Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” first charted

Good Luck, Babe! Chappell Roan

Writer(s): Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro (see lyrics here) Released: April 5, 2024 First Charted: April 17, 2024 Peak: 4 BB, 11 RR, 17 AC, 9 A40, 2 UK, 4 CN, 4 AU (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 3.0 US, 0.6 UK, 4.32 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 83.30 video, 1087.71 streaming

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About the Song: Singer/songwriter Chappell Roan was born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz in 1998 in Willard, Missouri. Soon after uploading her song “Die Young” to YouTube in 2014, she was signed to Atlantic Records. She released the EP School Nights in 2017 and the single “Pink Pony Club” in 2020, the same year she was dropped by Atlantic. She started releasing songs independently in 2022 and the next year released her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. The album went platinum and reached #2 in the U.S., charting six hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the top 20 hit “Hot to Go!” However, most of that success came after the release of Roan’s freestanding single, “Good Luck, Babe!” became her first chart hit. The song reached the top 10 in multiple countries and went to #1 in Ireland and Poland. It received Grammy nominations for Song and Record of the Year. She said she wanted “to write a big anthemic pop song.” WK While she recorded a demo of the song during the making of the Princess album, it didn’t feel right yet so it was shelved until a few months later. The final result has been described as “soft rock with ‘80s new wave synths” WK and has been compared to Kate Bush and Cyndi Lauper. WK NPR’s Sheldon Pearce called it the best pop song of the year. WK Rolling Stone, NME, and The Guardian all named it the top song of 2024. Songfacts.com called the song “a breakup anthem with a twist.” SF Roan sings about a lesbian woman trying to deny her feelings for Roan and women in general. WK She said, “I needed to write a song about a common situation…within queer releationships – where someone is struggling to coming to terms with themselves. It’s a song about wishing well to someone who is avoidant of their true feelings.” SF Billboard’s Hannah Jocelyn celebrated “the song’s overt LGBTQ themes [that] represented a breakthrough for not just Roan’s career, but also a wider movement of young LGBTQ pop artists.” WK Resources: SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 1/3/2025.