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"Speed Drive"
Cover art for "Speed Drive": the letters "XCX" debossed onto a pink background
Single by Charli XCX
from the album Barbie: The Album
Released29 June 2023 (2023-06-29)
Genre
Length1:57
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Easyfun
Charli XCX singles chronology
"Hot Girl"
(2022) 		"Speed Drive"
(2023)
Barbie singles chronology
"Barbie World"
(2023) 		"Speed Drive"
(2023) 		"What Was I Made For?"
(2023)
Music video
"Speed Drive" on YouTube

"Speed Drive" is a song by English singer Charli XCX from Barbie: The Album, the soundtrack of the 2023 film Barbie. The song was released on 29 June 2023 as the third single from the soundtrack and reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Charli XCX's sixth top 10 single in the chart.

Background

Charli XCX was one of the first artists that Mark Ronson, the producer of the Barbie soundtrack, contacted to be featured on the album.[1] In an Instagram post on 22 June 2023, Charli XCX shared that she "always loved the escapism" that her Barbie dolls provided and that it was "kind of a full circle moment to be a part of this soundtrack and movie."[2] On 1 August 2023, Charli filmed an official music video for the song, which was released on the 16th of August 2023.

Composition

"Speed Drive" contains an interpolation of "Mickey", written by Mike Chapman and Nicholas Chinn, and performed by Toni Basil.[1] It also contains an interpolation of "Cobrastyle", written by Klas Åhlund, Joakim Åhlund, Patrick Arve, Ewart Brown, Fabian Torsson, Troy Rami, Paul Rota, David Parker and Sylvia Robinson, and performed by Robyn; which itself is a cover of "Cobrastyle", performed by Teddybears featuring Mad Cobra.[3]

Release

"Speed Drive" was the third single to be released from the Barbie soundtrack.[1][4] Ahead of its release, Charli XCX shared a snippet of the song over a clip of Margot Robbie from the Barbie film.[5]

Reception

Alex Gonzalez of Uproxx wrote, "On 'Speed Drive', Charli taps into her glimmery, pink energy, giving the Barbie universe the bop of the century."[6] Liberty Dunworth of NME wrote that the single "may be brief—coming in at less than two minutes long—but still manages to pack a punch as one of the most energetic songs on the soundtrack."[7] Cat Zhang of Pitchfork called the track the "relative highlight" of its parent album and "more clever than the rest of Barbie's selections".[8]

Charts performance

In the United Kingdom "Speed Drive" reached number nine on the Official Singles Chart, becoming Charli XCX's sixth top 10 single and her first as a lead artist since "Doing It" with Rita Ora in 2015.[9] In the United States, the song became the first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 since "Break the Rules" in 2014, becoming the singer's fifth song to chart.[citation needed]

Personnel

All credits are adapted from CD liner notes of Barbie: The Album.[10]

Charts

Chart performance for "Speed Drive"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[11] 22
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] 47
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13] 44
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[14] 37
Germany (GfK)[15] 82
Global 200 (Billboard)[16] 58
Guatemala Anglo (Monitor Latino)[17] 17
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 7
Netherlands (Single Tip)[19] 9
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[20] 22
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[21] 39
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[22] 61
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 89
UK Singles (OCC)[25] 9
US Billboard Hot 100[26] 73

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Speed Drive"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Various 29 June 2023
Atlantic [27]
Italy 30 June 2023 Radio airplay Warner [28]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mier, Tomás (29 June 2023). "Charli XCX Slams the Gas Pedal on 'Speed Drive' From Barbie Soundtrack". Rolling Stone.
  2. ^ @charli_xcx (22 June 2023). "i'd always played with barbie whilst i was growing up but my first proper life changing barbie experience was when i went on a cruise ship holiday with my parents at the age of 4 (lol)..." – via Instagram.
  3. ^ Travis, Emlyn (1 July 2023). "Charli XCX used to behead her Barbies". Entertainment Weekly.
  4. ^ Caraan, Sophie (30 June 2023). "Charli XCX Drops 'Barbie The Album' Contribution "Speed Drive"". Hypebeast.
  5. ^ @charli_xcx (29 June 2023). "umm ok cute speed drive drops in 30 minutesssss https://pic.twitter.com/bMkrcDfv5j" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Gonzalez, Alex (29 June 2023). "Charli XCX Shares 'Speed Drive,' A New Single From Barbie". Uproxx.
  7. ^ Dunworth, Liberty (30 June 2023). "Charli XCX shares new single 'Speed Drive', taken from the Barbie soundtrack". NME.
  8. ^ Zhang, Cat (21 July 2023). "Various Artists: Barbie the Album Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  9. ^ Griffiths, George (4 August 2023). "Dave & Central Cee have record-setting ninth week at Number 1 with Sprinter". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  10. ^ Barbie The Album (Media notes). Atlantic Records. 2023. OCLC 1382342942.
  11. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Charli XCX – Speed Drive" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Charli XCX Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  14. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 32. týden 2023 in the date selector. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Charli XCX – Speed Drive" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Charli XCX Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Top 20 Guatemala Anglo – Anglo – Del 24 al 30 de Julio, 2023" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Dutch Single Tip 12/08/2023". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  20. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  21. ^ "OLiS – oficjalna lista sprzedaży – single w streamie" (Select week 04.08.2023–10.08.2023.) (in Polish). OLiS. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  22. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 202332 into search. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 32". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  24. ^ "Charli XCX – Speed Drive". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  25. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  26. ^ "Charli XCX Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  27. ^ Rettig, James (29 June 2023). "Charli XCX Shares 'Barbie' Song "Speed Drive": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  28. ^ Mompellio, Gabriel. "Charli XCX 'Speed Drive (From Barbie: The Album)'" (Press release) (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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