“Forever” by Haim

"Forever" was the song that introduced Haim: the debut single from the American sister act, out on Polydor on October 12, 2012 and later folded into their first album, Days Are Gone, in 2013. Alana, Danielle and Este Haim wrote it, and the band produced it with Ludwig Göransson, stacking clattering percussion under tight harmonies. The lyric catches a relationship at its do-or-die moment, and the song leans hard on the themes of The Warriors, the 1979 cult film.

Critics swooned, calling it a killer single, praising its dazzling chorus and hearing echoes of Fleetwood Mac, Donna Lewis, even Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". It was their first single to chart anywhere, across Europe, in Japan and on several Billboard lists back home, and the video set the sisters loose in their living room, on bicycles and at a nail salon, cut with footage from their childhood.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.