• "Watermelon Sugar" is a song by English singer Harry Styles from his second studio album Fine Line (2019), included as the album's second track.
• Styles wrote the song with Mitch Rowland and its producers Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon. They were inspired by the American novel In Watermelon Sugar (1968) by Richard Brautigan.
• Using the metaphor of watermelon sugar to describe a sexual encounter, the song is about the initial excitement of when one first starts seeing someone. It took Styles about a year to finish.
• In the United States, "Watermelon Sugar" debuted at number sixty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated 30 November 2019. It peaked at number fifty-four after the release of Fine Line and officially left the chart the following month. On 8 May 2020, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. After being released as a single, "Watermelon Sugar" re-entered the chart in May at number sixty-four and has so far reached a new peak of nineteen; giving Styles' his fourth top-twenty single in the US, and third from Fine Line.
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From the Album:
Fine Line
Released:
15 May 2020
Genres:
Rock, funk-pop, indie, pop
Length:
2:53
Writers:
Harry Styles, Mitch Rowland, Tyler Johnson, Thomas Hull
Producers:
Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon
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