Miley Cyrus “Wrecking Ball” on the Stern Show (2017)

Do you know the first time you record Wrecking Ball that it's going to be a huge hit? I brought it around to a bunch of different producers in L.A.,

and all of them were like, slept on it. Everybody was like, no, we don't need it. We don't need it. And then I brought it to Dr. Luke and

need it. We don't need it. And then I brought it to Dr. Luke and he heard it and took it and got it. But I had shopped that around to multiple people and they were like, no, we don't need this song. They didn't

want to produce it? They didn't care about it. They just thought it was another ballad. Isn't that something? And so some people just have that ear and it's that

ballad. Isn't that something? And so some people just have that ear and it's that thing of what's meant to be is what's meant to be. And then I just knew because that's what I was living at that time. That's what I was going through. I was going through that... big breakup and everyone knew about it and you

through. I was going through that... big breakup and everyone knew about it and you know what I didn't hold anything back I went and the first time I performed the song live I bawled and cried and my mascara was running all down so this was about when you sang it you were thinking about Liam and you were thinking about yeah I was thinking just about I think that was the first time

maybe I'd ever really felt hard I mean I've gone through little breakups in your life but that was a that was a really big that was my only relation that's really the only relationship I've been in that's real, you know, and so that just, it just, I felt that way. When you sing that song now, will you go back to that place? I do. When I record, when I, but when I

made the video, I had already kind of like band-aid, you know, my heart all up and I felt okay. I pictured I had a dog with the animals. You're

an animal lover. You love those animals. You know, so I pictured my dog the whole time. So as emotional as it seems, I was really thinking about my Yorkie

whole time. So as emotional as it seems, I was really thinking about my Yorkie that had passed away. I wasn't really thinking about my boyfriend at all. Let's do

Wrecking Ball. I'll sit here. This is the first time in a long time. When's

the last time you sang this? When was the last time we've done this anywhere?

Banger's Door. Yeah. Oh, wow. Banger's Door. Okay.

We clawed, we chained our hearts in vain. We jumped, never asking.