Mother (Charlie Puth song)

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"Mother"
Charlie Puth - Mother.jpg
Single by Charlie Puth
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2019 (2019-09-12)
Length2:43
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Charlie Puth singles chronology
"I Warned Myself"
(2019)
"Mother"
(2019)
"Cheating on You"
(2019)
Music video
"Mother" on YouTube

"Mother" is a song by American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth. It was released through Artist Partner Group and Atlantic Records as a single on September 12, 2019. [1] Puth produced the song with Louis Bell and Andrew Watt, and they wrote it alongside Ryan Tedder and Billy Walsh. Billboard ranked it as the 74th best song of 2019. [2]

Contents

Background

Puth revealed the song's title and release date on September 4, 2019. [3] "Mother" was written and produced by Puth, Andrew Watt, Louis Bell and Ryan Tedder. [4] According to Puth, the song is about a relationship that is "secretly crumbling from the inside", and that he "sometimes disguise sad lyrical sentiments with happy music". [5]

The song and its video were released on September 12, 2019. [6]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [7] 26
San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50) [8] 36
US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] 32
US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] 38

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousSeptember 12, 2019
[1]
United StatesOctober 7, 2019Hot Modern ACAtlantic [11]
October 8, 2019 Contemporary hit radio [12]

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