Ciao Adios

"Ciao Adios" is a song by English singer Anne-Marie. After performing it live in preview at KOKO, on 28 November 2016, it was released as the second single from her debut studio album, Speak Your Mind (2018) on 10 February 2017.^[2] Primarily a pop song with dancehall elements, "Ciao Adios" was written by Anne-Marie alongside Jenn Decilveo, Mason Levy, and Tom Meredith,^[3] with Meredith and Levy (MdL) handling production.^[2]

"Ciao Adios"
Single by Anne-Marie
from the album Speak Your Mind
Released	10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)
Recorded	2016
Genre	Pop dancehall[1]
Length	3:20
Label	Major Tom's Asylum
Songwriter(s)	Anne-Marie Nicholson Tom Meredith Jennifer Decilveo Mason Levy
Producer(s)	Tom Meredith MdL
Anne-Marie singles chronology
"Rockabye" (2016) "Ciao Adios" (2017) "Remember I Told You" (2017)
Music video
"Ciao Adios" on YouTube

Composition

"Ciao Adios" is a dancehall-inflected pop song.^[1][4] The song's lyrics refer to a girl who finds out that the guy she is dating is cheating on her, and thus she decides not to waste further time by leaving him: "Ciao, adios, I'm done";^[5] ciao and adiós are respectively the Italian and Spanish words for '(good)bye'.^[4]

Live performances

Anne-Marie performed "Ciao Adios" live in preview at KOKO, on 28 November 2016. She also performed the song on her 2016 tour.^[6]

Music video

The "Ciao Adios" music video was released on 9 March 2017 on YouTube and features Anne-Marie with her girl gang dancing in Marrakech (Morocco) with plenty of colors.^[7]

Chart performance

In the UK and Ireland "Ciao Adios" reached numbers 9 and 13, respectively.^[8] The song gave Anne-Marie her first solo top 10 single in the UK and spent a total of 23 weeks on the chart.^[9][10][11]

Track listing

• Digital download

1. "Ciao Adios" – 3:20
2. "Ciao Adios" (Extended Mix) - 7:56
3. "Ciao Adios" (Acoustic) - 4:44

• Digital download^[12]

1. "Ciao Adios" (Acoustic) – 4:44
2. "Ciao Adios" - 3:20
3. "Ciao Adios" (Extended Mix) - 7:56

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[13] 80 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] 65 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15] 28 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[16] 6 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[17] 43 Croatia (HRT)[18] 65 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[19] 16 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[20] 73 France (SNEP)[21] 115 Germany (GfK)[22] 23 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[23] 11 Hungary (Single Top 40)[24] 33 Ireland (IRMA)[25] 13 Israel (Media Forest)[26] 2 Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[27] 30 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[28] 4 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[29] 18 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[30] 9 Russia Airplay (Tophit)[31] 33 Scotland (OCC)[10] 6 Serbia (Radiomonitor)[32] 5 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[33] 13 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[34] 77 Slovenia (SloTop50)[35] 32 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 64 UK Singles (OCC)[11] 9

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[37] 48 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[38] 23 CIS (Tophit)[39] 153 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[40] 64 Israel (Media Forest)[41] 12 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[42] 18 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[43] 58 Poland (ZPAV)[44] 82 Russia Airplay (Tophit)[45] 146 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[46] 40

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[47]	Platinum	70,000‡
Belgium (BRMA)[48]	Gold	10,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[49]	Gold	40,000‡
France (SNEP)[50]	Gold	66,666‡
Germany (BVMI)[51]	Platinum	400,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[52]	Gold	25,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI)[53]	2× Platinum	80,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[54]	Gold	15,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[55]	Platinum	50,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[56]	Gold	10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[57]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Version	Label	Ref.
Worldwide	10 February 2017	Digital download	Original	Atlantic
	7 April 2017		Acoustic		[12]
United States	18 April 2017	Top 40 radio	Original		[58]