Oh My My (album)

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Oh My My
OneRepublic - Oh My My.jpg
Studio album by
OneRepublic
ReleasedOctober 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)
Recorded2014–2016
GenrePop, pop rock, electropop
Length60:26
Label
Producer
OneRepublic chronology
Native
(2013) 		Oh My My
(2016) 		Human
(2021)
Singles from Oh My My
  1. "Wherever I Go"
    Released: May 13, 2016
  2. "Kids"
    Released: August 12, 2016
  3. "Let's Hurt Tonight"
    Released: December 6, 2016

Oh My My is the fourth studio album by American pop rock band OneRepublic. It was released on October 7, 2016, through Interscope Records.[1] Oh My My became the band's highest-charting debut to date, landing at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[3]

Background and composition[]

Talking to Wonderland Magazine about Oh My My, OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder spoke about what fans could expect from the album: "Everything – you could do an entire album on a laptop these days, and some of the biggest records are all electronic laptop driven, and there's a lot of humanity, I think, missing in radio. And so we wanted to make sure that you could actually hear the human beings and the actual instruments that are in the actual songs, so that's the last thing I'll say. It's new and very modern but there's still a big dose of humanity in it because you can actually hear the players."[4] In a later interview with Billboard, Tedder revealed that the album took eighteen months to record, which was "the longest amount of time [the band had] ever spent on one project[...]We did a lot of living in the last four years -- there was a lot to write about."[5]

On August 25, the band tweeted that the new album was called Oh My My and would come out on October 7, 2016.[6] The artwork for the album was revealed six days later.[7]

Promotion[]

OneRepublic has promoted the album at the 2016-2017 NFL Kickoff Concert: in Denver, Colorado, and shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Today, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show[8][9][10]

Tour[]

The band promoted the album on the Honda Civic Tour.[11]

Singles[]

The album's official first single, "Wherever I Go", was released on May 13, 2016. The song has peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 as of July 2016.

The second single, "Kids", was released on August 12, 2016.

In November 2016, the band announced that "Let's Hurt Tonight" would be featured on the official soundtrack of the film Collateral Beauty. They later performed the song at the MTV Europe Music Awards. On December 6, 2016, after performing at The Voice, an official video for the song was released on their VEVO channel, featuring some scenes from Collateral Beauty. The song was sent to US Hot AC radio on January 9, 2017.[12]

Promotional singles[]

"Future Looks Good" was released as the first promotional single along with the pre-order on September 8, 2016; it was used in the video of Canada/Mexico/United States' bid for 2026 FIFA World Cup. The second promotional single was "A.I.", which featured Peter Gabriel, the former frontman of Genesis.

Commercial performance[]

Oh My My debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 with 46,000 units, of which 35,000 were traditional album sales.[13] Unlike their two previous albums Waking Up and Native, Oh My My proved not to be a slowburner and left most of the major music markets' charts notably fast, most likely due to the lack of a hit single. Ryan Tedder later addressed the band's absence from promoting the album, citing anxiety and mental fatigue as the key reason.[14]

Track listing[]

Standard edition[15]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Let's Hurt Tonight"
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
3:14
2."Future Looks Good"
  • Kutzle
  • Tedder
3:30
3."Oh My My" (featuring Cassius)
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Zancanella
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Zancanella
  • Cassius (add.)
3:38
4."Kids"
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Brandon Michael Collins
  • Steve Wilmot
  • Kutzle
  • Tedder
  • Wilmot (add.)
3:58
5."Dream"
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Zancanella
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Zancanella
3:31
6."Choke"
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
3:46
7."A.I." (featuring Peter Gabriel)
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Wilmot
5:09
8."Better"
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Wilmot
  • James Dzuris
  • Joseph Dzuris
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Wilmot
  • MojaveGhst
3:24
9."Born"
4:25
10."Fingertips"
  • Blanco
  • Tedder
4:15
11."Human"
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
  • Drew Brown
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
  • Zach Skelton (add.)
3:40
12."Lift Me Up"
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Kutzle
  • Tedder
  • MojaveGhst (add.)
3:46
13."NbHD" (featuring Santigold)
  • Kutzle
  • MojaveGhst
3:44
14."Wherever I Go"
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Zancanella
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Zancanella
2:49
15."All These Things"
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
  • Katalyst (add.)
3:19
16."Heaven"
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Wilmot (add.)
4:18
Total length:60:26
Target exclusive / International Deluxe edition[16][17]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Colors"
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
  • Kutzle
3:51
18."The Less I Know"
  • Tedder
3:44
19."Heaven" (acoustic version)
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Kutzle
  • Wilmot
3:53
20."Better" (string version)
  • Tedder
  • Kutzle
  • Wilmot
  • James Dzuris
  • Joseph Dzuris
  • Brandon Collins
  • Kutzle
  • Wilmot
3:23
Total length:75:17
Re-release[18]
No.TitleLength
1."Let's Hurt Tonight"3:14
2."Future Looks Good"3:30
3."Wherever I Go"2:49
4."Kids"3:58
5."Choke"3:46
6."Oh My My" (featuring Cassius)3:38
7."Born"4:25
8."A.I." (featuring Peter Gabriel)5:09
9."Better"3:24
10."Fingertips"4:15
11."Heaven"4:18
Total length:42:26

Personnel[]

Adapted from AllMusic.[19]

OneRepublic[]

  • Ryan Tedder – lead vocals, writer, producer, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboard, tambourine, djembe
  • Brent Kutzle – bass guitar, writer, producer, cello, acoustic guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
  • Zach Filkins – lead guitar, viola, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Drew Brown – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard, glockenspiel, tambourine, backing vocals
  • Eddie Fisher – drums, percussion

Additional personnel[]

  • Noel Zancanella – writer, producer, programming
  • Andrew Foster – background vocals
  • Peter Gabriel – featured artist, producer
  • Santigold – featured artist
  • Cassius – featured artist
  • Tyler Spry – pedal steel, engineer, instrumentation
  • Robert Stevenson – arrangement
  • Riley Bell – assistant
  • Jeff Jackson – assistant
  • Matthew Tryba – assistant
  • David Wise – assistant
  • Richard Chappell – engineer
  • John Hanes – engineer
  • Christopher Henry – engineer
  • Mike Piersante – engineer
  • Rich Rich – engineer
  • Dave Schwerkolt – engineer
  • Steve Wilmot – engineer, vocoder, additional producer
  • Matt Green – assistant engineer
  • Serban Ghenea - mixing
  • Joe Zook – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing
  • John Hanes – mixing
  • Benny Blanco – producer
  • Brandon Collins – producer
  • MojaveGhst – producer
  • Cassius – additional producer
  • Katalyst – additional producer
  • Zach Skeleton – additional producer
  • Robert Stevenson – vocal producer

Charts[]

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 8
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 22
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 4
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[25] 33
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[27] 27
French Albums (SNEP)[28] 37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29] 6
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)[30] 26
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[31] 26
Irish Albums (IRMA)[32] 5
Italian Albums (FIMI)[33] 9
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[34] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[35] 14
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[36] 18
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[37] 36
Scottish Albums (OCC)[38] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[39] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[40] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[41] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[42] 6
US Billboard 200[43] 3

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[44] Gold 25,000double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] Silver 60,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference
Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s)
Various October 7, 2016
  • Standard edition
  • Deluxe edition

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