"Vicious" is a song recorded by American singer

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from her fifth studio album ''

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'' (2022), included as the second track of the album. The track was written by Carpenter,

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and its producer

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. The song was released by

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as the third single of the album on July 1, 2022.

Background and release

On June 15, Carpenter shared a

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video with a snippet of the song and its

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link.

Credits and personnel

Recording and management *Recorded at Chumba Meadows (

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) *Mixed at Henson Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) *Mastered at

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(

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) *Sabalicious Songs (BMI), Big Tall Guy Music (BMI), administered by Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Kenny + Betty Tunes/superreal Songs/Artist Publishing Group West (ASCAP), all rights administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Personnel *

– lead vocals, songwriting *

– songwriting, production,

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, programming, guitar, bass, synths *

– songwriting * Jackson Rau – recording * Josh Gudwin – mixing * Heidi Wang – mix engineer * Will Quinnell – mastering Credits adapted from ''

'' liner notes.

Charts

Release history

References

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