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Is that a influence I hear? A defiant song that has 1D paying proper tribute to all the great boybands who came before them. Harry Styles gets top marks for sheer audacity with this blatant riff on a classic song by his ex-girlfriend, Taylor Swift. Perhaps not the most obvious choice for number one, this enormously underrated track from Take Me Home has a title that belies its disarmingly mature approach, from the lyrics to the romantic production filled with sweeping violins and tender guitars.
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View offers. It is the band's signature song and one of the best selling singles of all time. It has been certified double-platinum in the US after selling 2,, units since February The single peaked at 4 on the Billboard Hot , and 1 on the UK singles chart. The music video, uploaded to YouTube on August 19 , was, at one point, one of the twenty most viewed videos of all time, after garnering more than million views since its premiere.
The song is about a girl who is attractive, yet she doesn't believe it herself, and, as a result, feels insecure when complimented. Critics have questioned whether the song's lyrical content is more harmful to female self esteem than encouraging. Great dating advice. Remember girls, low self esteem — very attractive to men. It goes deeper! You got it wrong. To prove I'm right I put it in a so-o-ng. It held on to its spot for four weeks. It was the highest first-week UK sales for any song in at the time.
On the New Zealand Singles Chart, the single entered at number sixteen, then jumped to number three the following week. It peaked at number two in its fourth and fifth weeks, and spent eleven consecutive weeks in the New Zealand Singles Chart top ten. The single debuted on the Canadian Hot at number nine, while debuting at number two on the digital songs chart with 19, downloads sold, the biggest debut for a first time charted artist since the Stereos's "Summer Girl" entered at number two in June The single has been certified gold by Music Canada MC for 40, sales.
The single debuted on the Billboard Hot at number twenty-eight, and at number twelve on the Hot Digital Songs Chart, selling , downloads in its first week.
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