Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: The song was released as the album 's lead single in the United States on December 26 , 2006 and in South America in January 2007 .
Simplified: `` Be Good to Me '' was the first song released off the album . It was released in the United States on December 25 , 2006 and in South America in January 2007 .