Nevins Club Mix) – 6:24 "Because of You" (Jason Nevins Club With Intro Breakdown) – 6:22 "Because of You" (Jason Nevins Dub) – 7:53 "Because of You" (Jason Nevins Club Instrumental) – 6:24 "Because of You" (Jason Nevins Radio Instrumental) – 3:58 "Because of You" (Jason Nevins Remix - Acoustic Version without Strings) – 3:51 "Because of You" (Jason Nevins Acoustic) – 3:50 "Because of You" (Jason Nevins Acapella) – 3:54 Remixes CD single "Because of You" (Bermudez & Griffin Radio Mix) – 4:04 "Because of You" (Bermudez & Griffin Club Mix) – 7:35 "Because of You" (Bermudez & Griffin Ultimix) – 5:23 "Because of You" (Bermudez & Griffin Tribe-a-Pella) – 5:24 "Because of You" (Bermudez & Griffin Club Mix Instrumental) – 7:35 "Because of You" (Bermudez & Griffin Ultimix Instrumental) – 5:23 "Because of You" (Bermudez & Griffin Bonus Beats) – 3:36 "Because of You" (Bermudez & Griffin Radio Mix Instrumental) – 4:01 "Because of You" - 3:40 Credits and personnel Credits are lifted from the Breakaway liner notes. Recording Recorded by Dan Certa at NRG Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California Personnel Kelly Clarkson – lead vocals and background vocals Ben Moody – producer, guitar David Campbell – string arrangement David Hodges – producer, piano, string arrangement Marty O'Brien – strings, Bass John Hanes – additional pro-tools engineer Mark Colbert – drums Sergio Chavez – assistant engineer Şerban Ghenea – mixing Tim Roberts – mixing assistant Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts All-time charts Certifications Release history Cover versions Lisa Tucker covered the song on the fifth season of American Idol in 2006. However, her performance was met with negative reviews from the judges and she was consequently eliminated from the show. On June 4, 2011, Britain's Got Talent contestant, Ronan Parke covered "Because of You" in the finale of the fifth series of the show. Parke also recorded the song and included it in his debut album, Ronan Parke. In an interview with Digital Spy, Parke stated that it was really challenging to record "Because of You." He added, "I asked the producer if we could leave out some of the big notes. We left them until the end and I was actually a bit scared by the noise that came out of me - I didn't know I could sound that loud!" "Because of You" was also covered by Kim Bo Kyung, who was a contestant in South