Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) Sacha] was booked to write a song for Beyoncé. But as the song ['Wrecking Ball'] progressed, the songwriters realized the song would not work for her." The song, and the cover of its parent album "Bangerz" (2013), were unveiled on August 25, 2013, before Cyrus' performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. She released the cover artwork for "Wrecking Ball" on September 6, which shows Cyrus dressed in a sleeveless white shirt and underwear while swinging on a wrecking ball. The song was serviced to contemporary hit radio stations in the United States on September 17. It serves as
One Thing (Finger Eleven song) songs on the chart. The song was the most successful on the Adult Top 40 peaking at the top at #2 failing to reaching #1 being held off by Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved" which had more airplay and sales, it also did well on other charts peaking #11 on Contemporary Hit Radio and found moderate success at #23 on the Adult Contemporary chart, the only Finger Eleven song to chart there. The award-winning music video features black-and-white footage of the band in a surreal nocturnal environment featuring a beach with a checkered pattern shore. A massive hourglass is