Sixteen (Ellie Goulding song)

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"Sixteen"
Ellie Goulding - Sixteen.png
Single by Ellie Goulding
from the album Brightest Blue (International digital edition)
Released12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)
Genre
Length3:21
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ellie Goulding singles chronology
"Close to Me (Red Velvet Remix)"
(2019)		"Sixteen"
(2019)		"Hate Me"
(2019)
Music video
"Sixteen" on YouTube

"Sixteen" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding, released as a single through Polydor Records on 12 April 2019 as a bonus track from the international digital edition of her fourth studio album Brightest Blue . [1] [2] It was co-written by Goulding with Raye and Fred, and produced by Ian Kirkpatrick, Fred and Mike Wise. Goulding has said the song is about the "reckless days of adolescence". [3]

Contents

Composition

"Sixteen" is a pop, EDM and dance-pop ballad with an electronic beat that speaks about the "reckless days of adolescence". [4] [5] [3] It is written in the key of A-flat major with a tempo of 110 beats per minute. [6]

Promotion

Goulding announced the song on social media on 11 April 2019, also posting that she compiled the cover artwork from friends' photos of when they were sixteen years of age. [7]

Music video

The music video directed by Tim Mattia was released on April 17, 2019, reflecting on Goulding's teenage years, focusing on her and a friend bunking off school to steal alcohol, smoke cannabis, get tattoos, and meet boys at an arcade. [8] [9] [10]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Sixteen"3:21
Digital download [11]
No.TitleLength
1."Sixteen" (Don Diablo Remix)3:13
Digital download [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Sixteen" (99 Souls Remix)3:32
Digital download [13]
No.TitleLength
1."Sixteen" (Acoustic)3:09

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [14] 41
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [15] 50
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [16] 35
Canadian Hot Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [17] 44
China Airplay/FL ( Billboard ) [18] 16
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [19] 57
Germany (Official German Charts) [20] 64
Ireland (IRMA) [21] 20
Lithuania (AGATA) [22] 35
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [23] 27
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [24] 8
Norway (VG-lista) [25] 26
Scotland (OCC) [26] 10
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [27] 16
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [28] 52
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [29] 37
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] 95
UK Singles (OCC) [31] 21
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [32] 36

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [33] Gold10,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [34] Gold5,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [35] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [36] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various12 April 2019Original Polydor
Italy Contemporary hit radio Universal [37]
United KingdomPolydor [38]
Various10 May 2019
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Don Diablo Remix [11]
31 May 2019 99 Souls Remix [12]
14 June 2019Acoustic [13]

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