"Be My Mistake" | |
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Song by The 1975 | |
from the album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships | |
Released | 30 November 2018 |
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Length | 4:17 |
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"Be My Mistake" is a song by British indie rock band, The 1975. The track is the sixth song on their third studio album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. Despite not being an official single from the album, it charted on the New Zealand and U.S. rock charts.
In a November 2018 interview with Pitchfork, lead singer Matty Healy described "Be My Mistake" as a song about guilt. Healy further explained "It’s about when you are a young person and you struggle sometimes to figure out what you really want. And sometimes, like a lot of things, it requires you to make a mistake before you actually understand what you have." [1] Healy described Nick Drake as an influence for the song. [1]
Writing for PopBuzz, Katie Louise Smith called "Be My Mistake" "is almost like an even sadder sequel to ' Somebody Else' and it will one hundred percent destroy you emotionally". [2]
Chart (2018–19) | Peak position |
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New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ) [3] | 24 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard) [4] | 36 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom ( BPI) [5] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |