Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) "Wrecking Ball" is a song recorded by American singer Miley Cyrus for her fourth studio album "Bangerz" (2013). It was released on August 25, 2013, by RCA Records as the album's second single. The song was written by MoZella, Stephan Moccio, Sacha Skarbek, Kiyanu Kim, Lukasz Gottwald, and Henry Russell Walter; production was helmed by the last two. "Wrecking Ball" is a pop ballad which lyrically discusses the deterioration of a relationship. "Wrecking Ball" debuted on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 50, and later became Cyrus' first number-one single in the United States
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) her innocent "Hannah Montana" image, a former television series in which Cyrus portrayed the primary character Miley Stewart, a middle school student who led a secret double life as pop star Hannah Montana. He disapproved of the manner in which she transitioned into a career beyond her childhood success, specifically panning her for "exploring the iconography of porn." As of January 2015, "Billboard" named the video as the fourth best music video of the 2010s (so far). James Montgomery from MTV News noted that the controversy surrounding Cyrus' nude performance in the video was "to be expected" given her recent