"On the Loose" | ||||
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Single by Niall Horan | ||||
from the album Flicker | ||||
Released | 16 February 2018 | |||
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Length | 3:43 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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Producer(s) | Julian Bunetta | |||
Niall Horan singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"On the Loose" on YouTube |
"On the Loose" is a song recorded by Irish singer and 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]
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]
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]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "On the Loose" (alternate version) | 2:38 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "On the Loose" (acoustic) | 3:13 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "On the Loose" (Basic Tape remix) | 2:59 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "On the Loose" (Slenderbodies remix) | 2:43 |
Credits adapted from Tidal. [19]
Weekly charts
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Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | February 16, 2018 | Digital download | Alternate | Capitol | [15] |
Australia | Contemporary hit radio | [40] | |||
United States | 20 February 2018 | [41] | |||
9 March 2018 | Digital download | Basic Tape remix | [17] | ||
15 March 2018 | Acoustic | [16] | |||
23 March 2018 | Slenderbodies remix | [18] |
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