Cheating on You

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"Cheating on You"
Charlie Puth - Cheating on You.jpg
Single by Charlie Puth
ReleasedOctober 2, 2019
Genre Blue-eyed soul Contemporary R&B
Length3:16
Label Artist Partner Group
Songwriter(s)
  • Charlie Puth
  • Jacob Kasher Hindlin
Producer(s) Charlie Puth
Charlie Puth singles chronology
"Mother"
(2019)
"Cheating on You"
(2019)
"I Hope"
(2019)

"Cheating on You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth. It was released as a digital download and for streaming on October 2, 2019. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The song was written by Puth and Jacob Kasher. [6] The song resurged in 2021 gaining over 600k average views on Spotify in the following year, it marks Puth's 9th biggest hit till date.

Contents

Background

Before he released the song, Puth said on his Twitter account, "The final song out of this trilogy is called Cheating On You...and I promise the song doesn't sound as the title suggests." [7] [8]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Cheating on You" was first released onto YouTube on October 1, 2019. The video was directed by Tyler Yee. [9] At the start of the video it shows a message that reads, "This song is not about a person. It's about a feeling I've never had." The video was filmed in New York City. [10]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Cheating on You"3:16

Charts

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
VariousOctober 2, 2019 [1] [2] Artist Partner
United StatesOctober 1, 2019Hot Modern ACAtlantic
October 11, 2019 [15] Contemporary hit radio

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