Source: Charts Weekly charts Chart (2010) Claude Kelly – backing vocals, songwriting, vocal production.Rotem – songwriting, production, instruments As she gets out of the overheated car and walks away, she talks about amnesia leading "to a really bad stomachache" and admits that she is the one "that needed to be held accountable". The video than flashes back to Dobson being in a car that crashed causing her to have amnesia. She then proceeds to run out of the hotel room and takes off the jacket, when the French cowboy grabs her and yells at her for 'bringing a lot of business but not paying' and she starts to remember a party that she went to and cheated on her boyfriend. Once she gets there she puts on a leather jacket (owned by the man's girlfriend), then the girlfriend comes into the room and the music stops while she says, "Who the hell are you!" and Dobson retorts, "Who the hell are you?" Just then the man gets out of the shower and Dobson realizes that she does not know him. As she walks to his hotel room she sings. The video begins with Dobson questioning a hotel manager (a French cowboy) about her boyfriend and she thinks he is covering for him, she then sees a man she believes is him. In the United States, the song peaked at number 65 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and at number 39 on the Pop Songs chart, marking her first entry on the latter since " Everything" in 2004. It also is her highest-charting single from Joy, outpeaking the prior single, " Ghost", which peaked at number 14.
It ultimately peaked at number 10 on the chart, making it Dobson's first top ten on the new chart format and first top ten since 2004.
"Stuttering" has charted on the Canadian Hot 100, debuting at number 78 on the issue dated November 6, 2010. Complimenting Dobson's vocal performance, Sputnikmusic wrote, "she belts out impressively high and quick notes during the chorus with no real effort at all, because the girl can sing." Chart performance AllMusic's Matthew Chisling wrote that "Stuttering" "proves on top of the pop market, with some immaculate writing and production". Mar."Stuttering" has garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. The free-spirited artist also has an impressive catalogue of writing under her belt, including songs she has penned for Miley Cyrus, Jordin Sparks and Selena Gomez. In 2010, Fefe released Joy which earned her two platinum selling singles with Ghost and Stuttering as well as wins at the Canadian Radio Music Awards and a MuchMusic Video Awards. In Better Hands comes immediately following the success of the song Celebrate, which was featured in CBC’s coverage of the 2014 Sochi Olympics Games opening ceremonies, and is available to view here.įefe Dobson first entered the music scene as a precocious 18-year-old, releasing her self-titled debut album in 2003, which achieved platinum-selling success and spawned the massive hits, Bye Bye Boyfriend, and Take Me Away. NEW STUDIO ALBUM ‘FIREBIRD’ SCHEDULED FOR 2014 RELEASEĬANADIAN TOUR KICKS OFF IN CALGARY MARCH 26 TH (Toronto, ON – 18 March 2014) – Toronto born singer-songwriter FEFE DOBSON today announces the release of her new single, In Better Hands, from her forthcoming studio album, FIREBIRD, scheduled for a 2014 release via 21 Music/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading Music Company. FEFE DOBSON ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE ‘IN BETTER HANDS’