"Mess Her Up" | ||||
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Single by Amy Shark | ||||
from the album Love Monster | ||||
Released | 1 March 2019 | |||
Length | 3:25 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Amy Shark | |||
Producer(s) | Dann Hume | |||
Amy Shark singles chronology | ||||
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"Mess Her Up" is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Amy Shark. The song is about a woman cheating with her best friend's boyfriend [1] and was released digitally on 1 March 2019 as the fifth single from Shark's debut studio album Love Monster .
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the song was nominated for three awards Best Female Artist, Video of the year and Song of the Year. [2]
At the Queensland Music Awards 2020 "Mess Her Up" won Highest Selling Single. [3]
The music video was released on 28 February 2019. [4] The video was co-directed by David O'Donohue and Shark with a narrative following a complicated love story. Shark said: "It was important for me to be involved in the process as I was the one who came up with the concept of these two worlds that play out through the video. Mess Her Up is a very deep and emotional song and I needed the actors to do it justice." The video was produced by Felicity Jayn Heath and shot in Los Angeles. [5]
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [6] | 29 |
Chart (2019) | Position |
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Australia (ARIA) [7] | 81 |
Australian Artist (ARIA) [8] | 13 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [9] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Country | Date | Format | Label |
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Australia | 1 March 2019 [10] | Digital download, streaming | Wonderlick, Sony Music Australia |
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