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GOOD LUCK BABE
by CHAPPELL ROAN
"You could kiss a hundred boys in bars," goes the chorus of Chappell Roan's long-awaited breakout single, Good Luck, Babe!, first released April 5 2024 via Amusement/Island Records, "shoot another shot try to stop the feeling."
A sapphic lament about the dangers of dating someone whose not at ease with their sexuality, Good Luck Babe! is one part early-career Marina & The Diamonds, one part Kate Bush and one part medieval renaissance fair.
Good Luck, Babe! was written by Chappell Roan, alongside the song's producer, Dan Nigro (Olivia Rodrigo, Sky Ferreira), and hitmaker to the stars Justin Tranter (Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez), the song quickly gained traction online and became Chappell's first career entry into the Top 40 of the UK's Official Singles Chart on April 25 2024.
“I needed to write a song about a common situationship within queer relationships — where someone is struggling with coming to terms with themselves." Chappell says of the song's creation. "It’s a song about wishing well to someone who is avoidant of their true feelings."
Over the perky synth-line and Chappell's impassioned pleas, no lyric seems to sum up the situation better than - "you'd have to stop the world, just to stop the feeling."
On Friday 28 June 2024, in its twelfth week on chart, Good Luck, Babe! entered the Top 10 for the first time at Number 7, just a week later on 5 July Chappell Roan scored her first Top 5 hit as the song climbed a further three places to Number 4. Official Charts confirmed it was also the best-selling single of the week on vinyl, landing at Number 1 on the Official Vinyl Singles Chart.
A little over a month later and Good Luck Babe was suddenly challenging for the Number 1 spot, landing in a close second place at Number 2 on 2 August, blocked by Sabrina Carpenter's Please Please Please.
Good Luck, Babe! went on to be one of the Top 10 biggest singles of 2024, placing at Number 8 on the end-of-year Official Singles Chart.
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Chart history of GOOD LUCK BABE
Official Singles Chart
Official Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position2
- LabelISLAND
- Catalogue numberUSUG12401967
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 16Top 10
- 31Top 20
- 41Top 40
- 45Top 75
- 46Top 100
Chart run
46 weeks - 18/04/2024 to 27/02/2025
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Official Singles Chart Update
Official Singles Chart Update
Chart facts
- Peak position2
- LabelREPUBLIC RECORDS
- Catalogue numberUSUG12401967
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 16Top 10
- 27Top 20
- 40Top 40
- 45Top 75
- 46Top 100
Chart run
46 weeks - 14/04/2024 to 23/02/2025
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Official Streaming Chart
Official Streaming ChartChart facts
- Peak position2
- LabelISLAND
- Catalogue numberUSUG12401967
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 28Top 10
- 32Top 20
- 42Top 40
- 44Top 75
- 45Top 100
Chart run
45 weeks - 25/04/2024 to 27/02/2025
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Official Video Streaming Chart
Official Video Streaming Chart Official Singles Sales Chart
Official Singles Sales ChartChart facts
- Peak position2
- LabelISLAND
- Catalogue numberUSUG12401967
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 5Top 10
- 18Top 20
- 29Top 40
- 41Top 75
- 42Top 100
Chart run
42 weeks - 16/05/2024 to 27/02/2025
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Official Singles Downloads Chart
Official Singles Downloads ChartChart facts
- Peak position7
- LabelISLAND
- Catalogue numberUSUG12401967
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 4Top 10
- 15Top 20
- 29Top 40
- 42Top 75
- 44Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 25/04/2024
43 weeks - 09/05/2024 to 27/02/2025
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Official Physical Singles Chart
Official Physical Singles ChartChart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelISLAND
- Catalogue numberUSUG12401967
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 2No1
- 14Top 10
- 22Top 20
- 26Top 40
- 32Top 75
- 33Top 100
Chart run
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Official Vinyl Singles Chart
Official Vinyl Singles ChartChart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelISLAND
- Catalogue numberUSUG12401967
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 2No1
- 14Top 10
- 23Top 20
- 26Top 40
- 26Top 75
- 26Top 100
Chart run
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End of Year Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position8
- LabelISLAND
- Catalogue numberUSUG12401967
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 1Top 10
- 1Top 20
- 1Top 40
- 1Top 75
- 1Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 01/01/2024
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Official Irish Singles Chart
Official Irish Singles ChartChart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelISLAND
- Catalogue numberUSUG12401967
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 3No1
- 25Top 10
- 39Top 20
- 44Top 40
- 45Top 75
- 45Top 100
Chart run
37 weeks - 18/04/2024 to 26/12/2024
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