Damaged (Danity Kane song)
"Damaged" is a song by American girl group Danity Kane. It was written by Justin Walker, Sean Combs, Mario Winans, Jonathan Yip, Edward Logan, Jeremy Reeves, Micayle McKinney, Ray Romulos, Shannon "Slam" Lawrence, Rose Marie Tan, and James Smith. The song was produced by the Stereotypes, with additional production from Combs and Winans, for the band's second studio album, "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (2008). Released as the album's lead single on January 29, 2008, stateside, the song reached number 10 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, where it became the band's second top  10 hit. In addition, "Damaged" reached the top 30 on the Canadian Hot 100, their first song to chart there. "Billboard" named the song number 38 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. Music video. The music video for "Damaged" was directed by Syndrome and premiered on March 11, 2008, on MTV's "TRL", where it peaked at number 3 on its countdown. In its entirety it premiered on MTV.com. The video also premiered as the 'New Joint' on BET's "106 & Park" on March 20, 2008. The song peaked at No. 6. The video  features the members of Danity Kane in a futuristic theme. The pink special effects are used to represent the setting of being within an actual heart. Throughout the video, choreography is done along with the music and the girls are shown in a futuristic room with screens of them performing the choreography, which they see while laying down on a futuristic bed. Towards the end of the music video, the beds that the girls are lying on close to form a heart, which happens to be the heart of a man on a stretcher in a hospital. Medical staff, who  turn out to be the members of Danity Kane, try to revive him. The music video then transitions to a setting where the man is in his bedroom with a note on him saying ""Tired of the damage – DK"". Commercial performance. The song was released to legal digital download sites on January 29, 2008, in the United States. It reached the top ten in the US and Ukraine. Formats and track listings. Australian single US "Dance Mixes" digital release US "Urban Remixes" digital release