"She Looks So Perfect" is a song by Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer, taken from their
self-titled debut album, 5 Seconds of Summer.
The song was digitally released in Australia on 23 February 2014 and in Europe on 23 March
2014 through Capitol Records and Hi or Hey Records, as their debut single with a major
label.
The accompanying music video was released on 24 February 2014.
"She Looks So Perfect" peaked at number one on the Australian Singles Chart, New Zealand
Singles Chart, Irish Singles Chart and the UK Singles Chart.
It was certified Platinum by Australian Recording Industry Association for selling 70,000 copies.
Background "She Looks So Perfect" is a pop rock song.
It was written by band members Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin
along with Jake Sinclair, who also produced the song, with additional production by Eric
Valentine.
The single is the leading track on the band's She Looks So Perfect EP, and is set to be
the first track on the band's self-titled debut studio album.
Critical reception Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song
a mixed review, stating that:
"While their influences clearly nod towards pop-punk godfathers Green Day and Blink-182,
5SOS's official debut 'She Looks So Perfect' is strewn with teen heartthrob clichés.
We worked too damn hard for this just to give it up now," Luke tells his flame over a plucky
electric guitar, before the song bursts into a lofty chorus and further promises of diamond
rings and plane tickets.
It's the age-old tale of a forbidden romantic runaway; trouble is, with this anthem poised
to scale the chart, slipping away unnoticed will soon prove slightly more difficult.
The fans
Chart performance On 5 February 2014, the song was made available
for pre-order on iTunes.
Within two days, it had reached the number one on iTunes in 39 countries, including Australia,
New Zealand, the UK and Ireland.
On 1 March 2014, "She Looks So Perfect" debuted at number three on the Australian ARIA Singles
Chart, being kept off the top spot by Clean Bandit's "Rather Be" and Pharrell Williams'
"Happy".
The song finally reached number one on its fifth week on the chart, as well as being
certified Platinum for sales of 70,000 copies.
Likewise, it debuted at number four on the New Zealand Singles Chart and in its fifth
week, the song jumped from number nine to one.
The week after, it was certified Gold.
"She Looks So Perfect" debuted at number one on the Irish Singles Chart on 27 March 2014.
On 30 March, it debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart with about 94,000 copies
sold in first week.
It was fourth UK number one single by band from Australia and first since Madison Avenue's
"Don't Call Me Baby", who topped the chart in May 2000.
In second week "She Look So Perfect" dropped to 10th place, who is biggest drop from top
spot since McFly's double single "Baby's Come Back"/"Transylvania", who tie this record
with Elvis Presley's re-release "One Night"/"I Got Stung" from 2005 and dropped from 1 to
20 in April 2007.
"She Looks So Perfect" entered on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 12 April 2014.
On 24 May 2014, six weeks after their debut, "She Looks So Perfect" reached number 37.
A week later, the track reached its peak position at number 32, becoming the band's first top
40 single.
Music video The official music video was directed by Frank
Borin.
It was released to YouTube on 24 February 2014.
It has since been viewed over 41 million times.
Track listing Notes
^[a] signifies an additional producer ^[b] signifies a vocal producer
Personnel Credits adapted from CD single inserts.
Charts and certifications Release history
United States 2nd April 2013 See also
List of number-one singles of 2014 List of artists who have had number-one singles
on the UK Official Download Chart References
External links Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics