High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Miss Independent" is a song by American recording artist Kelly Clarkson. It served as the lead single from her debut studio album, Thankful (2003). Written by Christina Aguilera, Clarkson, Rhett Lawrence, and Matt Morris, with Lawrence serving as producer, it was released by RCA Records on April 10, 2003. The track was initially intended for Aguilera`s second album Stripped (2002), but was later given to Clarkson after failing to finish the song at the time of Stripped’s development.