Black and White (Niall Horan song)

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"Black and White"
Niall Horan - Black and White Stripped (Official Single Cover).png
Stripped single cover
Single by Niall Horan
from the album Heartbreak Weather
Released21 April 2020 (2020-04-21)
Genre Pop rock
Length3:13
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Julian Bunetta
  • Teddy Geiger
Niall Horan singles chronology
"No Judgement"
(2020)		"Black and White"
(2020)		"Moral of the Story"
(2020)
Music video
"Black and White" on YouTube

"Black and White" is a song by Irish singer Niall Horan from his second studio album Heartbreak Weather (2020), which it appears as the album's second track. The song additionally serves as the album's fourth single, being released on 21 April 2020. [1]

Contents

Composition

Musically, "Black and White" has been described as a pop rock ballad. [2] The song was compared to the works of Ed Sheeran [3] and Horan's former band One Direction. [2] [4] Lyrically, it is "a soaring declaration of eternal devotion" with visions of a wedding day and golden hour. [5] In terms of music notation, "Black and White" was composed using 4
4 common time in the key of D major, with a tempo of 148 beats per minute. [6] Horan's vocal range spans from the low note A2 to the high note of D5 (in the backing).

Live performances

Horan first performed the song on The Late Late Show with James Corden on 13 March 2020. [7] Horan also performed the song on 18 April 2020 on the Lady Gaga-curated One World: Together At Home television special, a benefit event by Global Citizen to raise funds for the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. [8]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

Charts

Chart performance for "Black and White"
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [10] 12
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tiparade) [12] 20
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [13] 10
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 91

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] Platinum70,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [16] Gold40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Black and White"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various21 April 2020
 [1]
United Kingdom25 April 2020 Adult contemporary radio Capitol [18]
Italy1 May 2020 Contemporary hit radio Universal [19]
Various22 May 2020
  • Digital download
  • streaming
(stripped version)
  • Capitol
 [20]
9 June 2020
  • Digital download
  • streaming
(Oliver Nelson remix)		 [21]

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