How It's Done

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"How It's Done"
Single by Kash Doll, Kim Petras, Alma and Stefflon Don
from the album Charlie's Angels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
ReleasedOctober 11, 2019 (2019-10-11)
Genre R&B [1]
Length3:02
Label Republic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ilya
  • Rami Yacoub
  • Savan Kotecha (co.)
Kash Doll singles chronology
"Mobb'n"
(2019)
"How It's Done"
(2019)
"Wake Up"
(2020)
Kim Petras singles chronology
"Love Me Less"
(2019)
"How It's Done"
(2019)
"Click (No Boys Remix)"
(2019)
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousOctober 11, 2019 Republic [8]
United KingdomDecember 26, 2019 Adult contemporary radio [9]

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