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Late Night Talking
2022 single by Harry Styles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Late Night Talking" is a song by English singer-songwriter Harry Styles. The song was released to US pop radio as the second single from his third studio album Harry's House on 21 June 2022. A music video for the song was later released on 13 July 2022, in which Styles is shown exploring the world on different beds.
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Background and composition
On 1 April 2022, Styles released the lead single "As It Was" to critical acclaim and commercial success.[citation needed] The song was debuted during his Coachella performance.[7] "Late Night Talking" was described as a "glossy R&B shifter" that fills "every available space with some or other moving part, right down to vocal parts mimicking brass".[6]
Music video
The video, directed by Bradley & Pablo and released on 13 July 2022,[8] finds Styles following a portal in his own bed that leads him to an array of other beds — one in an art gallery, another in a restaurant, a theatre, and another that speeds through the streets of London past Buckingham Palace. The clip also comes complete with a pillow fight and Styles officiating a bed-ridden wedding, before falling through the sky on his bed. Critics have interpreted this video as a discussion into how Styles' romantic and sexual entanglements are publicized with Pride Magazine as the beds jump from scene to scene in increasingly public spectacles.[9]
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Accolades
Live performance
He performed a live version of the song on the Today Show on May 19,[12] and also included the song in a set he performed for BBC Radio 1, along with "As It Was", "Boyfriends" and a cover of "Wet Dream" by Wet Leg on 24 May 2022.[13]
Commercial performance
"Late Night Talking" made its debut at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of June 4, 2022, following the release of Harry's House.[14] After being officially released as the second single from the album, the song peaked at number 3 in its sixteenth week on the chart, dated September 17, 2022.[15]
In the United Kingdom, where it was first released as a promotional single, the song debuted at number 2 on the singles chart dated 27 May 2022.[16] The song returned to the Top 10 after being released as the second single from Harry's House but did not reach a new peak.[17]
Globally, the song reached number 2 on the Billboard Global 200[18] and appeared in the Top 10 of the official charts of Australia,[19] Canada,[20] Iceland,[21] Ireland,[22] New Zealand,[23] Portugal,[24] among others.
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Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from Qobuz.[25]
- Harry Styles – vocals, songwriting
- Kid Harpoon – songwriting, production, bass, guitar, drum machine, drums, electric guitar, synthesizer, programmer, tambourine
- Tyler Johnson – production, background vocals
- Jeremy Hatcher – programming, recording
- Randy Merrill – mastering
- Spike Stent – mixing
- Luke Gibbs – assistant engineering
- Adele Phillips – assistant engineering
- Josh Caulder – assistant engineering
- Joe Dougherty – assistant engineering
- Matt Wolach – assistant engineering
- Alayna Rodgers - background vocals
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Track listing
- Various Single[26]
- "Late Night Talking" – 2:57
- "Late Night Talking" (Instrumental) – 2:53
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Notes
- Release as a promotional single.
References
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