"Out of My Head" | ||||
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Single by Charli XCX featuring Tove Lo and Alma | ||||
from the album Pop 2 | ||||
Released | 8 December 2017 | |||
Genre | Dance-pop [1] | |||
Length | 3:56 | |||
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"Out of My Head" on YouTube |
"Out of My Head" is a song by English singer Charli XCX,featuring Swedish singer Tove Lo and Finnish singer Alma. It was released as the lead single from her fourth mixtape Pop 2 on 8 December 2017 by Asylum Records and Atlantic Records UK. [2]
On December 7th,2017,Charli XCX announced her new mixtape,Pop 2,after teasing the concept a few days earlier on Twitter. [3] The song premiered the next day on BBC Radio 1. [4] In an Instagram post,Charli XCX shared that she first began working on the song at Sophie's house and originally planned for it to be released by Alma,but eventually decided to use it for herself. She maintained Alma on the song and brought in Tove Lo to write the verse lyrics and perform on the song. [5]
"Out of My Head" received universal praise from critics. In a review naming Pop 2 "Best New Album," Meaghan Garvey of Pitchfork called it a song that "makes you want to slam a Strawberita and dance all night." For The Guardian ,Alexis Petridis compared "Out of My Head" favorably against other chart toppers,saying that it and "Unlock It" sound like "hit singles from a slightly more adventurous,expansive alternate universe than the one the charts currently inhabit." [6] Kirsten Spruch of Billboard named the track the best collaboration of Charli XCX's catalogue. [7]
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ) [8] | 6 |
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Charlotte Emma Aitchison,known professionally as Charli XCX,is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill,Essex,she began posting songs on Myspace in 2008,which led to her discovery by a promoter who invited her to perform at warehouse raves. In 2010,she signed a recording contract with Asylum Records,releasing a series of singles and mixtapes throughout 2011 and 2012.
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English singer Charli XCX has released five studio albums,four mixtapes,three extended plays,one live album,one soundtrack album,two DJ mixes,48 singles,and 13 promotional singles. In 2007,XCX began recording her debut album on a loan granted by her parents. Titled 14,after her age at the time,it received only a restricted public release. Two singles,"!Franchesckaar!" and double A-side "Emelline"/"Art Bitch",were released in late 2008 under Orgy Music. In June 2012,Charli XCX released her first mixtape,titled Heartbreaks and Earthquakes,a one-track file consisting of eight songs. A second mixtape,titled Super Ultra,was released in November of the same year. Charli XCX's major-label debut studio album,True Romance,was released in April 2013,and peaked at number 85 on the UK Albums Chart. While failing to appear on any main album charts internationally,the album reached number five on the Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States and number 11 on the ARIA Hitseekers chart in Australia. The album spawned five singles—"Stay Away","Nuclear Seasons","You're the One","You " and "What I Like". In 2012,Charli XCX was featured on Icona Pop's song "I Love It",which peaked at number one in the UK and reached the top 10 in various countries including the US,Canada,Ireland and Germany.
Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson,known professionally as Tove Lo,is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been called "Sweden's darkest pop export" by Rolling Stone. She is known for her raw,grunge-influenced take on pop music. Out referred to her autobiographical lyrical content as making her "the saddest girl in Sweden".
Alma-Sofia Miettinen,known professionally as Alma,is a Finnish singer and songwriter. Beginning her career in 2013,she placed fifth in the seventh season of the Finnish version of Idol. Her breakthrough came in 2015 when she was featured on the single "Muuta ku mä" by Sini Sabotage,and was subsequently signed to Universal Music Group.
The discography of Finnish singer-songwriter Alma consists of two studio albums,seven extended plays,27 singles,three guest appearances and 26 music videos. In addition to her own releases,Alma has also been a songwriter for other artists including Miley Cyrus and Lindsay Lohan.
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"1999" is a song by English singer Charli XCX and Australian singer Troye Sivan,released as the lead single from the former's third studio album Charli on 5 October 2018. The single cover was inspired by the 1999 film The Matrix. It follows several singles released earlier in 2018 by Charli XCX and Sivan's 2018 album Bloom. The track reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart dated 22 November 2018,becoming Charli XCX's tenth top 40 single and first top 15 single since 2015,as well as Sivan's fourth top 40 single and his first top 20 single.
"Blame It on Your Love" is a song by English singer Charli XCX featuring American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was released on 15 May 2019 as the second single from Charli XCX's third studio album,Charli,and soon after debuted on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac's "Hottest Record in the World". It is Charli XCX's first single since her 2018 collaboration with Troye Sivan,"1999". The single is a reworked version of "Track 10" the final track from Charli XCX's mixtape Pop 2 (2017). The music video was released on 13 June 2019.
Charli is the third studio album by British singer Charli XCX. It was released through Asylum and Atlantic Records UK on 13 September 2019.
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"New Shapes" is a song by English singer Charli XCX,featuring French singer Christine and the Queens and American singer Caroline Polachek. It was released on 4 November 2021 as the second single from XCX's fifth studio album,Crash (2022). The song has been described as an '80s-inspired synth-pop,indie pop,and electro-funk track.
Crash is the fifth studio album by British singer Charli XCX,released on 18 March 2022. It was her last album to be released under her record contract with Asylum Records. Charli announced the album title,release date,and artwork on 4 November 2021. Her website was also updated with information about the album's 2022 tour. The album was preceded by the four singles "Good Ones","New Shapes" featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek,"Beg for You" featuring Rina Sawayama,"Baby" and two promotional singles,"Every Rule" and "Used to Know Me",the latter released as the fifth single in April 2022.
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