on September 13, 2004, and debuted on the countdown the next day at number 10. In its fourth day on the countdown, 20 September, it reached its peak at number two; Simpson herself also visited the show on this day, but did not perform due to illness. The video spent 22 total days on the countdown, with its last day being October 21. Chart performance "Shadow" debuted at number 20 on VH1's Top 20 Countdown for the week of October 6–12, 2004, and it rose the next week to number 15. It reached number 11 for the week of 27 October–2 November and then fell to number 16 the next week. On September 22, Simpson performed "Shadow" on two U.S. shows: Live with Regis and Kelly (she also gave an interview, quoted above) and The Tonight Show. "Shadow" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September at number 68 and reached a peak of number 57. It was unable to match the popularity of Simpson's first single, "Pieces of Me", which reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100. "Pieces of Me" also reached number one on the Billboard Top 40 Tracks, but "Shadow" reached only number 27. In Australia, "Shadow" was Autobiographys second single, and it reached number 31 on the ARIA singles chart in November 2004; in the same week, "Pieces of Me" was still ahead of it on the chart, at number 30. In early January 2005, after some time spent out of the ARIA top 50, "Shadow" rebounded to number 34. In the United Kingdom, the song "La La" (which was the third single in the U.S. and Australia) was the second single instead of "Shadow". Track listing Pock It! mini CD single "Shadow" — 3:57 "Pieces of Me" (29 Palms remix vocal edit) — 4:04 CD single "Shadow" — 3:57 "Pieces of Me" (29 Palms remix vocal edit) — 4:04 "Sorry" (non LP version) — 3:42 "Shadow" (video) Charts Personnel Vocals – Ashlee Simpson Drums – Kenny Aronoff Guitars, bass, keyboards – John Shanks Piano, organ – Jamie Muhoberac Chamberlin – Patrick Warren String arrangement – David Campbell Background vocals – Ashlee Simpson and Kara DioGuardi Release history References External links Watch "Shadow" on Youtube 2004 singles Ashlee Simpson songs Music videos directed by Liz Friedlander Pop ballads Rock ballads Song recordings produced by John Shanks Songs written by John Shanks Songs written by