Cross You Out
{{short description|2019 single by Charli XCX featuring Sky Ferreira}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Cross You Out
| type = promotional
| cover = Charli XCX - Cross You Out.png
| alt =
| artist = Charli XCX featuring Sky Ferreira
| album = Charli
| released = {{start date|2019|08|16|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio = {{hlist|Lotus Library (Stockholm)|Lotus Lounge (Los Angeles)}}
| genre = Electropop{{cite web|title=Charli XCX and Sky Ferreira team up for 'Cross You Out'|url=https://diymag.com/news/charli-xcx-sky-ferreira-cross-you-out|website=DIY|date=19 August 2019|access-date=29 May 2023}}
| length = 3:28
| label =
| writer =
- Charlotte Aitchison
- Alexander Guy Cook
- Linus Wiklund
- Noonie Bao
- Sky Ferreira{{cite web|title=Cross You Out (feat. Sky Ferreira) by Charli XCX|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/cross-you-out-feat-sky-ferreira/1468263365|website=Apple Music|date=13 September 2019|access-date=17 June 2024}}
| producer =
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|2cxwTtfXG0c|"Cross You Out"}}|header=Audio video|type=song}}
}}
"Cross You Out" is a song by British singer Charli XCX featuring American singer Sky Ferreira, released as the first promotional single from Charli XCX's third album, Charli, on 16 August 2019. A. G. Cook and Lotus IV produced it.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/charli-xcx-releases-cross-featuring-sky-ferreira-2538764|title=Charli XCX releases 'Cross You Out' featuring Sky Ferreira|website=NME|last=Gwee|first=Karen|date=16 August 2019|accessdate=16 August 2019}}
Background and lyrics
Charli XCX stated that the song was "about leaving some pretty traumatic people from my past behind me".{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2054938/charli-xcx-cross-you-out-feat-sky-ferreira/music/|title=Charli XCX & Sky Ferreira Team Up On New Song "Cross You Out": Listen|website=Stereogum|last=Rettig|first=James|date=16 August 2019|accessdate=16 August 2019}} NME opined that the track is "a ballad about finally severing ties with someone – and not feeling bad about it".
Critical reception
Reviewing for Pitchfork, Cat Zhang noted that the track "launches with thudding electronics and bright keys," but "simmers down as Charli begins singing, her voice Auto-Tuned and vulnerable". Zhang further stated that "glitchy metallics [of the track] preserve the (un)conventional Charli sound".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/charli-xcx-releases-cross-featuring-sky-ferreira-2538764|title=Charli XCX: "Cross You Out" [ft. Sky Ferreira]|work=Pitchfork|last=Zhang|first=Cat|date=16 August 2019|accessdate= 24 February 2020}} Rolling Stone critic Claire Shaffer called the track a "synth-heavy club banger of a breakup song" with "synths that soar as high as a Gothic cathedral", judging its lyrics to be about "finding closure and liberation in the end of a relationship".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/charli-xcx-sky-ferreira-cross-you-out-song-listen-872408/|title=Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira Find Liberation in Heartbreak in New Collaboration 'Cross You Out'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=16 August 2019|accessdate=16 August 2019}} Stereogum{{'}}s James Rettig described the track's chorus as "booming", while Rania Aniftos of Billboard characterised the song as a "glittery pop tune".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8527462/charli-xcx-teases-cross-you-out-sky-ferreira|title=Charli XCX Teases 'Cross You Out' Featuring Sky Ferreira|magazine=Billboard|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|date=14 August 2019|accessdate=16 August 2019}} Helen Brown thought the track was driven by an "industrial drone of intergalactic hangar doors opening and closing, with the sweet, high vocals drifting weightless above."{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/charli-xcx-new-album-tracklist-troye-sivan-britney-spears-a9101321.html|title= Charli XCX review, Charli: Reassures listeners that she's still a sonic adventurer|newspaper=The Independent|last=Brown|first=Helen|date= 11 September 2019|access-date=24 February 2020}}
Charts
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|+Chart performance for "Cross You Out" ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2019-09-20|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=26 August 2019|access-date=24 August 2019}}
| 36 |
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References
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{{Charli XCX}}
{{Sky Ferreira}}
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Category:Song recordings produced by A. G. Cook
Category:Songs written by A. G. Cook
Category:Songs written by Charli XCX
Category:Songs written by Linus Wiklund
Category:Songs written by Noonie Bao
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