The song opens with a child’s voice saying, “Come on Harry, we want to say goodnight to you”, that voice belongs to Ruby Winston – his five-year-old Goddaughter whose father, Ben, the British TV producer and director who, in 2014, was the executive producer of The X-Factor and is co-executive producer of James Cordon’s Late Late Show. The song is about a relationship, but many of Styles’ fans were confused as to whether it was a relationship with another person, or his relationship with fame believing he sings about how things were (as it was) before he hit the big time. There aren’t too many songs in the 21st century that have that kind of appeal, so what is its appeal, let’s find out. It also topped the chart in 33 countries around the world including, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, India, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and Switzerland. In the States, its status is even more impressive as it topped the Billboard Singles chart for 15 weeks becoming the longest-running US number one by a British act. You can tell his popularity has grown and so too has the quality of his songs because Sign Of The Times managed just one week at the top whereas As It Was did 10 and became the best-selling UK single in 2022. Not too many members of boy bands breakaway for an equally, if not more successful solo career, Ronan Keating, Justin Timberlake are good examples and Michael Jackson is arguably the best example, but former One Direction member, Harry Styles is heading in that (one) direction.Īs a member of One Direction he racked up 28 hits between 20 this included 14 top 10 hits and four number ones, but he began his solo career in April 2017 with the chart-topping Sign Of The Times and has followed that with 14 more hits singles.Įxactly five years after his debut number one came his second in the shape of this week’s suggestion, As It Was.
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