In “Watermelon Sugar”, Harry Styles recalls a summer past, singing of scrumptious berries and a former love. The song was released without warning to fans, less than an hour before he performed the track during his hosting debut for Saturday Night Live.
The song is Styles' second 2019 release, foll...
[Verse 1]
Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin'
And it sounds just like a song
I want more berries and that summer feelin'
It's so wonderful and warm
[Pre-Chorus]
Breathe me in, breathe me out
I don't know if I could ever go without
I'm just thinking out loud
I don't know if I could ever go without
[Chorus]
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar
[Verse 2]
Strawberries on a summer evenin'
Baby, you're the end of June
I want your belly and that summer feelin'
Getting washed away in you
[Pre-Chorus]
Breathe me in, breathe me out
I don't know if I could ever go without
[Chorus]
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
[Post-Chorus]
I just wanna taste it, I just wanna taste it
Watermelon sugar high
[Bridge]
Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin'
And it sounds just like a song
I want your belly and that summer feelin'
I don't know if I could ever go without
[Chorus]
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high (Sugar)
Watermelon sugar high (Sugar)
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar high
[Outro]
I just wanna taste it, I just wanna taste it (Eh-eh-eh)
Watermelon sugar high
I just wanna taste it, I just wanna taste it (Ooh, yeah)
Watermelon sugar high
Watermelon sugar
Watermelon Sugar was written by Tyler Johnson & Kid Harpoon & Mitch Rowland & Harry Styles.
Watermelon Sugar was produced by Tyler Johnson & Kid Harpoon.
Harry Styles released Watermelon Sugar on Sat Nov 16 2019.
According to Harry, “Watermelon Sugar” was the hardest song to finish creating. He stated the following:
Well the hardest song to finish was “Watermelon Sugar.” We wrote it in a day and then it took about a year to finish…Which was very frustrating but uh, happy with it now.
-Harry Styles via Capi...
“Watermelon Sugar” debuted at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week ending November 30, 2019.
During the chart week of July 11, 2020, “Watermelon Sugar” peaked at #8 on the chart. The song is Styles’s third top 10 song on the Hot 100. The song also reached the top spot on Pop Songs Radio Air...
“Watermelon Sugar” is certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA.
During his NPR Tiny Desk Concert in March 2020, Harry gave a brief history on “Watermelon Sugar”, telling listeners:
[I wrote “Watermelon Sugar”] in 2017, while I was on tour for the first album. I was in Nashville on my day off, and we went into the studio just to kind of play around a little bit....
A tour visual for the song was released on August 3, 2020:
It doesn’t really matter what it’s about. “Watermelon Sugar” is about the sweetness of life. It’s also about the female orgasm. But that’s totally different. It’s not really relevant.
–via Billboard (October, 2021)