"Shout It Out" is a song by British-Australian recording artist

Reece Mastin Reece Mastin (born 24 November 1994) is an English-born Australian singer and songwriter who won the third season of ''The X Factor Australia'' in 2011. Mastin subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia. His debut single "Good Night" reache ...

, taken from his second studio album, '' Beautiful Nightmare'' (2012). It was released digitally on 29 June 2012, as the second single from the album. The song was written by Mastin and production duo DNA, who also produced it. "Shout It Out" peaked at number one in Australia and number eight in New Zealand. It was certified platinum by the

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(ARIA), denoting sales of 70,000 copies. The accompanying

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features a cameo appearance by ''

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'' actress

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, who plays Mastin's love interest.

Background and reception

"Shout It Out" was written by

with Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci of the production duo DNA, who also produced the song. It was released digitally on 29 June 2012, and physically on 3 August 2012. In Australia, the song debuted on the

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at number one on 9 July 2012, with first-week sales of 23,400 copies. It became Mastin's second number-one single on that chart, following his debut single "

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" (2011). "Shout It Out" became the 97th song to debut atop the ARIA Singles Chart, and the 427th number-one single in the chart's history. The song was certified platinum by the

(ARIA), denoting sales of 70,000 copies. Mastin became the first Australian artist to achieve two number one singles during the 2010s decade. That same week, "Shout It Out" debuted and peaked at number eight on the

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Music video

The accompanying

for "Shout It Out" premiered on

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on 1 July 2012. It features a cameo appearance by ''

'' actress

, who plays Mastin's love interest. The video sees the pair playing a couple on a road trip through the

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, going camping, swimming under a waterfall, and ending at a lookout view of

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. A writer for '' The Hot Hits'' called it "The hottest video of the year".

Track listing

*CD single / digital download #"Shout It Out" – 3:30

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Beautiful Nightmare''. ;Locations *Recorded and mastered at

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in Sydney. ;Personnel *Songwriting –

, Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci *Production – DNA *Mixing – Anthony Egizii *Programming and keys – Anthony Egizii *Guitars and bass – David Musumeci *Mastering –

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end chart

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Reece Mastin 2012 songs 2012 singles Reece Mastin songs Number-one singles in Australia Sony Music Australia singles Songs written by David Musumeci Songs written by Anthony Egizii Song recordings produced by DNA Songs