"Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" | |
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Song by Olivia Rodrigo | |
from the album Guts | |
Released | September 8, 2023 |
Genre | |
Length | 3:23 |
Label | Geffen |
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Dan Nigro |
"Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo for her second studio album, Guts (2023). Rodrigo wrote it with Dan Nigro, who produced it.
After the commercial success of her debut studio album, Sour (2021),[3] Olivia Rodrigo continued collaborating with Dan Nigro, who had produced all of the tracks on it.[4] The follow-up album, Guts (2023), was conceived when she was aged 19, a year that she described as "lots of confusion, mistakes, awkwardness & good old fashioned teen angst".[5] The album and its title were announced on June 26, 2023, and its lead single, "Vampire", was released four days later.[6][7] The song reached number one in various countries,[8][9] including the United States, where it became her third number one single on the Billboard Hot 100.[10] "Bad Idea Right?" was chosen as the follow-up single.[11]
Rodrigo wrote "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" with Nigro.[12] It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.[13]
"Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" is three minutes and 23 seconds long.[14] Nigro produced the song, and he engineered it with Sam Stewart, Sterling Laws, Dave Schiffman, and Jasmine Chen. He plays guitar, percussion, and drum programming; Erick Serna and Stewart play electric guitar; Ryan Linvill plays bass; and Laws plays drums. Spike Stent mixed the song, and Randy Merrill mastered it.[12]
"Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" debuted at number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[15] The song peaked at number 25 on the Canadian Hot 100.[16] In the United Kingdom, it charted at number 20 on the Official Audio Streaming Chart however was ineligible to chart on the main UK Singles Chart due to a rule which permits a maximum of 3 songs per artist on the chart.[17][18][19] In Australia, "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" reached number 22.[20] The song peaked at number 18 in New Zealand.[21] It charted at number 21 on the Billboard Global 200.[22] Elsewhere, "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" reached national record charts, at number 17 in Ireland,[23] number 51 in Portugal,[24] and number 53 in Greece.[25]
The song was first performed in an acoustic version at an exclusive show at the Ace Theater as part of Amex Member Week together with its co-writer and producer Dan Nigro on October 9, 2023.[26] On October 24, she performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[27]
Year | Organization | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Grammy Awards | Best Rock Song | Nominated | [28] |
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Guts.[12]
Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[20] | 22 |
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[16] | 25 |
Global 200 (Billboard)[22] | 21 |
Greece (IFPI)[25] | 53 |
Ireland (Billboard)[23] | 17 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] | 18 |
Portugal (AFP)[24] | 51 |
UK (Billboard)[19] | 20 |
UK Streaming (OCC)[17] | 20 |
US Billboard Hot 100[15] | 24 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[29] | 5 |
Chart (2023) | Position |
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US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[30] | 73 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[31] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |