Blue Lips

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Blue Lips
Tove Lo - Blue Lips.png
Studio album by
Released17 November 2017 (2017-11-17)
RecordedOctober 2016 – July 2017
Genre
Length44:24
Label Island
Producer
Tove Lo chronology
Lady Wood
(2016)
Blue Lips
(2017)
Sunshine Kitty
(2019)
Alternative cover
BlueLipsDeluxeVinylCover.png
2018 vinyl reissue with Lady Wood
Blue Lips [37]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Light Beams"
  • Tove Lo
  • Ludvig Söderberg
  • Jakob Jerlström
The Struts1:07
2."Disco Tits"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:43
3."Shedontknowbutsheknows"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:16
4."Shivering Gold"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
3:35
5."Don't Ask Don't Tell"Payami3:46
6."Stranger"
  • Lo
  • Payami
  • Niklas Ljungfelt
Payami3:54
7."Bitches"
  • Lo
  • Payami
Payami2:17
8."Pitch Black"
0:53
9."Romantics" (featuring Daye Jack)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • Loules
  • Gustmann
  • Daye Jack
  • Lulou
  • Gustmann
3:31
10."Cycles"
The Struts3:28
11."Struggle"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:46
12."9th of October"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:25
13."Bad Days"
  • Lo
  • Gustav Weber Vernet
Vernet3:26
14."Hey You Got Drugs?"Hope4:18
Total length:44:24
Lady Wood and Blue Lips– Deluxe vinyl exclusive 10-inch picture disc [38]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cool Girl" (Timbaland remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
 
2."WTF Love Is" (Karma Fields remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • The Struts
  • Karma Fields [a]
 
3."Cycles" (MK remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • Janiak
  • The Struts
  • MK [a]
 
4."Bitches" (featuring Charli XCX, Icona Pop, Elliphant, and Alma)
Payami 

Notes

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [39] 78
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [40] 86
French Digital Albums (SNEP) [41] 61
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [42] 4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [43] 39
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [44] 15
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [45] 71
US Billboard 200 [46] 138

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Various17 November 2017 Island [47]
17 December 2018 LP (with Lady Wood ) [38]

Notes

  1. The title is sometimes subtitled as Blue Lips (Lady Wood Phase II) and stylised as BLUE LIPS [lady wood phase II].

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