Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song)
| "Wreaking ball" | |
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| Song by Miley Cyrus | |
| from the album Endless Summer Vacation | |
| Released | August 25 2013 |
| Genre | Pop |
"Wrecking Ball" is a song performed by Miley Cyrus. It was released on August 25, 2013. "Wrecking Ball" is a pop song which is about the ending of a relationship. It was thought to be inspired by Cyrus' former engagement to Australian actor Liam Hemsworth. "Wrecking Ball" was the Vevo record with most views in the first 24 hours after its release, and the record for being the fastest clip to reach 100 million views on the service. The record was broken in 2014 by Anaconda of Nicki Minaj.
The song was controversial for the music video that had Cyrus wearing a white crop top & a white panties while riding a wrecking ball.
According to the sheet music published on MusicNotes.com by Kobalt Music Publishing, "Wrecking Ball" is a moderate pop song pacing in common time with a tempo of 60 beats per minute, written in the key of D minor (with the chorus in its relative key, F major), following a chord progression of Dm-F-C-Gm (i-III-VII-iv) for the verse, B♭-Dm-F-B♭ (VI-i-III-VI) for the pre-chorus, F-C-Dm-B♭ (I-V-vi-IV in F major) for the chorus, and Dm-F-Am-B♭-Dm-F-Asus4-A (i-III-v-VI-i-III-Vsus4-V) for the bridge. Cyrus' vocals span from F3 to B♭4.[1]
