Listen Before I Go
| "Listen Before I Go" | |
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| File:Listenbeforeigobillieeilish.PNG Spotify cover | |
| Song by Billie Eilish | |
| from the album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | |
| Released | March 29, 2019 |
| Format | |
| Length | 4:02 |
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| Songwriter(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Finneas O'Connell |
| When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? track listing | |
14 tracks
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"Listen Before I Go" is a song recorded by American singer Billie Eilish from her debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. It was written by Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, who also produced the song. The song has been certified gold in Australia, Canada and the United States. It has reached number 63 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number 29 in Australia, 42 in Canada, 73 in the Netherlands and at number 71 in Sweden.
Composition and lyrical interpretation[edit]
According to sheet music website Musicnotes.com, "Listen Before I Go" is slow at 50 beats per minute (BPM) and is played in the key of C major. Eilish's vocals range between E3 to G4.[1]
This song is about Eilish telling her lover to listen to what she has to say before she commits suicide. She wants them to come see her and hear her final wishes before she dies. Eilish urges them to inform her friends about what she plans to do, saying, "Tell them that I love them/And I'll miss them". She at first says she is not sorry, however, the final line of the song is "Sorry", implying that she feels regret for what she is about to do and how it will affect her loved ones.[2] In an interview with Pitchfork, Finneas explained how they built the song: "There’s a really intense bass drop synth in the middle of the song “listen” that I think is so at odds with everything else about the song “listen”, because that song is just really pretty, and there’s this crazy distorted bass that I play on a thing called a seaboard. I think that was probably the biggest shift from wherever we had been before, was these really dark textures and dark sounds."[3]
Live performances[edit]
Eilish performed "Listen Before I Go" at the Steve Jobs Theater for the first annual Apple Music Awards after she won Artist of the Year.[4]
Credits and personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from Tidal and the liner notes of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.[5][6]
- Billie Eilish – vocals, songwriter
- Finneas O'Connell – producer, songwriter
- Casey Cuayo – assistant mixing, studio personnel
- John Greenham – mastering engineer, studio personnel
- Rob Kinelski – mixing, studio personnel
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[7] | 29 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] | 42 |
| Latvia (LAIPA)[9] | 17 |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[10] | 18 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] | 73 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] | 71 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[13] | 63 |
Certifications[edit]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[14] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[15] | Gold | 5,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[16] | Gold | 500,000
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*sales figures based on certification alone | ||
Release history[edit]
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | March 29, 2019 |
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Billie Eilish "Listen Before I Go" Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ↑ DeVille, Chris (March 28, 2019). "Billie Eilish's Time Is Now". Stereogum. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ↑ FINNEAS Explains How He Builds Songs For Billie Eilish. YouTube. Pitchfork. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ↑ Vargas, Chanel (December 19, 2019). "Billie Eilish's Live Piano Version of "Listen Before I Go" Is the Reason I Teared Up Today". PopSugar. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ↑ "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Bad Guy) – Billie Eilish – Tidal". Tidal. March 29, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019. Note: Access the 'Credits' button.
- ↑ Eilish, Billie (2019). When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (booklet). Santa Monica: Darkroom/Interscope Records.
- ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Billie Eilish – Listen Before I Go". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Billie Eilish Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Mūzikas Patēriņa Tops/ 14. nedēļa" (in Latvian). LAIPA. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. April 5, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Billie Eilish – Listen Before I Go" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Billie Eilish – Me!". Singles Top 100. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Billie Eilish Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. June 10, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Billie Eilish – Listen Before I Go". Music Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ↑ "American single certifications – Billie Eilish – Listen Before I Go". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 21, 2019. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH.
- ↑ "Listen Before I Go". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
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