{{other uses|A Little Bit (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = Little Bit | cover = Lykke Li - Little Bit single cover.jpg | alt = | caption = Swedish single release cover | type = single | artist = Lykke Li | album = Youth Novels | B-side = {{hlist|"Everybody but Me"|"Time Flies"|"After Laughter"|"Dance, Dance, Dance"}} | released = {{start date|2007|9|24|df=yes}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = * Indie pop<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6077650/lykke-li-i-never-learn-album-review |title=Lykke Li Dives Into Heartbreak on 'I Never Learn': Album Review |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=1 June 2016}}</ref> * dance<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhQEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+lykke+li+review&pg=PA34 |title=The Billboard Reviews |magazine=Billboard |date=23 August 2008 |accessdate=1 June 2016}}</ref> | length = 4:33 | label = LL | composer = * Lykke Li * Björn Yttling | lyricist = Lykke Li | producer = * Björn Yttling * Lasse Mårtén ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}}) | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = I'm Good, I'm Gone | next_year = 2008 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vJyy1yUsPvk|"Little Bit"}}}} }}
"'''Little Bit'''" is a song by Swedish singer Lykke Li from her debut studio album, ''Youth Novels'' (2008). Produced by Björn Yttling and co-produced by Lasse Mårtén, the track was released on 24 September 2007 as the album's lead single. It was included on the soundtrack to the HBO series ''Bored to Death'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Grimm |first=Beca |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/08/music-from-hbos-first-season-of-bored-to-death-fea.html |title=TV on the Radio, Lykke Li, M. Ward Featured on ''Bored to Death'' Soundtrack |work=Paste |date=23 August 2010 |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref> while a snippet of the song was used in the commercial for Victoria's Secret Ipex bra starring Heidi Klum.<ref>{{cite web |author=Brandon |url=http://stereogum.com/23791/lykke_li_song_sells_smoother_lighter_bra/franchises/commercial-appeal/ |title=Lykke Li And Heidi Klum Sell A Smoother, Lighter Bra |website=Stereogum |date=25 September 2008 |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref> Also, rapper Charles Hamilton sampled the song on his track Starchasers from his mixtape It's Charles Hamilton. Canadian singer Drake remixed the song for his 2009 mixtape ''So Far Gone''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13238-so-far-gone/ |title=Drake: So Far Gone |website=Pitchfork |date=29 June 2009 |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref>
==Critical reception== "Little Bit" received positive reviews from many music critics. In a review for Blogcritics, Tan The Man wrote that the song is "mesmerizing, evoking a sensual striptease fantasy by a former love" and that it "fuses so many sounds, from quasi-bossa nova to soul, while maintaining a simplistic and raw, non-explicitly erotic beat in the background."<ref>{{cite web |author=Tan The Man |url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-lykke-li-little-bit/ |title=Music Review: Lykke Li – ''Little Bit'' EP |work=Blogcritics |date=5 May 2008 |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref> Matthew Perpetua from ''Spin'' rated the track seven out of ten, stating it is "built upon the clack and clang of acoustic percussion and little else, aside from occasional bits of guitar or saxophone", addind that it sounds "exceptionally intimate, to the point where it's easy to feel voyeuristic when listening on the title cut to her unguarded declaration of love."<ref>{{cite news |last=Perpetua |first=Matthew |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/lykke-li-little-bit-ep-ll |title=Lykke Li, 'Little Bit EP' |work=Spin |date=29 May 2008 |publisher=Spin Media LLC |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref> ''Q'' magazine noticed "a breathless intensity to [the] lyrics that takes the song beyond the realm of throwaway pop. 'I would do it, push the button, pull the trigger, jump off a cliff...' she sings, clearly not just 'a little bit' in love as she tries to convince herself, but rather in the grip of an overwhelming infatuation."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2007/12/track_of_the_day_135.html |title=Track of the Day: Lykke Li |work=Q |date=10 December 2007 |accessdate=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726010139/http://news.qthemusic.com/2007/12/track_of_the_day_135.html |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jon Lusk of BBC Music called it "metronomic, infectiously hummable" and viewed it as "a great new example of the emotional conflict which 10cc and Smokey Robinson lyrically documented so well."<ref>{{cite web |last=Lusk |first=Jon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/683n |title=Review of Lykke Li – Youth Novels |work=BBC Music |date=6 June 2008 |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref> Adrien Begrand of ''PopMatters'' felt that the song's "approach is far more subtle than most contemporary pop singles would ever dare to be, its gentle, slightly distorted bass synth propelled by the faintest traces of percussion, both electronic and acoustic, Yttling providing mandolin accents during the choruses. But it's Lykke Li who commands our attention, delivering as perfect a hook in the chorus that rivals Robyn's best work, but not before making us fall off our chairs with a second verse that tosses aside all nuance in favor of direct, unadulterated lust."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/lykke-li-youth-novels/ |title=Lykke Li: Youth Novels |website=PopMatters |date=26 March 2008 |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Will Hermes opined that "[a] quietly intoxicating electropulse drives the reluctant lover's confession in 'Little Bit' while Li memorably rhymes 'legs apart' with 'tainted heart.'"<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/22190049/review/22209192/youth_novels |title=Youth Novels : Lykke Li |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=21 August 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822220137/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/22190049/review/22209192/youth_novels |archivedate=22 August 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref>
==Track listings== *'''Swedish digital EP''' #"Little Bit" – 4:34 #"Everybody but Me" – 3:17 #"Time Flies" – 3:15
*'''Swedish limited-edition 10-inch single''' :A1. "Little Bit" – 4:34 :B1. "Everybody but Me" – 3:17 :B2. "Time Flies" – 3:15
*'''US EP''' #"Little Bit" – 4:41 #"Dance, Dance, Dance" – 3:43 #"Everybody but Me" – 3:18 #"Time Flies" – 3:22
*'''UK digital EP''' #"Little Bit" – 4:35 #"Little Bit" (Loving Hand Remix) – 9:26 #"Little Bit" (CSS Remix) – 4:40 #"After Laughter" – 3:40
*'''UK limited-edition 7-inch single''' :A. "Little Bit" – 4:34 :B. "Dance, Dance, Dance" – 3:42
*'''UK 12-inch single''' :A1. "Little Bit" (Loving Hand Remix) – 9:26 :B1. "Little Bit" (CSS Remix) – 4:40 :B2. "Little Bit" (Staygold's Skansen Remix)
==Credits and personnel== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Youth Novels''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Youth Novels |type=liner notes |others=Lykke Li |publisher=LL Recordings |year=2008 |id=50999 520279 2 5}}</ref>
{{Div col}} * Lykke Li – vocals * Björn Yttling – production, recording, mixing, keyboards, percussion, mandolin * Lasse Mårtén – co-production, recording, additional recordings, mixing * Janne Hansson – recording * Matt Azzarto – additional recordings * Bill Emmons – additional recordings * Tommy Andersson – engineering assistance * Tom Gloady – engineering assistance * Neil Lipuma – engineering assistance * Henrik Jonsson – mastering * John Eriksson – cymbal {{Div col end}}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for "Little Bit" ! scope="col"| Chart (2008) ! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Flanders Tip|9|artist=Lykke Li|song=Little Bit|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 December 2010}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|20|artist=Lykke Li|song=Little Bit|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 December 2010}} |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Little Bit"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Lykke Li|title=Little Bit|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|access-date=1 November 2024}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Sweden | 24 September 2007 | Digital download |rowspan="2"| LL Recordings | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/little-bit-ep/id263466088 |title=Little Bit – EP by Lykke Li |publisher=iTunes Store |location=Sweden |accessdate=3 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111001733/https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/little-bit-ep/id263466088 |archivedate=11 November 2012 }}</ref> |- | 2007 | 10-inch single | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Lykke-Li-Little-Bit/release/1172169 |title=Lykke Li – Little Bit (10") |publisher=discogs |accessdate=3 January 2011}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom | 25 February 2008 | 7-inch single | Moshi Moshi | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Lykke-Li-Little-Bit/release/1285511 |title=Lykke Li – Little Bit (7") |date=25 February 2008 |publisher=discogs |accessdate=3 January 2011}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United States | 6 May 2008 | EP | The Control Group | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0016MJ2GO |title=Little Bit [EP]: Lykke Li |website=Amazon |location=United States |accessdate=3 January 2011}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United Kingdom | 24 October 2008 | Digital download | rowspan="2"| Atlantic | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/little-bit-ep/293882535 |title=Little Bit – EP by Lykke Li |date=January 2007 |publisher=iTunes Store |location=United Kingdom |access-date=3 January 2011}}</ref> |- | 27 October 2008 | 12-inch single | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Lykke-Li-Little-Bit/release/1517785 |title=Lykke Li – Little Bit (12") |date=27 October 2008 |publisher=discogs |accessdate=3 January 2011}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{YouTube|upnTg2GPgTM|"Little Bit" music video}}
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