Milliondollarsmile

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"Milliondollar$mile"
Loredana - Milliondollar$mile.jpeg
Single by Loredana
Language
Released7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)
Length2:54
Label Independent
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Macloud
  • Miksu
Loredana singles chronology
"Bonnie & Clyde"
(2018)
"Milliondollar$mile"
(2018)
"Romeo & Juliet"
(2019)
Music video
"Milliondollar$mile" on YouTube

"Milliondollarsmile" (stylized as "Milliondollar$mile") is a song by Swiss rapper Loredana.

Contents

Composition and reception

With a length of two minutes and 54 seconds, "Milliondollar$mile" was independently released as a single for digital download and streaming in various countries on 7 December 2018. [1] The single was written by Loredana and German producers Macloud (Laurin Auth) and Miksu (Joshua Allery), with the production handled by the latter two. [2] It was written mostly in German, though a few lyrics are in Albanian. [3] Austrian website Red Bull lauded the Albanian lyrics as well as the single's cover art. [3] Laura Leuenberger from Swiss broadcaster SRF wrote that Loredana delivers autotune with "attitude" confidently spitting over the sound. [4]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Milliondollar$mile" was uploaded to Loredana's official YouTube channel on 7 December 2018, simultaneously with the single's release. [5] [6] [7] Produced by Orkan Çe, it was filmed at the annual Lozerner Määs fair in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland, and features the guest appearance from then-husband and Kosovo-Albanian rapper Mozzik. [5] [3] According to Red Bull , it may be concluded that American rapper 50 Cent and group G-Unit was once important to Loredana. [3]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Spotify and YouTube. [2] [5]

Track listing

  1. "Milliondollar$mile" 2:54

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 19
Germany (Official German Charts) [9] 11
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 30

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Various7 December 2018 Independent
[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Citations regarding the digital release of "Milliondollar$mile" by Loredana in various selected countries:
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