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“How Long,” the second single from Charlie’s sophomore album, Voicenotes, sees Charlie apologizing to a girl for being unfaithful. Charlie teased the track on social media in the week leading up to its release, and posted a video of the voice note behind the track the night before it came out.
In a...
[Intro]
Alright
Whoa, oh, yeah
[Verse 1]
I'll admit, I was wrong, what else can I say, girl?
Can't you blame my head and not my heart?
I was drunk, I was gone, that don't make it right, but
Promise there were no feelings involved, no
[Pre-Chorus]
She said, "Boy, tell me honestly
Was it real or just for show?" Yeah
She said, "Save your apologies”
Baby, I just gotta know
[Chorus]
How long has this been goin' on?
You've been creepin' 'round on me
While you're callin' me "baby"
How long has this been goin' on?
You've been actin' so shady (Shady)
I've been feelin' it lately, baby
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh (Yeah)
Ooh-ooh (Encore)
Ooh-ooh, ooh
[Verse 2]
I'll admit (I'll admit), it's my fault (My fault)
But you gotta believe me
When I say it only happened once, mmm
I try (I try), and I try (I try), but you'll never see that
You're the only one I wanna love, oh, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
She said "Boy, tell me honestly (Honestly, yeah)
Was it real or just for show?" Yeah (Is it just for show?)
She said, "Save your apologies" (Apologies, yeah)
Baby, I just gotta know
[Chorus]
How long has this been goin' on?
You've been creepin' 'round on me (On me)
While you're callin' me "Baby" (Baby)
How long has this been goin' on?
You've been actin' so shady (Shady)
I've been feelin' it lately, baby (Baby)
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh (Yeah)
Ooh-ooh (Encore)
Ooh-ooh, ooh
How long has it been goin' on, baby?
Ooh-ooh (Woo)
Ooh-ooh, you gotta go tell me now
Ooh-ooh, ooh
[Pre-Chorus]
She said, "Boy, tell me honestly (Ooh)
Was it real or just for show?" Yeah (Ooh)
She said, "Save your apologies" (Ah)
Baby, I just gotta know
[Chorus]
How long has this been goin' on? (On, on)
You've been creepin' 'round on me (On me)
While you're callin' me "Baby" (Baby)
How long has this been goin' on?
You've been actin' so shady (Shady)
I've been feelin' it lately, baby
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh-ooh, yeah) How long has this been goin' on?
(Ooh, uh-uh) You've been creepin' 'round on me (Yeah)
(Ooh-ooh-oh) How long has it been goin' on, baby? Oh
(Ooh-ooh) How long has this been goin' on? (Ooh, uh-uh)
(You gotta go tell me now) (Ooh-ooh-oh)
You've been actin' so shady (Shady)
I've been feelin' it lately, baby
How Long was written by DJ Frank E & Jacob Kasher & Charlie Puth.
How Long was produced by Charlie Puth.
Charlie Puth released How Long on Thu Oct 05 2017.
Charlie teased the song over social media in September 2017, when he tweeted two photos in a row: the first was captioned “HOW,” and the second was captioned “LONG.” This continued into October, when he posted photos and video clips with the captions, “HAS,” “THIS,” “BEEN,” and “GOING.” The teasing...
In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Charlie said:
It was originally supposed to be in E-flat minor. […] With the theme of ‘Attention’ kinda being a ‘bass’ song, I didn’t want it to be, like, a ripoff of ‘Attention,’ but lyrically, the song is like part two of ‘Attention,’ as far as the story goes....
Charlie hasn’t and probably won’t ever reveal who specifically the song is about but in an interview with “Access Hollywood”, Charlie explained that it is something he has experienced in life and is personal to him.
“How Long” was the only song that I made on this album entirely on a touring bus. With one broken rocket speaker! It was incredibly hard to mix and make that song because we were shoved in this tiny room in the back of my tour bus. We basically had to make the entire record on a tiny laptop.
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On October 22, 2019 the RIAA certified this song as 2x Platinum.