"Misery Business" is a song by American rock band Paramore from Tennessee and serves as the lead single from their second studio album, Riot! (2007). Meanwhile "CrushCrushCrush" moved up to No. 16, "Misery Business" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 26 (for the week of 1/12/2008), making it the band's highest-charting single until "Ain't It Fun" reached No. 10 in 2014. It also peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Misery Business" was the group's first charting single in the UK with more than 20,000 copies created within less than a year of the song's debut. It also succeeded in many countries including Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. The song is considered the band's "breakthrough" hit and is crediting with introducing the band to a mainstream audience.The video for "Misery Business" was the third to be directed by Shane Drake for the band, and Alternative Press named "Misery Business" the Video of the Year in 2007. On July 25, 2015, the song was certified triple-platinum in the United States, the first of the band's songs to have sold three million units.
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