Harry Styles

"As It Was" was widely acclaimed by music critics and entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming Styles's second number-one single after "Sign of the Times" in April 2017.

"As It Was" spent ten weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming the longest-running number-one and best-selling single of 2022 in his home country.

It also became his second number one single in the US; the song spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the longest-running US number one by a UK act and the fourth-longest-running number one in the chart's history.