"She Loves Control" is a song by American singer

Camila Cabello Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (; ; born March 3, 1997) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the Pop music, pop girl group Fifth Harmony, one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl gro ...

, included on her debut studio album '' Camila'' (2018). It was written by Cabello,

Ilsey Juber Ilsey Anna Juber (, ; born April 17, 1986) is a British American singer and professional songwriter from Los Angeles, California. Before releasing her debut album ''From the Valley'' in 2023, Juber co-wrote songs for popular artists such as Bey ...

and

Mustafa Ahmed Mustafa Ahmed (born 28 July 1996), known as Mustafa, formerly known as Mustafa the Poet, is a Canadian poet, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker from Toronto. He released his debut EP, ''When Smoke Rises'', in May 2021. His debut album, ''Dunya (Mus ...

and producers

Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ, record producer, musician, singer. Raised in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he began his career in 2004 as the lead vocalist of the ...

Frank Dukes Adam King Feeney (born September 12, 1983), better known as Ging and by his former stage name Frank Dukes, is a Canadian musician, record producer, and songwriter. A prolific producer, he has worked with artists including Lorde for ''Melodrama'' ...

and

Louis Bell Louis Russell Bell (born May 27, 1982) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Bell's work includes production for Post Malone, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, 5 Seconds of Summer, ...

. Musically, "She Loves Control" is an EDM and

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track that uses elements of

moombahton Moombahton (, ) is an electronic dance music genre, derived from house music and reggaeton, that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Nada in Washington, D.C., in 2009. Nada coined the name as a portmanteau of "Moombah" (a track by Sur ...

. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who commended its production. Commercially, it debuted in Norway and the United Kingdom, peaking at 36 and 40, respectively. Moreover, it charted in Switzerland, Spain, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands, peaking at 59, 69, 77, 77 and 81, respectively. In the United Kingdom, "She Loves Control" received a silver certification for 200,000 copies sold in the country.

Composition

"She Loves Control" is an "

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mos ...

-tinged, dancehall-ready" track including a Spanish guitar and a thumping

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. In an interview backstage at KDWB Jingle Ball 2017, a fan asked Cabello what her favorite song to perform was; she responded saying "I'm excited to perform this one song, it's called 'She Loves Control' and I'm excited to perform it just because it's very fun. I wouldn't say it's my favorite one on the album because they're all my favorites for different reasons, just excited to perform that one because I feel like it's gonna have - cool - like dance stuff".

Critical reception

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'' penned, "'She Loves Control' is an apt mission statement for a star who soured on girl group life because she couldn't explore erindividuality, and it shows Cabello can navigate a moombahton rhythm with the same ease that characterized '

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Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the

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of '' Camila''. Publishing * Published by Sony/ATV Songs LLC ( BMI) O/b/O Sony ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd./Maidmetal Limited (

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)/Milamoon Songs (BMI) // Copaface (

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) All rights admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing // EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) O/b/O EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS)/Nyankingmusic (ASCAP) // EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) // Sony/ATV Songs LLC/Sparko Phone Music (BMI) // Mustafaahmed Publishing Designee Recording * Recorded at Electric Feel Recording Studio, West Hollywood, California * Mixed at

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, West Hollywood, California * Mastered at

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, New York City, New York Personnel *

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, songwriting *

– co-production, songwriting *

– vocal production,

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, songwriting *

– songwriting *

– songwriting * Loshendrix – guitar *

Manny Marroquin Manny Marroquin (born September 21, 1971) is a Guatemalan-American record mixing engineer. He has been credited on albums for high-profile pop, R&B, hip hop and rock acts. He has worked with artists including Rihanna, Kanye West, Katy Perry ...

– mixing * Chris Galland – mix

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* Robin Florent – mixing assistant * Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant * Kevin Peterson – mastering

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2018 songs Reggaeton songs Songs written by Frank Dukes Songs written by Camila Cabello Camila Cabello songs Songs written by Skrillex Songs written by Ilsey Juber Songs with feminist themes Songs written by Louis Bell Song recordings produced by Frank Dukes Song recordings produced by Louis Bell Song recordings produced by Skrillex