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"All the Good Girls Go to Hell"
Single by Billie Eilish
from the album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
ReleasedSeptember 6, 2019 (2019-09-06)
Length2:49
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Finneas O'Connell
Billie Eilish singles chronology
"Bad Guy"
(2019) 		"All the Good Girls Go to Hell"
(2019)
Music video
"All the Good Girls Go to Hell" on YouTube

"All the Good Girls Go to Hell" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. Darkroom and Interscope Records will release the song as the sixth single from her debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? on September 6, 2019.[1] Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell co-wrote it, with the latter producing it. "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" was described as a punchy piano number and one of its parent album's poppiest tracks in a press review. During the song's lyrics, Eilish explores the idea that God and the Devil are both "looking at human beings as this kind of meek group of people and just being like, "What are they trying to do here?".

"All the Good Girls Go to Hell" reached number 46 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also entered the top-20 on charts in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The music video for the song was uploaded onto Eilish's YouTube channel on September 4, 2019. Eilish promoted the song by performing it live at venues including Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Glastonbury Festival and during her 2019 When We All Fall Asleep Tour.

Composition

"All the Good Girls Go to Hell" was described as a punchy piano number and one of its parent album's poppiest tracks in a press review.[2] During the song's lyrics, Billie Eilish explores the idea that God and the Devil are both "looking at human beings as this kind of meek group of people and just being like, "What are they trying to do here?".[3]

Commercial performance

Following the release of its parent album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" debuted at number 46 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart of April 13, 2019.[4] In Canada, the song peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100.[5] In Europe, it charted at number 179 in France,[6] 63 in Germany,[7] 70 in Italy,[8] 42 in Netherlands, 22 in Norway and 25 in Sweden.[9][10][11] "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" was more commercially successful in Oceania, peaking at number eight in Australia and nine in New Zealand.[12][13]

Music video

A teaser for the "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" music video was revealed at Times Square on September 3, 2019.[14] It was released through Eilish's YouTube channel the following day.[15] In it, the singer dons a "giant" pair of wings, and plays a bat-like angel who drops from the sky and gets stuck in oily muck before being set ablaze.[16] Uproxx's Derrick Rossignol wrote that the visual is "full of fire and darkness".[17]

Live performances

Eilish promoted the song by performing it live at venues including Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival,[18] Glastonbury Festival and during her 2019 When We All Fall Asleep Tour.[19]

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 8
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 19
France (SNEP)[6] 179
Invalid chart entered Germany2 63
Italy (FIMI)[8] 70
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 42
Norway (VG-lista)[10] 22
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 25
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 46

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[20] Gold 40,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Italy September 6, 2019 Contemporary hit radio Universal [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Forastiero, Eleonora. "Billie Eilish 'all the good girls go to hell'" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. ^ DeVille, Chris (March 28, 2019). "Billie Eilish's Time Is Now". Stereogum. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Craig (April 9, 2019). "Inside the Making of Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?". Vulture. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Billie Eilish Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Billie Eilish Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 14, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ger was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 14" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Billie Eilish – All the Good Girls Go to Hell" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  10. ^ a b "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 14, 2019". VG-lista. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Billie Eilish – All the Good Girls Go to Hell". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  13. ^ a b "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 8, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  14. ^ Shoemaker, Whitney (September 3, 2019). "Billie Eilish Teases Dark New Video Clip in Times Square". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  15. ^ Espinoza, Joshua (September 4, 2019). "Watch Billie Eilish's New Video for 'all the good girls go to hell'". Complex. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  16. ^ Rettig, James (September 4, 2019). "Billie Eilish – 'all the good girls go to hell' Video". Stereogum. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  17. ^ Rossignol, Derrick (September 4, 2019). "Billie Eilish Goes On A Fiery Journey In Her 'All The Good Girls Go To Hell' Video". Uproxx. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  18. ^ Savage, December (April 14, 2019). "Billie Eilish Forgot Lyrics to Her Song at Coachella 2019". iHeartRadio. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  19. ^ Brock, Alexander (July 1, 2019). "Glastonbury 2019 Billie Eilish setlist and review: Teenage star delivers despite 'technical issues'". Bristol Post. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  20. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Billie Eilish – All the Good Girls Go to Hell". Music Canada. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
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