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*The copyright for the cover art for “Harry’s House” by the artist Harry Styles is believed to belong to the label, Erskine and Columbia Records, or the graphic artist(s).
Song

Matilda

Harry Styles

Album Harry’s House

“Matilda” is the seventh track from Harry Styles’ from his third studio album “Harry’s House”, which was released on the 20th May 2022 through Columbia Records and Erskine Records.

“Matilda” is a folk song that sees Styles reminisce about a friend and experiences in their life that they opened up to Styles about. In an interview with Apple Music Zane Lowe, Styles revealed that the title of the song came from the famous Roald Dahl book of the same name. Styles also opened up about the song to Lowe:

“I had an experience with someone where, in getting to know them better, they revealed some stuff to me that was very much like ‘Oh, that’s not normal, I think you should get some help’… […] This song was inspired by that experience and person…”

There is currently no music video for “Matilda”, but there is an official audio video on Styles’ YouTube channel that as of the 10th July 2022, had almost 8 million views.

Read the lyrics to “Matilda” here.

*All information accurate at the time of publishing. 

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Release Date

20th May 2022

Songwriter/s

Harry Styles, Thomas Hull, Tyler Johnson & Amy Allen

Producers/s

Kid Harpoon & Tyler Johnson

Label/s

Columbia Records & Erskine Records

Chart Rankings

- #86 in Argentina - #3 in Australia - #21 in Austria - #5 in Canada - #24 in Denmark - #103 in France - #6 on the US Billboard Global 200 - #3 in Ireland - #23 in Norway - #80 in Spain - #25 in Sweden - #23 in Switzerland - #84 on the UK Download (OCC) - #86 on the UK Singles Sales (OCC) - #5 on the UK Streaming (OCC) - #9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 *All chart rankings accurate at the time of publishing.

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