American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish has co-written almost every song in her discography with her brother, Finneas O'Connell, who produces most of them. In 2015, she uploaded three songs to SoundCloud: "Fingers Crossed", "She's Broken", and "Ocean Eyes". Eilish wrote "Fingers Crossed" by herself, whereas "She's Broken" and "Ocean Eyes" were written by Finneas.[1][2] Out of these three, "Ocean Eyes" became an instant hit;[3][4] it led her to being signed to Darkroom and Interscope Records the following year.[5] In August 2017, Eilish released her debut EP Don't Smile at Me.[6] It was written by Eilish alongside Finneas,[7] and primarily includes electropop songs with influences of R&B and jazz.[8][9] "&Burn" and "Lovely" were collaborations with Vince Staples and Khalid, respectively. Eilish's songs have also appeared on soundtracks—"Ocean Eyes" on Everything, Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017), "Bored" on 13 Reasons Why (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack) (2017), and "Lovely" on 13 Reasons Why: Season 2 (Music from the Original TV Series) (2018).
Her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, was issued in March 2019, and featured the globally successful and her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Bad Guy", for which a remix with Justin Bieber was eventually released.[10][11][12] Further singles to aid the record included "You Should See Me in a Crown", "When the Party's Over", "Bury a Friend" and "Wish You Were Gay". Musically, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was described by critics as a pop,[13] electropop,[14] avant-pop,[15] and art pop effort.[13] Its songs explore themes such as modern youth, heartbreak, suicide, and mental health, with lyrical sensibilities of humor and horror; Eilish said the album was inspired by lucid dreaming and night terrors.[16] From late 2019 to early 2021, Eilish released several commercially successful singles—"Everything I Wanted", "No Time to Die", "My Future", "Therefore I Am" and "Lo Vas a Olvidar"—with the latter being a collaboration with Rosalía for the television series Euphoria. Eilish released her second studio album, Happier Than Ever, on July 30, 2021.[17] On May 17, 2024, she released her third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft.
Songs
Song | Writer(s) | Album/EP/Single(s) | Year | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
"!!!!!!!" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [19] |
"&Burn"[a] | Vince Staples Finneas O'Connell |
Non-album single | 2017 | [20] |
"The 30th" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Guitar Songs | 2022 | [21] |
"8" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [19] |
"All the Good Girls Go to Hell" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [19] |
"Bad Guy"[b] | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [19] |
"Blue" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Bellyache" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Don't Smile at Me | 2017 | [25] |
"Billie Bossa Nova" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Birds of a Feather" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Bitches Broken Hearts" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell Emmit Fenn |
Non-album single | 2018 | [27][28] |
"Bittersuite" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Bored" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell Aron Forbes Tim Anderson |
Thirteen Reasons Why (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack) | 2017 | [29][30] |
"Bury a Friend" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [31] |
"Chihiro" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Come Out and Play" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Non-album single | 2018 | [32][33] |
"Copycat" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Don't Smile at Me | 2017 | [34] |
"The Diner" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Everybody Dies" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Everything I Wanted" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Non-album single | 2019 | [35][28][33] |
"Fingers Crossed" | Billie Eilish O'Connell | None | 2015 | [1] |
"Getting Older" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Goldwing" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Goodbye" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [19] |
"The Greatest" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Guess featuring Billie Eilish" | Billie Eilish O'Connell
Finneas O'Connell |
Guess featuring Billie Eilish | 2024 | [36] |
"Halley's Comet" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Happier Than Ever" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Hostage" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Don't Smile at Me | 2017 | [6] |
"Hotline Bling"[c] | Aubrey Graham Paul Jefferies Timmy Thomas |
None | 2018 | [37] |
"I Didn't Change My Number" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"I Love You" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [19] |
"Idontwannabeyouanymore" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Don't Smile at Me | 2017 | [38] |
"Ilomilo" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [39] |
"L'Amour de Ma Vie" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Listen Before I Go" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [19] |
"Lo Vas a Olvidar"[d] | Rosalia Vila Tobella Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell Pablo Díaz-Reixa |
Non-album single | 2021 | [40] |
"Lost Cause" | Billie Eilish O’Connell Finneas O’Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Lovely"[e] | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell Khalid |
Thirteen Reasons Why: Season 2 (Music from the Original TV Series) | 2018 | [41] |
"Lunch" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Male Fantasy" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"My Boy" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Don't Smile at Me | 2017 | [6] |
"My Future" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2020 | [42] |
"My Strange Addiction" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [19] |
"NDA" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"No Time to Die" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
No Time to Die: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[43] | 2020 | [44] |
"Not My Responsibility" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Ocean Eyes" | Finneas O'Connell | Don't Smile at Me Everything, Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
2016 | [45][46] |
"Overheated" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Oxytocin" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
"Party Favor" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Don't Smile at Me | 2018 | [37] |
"She's Broken" | Finneas O'Connell | None | 2015 | [1] |
"Six Feet Under" | Finneas O'Connell | Non-album single | 2016 | [47] |
"Skinny" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Sunny"[f] | Bobby Hebb | One World: Together at Home | 2020 | [48] |
"Therefore I Am" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2020 | [49] |
"TV" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Guitar Songs | 2022 | [21] |
"Watch" | Finneas O'Connell | Don't Smile at Me | 2017 | [50] |
"What Was I Made For?" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Barbie the Album | 2023 | [51] |
"When I Was Older" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Non-album single | 2019 | [52] |
"When the Party's Over" | Finneas O'Connell | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [53] |
"Wildflower" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Hit Me Hard and Soft | 2024 | [24] |
"Wish You Were Gay" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [54] |
"Xanny" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | [19] |
"You Should See Me in a Crown" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2018 | [55] |
"Your Power" | Billie Eilish O'Connell Finneas O'Connell |
Happier Than Ever | 2021 | [26] |
See also
Notes
- Vince Staples acts as a lead artist on "&Burn" alongside Eilish.
- A remix featuring Justin Bieber was released in July 2019 and included on the Japanese limited deluxe edition of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.[22][23]
- Rosalía acts as a lead artist on "Lo Vas a Olvidar" alongside Eilish.
- Khalid acts as a lead artist on "Lovely" alongside Eilish.
- "Sunny" is a cover of Bobby Hebb's song of the same name.
References
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