Wrecking Ball Lyrics

[Outro]
Yeah, you, you wreck me

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“Wrecking Ball” is the second single off of Miley’s fourth studio album Bangerz. The song is a pop ballad produced by Dr. Luke, who first came to fame in 2004 when he produced Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone.” Critics have praised the song for its emotional delivery, comparing it to other famous ballads like Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” and Sinead O'Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.”

The song has been interpreted as a ballad about “love lost and found, but also about—again—the idea of youth burning hard and fast and then fading away.”

The controversial video features a nude Miley swinging on an actual wrecking ball. The singer explains:

The song is a pop ballad that everyone can relate to; everyone has felt that feeling at some point. If people can take their minds off the obvious and go into their imagination and see what the video really means, it is so vulnerable.

The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2013, making it Miley’s very first number one single.

It is rumored that the song was initially written for Beyoncé. In December 2012, Sacha Skarbek tweeted, “Beyonce song now becoming a Miley Cyrus song?!! Good/bad? I don’t know??!!!!”

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What did Miley Cyrus say about "Wrecking Ball"?
Genius Answer

Sacha Skarbek originally conceived the song for Beyoncé, but as the song was being shifted to Miley Cyrus, she tweeted:

Beyoncé song now becoming a Miley Cyrus song?! Good/bad? I don’t know??!!!!

In an interview with SongFacts, Stephan Moccio said it was inspired by Maureen McDonald’s recent breakup,

MoZella was extremely emotional that day. She was very frail because she had broken off her wedding during that week. She almost didn’t end up making the session. ‘Wrecking Ball’ is about MoZell'as toxic relationship and then the courage to say, ‘I can’t go through with this.’ … We all wanted a strong metaphor as a title and we were just throwing out words. I remember kind of shyly putting up my han d and saying ‘What about “Wrecking Ball”?’ And Sacha went, ‘Yeah, “Wrecking Ball,” that sounds good.’ And MoZella kind of ran with that.

What has the media said about the song?
Genius Answer

In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #120 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:

That Miley’s ‘Wrecking Ball’ became her first No. 1 single is no surprise — it’s one of the great showcases of her truest talents. A high-water mark in the current hits-by-committee era, the song was originally penned in a session for Beyoncé. With Miley drawing ‘wrecked’ to four syllables, the woeful vulnerability of this break-up ballad infused undeniable depth into the controversy-courting roll out of Bangerz that set to singe her Disney image from collective memory.

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Recorded At
Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood; Luke's In the Boo, Malibu; Monster Island Studio, NYC; Maison de Musique, Toronto; Harmoney Studios, West Hollywood; Capitol Studios, Hollywood; MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach
Release Date
August 25, 2013
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