"As It Was" is a song by English singer Harry Styles, released through Erskine and Columbia on 1 April 2022 as the lead single from his third studio album, Harry's House (2022). The song was written by Styles alongside the song's producers Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson.

"As It Was"

received positive reviews from critics and debuted at number one on the UK

Singles Chart, becoming Styles's second number-one single after "Sign of the Times". The song spent ten weeks at the top

of the UK Singles Chart, becoming the longest-running number-one single of the

year so far in the UK. Also 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 charts history.

"As It Was" topped

the charts in 35 countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,

Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands,

New Zealand, Singapore and Sweden.