation album A Winter's Night: The Best of Nettwerk Christmas Albums. | [41] |
| "Song 2" | Blur | 2004 | Performed live at shows on the Bonez Tour. | [14] |
| "The Scientist" | Coldplay | 2007 | Performed live on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge radio show. The performance was released on Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 2. | [42] |
| "Tik Tok" | Ke$ha | 2011 | Performed live on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge radio show. The performance was released on Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 6. | [43] |
| "Wavin' Flag" | K'naan | 2010 | Recorded with a supergroup of Canadian artists (credited as Young Artists for Haiti) as a charity single to aid relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. | [44] |
| "We Are Family" | Sister Sledge | 2011 | Performed live with Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Miley Cyrus, and Salt-n-Pepa on The Oprah Winfrey Show. | [39] |
Original songs performed by other artists
[edit]Lavigne has written several songs that were later recorded and released by other artists. The most notable of these is "Breakaway", which Lavigne wrote with Bridget Benenate and Matthew Gerrard for her debut album, Let Go. Lavigne ultimately decided against including the song because she felt it did not suit the album and sent the track to Kelly Clarkson, who recorded it in 2004 and included it on her second album. Lavigne's version of "I Will Be" was released on several editions of her third album, The Best Damn Thing, before it was given to Leona Lewis, who recorded a version for her own album.
| Song | Performer(s) | Album | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "All Because of You" | PUFFY | Bring It! | 2008 | [45] |
| "Breakaway" | Kelly Clarkson | Breakaway | 2004 | [46] |
| "Dancing Crazy" | Miranda Cosgrove | High Maintenance | 2010 | [47] |
| "I Don't Wanna" | PUFFY | Bring It! | 2009 | [48] |
| "I Will Be" | Leona Lewis | Spirit | 2009 | [49] |
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