On the Loose (Niall Horan song)

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"On the Loose"
Niall Horan On the Loose.png
Single by Niall Horan
from the album Flicker
Released16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Genre
Length3:43
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Julian Bunetta
Niall Horan singles chronology
"Too Much to Ask"
(2017)		"On the Loose"
(2018)		"Seeing Blind"
(2018)
Music video
"On the Loose" on YouTube

"On the Loose" is a song recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan from his debut studio album Flicker . It was written by Horan, John Ryan and its producer Julian Bunetta. The song was released to the US Mainstream Top 40 radio on 20 February 2018 as the album's fourth single. The radio version was released commercially on 16 February 2018 and was labeled as 'Alternative Version'. [3]

Contents

Background

Horan debuted the song on 13 May 2017 during his performance at Channel 93.3's Summer Kick Off concert in San Diego. [4] On 29 May 2017, Horan performed on The Today Show's Citi Concert Series, closing the show with a live TV debut of "On the Loose". [5]

Horan admitted in an interview with Herald Sun that he channelled Fleetwood Mac for the song. "You can hear the 'Mac in that. Everyone's always trying to write their own Dreams. I'm only 24, Fleetwood Mac is the music I've listened to since I was four years old. I listen to a lot of other types of music but that's the stuff that always stuck around with me. I was going through a punk rock phase when I was 15, I like punk rock now but I wouldn't pick up my iPod and go straight to it, I'd probably go to the 'Mac and Crosby Stills and Nash and Jackson Browne and Tom Petty. They're the artists in my head, you can hear that on the album I think." [6]

He announced on 5 February 2018 via social media that the song would be the fourth single from the album. The accompanying single artwork, illustrated by Kyler Martz, features a drawing of a woman holding a heart, surrounded by flowers, some of which have legs and eyes on them. [7] [8] An animated lyric video for the song was released on 12 February 2018, after Horan posted a 20-second teaser the day before. [9] [10] It features a lady seducing multiple men, [11] while cruising through a city in a convertible. [12]

Critical reception

Christina Lee of Idolator wrote that the song "sounds like a cautionary tale", in comparison to "Slow Hands". [13] Mike Wass of the same publication opined that the song is "similarly upbeat" as "Slow Hands", and found it "more radio-friendly" than Horan's "stripped-back songs". [14]

Track listing

Digital download – alternate version [15]
No.TitleLength
1."On the Loose" (alternate version)2:38
Digital download – acoustic version [16]
No.TitleLength
1."On the Loose" (acoustic)3:13
Digital download – Basic Tape remix [17]
No.TitleLength
1."On the Loose" (Basic Tape remix)2:59
Digital download – Slenderbodies remix [18]
No.TitleLength
1."On the Loose" (Slenderbodies remix)2:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [19]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [40] Gold35,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
VariousFebruary 16, 2018 Digital download Alternate Capitol [15]
Australia Contemporary hit radio [41]
United States20 February 2018 [42]
9 March 2018Digital downloadBasic Tape remix [17]
15 March 2018Acoustic [16]
23 March 2018Slenderbodies remix [18]

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