Black Friday (Tom Odell song)

"Black Friday"
Single by Tom Odell
from the album Black Friday
Released	22 September 2023 (2023-09-22)
Length	3:40
Label	UROK
Songwriters	Tom Odell Laurie Blundell Max Clilverd
Producers	Tom Odell Cityfall
Tom Odell singles chronology
"Streets of Heaven" (2023) "Black Friday" (2023) "Somebody Else" (2023)
Music video
"Black Friday" on YouTube

"Black Friday" is a song by British singer-songwriter Tom Odell. It was released on 22 September 2023 as the lead single from his sixth studio album of the same title. ^{[1] [2]}

Upon release, the song earned attention after receiving momentum through viral popularity on TikTok, which helped the song to gain major success. ^[3] In 2024, it was remixed by Belgian producer Lost Frequencies under the title "Black Friday (Pretty Like the Sun)", achieving futher commercial success globally. ^[4]

Background and release

"Black Friday" was written by Tom Odell, Laurie Blundell, and Max Clilverd. ^[5] The track was produced by Odell and Cityfall. ^[1] The song appears as the second track on Black Friday . In the single's press release, ^[6] Odell said of the track:

“I wrote this song on my birthday last year, which happened to be the day before ‘Black Friday.’ The song is inspired by my admiration and love for the people in my life, but also my proclivity to be unkind to myself. It’s a love song, I think, and I’m very proud of it, and I hope people like it.” ^[7]

— Odell on writing "Black Friday", according Stereoboard ^[8]

To promote the song, Odell performed the song live at The Graham Norton Show on 12 January 2024. ^[9]

Commercial performance

Upon release, the song achieved commercial success, entering the official charts of nine territories, including: Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

In Ireland, the song debuted at number six on the Irish Singles Chart, becoming Odell's second chart entry, and tying with "Another Love" as his hightest charting single. ^[10] In the United Kingdom the song debuted at twenty-one on the UK Singles Chart, his hightest charting single since his cover of "Real Love" on 2014, and his first entry since "Magnetised" on 2016, becoming his eight chart-entry. ^[11] It was later certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry. ^[12]

Critical reception

"Black Friday" received generally positive reviews from music critics. Writing for Happy Magazine, Tammy Moir described the track as "a powerful testament to the enduring strength of raw, authentic emotion", ^[13] highlighting Odell's "raw and emotionally" delivery and the track "nothing short of extraordinary" composition. ^[13] Moir dubbed the song as "a divine and haunting classic for the ages." ^[13] Lightning 100 highlighted the song as their "DJ Pick of the Week", prasing Odell growth as an artist and the song lyrical content. ^[14]

The track was nominated for a Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the awards 2024 ceremony. ^{[15] [16]}

Music video

The song was released alongside an accompanying music video, which was directed by Lucca Lutzky. ^[17]

Track listing

• Digital download and streaming — Single ^[18]

1. "Black Friday" — 3:40

• Black Friday — EP ^[19]

1. "Black Friday" (Mahogany Session) — 3:44
2. "Black Friday" (Instrumental) — 3:41

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. ^[20]

• Tom Odell — vocals, songwriter, composer, piano, guitar
• Laurie Blundell — songwriter, composer, synthesizer
• Max Clilverd — songwriter, composer, electric guitar
• Cityfall — producer, mixing engineer
• Dave Kutch — mastering engineer
• Kevin Peterson — assistant mastering engineer
• Amy May — viola
• Amy Stanford — viola
• Brooke Daya — viola
• Emma Owens — viola
• Helen Sanders-Hewett — viola
• Janina Kopinska — viola
• Vincent Ott — strings conductor
• Bogdan Vacarescu — first violin
• Eleanor Stanford — first violin
• Emma Parker — first violin
• Harriet Mackenzie — first violin
• Kate Robinson — first violin
• Rebekah Allan — first violin
• Akiko Ishikawa — second violin
• Camille Daya Lucie Said — second violin
• Isabelle Allan — second violin
• Joanne Davies — second violin
• Julia Stewart — second violin
• Ros Stephen — second violin
• Max Goff — bass
• Toby Couling — drums
• Desmond Neysmith — cello
• Johnny Byers — cello
• Laura Anstee — cello
• Nicholas Holland — cello
• Rebecca Hepplewhite — cello
• Susie Winkworth — cello

In popular culture

In 2024, "Black Friday" was featured in the episode four "Journey" of the third season of the Netflix coming-of-age series Heartstopper. ^[21] It was also used in the episode "The Return" of the season seven of the ABC police procedural series The Rookie in 2025. ^[22]

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Black Friday" Chart (2023–2024) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [23] 95 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [24] 45 Ireland (IRMA) [25] 6 Lithuania Airplay (TopHit) [26] 68 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [27] 63 Norway (VG-lista) [28] 15 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [29] 97 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] 52 UK Singles (OCC) [31] 21

Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for "Black Friday" Chart (2023) Peak position Lithuania Airplay (TopHit) [32] 82

Certifications

Certifications for "Black Friday"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BRMA) [33]	Gold	20,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [34]	Gold	45,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [35]	Gold	15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [36]	Silver	200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [37]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Black Friday (Pretty Like the Sun)

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"Black Friday (Pretty Like the Sun)"
Single by Lost Frequencies and Tom Odell
Released	19 July 2024 (2024-07-19)
Genre	Deep house, Tropical House [38]
Length	2:25
Label	UROK Lost & Cie
Songwriters	Tom Odell Laurie Blundell Max Clilverd Felix De Laet
Producer	Lost Frequencies
Lost Frequencies singles chronology
"In My Bones" (2024) "Black Friday (Pretty Like the Sun)" (2024)
Tom Odell singles chronology
"The End" (2023) "Black Friday (Pretty Like the Sun)" (2024)

v t e Tom Odell
Studio albums	Long Way Down (2013) Wrong Crowd (2016) Jubilee Road (2018) Monsters (2021) Black Friday (2024) A Wonderful Life (2025)
Extended plays	Songs from Another Love (2012)
Singles	"Can't Pretend" "Hold Me" "Another Love" "Grow Old with Me" "I Know" "Real Love" "Wrong Crowd" "Magnetised" "Black Friday" "Black Friday (Pretty Like the Sun)"