Go Off (M.I.A. song)

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"Go Off"
M.I.A. - Go Off.png
Single by M.I.A.
from the album AIM
Released15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)
Recorded2015–16
Genre
Length3:05
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Skrillex
M.I.A. singles chronology
"Borders"
(2015)
"Go Off"
(2016)
"Bird Song"
(2016)
Music video
"Go Off" on YouTube

"Go Off" is a song by British recording artist M.I.A. from her fifth studio album, AIM (2016). The track was written by M.I.A., Skrillex, and Blaqstarr. Production was handled by the latter two, alongside Tom Manaton. The song premiered on Annie Mac's eponymous radio show on 14 July 2016 and was self-released worldwide the following day as a digital download under exclusive license to Interscope Records. The track was met with mixed reviews. [1] [2]

Contents

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by M.I.A. herself. It only consists of a series of surface mining site explosions as M.I.A. has revealed she did not want to feature any human beings in the video. [3]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [4] 82
UK Asian Music Chart (Official Charts Company) [5] 2
US Dance/Electronic Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 14
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 25
US Twitter Top Tracks ( Billboard ) [8] 29

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef
Worldwide15 July 2016
Italy29 July 2016 Contemporary hit radio Universal [9]

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