Break Up Song (Little Mix song)

"Break Up Song" is a song by British girl group Little Mix. It was released by RCA UK on 27 March 2020 as the lead single off their sixth studio album, "Confetti" (2020). Group members Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards wrote the song with Frank Nobel, and producers Kamille and Goldfingers. The song peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart and at number two on the Scottish Singles Chart, and reached the top 20 in Hungary and Ireland. It also charted in Greece, Croatia, Switzerland, and Portugal. It was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Background.
Little Mix members Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall wrote "Break Up Song" with Frank Nobel, and producers Kamille and Goldfingers. According to Thirlwall, they wrote the song more than a year prior to its release with 1980s pop music and an element of nostalgia in mind, similar to that of their 2015 single "Black Magic". Edwards, Pinnock and Thirlwall composed it during a whirl of creativity where they wrote seven songs with Kamille in one day, after having only one melody from a frustrating previous session. The track's 1980s sound stemmed from a synthesiser they dabbled with in the studio.
A different song was initially chosen as their sixth album's lead single with an accompanying music video already filmed. However, the group opted for "Break Up Song" at the last minute after hearing the demo again during a playback session. The demo had only one verse and main line. Edwards described it as "very basic at the time. The beat was all over the place and it was really, really rough - but it just had something about it." Thirlwall recalled, "We got that jittery feeling that we had with "Shout Out to My Ex" and "Black Magic" where it just felt special."
Composition.
Thirlwall described the track as "a very feel-good kind of empowerment song about going out and just forgetting about all your woes and troubles". It was also called an "80s-synth pop anthem" about "getting over the end of a relationship".
Promotion.
A Little Mix-themed filter on Instagram was made available to the group's followers to promote the track. The song received a Spotify vertical video and a lyric video, both released on 27 March 2020. The latter was made by Kayleigh, a fan of the band from the Netherlands. 
Music video.
The original music video for the song was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so they created the music video using the original concept at home. Little Mix announced the official music video for the song on 7 May 2020, and it was released a day later at 9am BST. 
Live performances.
On 21 August 2020, Little Mix performed "Break Up Song" for the first time as part of the set list for their "Little Mix Uncancelled" concert. The song was later performed on the eighteenth series of "Strictly Come Dancing" in December 2020, with member Jesy Nelson absent from the performance.
Track listing.
Digital download and streaming
Digital download and streaming – acoustic
Digital download and streaming – Nathan Dawe remix
Digital download and streaming – Steve Void remix
Streaming – "Break Up Song – EP"
Personnel.
Credits adapted from Qobuz.