Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. Backing vocals: Emily Saliers and Amy Rayĭecade-end charts Chart (2000–2009).Bush's own words against him, pales next to Missundaztood's 'My Vietnam. President', which cleverly uses George W. President '" and "cooing righteous folk harmonies with Indigo Girls." Sal Cinquemani was mixed, writing that "'Dear Mr. Rolling Stone's Barry Walters praises Pink for "writ a scathing letter in 'Dear Mr. Red, white, and blue ribbons are tied to the frame and her father's dog tags share the reddish page." President", there's a picture of Pink in an oval frame.
You also get the impression that this is personal for Pink, that she's not doing it to be trendy. The Indigo Girls tag along for moral support and, with lyrics like "How can you say, 'no child is left behind' / we're not dumb and we're not blind" or "You've come a long way, from whiskey and cocaine", you just know that if she'd made the song a few years earlier, it would have been featured in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911. Oh, and speaking of presidents, Pink's musical letter to the Commander-in-Chief ("Dear Mr. PopMatters praised the single with long overview: The New York Times ' Jon Pareles noted that the song is "well meaning", "hectoring" and that it "grow even more sententious".
Entertainment Weekly's Chris Williams described the song "with its incongruous folkie social concern and Bush-baiting applause lines." The Los Angeles Times ' Natalie Nichols said that Pink taps her inner Ani DiFranco on the confrontational "Dear Mr. President" received mostly positive reviews from music critics. It became the third highest-selling single of Austria for 2007 and the eighth highest-selling single of Switzerland the same year. It reached number one in the Flanders region of Belgium for four weeks and in Austria for one week while reaching the top five in Australia, Germany, and Switzerland. President" became a hit in continental Europe and Australia. Released as a single in December 2006, "Dear Mr. Pink felt that it was one of the most important songs she had ever written. The song criticizes several areas of Bush's administration and terms in office, including the Iraq War, No Child Left Behind Act, opposition to gay marriage and the gay rights movement in general, perceived lack of empathy for poor and middle-class citizens, and Bush's drinking and drug usage in college. The song is an open letter to the then-President of the United States, George W. President" is a song by Pink featuring the Indigo Girls, and was recorded for Pink's fourth album, I'm Not Dead.