"Late Night Talking"
UK limited digital and CD single cover.[1][2] The international exclusive digital single and physical formats use different covers.[3][4]
Single by Harry Styles
from the album Harry's House
Released21 June 2022 (2022-06-21)
Recorded23 May 2020
Genre
Length2:58
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Harry Styles singles chronology
"As It Was"
(2022) 		"Late Night Talking"
(2022) 		"Music for a Sushi Restaurant"
(2022)
Music video
"Late Night Talking" on YouTube

"Late Night Talking" is a song by English singer Harry Styles. The song was released to US pop radio as the second single from his third studio album Harry's House on 21 June 2022. A music video for the song was later released on 13 July 2022, in which Styles is shown exploring the world on different beds.

Background and composition

On 1 April 2022, Styles released the lead single "As It Was" to critical acclaim and commercial success.[citation needed] The song was debuted during his Coachella performance.[7] "Late Night Talking" was described as a "glossy R&B shifter" that fills "every available space with some or other moving part, right down to vocal parts mimicking brass".[6]

Music video

The video, directed by Bradley and Pablo and released on 13 July 2022,[8] finds Styles following a portal in his own bed that leads him to an array of other beds — one in an art gallery, another in a restaurant, a theatre, and another that speeds through the streets of London past Buckingham Palace. The clip also comes complete with a pillow fight and Styles officiating a bed-ridden wedding, before falling through the sky on his bed. Critics have interpreted this video as a discussion into how Styles' romantic and sexual entanglements are publicized with Pride Magazine as the beds jump from scene to scene in increasingly public spectacles.[9]

Accolades

Accolades for "Late Night Talking"
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2022 MTV Video Music Awards Song of Summer Nominated [10]
2023 MTV MIAW Awards Galactic Hit of the Year Nominated [11]

Live performance

He performed a live version of the song on the Today Show on May 19,[12] and also included the song in a set he performed for BBC Radio 1, along with "As It Was", "Boyfriends" and a cover of "Wet Dream" by Wet Leg on 24 May 2022.[13]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Late Night Talking"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[87] 3× Platinum 210,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[88] Diamond 160,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[89] 3× Platinum 240,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[90] Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP)[91] Platinum 200,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[92] Gold 50,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON)[93] Platinum+Gold 210,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[94] Platinum 30,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[95] Platinum 50,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[96] Platinum 10,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[97] Gold 10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[98] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[99] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[100] Gold 1,000,000†
Sweden (GLF)[101] Gold 4,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

"Late Night Talking" release history
Region Date Format(s) Version Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 25 May 2022[a] Digital download Original
[1]
United States 21 June 2022 Contemporary hit radio Columbia [102]
Italy 15 July 2022 Radio airplay Sony [103]
United Kingdom 5 August 2022 CD single
  • Erskine
  • Columbia
 [2]
Various 18 August 2022
  • Original
  • instrumental
 [4]
2 September 2022
[104]

Notes

  1. ^ Release as a promotional single.

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