Can't Pretend

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"Can't Pretend"
Can't-Pretend-Tom-Odell.jpg
Single by Tom Odell
from the album Long Way Down
Released6 March 2013
Recorded2012
Genre
Length3:42
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Tom Odell
Tom Odell singles chronology
"Another Love"
(2012)
"Can't Pretend"
(2013)
"Hold Me"
(2013)

"Can't Pretend" is the first single released by British singer-songwriter Tom Odell, from his debut studio album, Long Way Down (2013). The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 6 March 2013 and peaked at number 67 on the UK Singles Chart. It was used in the trailer "Desert" of the second season of The Newsroom , as well as The Blacklist episode "Milton Bobbit", Crisis épisode "Found" and The 100 episode "Earth Skills". Used on America's Got Talent

Contents

Live performances

On 23 February 2013 he performed the song live on British chat show The Jonathan Ross Show. [1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Can't Pretend"3:42

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [2] 2
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [3] 33
France (SNEP) [4] 200
Iceland (Tonlist) [5] 17
UK Singles (Official Charts) [6] 67

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [7] Silver200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom6 March 2013 [8] Digital downloadColumbia

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References

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