"Overrated" is a song by Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...

 from her second studio album, Guilty Pleasure. It was released on June 23, 2009.

Composition and release

This song was co-written by Tisdale and the Swedish production team Twin

Twin (production team)

Twin is a Swedish record production and songwriting team, consisting of Niclas Molinder and Joacim Persson, who are working in the genres of pop, R&B and rock.- Charlotte Perrelli - Miss Jealousy :* 02. "Miss Jealousy"...

, the song was released as part of the Guilty Pleasure countdown on iTunes

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 on June 23, 2009 in the United States

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 and Canada

Canada

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.

Critical reception

OK!

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magazine called the track "mature" and "feisty", crediting it for helping Guilty Pleasure become "a far cry from the tween-friendly pop of [Tisdale's] first album." Other critics noted the track and its predecessor, "Masquerade", have contrasting themes. Portrait Magazine explains that "While 'Masquerade' is about the willingness to conform, 'Overrated' details just why you should be true to yourself."

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...	3
US Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...	89

Release details

Region	Date	Label	Format
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	June 23, 2009	Warner Music	Digital download (iTunes)
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...