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{{Infobox song
| name       = Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)
| cover      = Cover_damned.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[All Time Low]]
| album      = [[Nothing Personal (All Time Low album)|Nothing Personal]]
| released   = {{start date|2009|06|16}}
| recorded   = 2009
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop punk]]
| length     = 3:11
| label      = [[Hopeless Records|Hopeless]]
| writer     = * Jack Barakat
* Rian Dawson
* [[Alex Gaskarth]]
* Zack Merrick
* [[Butch Walker]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=343784936&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=10&start=1 |title=Ascap Ace Search |accessdate=2010-04-16 |date=2010-04-16 |work=ASCAP }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Weightless (All Time Low song)|Weightless]]
| prev_year  = 2009
| next_title = [[Lost in Stereo]]
| next_year  = 2010
}}
"'''Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[All Time Low]] and is the second single taken from their third studio album, ''[[Nothing Personal (All Time Low album)|Nothing Personal]]'' (2009). It was released by [[Hopeless Records]] as a [[Music download|digital download]] on June 16, 2009. It became All Time Low's first US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] charting song, debuting and peaking at No. 67, and was their only song to chart until "[[Monsters (All Time Low song)|Monsters]]" in early 2021.
==Lyrical meaning==
In an exclusive acoustic session with Real Magic TV, Alex Gaskarth (lead vocalist of All Time Low) explained the meaning of this song by stating, "It's a fun little tune about, uh, about charades that one may have with another individual. I'll leave the rest up to you."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/8Cq8eQTxEwk Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100607115538/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cq8eQTxEwk Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cq8eQTxEwk| title = All Time Low - "Damned if I Do Ya" Acoustic (RMTV Official) | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> {{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
==Track listing==
#"Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)" – 3:11
==Music video==
In the first week of July, three videos for the making of "Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)" were posted on [[Buzznet]]. It shows lead singer Alex Gaskarth in a school bench with a teacher walking around him. It was shot with a green screen, which Rian Dawson (drummer for All Time Low) explained would mean that the editors would create the background during the production process.
Some behind the scenes photos were posted on a Glamour Kills blog on September 8, 2009, stating that the music video will premiere the following week.
The video itself premiered on September 11, 2009.
The video mainly revolves around lead singer Alex Gaskarth. It is set on a talk show called "Damned If I Do Ya, Damned If I Don't". The video opens with Alex and the host, Nika "Nothing Personal" Jones, as she talks about Alex's affair with his school teacher. The video displays distractions Alex has with his classes and at his band practices due to this affair. At the end of the bridge of the song, after Alex sings "but I never promised you", the song comes to a halt. Jack, Zack, Rian, Alex's parents, and the school teacher come out, and a full out brawl is started. The chorus of the song comes back in as everyone is beating each other up. As the song continues, the fight continues as well, and eventually Alex defeats everyone. He and the school teacher kiss and the video ends with the audience clapping.
==Charts==
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!Chart (2009)
!Peak<br>position
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{{single chart|UKindie|28|date=2009-12-13|rowheader=true|access-date=December 17, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|67|artist=All Time Low|rowheader=true|access-date=March 22, 2021}}
|-
|}
==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=All Time Low|title=Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2009|certyear=2021|access-date=March 19, 2021}}
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==References==
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[[Category:2009 songs]]
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[[Category:All Time Low songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Butch Walker]]
[[Category:Songs written by Alex Gaskarth]]
[[Category:Songs written by Zack Merrick]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jack Barakat]]
[[Category:Songs written by Rian Dawson]]
[[Category:Hopeless Records singles]]