cited the song as her favorite on Metamorphosis, saying it is "a little more mellow" than her previous single, "So Yesterday", "but it's not really pop. It sounds sort of like techno, but it's slow. It's really cool." Musically, "Come Clean" is a moderately fast song in a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Written in the key of B major, it features the sequence of Gmj7—E2—Gmj7 as its chord progression. Duff's vocals span from the note of F3 to the note of B4. Chart performance The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart of February 28, 2004, at number 53, and eventually peaked at number 35, becoming Duff's first top 40 in nation. As of July 27, 2014, the song had sold 655,000 digital copies in the United States. Music video Development and release The single's music video was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in Los Angeles on November 23, 2003. Meyers said of the video, "I'm trying to do something where you're taking her [Duff] very seriously ... very dramatic and very feminine, and sort of almost sensual. I don't think we've ever seen that from her. She's been a bit of a pop icon, so I'm just trying to give her a bit more credibility on an artist front." In the U.S., the video premiered on January 11, 2004, during Nickelodeon's TEENick block. The next day, it made its debut on MTV during an episode of "Making the Video" before premiering on Total Request Live two days later. It entered the show's top ten video countdown the following day at number eight, and spent twenty-five days on the countdown, peaking at number three. It also reached the top 5 of Total Request Live UK. Synopsis In the video, Duff is shown in her house during a rainy day (reflecting the rain reference in the chorus of the song), walking from room to room. Her friends arrive and watch television with her in the living room. The rainstorm intensifies over the course of the day, and the interior scenes are intercut with shots of Duff's boyfriend driving to her house in a car. At the end of the video, the boyfriend arrives at the house, and Duff ventures out into the rain to meet him; they kiss as the video ends. According to Meyers, "We never do know if the guy in the end is a