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Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

2019 song co-written and performed by Ariana Grande

"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (written in all lowercase) is a song recorded by American singer Ariana Grande for her fifth studio album Thank U, Next (2019). The song was written by Grande and Savan Kotecha alongside its producers Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh, with Grande serving as a vocal producer. It contains an interpolation of the song "It Makes Me Ill" by American boy band NSYNC, written by Kandi Burruss, Kevin Briggs, thus both are also credited as songwriters.[3]

"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"
Single by Ariana Grande
from the album Thank U, Next
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2019 (2019-02-08)
Studio
Genre
Length3:10
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Max Martin
  • Ilya
Ariana Grande singles chronology
"7 Rings"
(2019) 		"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"
(2019) 		"Rule the World"
(2019)
Music video
"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored" on YouTube

The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number two, while "7 rings" was at #1 and "thank u, next" was at #3; this made Grande the first solo artist to occupy the top three of the Hot 100 in the same week (and the first act overall since The Beatles).[4]

Grande has performed the song during her Coachella Festival set in April 2019 (with *NSYNC)[5] and on her Sweetener World Tour.[6]

Accolades

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Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Cover Song (Lana Del Rey) Nominated [7]
Hito Music Awards Best Western Song Won [8]

Track listing

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  1. "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (explicit) – 3:10
  2. "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (edited) – 3:10

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[9]

Recording

Management

  • Published by Universal Music Corp./GrandAri Music (ASCAP), MXM — administered by Kobalt — (ASCAP), Wolf Cousins (STIM), Kandney Music/Air Control Music/EMI April Music and SheK 'Em Down Music/BMG
  • Contains a sample from "It Makes Me Ill", written by Kandi Burruss and Kevin Briggs, published by Kandney Music/Air Control Music/EMI April Music and SheK 'Em Down Music/BMG

Personnel

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[71] Platinum 70,000 
Canada (Music Canada)[72] 4× Platinum 320,000 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[73] Gold 30,000 
France (SNEP)[74] Gold 150,000 
Italy (FIMI)[75] Gold 25,000 
New Zealand (RMNZ)[76] Platinum 30,000 
Norway (IFPI Norway)[77] Gold 30,000 
Poland (ZPAV)[78] 2× Platinum 40,000 
Portugal (AFP)[79] Platinum 10,000 
United Kingdom (BPI)[80] Platinum 600,000 
United States (RIAA)[81] 3× Platinum 3,000,000 

 sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

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Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various February 8, 2019
Republic [82]
United States February 12, 2019 Contemporary hit radio [83]
May 31, 2019
[84]
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References

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  1. ↑ Kitty Empire (17 February 2019). "Ariana Grande: Thank U, Next review – a lodestar for how complicated life can be". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Andrew Unterberger (22 February 2019). "'Sweet, Thanks': Combining Ariana Grande's Two Recent LPs Into One 13-Track Masterpiece". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2019. An ideal radio single that throws back to the turn of the century with [...] its impeccable pop-R&B hybridity.
  3. ↑ "Ariana Grande Samples *NSYNC's 'It Makes Me Ill' on 'Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  4. ↑ "The Week in Arts: One Ariana Grande, Two Stadiums; Toni Morrison on the Silver Screen". The New York Times. 2019-06-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  5. ↑ Exposito, Claire Shaffer,Suzy; Shaffer, Claire; Exposito, Suzy (2019-04-15). "Ariana Grande Rules Coachella With 'NSYNC in Throwback-Fueled Set". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-06-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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