Choose Your Fighter

For the Nova Twins song, see Supernova (Nova Twins album).
"Choose Your Fighter"
The title of the song written in the Barbie logo font and embossed in a pink field, with a blue sticker in the top-left corner with the Barbie logo and Ava Max's name in the same font.
Single by Ava Max
from the album Barbie the Album
ReleasedJuly 28, 2023
GenreEurodance[1]
Length2:17
LabelAtlantic
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)Cirkut
Ava Max singles chronology
"Car Keys (Ayla)"
(2023) 		"Choose Your Fighter"
(2023) 		"Whatever"
(2024)
Barbie singles chronology
"What Was I Made For?"
(2023) 		"Choose Your Fighter"
(2023)
Audio video
"Choose Your Fighter" on YouTube

"Choose Your Fighter" is a song by American singer Ava Max from Barbie the Album, the soundtrack of the 2023 film Barbie. It was written by Ava Max, Madison Love, Michael Pollack, and its producer Cirkut. Her song was serviced[clarification needed] to Italian radio on July 28, 2023, as the sixth single from the soundtrack.

Background and release

In an interview with Cosmopolitan in mid-July 2023, Max mentioned that Mark Ronson, the producer of the Barbie soundtrack, played part of the film to her via a Zoom meeting.[2] In the same interview, Max stated that the songwriting process took two hours and happened while she was on tour.[2] The song was written by Max, Madison Love, Michael Pollack and Cirkut and produced by the latter.[3]

On July 11, 2023, Max shared a snippet of the song through her social media.[4] The song was serviced to Italian radio on July 28, 2023, as the fifth single from the soundtrack.[5]

Critical reception

"Choose Your Fighter" received positive reviews from critics, with many comparing it to Ava Max's 2020 single "Kings & Queens" by music critics. Cat Zhang from Pitchfork described the song as "'Kings & Queens' with different plastic accessories",[1] while Victoria Wasylak from Paste described it as "a discarded first draft of 'Kings & Queens'".[6] Writing for NME, Alex Rigotti stated that both songs have the "same a capella intro, same key and even the same chord progression".[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for "Choose Your Fighter"
Chart (2023–2024) Peak
position
Belarus Airplay (TopHit)[8] 116
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 41
Canadian Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[10] 47
CIS (TopHit)[8] 133
Croatia (HRT)[11] 74
Germany Airplay (BVMI)[12] 64
Germany Download (Official German Charts)[13] 63
Ireland (IRMA)[14] 91
Lithuania Airplay (TopHit)[8] 151
Netherlands (Tipparade)[15] 16
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[16] 46
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[8] 132
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[17] 28
UK Singles (OCC)[18] 90
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[19] 7

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Choose Your Fighter"
Chart (2023) Position
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[20] 33

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Choose Your Fighter"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Italy July 28, 2023 Radio airplay Warner [5]

References

  1. ^ a b Zhang, Cat (July 21, 2023). "Various Artists: Barbie the Album Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Ava Max Wrote Her 'Barbie The Album' Song "Choose Your Fighter" in Only 2 Hours". Cosmopolitan. 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. ^ Barbie The Album (Media notes). Various artists. Atlantic Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Ava Max [@avamax] (2023-07-11). "You could be... Choose Your Fighter for @barbiethemovie @barbiethealbum July 21 💅🏼". Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Instagram.
  5. ^ a b Tenaglia, Raffaella (2023-07-27). "Ava Max - Choose Your Fighter (Radio Date: 28-07-2023)". EarOne (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  6. ^ "Barbie The Album is the Must-Have Accessory of Summer 2023". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  7. ^ Rigotti, Alex (20 July 2023). "'Barbie' soundtrack review: on-brand songs to leave you tickled pink". NME.
  8. ^ a b c d Ava Max — Choose Your Fighter (From Barbie The Album). TopHit. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Ava Max – Choose Your Fighter" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  10. ^ "Ava Max Chart History (Canadian Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  11. ^ "ARC 100 - date: 4. September 2023" (PDF). HRT. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Radio-Charts Deutschland – Chartwoche 32/2023". RadioCharts.com. Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Archived from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Offizielle Download Charts Single". MTV Germany. GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  14. ^ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  15. ^ "Tipparade-lijst – week 35, 2023" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  16. ^ "OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay" (Select week 02.09.2023–08.09.2023.) (in Polish). OLiS. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  17. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 49. týden 2023 in the date selector. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  19. ^ "Ava Max Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  20. ^ "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End Charts 2023". Billboard. Archived from the original on 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.