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"Xanny"
Song by Billie Eilish
from the album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
ReleasedMarch 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)[1]
Length4:03
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Finneas O'Connell

"Xanny" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish from her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019). It was written by Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, who also produced the song. The song has been certified gold in Canada and has reached number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number 10 in Australia, 26 in Canada, 22 in New Zealand, 35 in Norway, 32 in Sweden, 48 in the Netherlands, 91 in Italy and at number 189 in France. A music video for the song is yet to be released.

Background

The title of the song refers to the drug Xanax. Eilish told The Guardian about the glorification of drug use, specifically when it comes to teenagers and young adults. She revealed that the subject is close to her heart and that the song is not necessarily about telling people to not do drugs, but rather to remain safe, stating, “I don’t want my friends to die any more.”[2]

Eilish was inspired to write "Xanny" after attending a party at which her friends "kept throwing up, kept drinking more," consequently becoming "completely not who they were". While recording the song, Eilish and her brother created a sound inspired by a girl blowing cigarette smoke in the former's face alongside a drum kit and a jazz-inspired loop in order to replicate the feeling of being "in secondhand smoke".[3] "If you're just sitting in a room and you listen to this song, the chorus kind of, like, throws itself at you. Like 'I'm in their secondhand smoke,'" Eilish told MTV. Eilish has cited Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Frank Ocean, Michael Bublé and the song "So Sorry" by Feist as influences for the song's writing and production.[4][5]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal and the liner notes of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.[6][7]

  • Casey Cuayo – assistant mixing, studio personnel
  • John Greenham – mastering engineer, studio personnel
  • Rob Kinelski – mixing, studio personnel
  • Billie Eilish O'Connell – vocals, composer, lyricist
  • Finneas O'Connell – producer, composer, lyricist

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 10
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9] 26
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 48
France (SNEP)[11] 189
Invalid chart entered Germany2 78
Italy (FIMI)[12] 91
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 22
Norway (VG-lista)[14] 35
Portugal (AFP)[15] 34
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 32
US Billboard Hot 100[17] 35

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[18] Gold 40,000‡

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

References

  1. ^ "Xanny". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Ewens, Hannah (2019-03-29). "Billie Eilish: the pop icon who defines 21st-century teenage angst". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  3. ^ Wetmore, Brendan (April 12, 2019). "Billie Eilish Talks Teen Substance Abuse and Grief". Paper. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Roth, Madeline. "Billie Eilish Breaks Down The Narcoleptic 'Xanny': 'I Wanted It To Feel Miserable'". MTV News. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  5. ^ Eilish, Billie (April 11, 2019), "A Snippet into Billie's Mind - xanny", YouTube, retrieved October 19, 2019
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Eilish, Billie (2019). When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (booklet). Santa Monica: Darkroom/Interscope Records.
  8. ^ "Billie Eilish – Xanny". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "Billie Eilish Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  10. ^ "Billie Eilish – Xanny" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Billie Eilish – Xanny" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  12. ^ "Billie Eilish – Xanny". Top Digital Download. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  13. ^ "Billie Eilish – Xanny". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  14. ^ "Billie Eilish – Xanny". VG-lista. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  15. ^ "Billie Eilish – Xanny". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  16. ^ "Billie Eilish – Xanny". Singles Top 100. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  17. ^ "Billie Eilish Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  18. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Billie Eilish – xanny". Music Canada. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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