Pink - Stupid Girls

Mix by Mark Roberts / Ultimix

Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8 , 1979), better known by her stage name P!nk (also written as Pink), is an American singer-songwriter who first gained prominence in early January of 2000 . She is most often recognized by her unique, unorthodox fashion sense and soulful sound. Named #12 in the UK Music Hall of Fame of the 21st century, her vocal skills have often been compared to that of the late Janis Joplin, whom P!nk cites as one of her idols.

P!nk was born in Doylestown , Pennsylvania , to James and Judy Moore; she is of Irish and German descent on her father's side, and of Lithuanian Karaite heritage on her mother's. P!nk herself does not adhere to any organized religion. Her father played guitar and sang songs for young Alecia, who aspired from an early age to be a rock star one day. She has explained the origin of the stage name "Pink" or "P!nk" in three different versions. The lighter version claims that she had her pants pulled down by a boy at a YMCA summer camp when she was a teenager, and her face turned bright pink out of embarrassment. The explicit version claims that a friend told her that her pubic region was bright pink. She has also said that all of her friends said she acted just like Mr. Pink, a character in the film Reservoir Dogs so she wanted to call herself that.

On January 7, 2006 , she married motorcycle racer Carey Hart in a ceremony on a beach in Costa Rica . [1]

P!nk's fourth album, I'm Not Dead was released in April 2006 . The first single, " Stupid Girls," has already been released to radio, and is currently available on iTunes . P!nk made videos for " U + Ur Hand " and " Stupid Girls " but decided to release the latter first. The CD had started causing controversy before it was even released. The song "Dear Mr. President" is an open letter to President George W. Bush . The CD was released 31 March in some parts of Europe (those which release albums on Fridays, as opposed to Mondays) 3 April and 4 April in the U.S. and Canada. Oddly enough, this album was released exactly 6 years to the day of P!nk's first album Can't Take Me Home .

A DVD containing concert footage of P!nk's Try This European Tour which was released next month (May). The horror movie "Catacombs" will be out this year as well but there's no date yet.

Track two of the album, "Who Knew", was released as the second single from the album on May 29, 2006 .

Despite popular belief that "Dear Mr.President" would be released as a single, during a promotional visit to Australia, Pink appeared on tv show Rove[Live!] and said that the track would never become a single.

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