Nice to Meet Ya (Niall Horan song)

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"Nice to Meet Ya"
Niall Horan - Nice to Meet Ya.png
Single by Niall Horan
from the album Heartbreak Weather
Released4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)
Genre
Length2:38
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Julian Bunetta
Niall Horan singles chronology
"What a Time"
(2019)		"Nice to Meet Ya"
(2019)		"Put a Little Love on Me"
(2019)
Music video
"Nice to Meet Ya" on YouTube

"Nice to Meet Ya" is a song by Irish singer Niall Horan, released through Capitol Records as the lead single from his second studio album Heartbreak Weather on 4 October 2019. [6] Horan co-wrote the track with Ruth-Anne Cunningham in one day. [7]

Contents

Background

In June 2019, Horan told fans that they would hear new music from him by the end of the year. In early September, he posted online that he was "listening to songs from my new record and I'm so excited to get going". [6] Co-writer Ruth-Anne Cunningham, whom Horan worked with on the song "Slow Hands", said the track gives her "2000s rock, Kasabian/Arctic Monkeys vibes". [8]

Composition

According to the sheet music published at musicnotes.com, the song is written in the key of E minor. [9]

Live performances

On 3 November 2019, Horan performed the song for the first time at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards. On 15 December 2019, Horan performed the song on Saturday Night Live . On 9 March 2020, Horan performed the song on The Late Late Show with James Corden .

Critical reception

From the snippet posted to Instagram, Mike Wass of Idolator stated that the track "sounds like a stomping, upbeat anthem". [10] Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone described the song as "alluring" while complimenting the "urgent piano riff that builds up to include hand-claps, a sturdy bass line and the rest of his dynamic full band". [2]

Track listing

Digital download [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Nice to Meet Ya"2:38
Digital download – Stripped Version [11]
No.TitleLength
1."Nice to Meet Ya" (Stripped Version)2:42
Digital download – Diplo Remix [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Nice to Meet Ya" (Diplo Remix)3:35

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [39] Platinum70,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [40] Platinum80,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [41] Gold25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [42] Gold400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various4 October 2019Original [6]
Australia Contemporary hit radio
[43]
United States8 October 2019 Top 40 radio Capitol [44]
Italy11 October 2019Contemporary hit radio Universal [45]
United States14 October 2019 Hot adult contemporary Capitol [46]
Various25 October 2019
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Stripped Version [11]
7 November 2019Diplo Remix [12]
Italy15 November 2019Contemporary hit radioUniversal [47]

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