| "Shout Out to My Ex" | ||||
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| Single by Little Mix | ||||
| from the album Glory Days | ||||
| Released | 16 October 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop | |||
| Length | 4:07 | |||
| Label | Syco | |||
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| Producer(s) | Electric | |||
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| "Shout Out to My Ex" on YouTube | ||||
"Shout Out to My Ex" is a song by British girl group Little Mix, released on 16 October 2016 through Syco Music and Columbia Records, as the lead single from the group's fourth studio album Glory Days (2016). A dance-pop song, it was co-written by group members Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and Jesy Nelson, with lyrics referencing the downfall of a relationship at the expense of a cheating ex.[1] The song is cited as a girl power and breakup anthem.
"Shout Out To My Ex" received positive reviews from music critics, for its empowering message, for the song's production and the group vocal performance. It was included on various end of year lists of best pop and single releases from that year. The song spent three consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the only UK number one of that year to be led by a female act. It became the group's first track to be certified double and triple platinum in the country and holds the record for the most streamed girl group single and is the second best selling girl group single.
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. At the 37th Brit Awards Ceremony, the group won British Single of the Year. It remains as one of the group's most commercially successful songs.