Available (Justin Bieber song)

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"Available"
Song by Justin Bieber
from the album Changes
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
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Length3:15
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Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

"Available" is a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber from his fifth studio album, Changes (2020).

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Critical reception

Michael Cragg from The Observer branded the song as "tactile." [1] Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club panned the "rattling trap rhythms" of the song. [2]

Music video

On March 10, 2020, an accompanying nature visual for "Available" was released exclusively for Apple Music subscribers. [3] Simultaneously, a preview of the video was shared by Apple Music and Bieber, respectively, via Twitter. [3] [4] The visual stood as the fourth and final video of Bieber's Apple Music "Nature" series. [3] Within the music video, Bieber plays a piano covered with graffiti in the middle of a landscape surrounded by mountains and red-tinged skies, with his surroundings being described as "a desert-like setting." [3] [5] Street-art-style animation is included, reminiscent of the piano's style. [5]

Later a dance video for "Available" was published as a part of the project "CHANGES: The Movement" [6]

Charts

Chart performance for "Available"
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 99
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] 83
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [9] 70
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [10] 8
US Rolling Stone Top 100 [11] 75

Certifications

Certifications for "Available"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [12] Gold20,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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