"'Permanent" is a song recorded by American rock singer
David Cook. Written by Cook,
Chantal Kreviazuk, and
Raine Maida, its lyrics make allusions to Cook's late brother, Adam, who had battled with brain cancer before his death from this disease. The song was performed on the finale of
season 8 of the TV show ''
American Idol'', and the performance then released onto iTunes as a charity single via
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic R ...
on May 18, 2009. It also appears on his debut studio album, ''
David Cook'' (2008).
All proceeds from iTunes sales of the ''American Idol'' finale performance of the song will go to ABC
2 (Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure).
Commercial reception
"Permanent" debuted at number 24 on the U.S. ''Billboard''
Hot 100 chart for the chart week of May 29, 2009, and number 10 on the
Digital Songs component chart, selling 103,000 downloads.
It also debuted at number 26 on the ''Billboard''
Canadian Hot 100 and number 7 on the Canadian Digital Songs component chart.
As of June 2009, the song has sold 159,000 units, of which 98,000 are of the version on ''David Cook'' and 61,000 are from the AI Charity Version.
Charts
References
2009 singles
David Cook (singer) songs
Songs written by Raine Maida
Songs written by Chantal Kreviazuk
2008 songs
Songs written by David Cook (singer)
19 Recordings singles
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