"Late Night Talking" | ||||
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Single by Harry Styles | ||||
from the album Harry's House | ||||
Released | 21 June 2022 | |||
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Length | 2:58 | |||
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"Late Night Talking" on YouTube |
"Late Night Talking" is a song by English singer-songwriter Harry Styles. The song was released to US pop radio as the second single from his third studio album Harry's House on 21 June 2022. A music video for the song was later released on 13 July 2022,in which Styles is shown exploring the world on different beds.
On 1 April 2022,Styles released the lead single "As It Was" to critical acclaim and commercial success.[ citation needed ] The song was debuted during his Coachella performance. [7] "Late Night Talking" was described as a "glossy R&B shifter" that fills "every available space with some or other moving part,right down to vocal parts mimicking brass". [6]
The video,directed by Bradley and Pablo and released on 13 July 2022, [8] finds Styles following a portal in his own bed that leads him to an array of other beds —one in an art gallery,another in a restaurant,a theatre,and another that speeds through the streets of London past Buckingham Palace. The clip also comes complete with a pillow fight and Styles officiating a bed-ridden wedding,before falling through the sky on his bed. Critics have interpreted this video as a discussion into how Styles' romantic and sexual entanglements are publicized with Pride Magazine as the beds jump from scene to scene in increasingly public spectacles. [9]
Organization | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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MTV Video Music Awards | 2022 | Song of Summer | Nominated | [10] |
MTV MIAW Awards | 2023 | Galactic Hit of the Year | Nominated | [11] |
He performed a live version of the song on the Today Show on May 19, [12] and also included the song in a set he performed for BBC Radio 1,along with "As It Was","Boyfriends" and a cover of "Wet Dream" by Wet Leg on 24 May 2022. [13]
"Late Night Talking" made its debut at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of June 4,2022,following the release of Harry's House. [14] After being officially released as the second single from the album,the song peaked at number 3 in its sixteenth week on the chart,dated September 17,2022. [15]
In the United Kingdom,where it was first released as a promotional single,the song debuted at number 2 on the singles chart dated 27 May 2022. [16] The song returned to the Top 10 after being released as the second single from Harry's House but did not reach a new peak. [17]
Globally,the song reached number 2 on the Billboard Global 200 [18] and appeared in the Top 10 of the official charts of Australia, [19] Canada, [20] Iceland, [21] Ireland, [22] New Zealand, [23] Portugal, [24] among others.
Credits are adapted from Qobuz. [25]
Weekly charts | Monthly charts
Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [110] | 3× Platinum | 210,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [111] | 2× Diamond | 320,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [112] | 3× Platinum | 240,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [113] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [114] | Platinum | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [115] | Platinum | 100,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [116] | Platinum+Gold | 210,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [117] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [118] | Platinum | 50,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [119] | Platinum | 10,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [120] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [121] | 2× Platinum | 1,200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [122] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
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Greece (IFPI Greece) [123] | Gold | 1,000,000† |
Sweden (GLF) [124] | Gold | 4,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Version | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | 25 May 2022 [a] | Digital download | Original | [1] | |
United States | 21 June 2022 | Contemporary hit radio | Columbia | [125] | |
Italy | 15 July 2022 | Radio airplay | Sony | [126] | |
United Kingdom | 5 August 2022 | CD single |
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Various | 18 August 2022 |
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2 September 2022 |
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The instrumentation is simple but draws on 80s synth-pop and leaves you with a feeling of nostalgia.