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“As It Was” by Harry Styles
From the album Harry’s House (2022)
“As It Was” by Harry Styles appears on 11 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2022 and 2026. It was first released in 2022 on the album Harry’s House. Its best result is #2 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 2022 and #227 of the '20s.
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Harry Styles opened the campaign for Harry's House, his third studio album, with "As It Was" on April 1, 2022, and it's a bright, skittering synth-pop song with a lump in its throat. Styles wrote it with his producers, Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson; Mitch Rowland plays guitar, bass, synth and drums, Johnson adds synth and upright piano, Styles himself rings the tubular bells, and Spike Stent mixed it.
It topped the UK chart for ten weeks, the longest run at number one of 2022 there, and spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, longer than any UK act before it. The IFPI named it the best-selling single in the world for 2022, and in 2024 Rolling Stone put it at number 500 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge The Top 22 of 2022 | 22 |
| 2022 | 10 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 20 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 6 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2022 | 200 |
| 2022 | 53 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91.7 Songs of 2022 | 92 |
| 2022 | 7 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022 | 88 |
| 2022 | 6 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2022 | 51 |
| 2022 | 20 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 | 109 |
| 2022 | 2 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 134 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 573 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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