GTFO (song)


"GTFO" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. On September 13, 2018, Epic Records released the song as a promotional single from Carey's fifteenth studio album Caution. "GTFO" was written by Carey, Bibi Bourelly, Porter Robinson, Paul "Nineteen85" Jeffries and Jordan Manswell, with the latter two also producing the song. It samples Porter Robinson's 2014 song "Goodbye to a World" from his debut album Worlds.

Release

Carey announced "GTFO" would be the first promotional single from her upcoming fifteenth studio album with the release via press release.

Critical reception

Israel Daramola from Spin was positive, calling it a "ghostly, tender record with a magnetic rhythm". Randall Colburn from Consequence of Sound praised Carey's vocal performance and the song's instrumentation, noting "the song's dreamy flow clashes compellingly." R. Eric Thomas of Elle was also positive stating the track was " sultry mid-tempo addition", noted that song "enters a grand tradition of songs about being told to get out." Billboard editor Gil Kaufman described the song's production as "spiky". It was included at number 59 on Idolator's list of the 100 best singles of 2018, and at number 92 on NPR's list of the 100 best songs of 2018.

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Sarah McColgan. It was premiered via Carey's Vevo channel on September 14, 2018. The video has over 10 million views on Youtube.

Live performances

Mariah Carey performed "GTFO" for the first time at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival. It was also performed at her 2019 Caution World Tour.

Track listing

Digital download
  1. "GTFO" – 3:27

    Charts

Chart Peak
position
France Downloads 98
Greece Digital Songs 5

Release history