Circles (Post Malone song)

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"Circles"
File:Post Malone - Circles.png
Single by Post Malone
from the album Hollywood's Bleeding
Released August 30, 2019 (2019-08-30)
Recorded August 8, 2018 (2018-08-08)
Genre
Length 3:35
Label Republic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
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"Goodbyes"
(2019)		 "Circles"
(2019)		 "Enemies"
(2019)
Music video
"Circles" on YouTube

"Circles" is a song by American rapper and singer Post Malone. It was released through Republic Records on August 30, 2019, as the third single from Malone's third studio album Hollywood's Bleeding (2019). It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week of November 30, 2019, topping the chart for three weeks, marking Post Malone's fourth number-one song, as well as his first solo effort to top the chart. The song also reached number one in Iceland, Malaysia, and New Zealand, as well as the top ten in 20 additional countries. It was the most played song of 2020 on adult contemporary radio in the US. It is also certified nine times platinum in Canada, nine times platinum in Australia, five times platinum in the US, and Gold or higher in 11 additional countries. It was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards.[2]

Promotion

Post Malone premiered the song live during his Bud Light Dive Bar Tour show in New York City on August 5, where he claimed it would be released the following week.[3] A snippet of the track was posted to Malone's YouTube channel the same day.[4] He previewed the song in August 2019 on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[5]

Composition

"Circles" is a downtempo pop rock song consisting of a "bouncy, melancholy" melody, alongside a "gentle acoustic groove". The chorus has been described as "compulsory singalong".[6] It is written in the key of C major, in common time, at a tempo of 120 beats per minute. It follows a chord structure of Cmaj7–Em/B–Fmaj7–Fm, followed by Cmaj7–Em/B–Fmaj7–G6.[7]

Critical reception

The song received critical acclaim. Billboard described it as being "backed by sunny acoustic guitars, swirling percussion and infectious melodies",[8] and that while it has a "funky feel, the meaning is a bit more somber, detailing a relationship gone cold".[9]

R Dub, Z90.3 director of programming, told Billboard, "For me, the staying power of 'Circles' is due to a combination of an absolutely addicting, fun, emotional, and at the same time, non-fatiguing hook, combined with relatable lyrics. Who can't relate to going in circles in so many aspects of life? Young, old, rich, poor, black, white… We're all going through it".[10]

The song's musical backing has been frequently compared to that of Tame Impala – so much so, that Tame Impala's Kevin Parker was originally believed to be one of the song's co-writers prior to the song's release.[11]

Chart performance

On the chart dated November 30, 2019, "Circles" became Post Malone's fourth number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and his first unaccompanied by another artist.[12] It also marked his second Hot 100 number one of 2019, following "Sunflower" with Swae Lee, which led the chart in January.[12] On the chart dated May 2, 2020, "Circles" broke the record for the most weeks spent in the Hot 100's top 10; 34 weeks – surpassing his own song, "Sunflower" (2019), Maroon 5 and Cardi B's "Girls Like You" (2018), and Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" (2017), which all logged 33 weeks each in that region.[10] It simultaneously passed the latter for the most weeks spent in the top 10 from a song's debut.[10] It later extended its record to 39 weeks.[13] "Circles" would keep the record for five more months before The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" broke the record by reaching 40 weeks (and then 57 in total); it would later be surpassed again in 2021 by Dua Lipa's "Levitating," which spent a total of 41 weeks in the top 10. "Circles" spent 61 weeks on the chart before leaving in November 2020. It was also the most-played radio song of 2020.[14]

Additionally, it became the first song to spend 30 weeks in the top 10 of Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart, where it also ranked at number one for 10 weeks,[10] becoming the first single by a solo male artist (no features) to achieve double-digit frames at number one on that chart.[15]

Elsewhere, the song also peaked at number one in Iceland, Malaysia and New Zealand, number two in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Norway, Singapore and Slovakia, number three in Czech Republic, Denmark, Lithuania, Slovenia and the UK, while reaching the top 10 in several other nations.

Lawsuit

Malone filed a lawsuit against songwriter Tyler Armes for "falsely claiming that he is a co-author of the musical composition contained in the 'Circles' track". He stated that although Armes was present when the track was recorded on August 8, 2018, he did not make contributions to the track.[16] According to the complaint from Malone, he continued to work with songwriters Walsh, Gunesberk and Bell in subsequent sessions after August 8, while Armes wasn't present in either of those sessions.[17]

Music video

The music video, directed by Colin Tilley, was released on September 3, 2019. Post plays a knight in armor who wanders across a war-torn rural countryside, watched through a magic mirror by a strange woman with no mouth.[18] As of April 2022, the video has over 460 million views on YouTube.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[19]

Musicians

Production

Technical

  • Louis Bell – recording
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing assistant
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistant
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
  • Jeremie Inhaber – mixing assistant
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[128] 9× Platinum 630,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[129] Platinum 30,000
Belgium (BEA)[130] Platinum 30,000
Brazil (ABPD)[131] 3× Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *.
Canada (Music Canada)[132] 9× Platinum 90,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[133] 2× Platinum 0
France (SNEP)[134] Platinum 250,000
Germany (BVMI)[135] Gold 150,000
Italy (FIMI)[136] 2× Platinum 60,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[137] 3× Platinum 45,000
Poland (ZPAV)[138] 3× Platinum 60,000
Portugal (AFP)[139] 3× Platinum 60,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[140] Gold 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[141] 2× Platinum 1,200,000
United States (RIAA)[142] 5× Platinum 5,000,000

xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various August 30, 2019
Republic [9]
United States September 3, 2019 Contemporary hit radio [143]
September 16, 2019 Hot adult contemporary [144]
Various November 7, 2019
[145][146][147]

See also

References

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