Pointless (song)

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"Pointless"
Lewis Capaldi - Pointless.png
Single by Lewis Capaldi
from the album Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent
Released2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)
Genre Pop [1]
Length3:48
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Steve Mac
Lewis Capaldi singles chronology
"Forget Me"
(2022)		"Pointless"
(2022)		"Wish You the Best"
(2023)
Music video
"Pointless" on YouTube

"Pointless" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. It was released on 2 December 2022 as the second single from his second studio album, Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent (2023). "Pointless" reached number-one in the UK Singles Chart on 13 January 2023, becoming Capaldi's fourth number-one single in the United Kingdom. [2]

Contents

Background

"Pointless" was written by Capaldi, Johnny McDaid, Steve Mac and Ed Sheeran. Capaldi posted previews of the song in November 2022. [3] In an interview with The Big Issue , he explained that the track is about "being in love" and that he hopes to have it played at weddings. The song originally stems from an unfinished track that Mac, McDaid and Sheeran had been working on. After hearing it, Capaldi "tweaked it a little bit" and put his "stamp" on it, writing the chorus and the middle eight. [4]

Music and lyrics

Words and Music for "Pointless" were written by Lewis Capaldi, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and Steve Mac. The song was originally published in the key of E Major and starts with E/A/B/E/A/B/E progression with lyrics "I bring her coffee in the morning, she brings me inner peace. I take her out to fancy restaurants, she takes the sadness out of me.". The tempo of the score is "Ballad". [5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Hector Dockrill. [6] It tells the story of a single mother, played by Irish actress Niamh Algar, raising her son, played by British actor George Jaques. [7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Pointless"
Chart (2022–2023)Peak
position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA) [8] 15
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] 34
Croatia (HRT) [10] 25
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [11] 37
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [12] 111
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [13] 34
Hungary (Single Top 40) [14] 21
Ireland (IRMA) [15] 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [16] 20
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [17] 36
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [18] 4
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [19] 16
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 48
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 61
UK Singles (OCC) [22] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Pointless"
Chart (2023)Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [23] 77
UK Singles (OCC) [24] 47

Certifications

Certifications for "Pointless"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [25] Gold35,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [26] Gold20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Platinum600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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