Slow Hands (Niall Horan song)

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"Slow Hands"
Slow Hands - Niall Horan.jpg
Single by Niall Horan
from the album Flicker
Released4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
Genre
Length3:07
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Julian Bunetta [1]
Niall Horan singles chronology
"This Town"
(2016)
"Slow Hands"
(2017)
"Too Much to Ask"
(2017)

"Slow Hands" is a song recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan, released as a single on 4 May 2017 by Capitol Records. [2] The song was written by Horan, Alexander Izquierdo, John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Ruth Anne Cunningham and Tobias Jesso Jr., while the production was handled by Bunetta. [3] It was serviced to US contemporary hit radio on 9 May 2017 [4] as the second single from Horan's debut solo album Flicker (2017).

Contents

"Slow Hands" peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Horan's highest-charting single in those countries.

Background and composition

Don Henley's solo material after the Eagles inspired the song's composition Don Henley (2088057840).jpg
Don Henley's solo material after the Eagles inspired the song's composition

Prior to its release, Horan discussed the song in an interview with Mikey Piff on Sirius XM. The singer said that after listening to some of the material he had recorded for his debut album, he wanted to add "a bit more grit, funk and heavier bass." At the time he was listening to late 1970s and early 1980s music. "When Don Henley went solo in the early eighties, he just kinda had this funky kind of feel to it – heavy bass, heavy guitar – so I just thought, 'Let's give this a crack,'" Horan said of making the track. "I wanted it to be a little bit cheeky with the lyric." About the concept, he explained it is set in a bar and the song's theme changes up stereotypical roles. "The first line is...'we should take this back to my place' – and usually that's what the guy would say, but we flipped it that the girl would say that, and that's what she said right to my face." [5] [6]

"Slow Hands" is a bass-heavy funk-pop, pop and folk-pop song, with Horan singing in a lower register. [5] [7] [8] [9] A Billboard writer described it as an "R&B-inflected rock tune." [10] It is written in the key of C major at a tempo of 88 beats per minute. [11]

Critical reception

In Billboard , Taylor Weatherby noted "Slow Hands" focuses on a "funkier guitar vibe", compared to Horan's previous single "This Town." She also opined "the subtly-sexy song" shows an "edgier side of Niall." [12] Colin Stutz from the publication, added, "The combination of a thumping beat and Horan's raspy vocals makes the song hardly even sound like the same guy who sang ["This Town"]. But what "Slow Hands" shows is that Horan definitely won't just be sticking to the sweet singer-songwriter sound on his solo debut." [6] Rolling Stone 's Althea Legaspi also noted Horan "goes for a more muted sound. Above a stomp-and-clap beat and muted guitar, Horan allows his lower register to showcase his more seductive side on the track." [5]

In The Irish Times , Jennifer Gannon wrote that "it’s no radical departure, Niall hasn’t decided to go Gaga but it’s a step in a more Sheeran-style, crowd-pleasing direction. A gentle, foot-stomper about a lady with a magic touch, a lady who knows what she wants, she wants to get her hands all over Niall's "dirty laundry" and not in a bringing your washing home on a Sunday way. This isn't Timberlake's Sexy Back, it's Horan's Sweaty Back." [13]

Billboard's critics' list placed it second on "Every One Direction Solo Single, Ranked" in May 2017, stating that the "secret" highlight "[is] the way Niall's vocal on the first verse is ever so discretely chopped on the recording to a clipped staccato, a mysterious move that forces the singer into a less-is-more delivery that ends up being much more indeed." [14]

Chart performance

"Slow Hands" charted within the top 10 in the charts of Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The single became his second top 20 entry as a solo artist on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 11 and surpassing his preceding single "This Town", which reached number 20. On 15 September 2017, the single was certified Platinum for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over a million units in the United States. On the chart dated 7 October 2017, the single reached number one on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. [15] As of December 2017, it has sold one million copies in the US. [16]

Live performances

Horan has performed "Slow Hands" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . [17] [18] On 29 May 2017, the singer performed "Slow Hands", "This Town" and premiered the track "On the Loose" on The Today Show . [19] On 4 June 2017, Horan performed the song during the One Love Manchester benefit concert for the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing. [20] On 5 June he performed on BBC One's The One Show . [21] The singer also performed "Slow Hands" at the Capital FM's Summertime Ball 2017. [22]

On 22 June 2018, Horan performed the song with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, at the first London show of her Reputation Stadium Tour at Wembley Stadium, as a surprise guest.

Track listings

  1. "Slow Hands" – 3:07
  1. "Slow Hands" (Acoustic) – 2:40
  1. "Slow Hands" (Jay Pryor remix) – 2:40
  1. "Slow Hands" (Basic Tape remix) – 3:02

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Slow Hands"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [78] 8× Platinum560,000
Belgium (BEA) [79] Gold10,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [80] Platinum60,000
Canada (Music Canada) [81] 5× Platinum400,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [82] Platinum90,000
Germany (BVMI) [83] Gold200,000
Ireland (IRMA) [84] 3× Platinum45,000^
Italy (FIMI) [85] Gold25,000
Mexico (AMPROFON) [86] Platinum60,000
Netherlands (NVPI) [87] Platinum40,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [88] Platinum30,000
Norway (IFPI Norway) [89] Gold30,000
Portugal (AFP) [90] Gold5,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [91] Gold30,000
Sweden (GLF) [92] Gold20,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [93] 2× Platinum1,200,000
United States (RIAA) [94] 3× Platinum3,000,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates for "Slow Hands"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various4 May 2017 Digital download Original Capitol [23]
23 June 2017Acoustic [24]
Jay Pryor remix [25]
Basic Tape remix [26]
United States9 May 2017 Contemporary hit radio Original [4]
Italy12 May 2017 Universal [95]

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