Shout Out to My Ex

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"Shout Out to My Ex"
Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex (Official Single Cover).png
Single by Little Mix
from the album Glory Days
Released16 October 2016 (2016-10-16)
Recorded2016
GenrePop
Length4:06
LabelSyco
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Electric
Little Mix singles chronology
"Hair"
(2016) 		"Shout Out to My Ex"
(2016) 		"Touch"
(2016)
Music video
"Shout Out to My Ex" on YouTube

"Shout Out to My Ex" is a song by British girl group Little Mix. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album Glory Days and entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's fourth chart-topping single. It spent three weeks at the top of the charts and is their second longest charting single at number-one behind Black Magic, and was their first single to be certified double platinum in the UK.[1] "Shout Out To My Ex" is the group's best selling single in the UK, and is the second best selling girl group single in the United Kingdom, behind Wannabe, by the Spice Girls.[2] The song currently holds the record, as the most streamed girl group song released in the United Kingdom.[3] Outside of the United Kingdom, it topped the charts in the Republic of Ireland and peaked within the top ten in Australia and New Zealand. At the 2017 Brit Awards the group received two nominations, and later won British Single of the Year, becoming the group's first Brit Award Win.

Composition[]

According to sheet music published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing on Musicnotes.com, "Shout Out to My Ex" is composed in the key of F major and set in common time at a moderate tempo of 126 beats per minute. Little Mix's voices range from F3 to a high G5.[4]

Critical reception[]

Idolator's Rachel Sonis described the song as a "kiss-off anthem at its finest" and remarked that it felt like "a confident comeback for the group".[5] Emilee Linder from Fuse said that the song was a "Taylor Swift–like move to play into the media's narrative", and praised Perrie's "husky vocals".[6]

Billboard ranked "Shout Out to My Ex" at number 58 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list, acknowledging the song's "power-chord-pumped unison chorus that demands to be sung at the top of one's lungs".[7]

At the 2017 Brit Awards "Shout Out to My Ex" won Little Mix their first ever Brit Award for British Single of the Year.[8]

Chart performance[]

"Shout out to my ex" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, with 95,000 combined sales to give the band their fourth UK number one of their careers, following "Cannonball" in 2011, "Wings" in 2012 and "Black Magic" in 2015.[9] "Shout Out to My Ex" was also the first UK number one single of 2016 with a female lead, as the three women with number one singles earlier in the year, Kyla, MØ and Halsey, were all featured artists.[10] It remained at number one the following week, making it Little Mix's second song (after "Black Magic") to spend multiple weeks at number 1.[11] It was also certified silver by the BPI for selling over 200,000 copies in its second week.[12] It spent a third week before being replaced by "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit.

Outside of the United Kingdom it reached number one in Scotland and debuted at number 6 in Ireland. In its second week, it rose to the number one spot making it Little Mix's third number one single there, (following "Cannonball" and "Wings").

The song peaked within the top ten of the charts in both Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand it became the group's highest-peaking song there and their first top ten single. In Australia it debuted at number 16 on the Australian ARIA Charts, and in its second week rose to 12 places to number 4.[13] This made it Little Mix's second top 5 single in Australia (following "Wings", which peaked at number 3).

In the US, the song debuted at number 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The following week, it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 69, making it the group's last single to chart there . It also reached number 30 on the Digital Songs chart, making it Little Mix's highest placing on that particular list to date.[14] In Canada, it debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 37, becoming the group's first top 40 single there.

"Shout out to my ex" was also the group's highest peak for a song in many European countries. It charted inside the top thirty in a total of nine other countries including Austria, Finland, Portugal, and Spain. The single would go onto chart in twelfth other countries including the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Germany.

Music video[]

The video is set in the Tabernas Desert in Almería, Spain, and was released at 12:00 BST on 20 October 2016 on Vevo. Directed by Sarah Chatfield, the band hangs out in a trailer, takes a drive along a highway lined with lavender-coloured trees and poses by a pool.[15] Filming took place in June 2016 whilst the girls were on their Get Weird Tour. As of 2021, it has been streamed over 400 million times on YouTube.

Live performances[]

"Shout Out To My Ex" received its debut performance at The X Factor in 2016,[16] in which the group started in a car outside its recording studios, flanked by female cheerleaders in T-shirts with the names of male and female exes on them,[16] which the cheerleaders removed towards the end of the song. The band promoted the song in a non-singing appearance on The One Show, minus Jade Thirlwall,[17] and also promoted it on Good Morning Britain, on Belgian TV show Jonas Van Geel,[18] at the BBC Teen Awards, on the Norwegian program Senkveld,[19] in a non-singing appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show,[citation needed] and also performed it on The X Factor Australia, after the contestants performed their 2012 debut single "Wings", on Italian X Factor on 24 November,[20] and at LOS40 Music Awards 2016 in Barcelona.[21]

The song was also part of Little Mix's setlist when they supported Ariana Grande during the North American leg of her Dangerous Woman Tour.[citation needed] The song has since been performed on the group's Summer Hits Tour and their LM5: The Tour.

Accolades[]

List of awards and nominations for "Shout Out To My Ex"
Year Award ceremony Category Result Ref.
2017 Brit Awards British Single of the Year Won [22]
Radio Music Awards Best Break-Up Song Won [23]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Song: Group Nominated [24]
Myx Music Awards Favourite International Video Nominated [25]

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[66] 3× Platinum 210,000double-dagger
Belgium (BEA)[67] Gold 10,000double-dagger
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[68] 2× Platinum 120,000double-dagger
Canada (Music Canada)[69] Platinum 80,000double-dagger
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[70] Gold 45,000double-dagger
Ireland (IRMA)[71] 2× Platinum 30,000^
Italy (FIMI)[72] Gold 25,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[73] Gold 15,000double-dagger
Norway (IFPI Norway)[74] Platinum 60,000double-dagger
Poland (ZPAV)[75] Gold 10,000double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[76] 3× Platinum 1,800,000double-dagger

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

Release history[]

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Italy 28 October 2016 Contemporary hit radio Sony [77]
United States 24 January 2017 Columbia [78]

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External links[]

Music video on YouTube

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