Song · Ingrid Michaelson
“The Way I Am” by Ingrid Michaelson
From the album Girls and Boys (2006)
“The Way I Am” by Ingrid Michaelson appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2007 and 2024. It was first released in 2006 on the album Girls and Boys. Its best result is #5 on the Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #234 alternative song of 2008.
Ingrid Michaelson wrote "The Way I Am" on her own for Girls and Boys, her 2006 album, and co-produced it with Chris Kuffner and Mark Turrigiano, who also recorded it; Dan Romer mixed, and Scott Persson sits in on percussion.
It took its time. An Old Navy sweater campaign put it on national TV, and in October 2007 it entered the Billboard Hot 100, eventually climbing to number 37, going platinum and selling 1.6 million copies in the US. Autumn de Wilde's video makes Michaelson the odd one out at a dance full of clowns and mimes: she flees to a bathroom and draws a clown nose on her reflection in lipstick before her partner, played by Greg Laswell, the man she later married, follows her there and holds her.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 56 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2008 | 39 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 5 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
| 2008 | 29 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2008 | 136 |
| 2008 | 18 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2008 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 791 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2016 | 882 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2022 | 769 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 681 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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