“Can’t Be Tamed” was co-written by Cyrus, Antonina Armato, Tim James, Paul Neumann, and Marek Pompetzki and produced by Armato and James, though it was primarily written by Cyrus. It was released on May 18, 2010 by Hollywood Records as the lead single of Miley’s third studio album of the same name. A Rockangeles remix version featuring rapper Lil Jon was included as a bonus track on digital editions of the album. According to Cyrus, “Can’t Be Tamed” describes a desire to break out and experience freedom. The lyrics deal with the themes of freedom and self-expression, approached by sultry lyrics.
“Can’t Be Tamed” has received generally positive responses by music critics. It also garnered commercial success. The song peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached its highest peak at number five on both the Irish Singles Chart and New Zealand Singles Chart. The song’s accompanying music video was directed Robert Hales where Miley performs with backup dancers throughout a museum. Miley is first trapped in a giant cage, being observed by spectators; she then escapes and trashes the museum. According to Miley, the track’s moral is to free yourself from any biding or hindrance, in particular application to women. She said the song’s message applies to different situations. Personally to her, “it is about being a cage and people looking at you.” As for others, she believed it could describe high school, in a situation where “someone feeling they have to be one way to be with a clique and they want to be who they are. A relationship, or whatever, it is just breaking out and feeling free.”Hollywood Records described “Can’t Be Tamed” as a “a self-empowering song in which Miley asserts that she has to stay true to herself in relationships”.
On the week ending June 5, 2010, “Can’t Be Tamed” became the week’s “hot shot debut” by entering and peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 191,000 digital downloads. The sales marked Miley’s second-best debut sales week, following “Party in the U.S.A.”, which sold 226,000 digital downloads in its first week in August 2009. With the appearance on the chart, the song became her fourth top ten debut on the Billboard Hot 100, including a song credited to her alias Hannah Montana. In the following week, the song descended ten positions to number eighteen. It spend its last week on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending August 7, 2010, spending a total of ten weeks on the chart. “Can’t Be Tamed” also peaked at number sixteen on Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs). The song peaked at number six on the Canadian Hot 100 and spent a total of fourteen weeks upon the chart.
The song also achieved commercial success in Australia and New Zealand. “Can’t Be Tamed” debuted at number eighteen on the Australian Singles Chart on the week ending June 6, 2010. After six weeks of ascending the Australian Singles Chart, the song found a new peak at number seventeen. In the succeeding week, it reached its peak at number fourteen and spent eleven weeks on the chart. The single was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipping over 35,000 copies. On the week ending May 24, 2010, “Can’t Be Tamed” debuted and peaked at number five on the New Zealand Singles Chart. It spent nine weeks ascending and descending the New Zealand Singles Chart before completely dropping from the chart on the week ending July 19, 2010. In Japan, “Can’t Be Tamed” debuted at number fifty-three and peaked at number twelve. In the United Kingdom, “Can’t Be Tamed” debuted and peaked at number thirteen on the week ending June 12, 2010. It spent eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart. The song peaked at number five on the Irish Singles Chart. In mainland Europe, “Can’t Be Tamed” maintained similar outcomes. It became Miley’s best-charting single on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, peaking at number fifteen in July 2010 sand surpassing “Party in the U.S.A.”, which peaked at number seventeen in January 2010. It peaked at number fifteen on the French Singles Chart, number fifteen on the Norwegian Singles Chart, and number fourteen on the Spanish Singles Chart. It also charted within the top thirty in Austria and Germany and within the top forty of Belgium.
The music video debuted on E! on May 4,2010.
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