It then shows her riding her motorcycle on a road as the song ends.Īs a part of the Funhouse Freakshow, alternate videos for "Funhouse," along with " Please Don't Leave Me" and " Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)," were shot. At one she rides away on the motorcycle as the house explodes. In the background a voice is counting down from 9. P!nk moves to a motorcycle and puts on sunglasses and a leather jacket. She climbs through a doggie door to find Tony Kanal playing the piano.
It shows four 'evil clowns' (Two are miming with each other, one is playing the guitar and the last is just standing on its own.) She goes over to the guitar playing clown and dances with it. She gets off the mattress and climbs onto the burning fun house. She jumps onto a mattress attached to a chain which two 'evil clowns' are pulling. (She quickly shows her middle finger on '5' but on most versions of the video that is blurred out.) She moves to a table and takes a sip of some red liquid but becomes disgusted and throws it down. Then an 'evil clown' turns around and the camera has a close up of its face. It shows more of the burning remains of the building. She passes a toaster and now it shows that she is in a burning fun house. She proceeds to kick over a toilet and picks up a framed photo. P!nk emerges from an old empty pool and begins to sing the first verse. The video begins as it pans low to the ground showing an "Elvis" grave briefly. There are 'evil clowns' throughout the area who are picking though the rubble and playing the instruments as the band. The video takes place in a barren lot that is later shown to be what's left of a house that is still burning. Tony Kanal of No Doubt, also the co-writer and the producer of the song, appears in a cameo, playing a piano. The music video was directed by Dave Meyers and premiered on Jin the United Kingdom on 4music at 11:00am. The following week, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #97 and peaked at #44.
The song was released on Augin the United States, and on the week ending October 3, the song debuted at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. "Funhouse" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at #80 and has risen to a peak of #21. In the week of 4 August 2009, "Funhouse" debuted at the Dutch Top 40 at number 31, making this her 19th entry on the chart. It is expected to climb in the following weeks due to the physical release of the single. Also in the UK, the song has been added to the B List of the Radio 1 Playlist. "Funhouse" first appeared on the UK Singles Chart on Jat number 155. It also made its chart debut on the Turkey Top 20 Chart at number twenty-five. In New Zealand, the song debuted at number 18 on August 3, 2009, becoming P!nk's fifth consecutive top twenty hit from the Funhouse album. The song also became P!nk's 5th consecutive #1 single on the Australian Airplay Chart, with all 4 previous singles from Funhouse peaking at #1 too. "Funhouse" became P!nk's 16th Top 10 single in Australia, climbing to a chart peak of number six on August 2, 2009.
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The singer delivers with full force, colliding with lively guitar licks and hints of synth" and giving it a 81% approval.
Something we haven’t seen from P!nk since ' Trouble' back in 2003!" Billboard also gave the song a very positive review, saying "P!nk again displays her versatility on this complex number, which calls for blues, funk and rock vocal stylings that few other pop stars could pull off. There's More Where That Came From gave the song an A- stating, "'Funhouse' has the energy of ' So What' but surpasses it half-way through, when the song breaks into true rocker mode. I went to the studio the next day and told Tony Kanal from No Doubt, and he was like, 'That's a song.' Ĭritical reception of "Funhouse" was generally positive, with the song being regarded as one of the musical and lyrical highlights of the album. Just walking through the halls, it was like a museum. I had to go there one night and I had to crawl through the doggy door because I didn’t have a key. I hadn’t been at my house in a really long time since Carey and I had broken up. Speaking with The Los Angeles Times about the writing of the track, P!nk revealed: This was the first song I did with Tony Kanal of No Doubt and his writing partner Jimmy Harry. Prior to the album's release, P!nk explained the song's meaning on her official website: "It’s about when the box you’re in doesn’t fit anymore, burn that fucker down and start a new one.
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