Red Flags (song)

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"Red Flags"
Mimi Webb - Red Flags.png
Single by Mimi Webb
from the album Amelia
Released13 January 2023 (2023-01-13)
Length2:24
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Cirkut
  • Connor McDonough
  • Ryan Daly
Mimi Webb singles chronology
"Ghost of You"
(2022)
"Red Flags"
(2023)
"Freezing"
(2023)
Music video
"Red Flags" on YouTube

"Red Flags" is a song by British singer and songwriter Mimi Webb, from her debut studio album Amelia . [1] It was released on 13 January 2023 through Epic Records as the third single from the album. The song debuted at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, later rising to a peak of number twelve. [2]

Contents

Production

The song was co-produced by Cirkut (real name Henry Walter), who had also worked with Webb on her previous single, "Ghost of You". [3] Webb also revealed in an interview with the Official Charts Company that she "wrote [the song] with Connor McDonough, Riley McDonough, Toby McDonough, CASTLE, and Ryan Daly [Cirkut also helped produce and co-write the track]. We wrote it at the end of last summer. We did a lot of really sick songs that are on the album." [3]

Composition and lyrics

According to the Official Charts Company, the main theme of the song is "Mimi [beginning] to wonder why she's staying in a situation she should be well shot of" and seeing how "those red flags can actually seem a bit green".

Webb herself describes it as a "revenge song", saying "I was very in love, I think sometimes you want what you can't have. It can be really challenging and you have to have such a discipline to walk away. For me, I look back at our old conversations and, honestly, that person was really trying to get me to get break up with them. I didn't even see it! I thought it was all green flags." [3]

Live performances

Webb made several guest appearances on TV shows to promote the single, performing live on The Graham Norton Show on Friday 10th February 2023 [4] She also appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform the song on 16 January 2023. [5] Following the release of her album, Amelia, Webb featured in the "End of the Show Show" on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway , aired live on Saturday 4th March 2023, performing '"Red Flags". [6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Red Flags"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Canada CHR/Top 40 ( Billboard ) [7] 42
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [8] 19
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [9] 33
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 12
Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard Japan ) [11] 14
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [12] 14
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 12
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [14] 31
US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) [15] 28

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Red Flags"
Chart (2023)Position
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 88

Certifications

Certifications for "Red Flags"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Gold400,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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