Leave Me Alone (NF song)

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"Leave Me Alone"
Song by NF
from the album The Search
ReleasedJuly 26, 2019
Genre Hip hop
Length5:08
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Feuerstein
  • Profitt
  • Walowac
Music video
"Leave Me Alone" on YouTube

"Leave Me Alone" is a song by American rapper NF from his fourth studio album The Search (2019). It was written and produced alongside Tommee Profitt and Cole "Saint X" Walowac of Capital Kings.

Contents

Content

The song revolves around mental health and the impact of fame; lyrically, NF details his feelings and the challenges regarding his sudden success in the music industry, accompanied with his self-hatred, [1] [2] [3] as well as the consequences of his obsessive–compulsive disorder: "That means I might take a normal thought and think it's so profound (leave me alone) / Ruminating, fill balloons up full of doubt / Do the same things, if I don't, I'm overwhelmed / Thoughts are pacing, they go 'round and 'round and 'round". [4] [5] [6]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [7] 68
Ireland (IRMA) [8] 94
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [9] 12
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 85
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 33

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Platinum80,000
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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