Don't Let Me Get Me is one of the songs that made P!nk so popular. It was released in 2002 as the second single of her album M!ssundaztood (2001) and is also in her 2010 album Greatest Hits... So Far!!!.
It’s a pop rock song and it reached number six in the UK, number eight in the U.S.
There were several critics to this song, as usual, but I find this one from Jason Thompson of PopMatters very interesting:
On the power rock of “Don’t Let Me Get Me”, Pink herself tells it like it is and attempts to break free from the image making machine. “Tired of being compared / To damn Britney Spears / She’s so pretty / That just ain’t me”. Well, that’s debatable in itself, but the fact that Pink takes it upon herself to call Spears out should be nothing short of revelatory. Spears certainly has nothing on Pink in the vocal department. Pink can actually sing. And damn well, mind you.
The video was as usual directed by Dave Meyers.
People that have seen some videos where she talks about her life as a teen know that that time was quite hard for her. Her parents got divorced; she was on drugs and she was what we commonly call a “rebel”. This song talks about many issues that teens deal with and that P!nk herself had to pass through. I would divide this song into 3 pats:
- The first part she sings about not liking who you are, thinking your parents hate you - maybe because they got divorced or because they didn't let her do what she wanted, don't know what to do with life..
- The second part is about her career. LA was the one that discovered her and made her famous, although he wanted her to be something she wasn't - another Britney AKA popstar.
- The last part is about a solution.
Everyday I fight a war against the mirror
I can't take the person staring back at me
I'm a hazard to myself
Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
It's bad when you annoy yourself,
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else
