Hair (Little Mix song)

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"Hair"
Little Mix feat Sean Paul - Hair (Official Single Cover).png
Single by Little Mix featuring Sean Paul
from the album Get Weird
Released15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)
Length
  • 3:29 (album version)
  • 3:53 (single version)
Label Syco
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Electric
Little Mix singles chronology
"Secret Love Song"
(2016)
"Hair"
(2016)
"Shout Out to My Ex"
(2016)
Sean Paul singles chronology
"Lay You Down Easy"
(2016)
"Hair"
(2016)
"Trumpets"
(2016)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [17] 2× Platinum140,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [18] 3× Platinum180,000
Netherlands (NVPI) [19] Gold20,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [20] Platinum927,000 [21]

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
New Zealand [3] 15 April 2016 Digital download Syco

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