Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl

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"Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl"
Song by Olivia Rodrigo
from the album Guts
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2023 (2023-09-08)
Genre
Length3:23
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dan Nigro

"Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo for her second studio album, Guts (2023). Rodrigo wrote it with Dan Nigro, who produced it.

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Background

After the commercial success of her debut studio album, Sour (2021), [3] Olivia Rodrigo continued collaborating with Dan Nigro, who had produced all of the tracks on it. [4] The follow-up album, Guts (2023), was conceived when she was aged 19, a year that she described as "lots of confusion, mistakes, awkwardness & good old fashioned teen angst". [5] The album and its title were announced on June 26, 2023, and its lead single, "Vampire", was released four days later. [6] [7] The song reached number one in various countries, [8] [9] including the United States, where it became her third number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. [10] "Bad Idea Right?" was chosen as the follow-up single. [11]

Rodrigo wrote "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" with Nigro. [12] It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. [13]

Composition

"Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" is three minutes and 23 seconds long. [14] Nigro produced the song, and he engineered it with Sam Stewart, Sterling Laws, Dave Schiffman, and Jasmine Chen. He plays guitar, percussion, and drum programming; Erick Serna and Stewart play electric guitar; Ryan Linvill plays bass; and Laws plays drums. Spike Stent mixed the song, and Randy Merrill mastered it. [12]

Commercial performance

"Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" debuted at number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [15] The song peaked at number 25 on the Canadian Hot 100. [16] In the United Kingdom, it charted at number 20 on the Official Audio Streaming Chart however was ineligible to chart on the main UK Singles Chart due to a rule which permits a maximum of 3 songs per artist on the chart. [17] [18] [19] In Australia, "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" reached number 22. [20] The song peaked at number 18 in New Zealand. [21] It charted at number 21 on the Billboard Global 200. [22] Elsewhere, "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" reached national record charts, at number 17 in Ireland, [23] number 51 in Portugal, [24] and number 53 in Greece. [25]

Live performance

The song was first performed in an acoustic version at an exclusive show at the Ace Theater as part of Amex Member Week together with its co-writer and producer Dan Nigro on October 9, 2023. [26] On October 24, she performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . [27]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl"
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef.
2024 Grammy Awards Best Rock Song Nominated [28]

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Guts. [12]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart positions for "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [20] 22
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [16] 25
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [22] 21
Greece (IFPI) [25] 53
Ireland ( Billboard ) [23] 17
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [21] 18
Portugal (AFP) [24] 51
UK ( Billboard ) [19] 20
UK Streaming (OCC) [17] 20
US Billboard Hot 100 [15] 24
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [29] 5

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl"
Chart (2023)Position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard) [30] 73

Certifications

Certifications for "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [31] Gold40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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