Shout Out to My Ex
"Shout Out to My Ex" is a song recorded by British girl group Little Mix. It was released on 16 October 2016 by Syco Music, as the lead single from the groups fourth studio album "Glory Days ("2016). A dance-pop and power pop song, it was co written by Little Mix and lyrically addresses about moving on from an ex when a relationship doesn't work out. The song has been cited as a girl power and breakup anthem and received positive reviews from music critics, for its empowering message, production and the groups  vocal performance. "Shout Out To My Ex" spent three weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was the only UK number one of that year to be led by a female lead. It was Little Mix's first single to be certified double and triple platinum in the country and currently holds the record for the most streamed girl group single there. As of 2022, it has sold over 2 million copies in the UK alone and remains as their best-selling single, as well as the second-best selling girl group single released in the UK  behind "Wannabe", by the Spice Girls. At the 37th Brit Awards Ceremony, the group won British Single of the Year. The single also peaked at number one in Ireland and Scotland and topped the official Big Top 40 and Euro Digital Sales Charts, and reached the top ten in New Zealand and Australia. It charted in twenty three other territories and reached number sixty nine on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song has been certified triple platinum in Australia and Brazil, certified gold in five other countries and certified platinum in four others. Little Mix have performed "Shout Out  To My Ex" at numerous shows and events including the BBC Teen Awards, Jingle Bell Ball, LOS40 Music Awards 2016, and the 37th Brit Awards, in which their performance is ranked as one of the best Best Performances Ever. 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 F to a high A. The lyrics are about getting over a past relationship. 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". 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". "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". At the 2017 Brit Awards "Shout  Out to My Ex" won Little Mix their first ever Brit Award for British Single of the Year. Digital Spy, ranked "Shout Out To My Ex" as number three of the best pop songs of 2016. Official Charts Company, named "Shout Out To My Ex" as one of the biggest songs of 2016. Teen Vogue, ranked the song as one of the best breakup songs. 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. It was the third single from 2016 to debut straight in at the top of the UK charts with only four days of sales tracking. "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. 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. It was  certified silver by the BPI for selling over 200,000 copies in its second week. It spent a third week before being replaced by "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit. In 2016 it was ranked as the 39th biggest single in the United Kingdom, and ranked as the second best selling girl group single (with combined sales and streams). Between 2010 and 2019 "Shout Out To My Ex" song was ranked as the eighty-six biggest song of the decade in the United Kingdom. As of 2021, it is the group's best-selling single, as well as the second-best selling girl  group single released in the United Kingdom, behind "Wannabe", by the Spice Girls. It was their first single to be certified triple platinum in the UK and holds the record for the most streamed girl group song in the country. Outside of the United Kingdom it debuted at number six in Ireland and in its second week reached number one, making it Little Mix's third number-one single there, following "Cannonball" and "Wings". It also reached number one in Scotland. It peaked in the top ten of the charts in both Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand it  became the group's highest-charting 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 12 places to number four. This made it Little Mix's second top-five single in Australia, following "Wings", which peaked at number three. "Shout Out to My Ex" was the highest peak for a Little Mix song in many European countries. In the US, the song debuted at number four 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, Little Mix's highest placing on that particular list to date. It charted inside the top thirty in a total of nine other countries including Austria, Finland, and Canada, where it debuted at number 37 on the Canadian Hot 100, becoming their first top 40 single there. It would go on to chart in twelve 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. 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, 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, 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, and also promoted it on "Good Morning Britain", on Belgian TV show "Jonas Van Geel", at the BBC Teen Awards, on the Norwegian program "Senkveld", in a non-singing appearance on "The Jonathan Ross Show", 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, and at LOS40 Music Awards 2016 in Barcelona. 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. The song has since been performed on the group's Summer Hits Tour and their .