"Hit the Back" is a song by the American singer-songwriter King Princess released as the fourth pre-release single from her first studio album Cheap Queen. On Twitter, Straus claimed the song was "the anthem for bottoms everywhere".[3]

"Hit the Back"
Single by King Princess
from the album Cheap Queen
ReleasedOctober 2, 2019 (2019-10-02)
Genre
Length3:23
Label
Songwriter(s)Mikaela Straus
Producer(s)
  • King Princess
  • Mike Malchicoff
King Princess singles chronology
"Happy Together"
(2019)
"Hit the Back"
(2019)
"Ohio"
(2020)

Live performances edit

The song was performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Saturday Night Live on November 8 and November 23, 2019, respectively, alongside her other single "1950".[4]

Remix edit

A remix by Channel Tres was released on January 17, 2020.[5]

Personnel edit

Credits adapted from Tidal.[6]

  • King Princess – vocals, songwriting, production, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Mark Malchicoff – production, recording engineer
  • Jonah Finegold – guitar
  • Emily Lazar – mastering engineer
  • Rob Kinelski – mixing engineer
  • Casey Cuayo – assistant engineer

References edit

  1. ^ Sterling, Scott T. (October 3, 2019). "LISTEN: King Princess Wants You to "Hit the Back"". Flood Magazine. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Cliff, Aimee (October 25, 2019). "King Princess: Cheap Queen review – hyped pop royal exposes her heart". The Guardian. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Daw, Stephen (October 3, 2019). "King Princess Proudly Unleashes 'The Anthem For Bottoms Everywhere'". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Zemler, Emily (November 9, 2019). "Watch King Princess Perform 'Hit the Back,' '1950' on 'Colbert'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
    - Lavin, Will (November 25, 2019). "Watch King Princess perform '1950' and 'Hit the Back' in her 'SNL' debut". NME. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  5. ^ "Hit the Back (Channel Tres Remix)". Spotify. 17 January 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Cheap Queen (Deluxe) by King Princess". Tidal. Retrieved April 24, 2020.