by may, "mercy" was a staple on vh1 and a hot adult contemporary radio hit and had been featured in the season finale of the american television medical drama "grey's anatomy" as well as being on the soundtrack album for "sex and the city: the movie". a remix of "mercy", featuring rap artist the game, was released on 10 may. on 13 may, "rockferry" was released in the united states to positive reviews. the album's low cost of production reaped duffy substantial financial benefits. despite her album's success in the united states, she was quoted as saying "i don't like how big american stars consider themselves an exception from humanity". in november 2008, the single "rain on your parade", produced and co-written by steve booker, was released. the song was first released on download sales only on 10 november 2008, before being released physically on 17 november 2008. duffy describes this as "a big, disco-y dance song". it entered the uk singles chart at number twenty-two before rising to a peak of fifteen the following week. the track was included on the deluxe edition of "rockferry". at the 2008 mojo awards, duffy won the "song of the year" award for "mercy" and was nominated also for "album of the year" and "breakthrough act". these three nominations were the largest number of nominations for any one act. she also received a 2008 q award in the category of "breakthrough act", a nomination for the q category of "best track" for "mercy", a music of black origin award nomination for "best uk female". at the mtv europe music awards, she received nominations in the categories of "album of the year", "most addictive track", and "new act". she performed at the ema show.