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Love Again (Dua Lipa song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Love Again

| cover = Dua Lipa - Love Again cover art.png

| type = single

| artist = Dua Lipa

| album = Future Nostalgia

| alt = Dua Lipa against a black background wearing a white cowboy shirt with a bolo tie, a black cowboy hat and clown makeup. The singer's name appears on the left in white writing while the song's title appears in the bottom right in blue writing.

| released = 11 March 2021

| recorded =

| studio =

  • TaP (London)
  • Sleeper Sound (London)
  • RAK (London)
  • The Windmill (Norfolk)
  • Modulator Music (Toronto)

| genre =

| length = 4:18

| label = Warner

| writer =

| producer = Koz

| chronology = Dua Lipa

| prev_title = We're Good

| prev_year = 2021

| next_title = Demeanor

| next_year = 2021

| misc = {{External music video|type = single|header = Music video|{{YouTube|BC19kwABFwc|"Love Again"}}}}

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"Love Again" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). The song was written by Lipa alongside Clarence Coffee Jr., Chelcee Grimes and its producer Koz. They wrote the song based on the concept of manifesting positive things into one's life and Lipa later described it as her favourite song on the album. It was sent for radio airplay in France on 11 March 2021 as the seventh and final single from Future Nostalgia before being released for digital download and streaming on 4 June globally. It is a classic-sounding dance-pop, disco and electropop song with a 21st-century nu-disco production that includes disco beats and 1970s-styled disco strings. The song samples "My Woman" by Al Bowlly with Lew Stone and His Monseigneur Band, using it for several aspects, thus Bing Crosby, Max Wartell and Irving Wallman are also credited as writers. The lyrics explore themes of heartbreak and personal growth, seeing Lipa falling in love again with a new lover following a rough split.

Several music critics praised the use of the "My Woman" sample as well as the strings used in the production and the lyrics. Commercially, "Love Again" reached number 51 on the UK Singles Chart and number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as number 59 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. It additionally reached the top 10 of charts in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, reaching the summit in the last of the territories. The song has been certified gold in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), platinum in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain and multi-platinum in France, Brazil, Poland and Canada.

The music video for "Love Again" was directed by Lope Serrano and filmed at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The visual sees Lipa and her rodeo clown-styled dancers in the hotel's ballroom line dancing, riding mechanical bulls that sometimes disappear and painting eggs. A horse appears and the rodeo clowns attempt to capture a giant egg. The hats featured prominently in the music video were made by milliner Gladys Tamez.{{Cite web |date=4 June 2021 |title=Every Fashion Detail You Missed in Dua Lipa's 'Love Again' Music Video |url=https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/dua-lipa-love-again-music-video-fashion/ |access-date=4 June 2023 |website=Grazia USA |language=en-US}} Several critics commended the video's message of it being silly to fall in love so soon, as well as its Western style and surrealism. Lipa performed the song on multiple occasions in 2021, including at the Time 100 event, at the 41st Brit Awards as part of a Future Nostalgia Medley and at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. The song was included on the setlist of Lipa's 2022 Future Nostalgia Tour. It was further promoted with remixes by Horse Meat Disco, Imanbek and Garabatto.

Writing and production

"Love Again" was written by Lipa and her longtime collaborators Clarence Coffee Jr., Chelcee Grimes and Stephen Kozmeniuk, the latter of whom also handled the production.{{cite AV media notes|title=Future Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition|others=Dua Lipa|year=2021|type=liner notes|publisher=Warner Records|id=0190295076108|page=3}} They began working on the song while Lipa was going through a rough patch with a breakup. She had been in a relationship with someone who was dishonest to her and realised it was no longer healthy for her. During the relationship, Lipa failed to recognise herself and felt as though she had lost her power, as she usually sees herself as a strong woman. The collaborators had been working together in the studio for a couple days, but had not written anything they liked. Lipa was running late to the studio that day, while Kozmeniuk came in early determined to make something cool. With her album Future Nostalgia, Lipa wanted to create "old-styled" music with a modern twist, being inspired by artists that she grew up listening to. Having known that, Kozmeniuk played with some analog synths and came up with a rudimentary chord progression. He then added a guitar riff on top and a drum break throughout the song. Acoustic guitars were then added.{{cite episode|title=Dua Lipa – Love Again|series=Song Exploder|network=Netflix|date=15 December 2020|season=2|number=1}} When Lipa arrived at the studio, Grimes and Coffee were playing the guitar and singing "Hotdamn, you got me in love again". Lipa quickly rejected the line and changed it to "Goddamn, you got me in love again". She began expressing her feelings about the relationship to the writers, and Coffee suggested writing about that. They decided to begin the song with a concept of manifesting positive energy into one's life and realizing some things need to end.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/dua-lipas-future-nostalgia-party-purpose-69917594|title=Dua Lipa's 'Future Nostalgia' is a party with a purpose|publisher=ABC News|last=Fekadu|first=Mesfin|date=1 April 2020|access-date=19 October 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200725141220/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/dua-lipas-future-nostalgia-party-purpose-69917594|archive-date=25 July 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjltFS51oHI|title=Dua Lipa Talks Studio 2054, Miley Cyrus Collab, Levitating & Future Nostalgia|publisher=Zach Sang Show|time=8:22|via=YouTube|date=6 November 2020|access-date=8 November 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108185015/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjltFS51oHI|archive-date=8 November 2020}} Lipa thought that if she wrote about this, she might feel better. They started writing "Love Again" on a guitar and the song was originally in a non-standard song structure, which Lipa was fine with. Lipa thought the version felt good.

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| footer = Clarence Coffee Jr. sang the riff of "My Woman" (1932) by Al Bowlly (pictured left) which resulted in a sample of the song included in "Love Again" and credit for its writers, including Bing Crosby (pictured right).

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Following the session, Kozmeniuk was reading a Studio 54 book and he was picturing the work of Donna Summer where she had built up with a lot of a drums and string parts in an intro, before the song began. Inspired by this, he got his neighbour Drew Jurecka to play the violin and strings. Kozmeniuk quickly sent the string version to Lipa, which she admired for how dramatic it was. However, all the collaborators agreed that the song was still missing something. Later, two beats were added to the middle eight to build for a string part before exploding with the chorus. One night while they were all in a studio, Coffee began singing the riff of the 1990s hit track "Your Woman" by White Town over the top of what they had. Lipa thought the riff was from Star Wars (1977), while Grimes thought it was eerie and spooky. Lipa then suggested that they should incorporate it into "Love Again". Kozmeniuk spent a lot of time doing so with several different pitch corrections as "Love Again" and "My Woman" were in different keys. Due to this, Bing Crosby, Max Wartell and Irving Wallman were credited as writers. Coffee and Grimes questioned Lipa on including the line "I'll sink my teeth in disbelief" but Lipa fought really hard for it. She described the line as a visual one where you can almost taste how good something is, like the rush of adrenaline when she is about to get on stage. The singer later described this as her favourite line she has ever written.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/73-questions-dua-lipa|title=Dua Lipa Answers Vogue's 73 Questions|website=Vogue|last=Malone|first=Ian|date=10 May 2022|access-date=11 May 2022|time=8:05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510162602/https://www.vogue.com/article/73-questions-dua-lipa|archive-date=10 May 2022}} The line was originally "don't wake me up if it's a dream".{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dua-lipa-and-her-plan-for-world-domination/|title=Dua Lipa and her plan for world domination|publisher=CBS News|last=Bufao|first=Mikaela|date=6 December 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005756/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dua-lipa-and-her-plan-for-world-domination/|archive-date=8 December 2020|time=5:02}}

Lipa's vocals were recorded at RAK Studios in London. She went to the studio with her vocal producer Lorna Blackwood. Blackwood told Lipa to sing the sad parts of the song with a smile. Lipa recorded the ad-libs last, nervously thinking she would go off pitch. However, the nerves went away as the booth is like a school bathroom with strong acoustics where anything sounds great. Other vocals were recorded at TaP Studio and Sleeper Sound, both in London. The song was recorded at the latter of the two studios as well as Windmill in Norfolk and Modulator Music in Toronto. Mixing was handled by Matty Green at Studio 55 in Los Angeles while Chris Gehringer mastered the song at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey. Lipa described "Love Again" as "dance crying" as it is a dance song with the juxtaposition of both happy and sad feelings. As the song was written in parts instead of a complete track, there were several different versions of it. At one point Lipa suggested making the current middle eight the chorus, but quickly went with the demo version. After the song was finished, the collaborators spent a lot of time getting the structure right and playing with the arrangements, right up until the final mix. Lipa described "Love Again" as her favourite song on Future Nostalgia.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeT1PsJS-gg|title=Dua Lipa answers the questions fans really want to know|via=YouTube|work=GQ|location=United Kingdom|date=12 May 2020|access-date=19 October 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724221508/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeT1PsJS-gg|archive-date=24 July 2020}}

Music and lyrics

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Musically, "Love Again" is a dance-pop, disco and electropop song with a classic sound and an electro-swing sample.{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review-dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-is-a-euphoric-escape-hatch-to-pops-past/|title=Review: Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia Is a Euphoric Escape Hatch to Pop's Past|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|website=Slant Magazine|date=25 March 2020|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402224840/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review-dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-is-a-euphoric-escape-hatch-to-pops-past/|archive-date=2 April 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Johnston|first=Maura|author-link=Maura Johnston|title=Dua Lipa offers up high-octane pop bliss on Future Nostalgia|url=https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=19 October 2020|date=27 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623183716/https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|archive-date=23 June 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/dua-lipa-greatest-pop-stars-2021-1235007902/|title=Dua Lipa: No. 9 Greatest Pop Star of 2021|magazine=Billboard|last=Braca|first=Nina|date=10 December 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124205642/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/dua-lipa-greatest-pop-stars-2021-1235007902/|archive-date=24 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2020/03/25/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|title=Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia Album Review|work=Wonderland|last=Slater|first=Bailey|date=25 March 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200726004733/https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2020/03/25/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|archive-date=26 July 2020}} The song has a length of 4:18, and a structure of verse, bridge, chorus, verse, bridge, chorus, bridge, middle eight, bridge, chorus. It is composed in the time signature of {{music|time|4|4}} time and the key of F-sharp minor, with a tempo of 116 beats per minute and a chord progression of F{{music|sharp}}m–D–Bm7–E.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0235312|title=Dua Lipa 'Love Again' Sheet Music in F{{music|sharp}} Minor|date=9 June 2021 |publisher=Musicnotes.com|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711150030/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0235312|archive-date=11 July 2021}} The song's melodramatic 21st-century nu-disco production matches its lyrics,{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-album-review.html|title=Dua Lipa 'Future Nostalgia' Album Review|work=Vulture|url-access=limited|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|date=27 March 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200725024050/https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-album-review.html|archive-date=25 July 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/dua-lipa-10-best-and-worst-songs-of-all-time|title=Dua Lipa's 10 Best (and Worst) Songs of All Time|last=Rosa|first=Christopher|date=13 April 2020|access-date=14 November 2020|work=Glamour|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200626025856/https://www.glamour.com/story/dua-lipa-10-best-and-worst-songs-of-all-time|archive-date=26 June 2020}} and includes gloopy violins,{{cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/album-reviews/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia/|title=Dua Lipa – 'Future Nostalgia' review|work=Crack|last=Cragg|first=Michael|date=26 March 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624002626/https://crackmagazine.net/article/album-reviews/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia/|archive-date=24 June 2020}} orchestral sounds as well as disco beats and synths.{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7908573/album-review-dua-lipas-future-nostalgia-is-a-perfect-pop-escape?view-all&adblock=1&chrome=1|title=Album Review: Dua Lipa's 'Future Nostalgia' Is A Perfect Pop Escape|website=Idolator|last=Nied|first=Mike|date=30 March 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623175227/https://www.idolator.com/7908573/album-review-dua-lipas-future-nostalgia-is-a-perfect-pop-escape?view-all&adblock=1&chrome=1|archive-date=23 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2020/|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2020|website=Pitchfork|date=8 December 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208145103/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2020/|archive-date=8 December 2020}} Swooning, stirring and buzzing 1970s disco strings are also included, which add an emotional edge to the lyrics.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-album-review-tracklist-dont-start-now-physical-a9428896.html|title=Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia review: Pure sonic spandex|work=The Independent|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=26 March 2020|access-date=31 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200725170709/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-album-review-tracklist-dont-start-now-physical-a9428896.html|archive-date=25 July 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9345029/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-album-songs-ranking|title=Ranking All 11 Songs on Dua Lipa's 'Future Nostalgia': Critic's Take|magazine=Billboard|last=Gracie|first=Bianca|date=27 March 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623164657/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9345029/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-album-songs-ranking|archive-date=23 June 2020}} The song samples "My Woman" (1932) by Al Bowlly with Lew Stone and His Monseigneur Band. These elements are featured in the intro and woven in and out throughout the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21196890/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review|title=Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia: Beautiful, defiant dance-pop and an album of the year contender|work=Vox|last=Abad-Santos|first=Alex|date=28 March 2020|access-date=14 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328003526/https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21196890/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review|archive-date=28 March 2020}} This sample includes its strings, horn and trumpet, the latter of which was made popular by its sample in White Town's 1997 song "Your Woman".{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review-a-game-changer-for-pop-1.4211824|title=Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia review – A game-changer for pop|newspaper=The Irish Times|last=Bruton|first=Louise|date=25 March 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327082541/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review-a-game-changer-for-pop-1.4211824?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fculture%2Fmusic%2Fdua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review-a-game-changer-for-pop-1.4211824|archive-date=27 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2020/03/9626212/dua-lipa-love-again-your-woman-white-town-sample|title=Why Dua Lipa's 'Love Again' Is Stuck In Your Head|website=Refinery29|last=Reilly|first=Kaitlin|date=30 March 2020|access-date=14 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201114040017/https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2020/03/9626212/dua-lipa-love-again-your-woman-white-town-sample|archive-date=14 November 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9346247/white-town-dua-lipa-sample-your-woman-love-again|title=White Town's Jyoti Mishra on Dua Lipa Lifting 'Your Woman' Hook For 'Love Again': 'There's Magic in Old Samples'|magazine=Billboard|last=Jefferson|first=J'na|date=30 March 2020|access-date=14 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403111850/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9346247/white-town-dua-lipa-sample-your-woman-love-again|archive-date=3 April 2020}} Acoustic guitar strums are included in the echoing bridge, before a repetitive hook and a thudding beat drop.{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-2645576792.html|title=Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia|work=PopMatters|last=Malone|first=Nick|date=27 March 2020|access-date=7 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200726002636/https://www.popmatters.com/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-2645576792.html|archive-date=26 July 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review-first-listen-2020-3/amp|title=Dua Lipa's vivid, disco-infused 'Future Nostalgia' is an instant pop classic|last1=Larocca|first1=Courteney|last2=Ahlgrim|first2=Callie|website=Business Insider|date=28 March 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411020733/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review-first-listen-2020-3/amp|archive-date=11 April 2020|url-status=dead}}

Lipa uses her lower register husky vocals that encapsulate an undeniable sense of urgency, as if she is mimicking the rush of falling in love with hints of tension ever so often. Her vocals range from the low note of E3 to the high note of A4. Lyrically, "Love Again" explores themes of heartbreak and personal growth with proclamations of rediscovered love and the hateful romantic rediscovering of the power of love.{{cite web|url=https://www.vinylchapters.com/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|title=Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia – Review|website=Vinyl Chapters|last=Parmenter|first=Jamie|date=26 March 2020|access-date=25 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623172607/https://www.vinylchapters.com/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|archive-date=23 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2021/06/04/dua-lipa-love-again-cowboy-music-video-future-nostalgia/|title=Dua Lipa turns into a chaotic cowboy in the video for 'Love Again'|website=Wonderland|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912013039/https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2021/06/04/dua-lipa-love-again-cowboy-music-video-future-nostalgia/|archive-date=12 September 2021}} Lipa expresses her powerlessness in a new relationship and explains how terrifying it can be.{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a31948164/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|title=Dua Lipa Has Released The Album That This Moment Demands|website=Esquire|last=Holmes|first=Dave|date=27 March 2020|access-date=14 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401201459/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a31948164/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|archive-date=1 April 2020}} Having fallen out with the belief in love, she navigates her feelings after being unexpectedly swept off her feet by a new partner following a rough split with a previous lover.{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/dua-lipa-saddles-up-for-love-again-music-video-1847032470|title=Watch Dua Lipa's 'Love Again' music video|website=The A.V. Club|last=Sanchez|first=Gabrielle|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228110654/https://www.avclub.com/dua-lipa-saddles-up-for-love-again-music-video-1847032470|archive-date=28 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/a/dua-lipa-s-love-again-samples-trumpet-from-white-town-s-1997-hit-your-woman|title=Dua Lipa's 'Love Again' Samples A '90s Hit By U.K. Act White Town|publisher=Genius|last=Mench|first=Chris|date=27 March 2020|access-date=15 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328170228/https://genius.com/a/dua-lipa-s-love-again-samples-trumpet-from-white-town-s-1997-hit-your-woman|archive-date=28 March 2020}} She knows how a new love could end, but is faithful and open to what the future might bring.{{cite web|url=https://spectrumculture.com/2020/04/05/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|title=Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia|work=Spectrum Culture|last=Davies|first=Jeffrey|date=5 April 2020|access-date=19 October 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200808022717/https://spectrumculture.com/2020/04/05/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/|archive-date=8 August 2020}} Lipa additionally described it as one manifesting good things into their life when things are not going their way.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9494381/dua-lipa-tiny-desk-home-concert|title=Dua Lipa Throws a Joyful Living Room Party For NPR Tiny Desk Home Concert|magazine=Billboard|date=4 December 2020|access-date=4 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204220205/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9494381/dua-lipa-tiny-desk-home-concert|archive-date=4 December 2020}}

Release and promotion

"Love Again" was released through Warner Records on 27 March 2020 as the eighth track on Lipa's second studio album Future Nostalgia.{{cite web|url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2020/03/dua-lipa-channels-the-80s-with-disco-driven-album-future-nostalgia-stream/|title=Dua Lipa channels the '80s with disco-driven album, 'Future Nostalgia'|website=Dancing Astronaut|last=Evenson|first=Austin|date=28 March 2020|access-date=15 October 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329192823/https://dancingastronaut.com/2020/03/dua-lipa-channels-the-80s-with-disco-driven-album-future-nostalgia-stream/|archive-date=29 March 2020}} A lyric video for it was released on 9 April 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAdxhHz6Tu4|title=Dua Lipa – Love Again (Official Lyrics Video)|via=YouTube|last=Lipa|first=Dua|author-link=Dua Lipa|publisher=Warner Records|date=9 April 2020|access-date=9 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101045344/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAdxhHz6Tu4|archive-date=1 November 2020}} A remix of the song by Horse Meat Disco is a part of Lipa and the Blessed Madonna's 28 August 2020-released, DJ Mix-crafted remix album Club Future Nostalgia,{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/dua-lipa-and-the-blessed-madonna-release-new-album-club-future-nostalgia-listen/|title=Dua Lipa and the Blessed Madonna Release New Album Club Future Nostalgia: Listen|work=Pitchfork|last=Hussey|first=Allison|date=28 August 2020|access-date=8 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200829001710/https://pitchfork.com/news/dua-lipa-and-the-blessed-madonna-release-new-album-club-future-nostalgia-listen/|archive-date=29 August 2020}} while the original version of the remix was released for digital download and streaming on 11 September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.deezer.com/en/album/171909852|title=Love Again (Horse Meat Disco Remix) – Dua Lipa|date=11 September 2020 |publisher=Deezer|access-date=8 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201108161948/https://www.deezer.com/en/album/171909852|archive-date=8 November 2020}} It is a 1980s-styled, percussion and synth-heavy{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9495451/best-dance-albums-2020-top-10|title=The 10 Best Dance Albums of 2020: Staff Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=17 December 2020|access-date=17 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217211808/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9495451/best-dance-albums-2020-top-10|archive-date=17 December 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/dua-lipa-x-the-blessed-madonna-club-future-nostalgia|title=Dua Lipa X The Blessed Madonna Club Future Nostalgia|magazine=The New Yorker|last=Matos|first=Michaelangelo|access-date=19 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919215631/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/dua-lipa-x-the-blessed-madonna-club-future-nostalgia|archive-date=19 September 2020}} remix that introduces simple melodies, funk-laced instrumentals and strutting beats with a retro charm; although, the "My Woman" sample is no longer heard.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/music/review/dua-lipa-club-future-nostalgia/|title=Dua Lipa – Club Future Nostalgia|work=The Digital Fix|last=Mount|first=Reuben|date=10 September 2020|access-date=14 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200910124641/https://www.thedigitalfix.com/music/review/dua-lipa-club-future-nostalgia/|archive-date=10 September 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/dua-lipa-the-blessed-madonna-club-future-nostalgia-review-2737197|title=Dua Lipa & The Blessed Madonna – 'Club Future Nostalgia' review|work=NME|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|date=27 August 2020|access-date=27 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827133117/https://www.nme.com/reviews/dua-lipa-the-blessed-madonna-club-future-nostalgia-review-2737197|archive-date=27 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review-dua-lipa-club-future-nostalgia-offers-a-trip-to-a-virtual-dance-floor/|title=Dua Lipa 'Club Future Nostalgia' Review: A Trip to a Virtual Dance Floor|work=Slant Magazine|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=27 August 2020|access-date=28 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828022452/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review-dua-lipa-club-future-nostalgia-offers-a-trip-to-a-virtual-dance-floor/|archive-date=28 August 2020}} The song was the subject of a 15 December 2020-released Song Exploder volume 2 episode on Netflix in which Lipa and her collaborators talk about the making of the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/10/nine-inch-nails-the-killers-dua-lipa-to-feature-on-latest-episodes-of-netflixs-song-exploder/|title=Nine Inch Nails to Feature on 'Song Exploder'|website=Spin|last=Turman|first=Katherine|date=15 October 2020|access-date=8 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108151012/https://www.spin.com/2020/10/nine-inch-nails-the-killers-dua-lipa-to-feature-on-latest-episodes-of-netflixs-song-exploder/|archive-date=8 November 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/song-exploder-season-two-trailer-1096961/|title=Dua Lipa, Nine Inch Nails Star on 'Song Exploder' Season 2|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=1 December 2020|access-date=7 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201182727/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/song-exploder-season-two-trailer-1096961/|archive-date=1 December 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/watch-dua-lipa-the-killers-and-nine-inch-nails-in-first-trailer-for-song-exploder-volume-2-2829944|title=Song Exploder Volume 2 trailer: Dua Lipa, The Killers star in new clip|website=NME|last=Reilly|first=Nick|date=2 December 2020|access-date=7 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207234236/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/watch-dua-lipa-the-killers-and-nine-inch-nails-in-first-trailer-for-song-exploder-volume-2-2829944|archive-date=7 December 2020}}

"Love Again" was promoted to radios in France on 11 March 2021 as the seventh single from Future Nostalgia. The song was released for digital download and streaming globally on 4 June.{{cite web|url=https://warnermusic.com.au/news/dua-lipas-here-to-transport-you-to-the-wild-west-with-new-love-again-video|title=Dua Lipa's Here To Transport You To The Wild West With New 'Love Again' Video|publisher=Warner Music (AU)|date=7 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608010023/https://warnermusic.com.au/news/dua-lipas-here-to-transport-you-to-the-wild-west-with-new-love-again-video|archive-date=8 June 2021}} Nina Braca of Billboard noted that this release, after 15 months following the release of the album, was "practically unheard of" in modern music era as "album cycles often come and go in as little as a few weeks". The song was sent for radio airplay in Italy on 11 June 2021. On 22 June 2021, it was promoted to contemporary hit, adult contemporary and dance radio stations in the United States as a promotional single. The song was officially sent as a single to contemporary hit radio stations in the country on 6 July and adult contemporary radio stations on 26 July 2021. It was promoted with two more remixes: the 1 October 2021-released Imanbek remix and the 15 October-released Garabatto remix.

Reception

Elly Watson of DIY praised the use of the "My Woman" sample as "goosebump-inducing,"{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2020/03/26/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-album-review|title=Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia|work=DIY|last=Watson|first=Elly|date=27 March 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623194032/https://diymag.com/2020/03/26/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-album-review|archive-date=23 June 2020}} while MusicOMH{{'}}s Nick Smith stated it has a "slapping effect." Smith went on to call the song a "highlight" and compared it to Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005).{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia|title=Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia|work=musicOMH|last=Smith|first=Nick|date=27 March 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623195133/https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia|archive-date=23 June 2020}} The Independent{{'}}s Helen Brown thought that the song has Lipa's best use of a sample with "My Woman". She also questioned if it is Lipa's "most romantic song" to date, while David Levesley's GQ review saw him calling the song her "most powerfully pro-love song to date".{{cite web|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review|title=Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia is the decade's first great pop album|work=GQ|location=United Kingdom|last=Levesley|first=David|date=25 March 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623195454/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review|archive-date=23 June 2020}} Jonathan Wright of God Is in the TV commended the "excellent" use of the "My Woman" sample, as well as complimenting the string arrangement and middle eight.{{cite web|url=http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2020/04/01/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-warner/|title=Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia (Warner)|work=God Is in the TV|last=Wright|first=Jonathan|date=1 April 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623195446/http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2020/04/01/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-warner/|archive-date=23 June 2020}} Evan Sawdey of PopMatters commended the "clever" use of the "My Woman" sample, stating it makes the song "stand out."{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review-2645577176.html|title=Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia (take 2)|work=PopMatters|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=30 March 2020|access-date=26 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200726003211/https://www.popmatters.com/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review-2645577176.html?rebelltitem=2%23rebelltitem2|archive-date=26 July 2020}} In a separate, negative review from the same publication, Nick Malone stated that the hook doesn't "pop" the way it needs to, Lipa's vocals are "non-committal" and the "My Woman" sample does not make it "soar".

Writing for Stereogum, Chris DeVille found the song to be reminiscent of Vicki Sue Robinson's "Turn the Beat Around" (1976),{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2077864/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/columns/the-week-in-pop/|title=Stuck At Home? Dua Lipa Will Bring The Dance Club To Your Living Room|website=Stereogum|last=DeVille|first=Chris|date=30 March 2020|access-date=15 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201115143142/https://www.stereogum.com/2077864/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review/columns/the-week-in-pop/|archive-date=15 November 2020}} while Jeffrey Davies' review for Spectrum Culture saw him compare it to "I Feel Love" (1977) by Donna Summer. Nylon writer Steffanee Wang viewed the song as a "Western movie's take on the feverish emotion" of love.{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/watch-dua-lipa-love-again-video|title=Dua Lipa's 'Love Again' Video Is A Clown Hoedown|website=Nylon|last=Wang|first=Steffanee|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715202600/https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/watch-dua-lipa-love-again-video|archive-date=15 July 2021}} In her review for The Guardian, Laura Snapes complimented Lipa for being awestruck in the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/27/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review|title=Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia review – a true pop visionary|work=The Guardian|last=Snapes|first=Laura|date=27 March 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623182801/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/27/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-review|archive-date=23 June 2020}} Mike Nied of Idolator commended Lipa's "dulcet" vocals, stating they work well for this song. He continued by noting its contrast to her single "Don't Start Now" (2019) as well as viewing "Love Again" as a vulnerable moment. For Business Insider, Callie Ahlgrim thought that Lipa's vocals "shine" on the track, while also calling it "cinematic."

Slant Magazine ranked "Love Again" as 2020's 25th best song and writer Sal Cinquemani praised it for demonstrating "Lipa's knack for wringing pathos from everyday dating woes and pouring it into sublime dance-pop." He additionally viewed the song as "euphoric" and a "dizzying dance-floor filler."{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-50-best-songs-of-2020/3/|title=The 50 Best Songs of 2020|website=Slant Magazine|date=8 December 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208210737/https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-50-best-songs-of-2020/3/|archive-date=8 December 2020}} For Crack, Michael Cragg thought that the song is a "sky-scraping ballad" that transforms into a "sophisticated, dancefloor-ready bop". From her review in Billboard, Bianca Gracie saw that the use of strings adds a "jolt of nostalgia", while the lyrics see Lipa in an "out-of-body love experience". Overall, she named it Future Nostalgia{{'}}s sixth best track and one of the album's sultrier moments. In April 2020, Christopher Rosa of Glamour ranked it as Lipa's sixth best song, viewing it as the album's most "overtly disco" track and "grandiose ode to falling in love against your better wishes".

Commercial performance

Upon Future Nostalgia{{'}}s release, "Love Again" became a relatively successful album track across Europe. The song reached number 38 in Lithuania, 107 in Portugal, 86 in Romania,{{cite news|url=https://www.unsitedemuzica.ro/topuri/Top-Airplay-100-Savage-Love-da-tonul-la-inceput-de-toamna-p10805|title=Top Airplay 100 – 'Savage Love' dă tonul la început de toamnă|trans-title=Top Airplay 100 – "Savage Love" thrusts the beginning of autumn|last=Arvunescu|first=Victor|date=31 August 2020|access-date=8 September 2020|language=ro|publisher=Un site de muzică|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302105525/https://www.unsitedemuzica.ro/topuri/Top-Airplay-100-Savage-Love-da-tonul-la-inceput-de-toamna-p10805|url-status=live}} 62 in Slovakia and 90 in Spain. It additionally entered at number 61 on both the UK Singles Downloads Chart and UK Audio Streaming Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20200403/7000/|title=Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=3 April 2021|access-date=18 June 2021|archive-date=11 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411122451/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20200403/7000/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/audio-streaming-chart/20200403/7507/|title=Official Audio Streaming Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=3 April 2021|access-date=18 June 2021|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021022906/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/audio-streaming-chart/20200403/7507/|url-status=live}} In April 2020, the Official Charts Company reported that the song was the most downloaded album track from the album in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/what-should-be-dua-lipas-next-single-from-future-nostalgia__29583/|title=What should be Dua Lipa's next single from Future Nostalgia?|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=White|first=Jack|date=27 April 2020|access-date=17 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031103542/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/what-should-be-dua-lipas-next-single-from-future-nostalgia__29583/|archive-date=31 October 2020}} Following its release as a single, "Love Again" debuted at number 159 on the Billboard Global 200 chart dated 19 June 2021.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2021-06-19/|title=Billboard Global 200|magazine=Billboard|date=19 June 2021|access-date=27 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101071149/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2021-06-19/|archive-date=1 January 2022}} In October of that year, the song spent its 20th week on the chart, reaching a peak position of number 59. The song spent a total of 35 weeks on the Global 200. On France's SNEP Singles Chart, the song debuted at number 198 on the issue dated 10 April 2021, before peaking at number 41 two months later and charting for 37 weeks.

In the UK, "Love Again" debuted at number 96 on the UK Singles Chart dated 18 June 2021. It departed the chart the following week but re-entered at number 92 on the chart dated 23 July 2021. Four weeks later, the song peaked at number 51 on the UK Singles Chart, lasting for a total of nine weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/48638/dua-lipa/|title=Dua Lipa {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=27 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221185205/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/48638/dua-lipa/|archive-date=21 February 2022}} In October 2021, it was awarded a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling 200,000 track-equivalent units in the United Kingdom. In Ireland, the song debuted at number 87 on the Irish Singles Chart dated 11 June 2021.{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab1|title=Irish Charts|publisher=IRMA|date=11 June 2021|access-date=27 February 2022|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120163808/https://www.irma.ie/|url-status=live}}Note: Select Singles and put 2021 11-Jun-21 Top:100 into search Two months later, the song peaked at number 36 and spent a total of 23 weeks on the chart.{{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dua+Lipa|title=Discography Dua Lipa|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=27 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125142911/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dua+Lipa|archive-date=25 November 2021}} In the Wallonia region of Belgium, the song debuted at number 34 in May 2021, before peaking at the runner-up position three months later. It was blocked from the summit by Ed Sheeran's "Bad Habits" (2021) and spent 27 weeks on the chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/ultratop50/2021/20210814|title=Ultratop Singles Top 50|publisher=Ultratop|date=14 August 2021|access-date=27 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227050121/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/ultratop50/2021/20210814|archive-date=27 February 2022}} In the country's Flanders region, the song also charted for 27 weeks, debuting at number 46 in June 2021 and peaking at number five the following month.

In Germany, "Love Again" charted for 18 weeks and peaked at number 44. Elsewhere in Europe, the song reached the top 10 of charts in Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia while reaching the summit in the Czech Republic. In 2022, the song was certified platinum by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) for selling 70,000 track-equivalent units in Italy. In 2023 was awarded a triple platinum certification in Poland by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (ZPAV) for 150,000 track-equivalent unit sales. On the Canadian Hot 100, "Love Again" debuted at number 75 on the chart dated 17 July 2021.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2021-07-17/|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=17 July 2021|access-date=27 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009002618/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2021-07-17/|archive-date=9 October 2021}} It spent 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 11 in the 14th week. It was awarded a triple platinum certification in the country from Music Canada for selling 240,000 track-equivalent units in the country. In the US, the song spent two weeks on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart before entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number 89 in July 2021.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dua-lipa/chart-history/hbu/|title=Dua Lipa Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=27 February 2022|archive-date=27 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227052620/https://www.billboard.com/artist/dua-lipa/chart-history/hbu/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/bts-butter-number-one-hot-100-eighth-week/|title=BTS' 'Butter' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Ties For 2021's Longest Rule|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=26 July 2021|access-date=27 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213071545/https://www.billboard.com/pro/bts-butter-number-one-hot-100-eighth-week/|archive-date=13 February 2022}} In October 2021, it peaked at number 41 and spent 16 weeks charting. The song additionally peaked at number 60 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart and number 3 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.

Music video

=Background and release=

The music video for "Love Again" was directed by Lope Serrano of Spanish production team Canada. Lipa contacted the production company for another collaboration following the video for her 2020 single "Physical". They were briefed with information that Lipa pictured herself on a mechanical bull for the video, it was her favourite song on the album and that the song was about a personal resurgence, not necessarily just in a romantic context. When writing the video, Serrano attempted to gather real and predictable rodeo elements and combine them in unexpected ways. The production team found new meanings of the rodeo elements to communicate in the video, including using the clown makeup for abstract painting strains so classical paintings could be used to connect shots. They used paintings that depicted horses, romantic raptures, hugs, portraits and hyperdynamic group compositions. Serrano decided to add egg aspects to the video as he was looking for "an unexpected rhyme to the lasso routine". He thought that the wrist movement when one beats eggs is similar to a lasso movement. He also wanted to illustrate the song's romantic message, like the idea of a love coming up again that seems like a once in a lifetime experience that is pure, intense and unexpected, which he compared to "like these delicate flowers or animals that are just designed to blossom and intercourse just once and then they die" as well as the "tense connection between the humans and their recovered feelings".{{cite web|url=https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/lope-serrano-canada-dua-lipas-love-again-i-tried-find-way-escape-clich%C3%A9s/72624|title=Lope Serrano of Canada on Dua Lipa's 'Love Again' – 'I tried find a way to escape from clichés'|website=Promonews|date=16 September 2021|access-date=1 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917172415/https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/lope-serrano-canada-dua-lipas-love-again-i-tried-find-way-escape-clich%C3%A9s/72624|archive-date=17 September 2021}}

File:Park Lane view.jpg for "Love Again" was filmed at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.]]

The visual was filmed at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London about three weeks before its release, during rehearsals for Lipa's performance at the 41st Brit Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.etalk.ca/music/2021/6/dua-lipa-rides-a-mechanical-bull-in-her-latest-music-video.html|title=Dua Lipa rides a mechanical bull in her latest music video|website=etalk|last=Estima|first=Christine|date=4 June 2021|access-date=1 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301220410/https://www.etalk.ca/music/2021/6/dua-lipa-rides-a-mechanical-bull-in-her-latest-music-video.html|archive-date=1 March 2022}} Serrano liked the idea of shooting in one place as it adds to the video's cohesiveness and makes it as though the characters are real and belong to the setting. The video's team quarantined in the hotel for a week before they began filming due to restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. This gave the team time to work in the location. Lipa learned the video's choreography in 45 minutes and new outfits were added for her in the midst of filming. Serrano recalled she enjoyed being on the mechanical bull that was controlled. Steve Dent helped the team with the horse and production company Eighty4 helped with the VFX, making it so that when the horse went invisible, there was still a 3D aspect with the saddle and rider. These shots were the hardest to shoot so the team worked with the tension of the ropes attached to the horse's neck as well as adjusting its natural shadow.

Lipa formally announced the video on 31 May 2021.{{cite web|url=https://los40.com/los40/2021/05/31/musica/1622484759_368023.html|title=Dua Lipa anuncia el estreno del videoclip de 'Love Again'|trans-title=Dua Lipa announces the premiere of the music video for 'Love Again'|publisher=Los 40|language=es|last=Venega|first=Ivi|date=31 May 2021|access-date=27 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601090228/https://los40.com/los40/2021/05/31/musica/1622484759_368023.html|archive-date=1 June 2021}} It premiered via YouTube on 4 June 2021.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/dua-lipa-shares-new-video-for-love-again-watch/|title=Watch Dua Lipa's New Video for 'Love Again'|website=Pitchfork|last1=Hussey|first1=Allison|last2=Monroe|first2=Jazz|date=4 June 2021|access-date=27 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710005430/https://pitchfork.com/news/dua-lipa-shares-new-video-for-love-again-watch/|archive-date=10 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-dua-lipa-become-a-cowgirl-in-new-video-for-love-again-2958065|title=Dua Lipa becomes cowgirl in new video for 'Love Again'|website=NME|last=Krol|first=Charlotte|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618115822/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-dua-lipa-become-a-cowgirl-in-new-video-for-love-again-2958065|archive-date=18 June 2021}} A director's cut version of the video was released on 28 July 2021.{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/580361482|title=Dua Lipa – Love Again (Directors Cut)|publisher=Canada|via=Vimeo|date=28 July 2021|access-date=1 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818163120/https://vimeo.com/580361482|archive-date=18 August 2021}} This version opens with two rodeo clowns reading a script, which is the lyrics of "Love Again", more classical paintings in the editing, less dancing, more shots of the clowns, a chicken on the TV set, Lipa riding the lighting horse as well as final credits that feature a rodeo clown riding the horse which has a green suit on.{{cite web|url=https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/08/12/dua-lipa-love-again-directors-cut-lope-serrano-canada/72361|title=Dua Lipa 'Love Again' (Director's Cut) by Lope Serrano at Canada|website=Promonews|date=12 August 2021|access-date=1 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301213000/https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/08/12/dua-lipa-love-again-directors-cut-lope-serrano-canada/72361|archive-date=1 March 2022}}

=Analysis and synopsis=

The video opens with two title cards saying Lipa's name and the song title, "Love Again". Simultaneously, a Stetson cowboy hat floats from a coat room to a ballroom where Lipa catches it and puts it on her head.{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/dua-lipa-love-again-video/|title=Dua Lipa Is A Rodeo-Ready Cowboy In Her New 'Love Again' Video|website=Uproxx|last=Rossignol|first=Derrick|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612141002/https://uproxx.com/pop/dua-lipa-love-again-video/|archive-date=12 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/dua-lipa-love-again-music-video|title=Dua Lipa Becomes a Rodeo Clown in 'Love Again' Music Video|website=W|last=Marine|first=Brooke|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604142927/https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/dua-lipa-love-again-music-video|archive-date=4 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZV00QNH_90|title=Why Stetson Cowboy Hats Are So Expensive {{!}} So Expensive|website=Business Insider|via=YouTube|date=8 November 2021|access-date=13 May 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512103243/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZV00QNH_90|archive-date=12 May 2022}} She wears a zebra print bikini top, belted black denim shorts, a suede vest, a cowboy hat, a bolo tie and chunky heeled boots while riding a mechanical bull;{{cite web|url=https://www.audacy.com/music/pop/watch-dua-lipa-ride-bull-in-bikini-top-in-love-again-video|title=Watch Dua Lipa ride bull in bikini top in 'Love Again' video|website=Audacy|last=Kedem|first=Maia|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604174841/https://www.audacy.com/music/pop/watch-dua-lipa-ride-bull-in-bikini-top-in-love-again-video|archive-date=4 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2021/06/10508366/dua-lipa-love-again-music-video-western-fashion|title=Dua Lipa 'Love Again' Video Is Peak Western Fashion|website=Refinery29|last=Huber|first=Eliza|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614030054/https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2021/06/10508366/dua-lipa-love-again-music-video-western-fashion|archive-date=14 June 2021}} this bull later becomes invisible as a way to make things less emphatic and literal. Intercut scenes of Lipa riding the bull covered in miniature light bulbs and wearing a Phipps cowboy suit containing a green top, blue pants and a cowboy hat, also covered in miniature light bulbs, are also included,{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/dua-lipa-love-again-video|title=Dua Lipa's 'Love Again' Video Is a Cheeky Ode to Cowgirl Style|website=Vogue|last=Hess|first=Liam|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605063053/https://www.vogue.com/article/dua-lipa-love-again-video|archive-date=5 June 2021}} as well as her floating in slow motion while wearing Blumarine pink bandana crop top with a lacy trim, a lavender hat, a butterfly belt buckle with diamantés, blue denim pants and pink cowboy boots.{{cite web|url=https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/dua-lipa-love-again-music-video-fashion/|title=Every Fashion Look From Dua Lipa's 'Love Again' Music Video|website=Grazia|last=Petrarca|first=Marisa|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606193155/https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/dua-lipa-love-again-music-video-fashion/|archive-date=6 June 2021}} She later waves a glowing lasso in the former scene.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2021/06/dua-lipa-line-dances-through-the-rodeo-in-new-music-video-for-love-again-watch/|title=Stream Dua Lipa's New Music Video for 'Love Again'|website=Consequence|last=Graves|first=Wren|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605184621/https://consequence.net/2021/06/dua-lipa-line-dances-through-the-rodeo-in-new-music-video-for-love-again-watch/|archive-date=5 June 2021}} The singer is also seen cracking eggs with different coloured yolks to later whisk them in the same bowl while rodeo clowns crack them too and paint clown faces on each other with the coloured yolks as well as making omelettes.{{cite web|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/rodeo-clowns-a-giant-egg-and-colorful-yolks-in-dua-lipas-love-again-video/|title=Rodeo Clowns, A Giant Egg and Colorful Yolks in Dua Lipa's 'Love Again' Video|website=V|last=Fabbro|first=Rocio|date=5 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608201235/https://vmagazine.com/article/rodeo-clowns-a-giant-egg-and-colorful-yolks-in-dua-lipas-love-again-video/|archive-date=8 June 2021}} She wears a red-and-black denim set from a collaboration between Levi and Miu Miu with a leather jacket from the latter company's 2011 line.

Back in the ballroom, Lipa square dances and line dances with rodeo clowns as the floor is covered in eggs. She wears Rick Owens grill kiss leather boots, camouflage green cargo pants, a longline brown cow print jacket and a cow-print bra; the latter three clothing items are from The Attico. Some of the rodeo clowns also appear on invisible horses.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a36598961/dua-lipa-love-again-video/|title=Watch Dua Lipa's Western 'Love Again' Music Video|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|last=Gonzales|first=Erica|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105013804/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a36598961/dua-lipa-love-again-video/|archive-date=5 January 2022}} Further on, a giant egg floats in the middle of the ballroom and the rodeo clowns attempt to capture it with lassos. The egg is eventually too much for them as it pulls them onto the floor before also becoming invisible. A horse covered in LEDs then runs in around the hallways. The "wild" horse scene is a metaphor for the idea of love, not being completely clear, while the egg scene adds to the metaphor by enhancing the people in the relationship with the cowboys, ropes and horse. Also, the floating egg being captured, tensioning its delicacy, is a metaphor for the myth of female reproduction and how weak male human violence can be. The video closes with Lipa dressed as a rodeo clown, slow dancing with an anonymous person; they both wear all white. Lipa wears a red nose and wipes some of her lipstick of the same colour onto her partner's jacket.

=Reception=

Maia Kedem of Audacy hypothesised that Lipa wearing the clown makeup at the end may be a metaphor for "the clownery of falling back in love after experiencing heartbreak", while calling the metaphor "deep". Hot Press{{'}}s Ciaran Brennan viewed Lipa's style in the video as "cowboy chic".{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/watch-dua-lipa-shares-new-video-for-single-love-again-22855586|title=Watch: Dua Lipa shares new video for single 'Love Again'|website=Hot Press|last=Brennan|first=Ciaran|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606123833/https://www.hotpress.com/music/watch-dua-lipa-shares-new-video-for-single-love-again-22855586|archive-date=6 June 2021}} In Refinery29, Eliza Huber said that although Western tropes in fashion have been popular for a while, Lipa makes the style "feel surprisingly fresh" in the video, while also comparing it to the clip for Madonna's "Don't Tell Me" (2000). Wang compared the hotel ballroom setting to The Shining (1980) while theorizing that the video documents the cast's "slow descent into insanity", "putting on clown makeup to also hoedown in the building’s empty ballroom". For Grazia, Marisa Petrarca called the video "absolute gold" with Lipa embracing a "glamorous take on Western fashion" containing "epic" ensembles. Business Insider used the video as an example on how Stetson cowboy hats have changed demography in their "So Expensive" web series.

For Vulture, Devon Ivie labeled the music video a "surrealist country-inspired video" that "has us falling in love with [Lipa] all over again".{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/dua-lipa-love-again-music-video.html|title=Dua Lipa Drops 'Love Again' Music Video: Watch|website=Vulture|url-access=limited|last=Ivie|first=Devon|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604180545/https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/dua-lipa-love-again-music-video.html|archive-date=4 June 2021}} The staff of Wonderland said their minds "are totally blown" with the video, while calling the fashion "gorgeous" and the choreography "a TikTok worthy dance routine". In The A.V. Club, Gabrielle Sanchez noted science fiction elements in the video with the invisible mechanical bull. Similarly, Erica Gonzales of Harper's Bazaar thought these elements are more "surreal", while also stating that the clown makeup is the best part of the video and thought that it poked fun at the "clownery" of falling in love knowing it could end badly. In a review from Billboard, Gil Kaufman said that Lipa gets her "urban cowgal on" in the visual and thought she took a "sensual, slow-mo ride" on the mechanical bull.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/dua-lipa-love-again-video-9582760/|title=Dua Lipa Drops Cowboy-Themed 'Love Again' Video: Watch|magazine=Billboard|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302154655/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/dua-lipa-love-again-video-9582760/|archive-date=2 March 2022}}

Cinquemani thought that the main takeaway from the video was "keep falling for the wrong person and the yolk's on you" while noting its use of special effects and praising the surreality. He went on to note that Lipa's "disco-cowgirl getup and choreography" was similar to that of "Don't Tell Me" and Halsey's "You Should Be Sad" (2020).{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/dua-lipa-gets-egg-on-her-face-in-love-again-music-video/|title=Dua Lipa Gets Egg on Her Face in 'Love Again' Music Video|website=Slant Magazine|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612034014/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/dua-lipa-gets-egg-on-her-face-in-love-again-music-video/|archive-date=12 June 2021}} The staff of Contactmusic.com said that Lipa looks like a "super-sexy Jessie Cowgirl" and praised her "natural born" bull-riding skills. They also said that the video gives the song "a whole new lease of life".{{cite web|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/dua-lipa/video/dua-lipa-love-again-video|title=Love Again Video {{!}} Dua Lipa|publisher=Contactmusic.com|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013154045/https://www.contactmusic.com/dua-lipa/video/dua-lipa-love-again-video|archive-date=13 October 2021}} For Consequence, Wren Graves named the video a "campy rodeo fantasy", while commending how Lipa waves her lasso, similarly to Wonder Woman. Josiah Hughes of Exclaim! stated that with the video, Lipa proves that "country and western dressup is a trend that will simply not die".{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dua_lipa_rides_a_floating_mechanical_bull_in_the_country-tinged_video_for_love_again|title=Dua Lipa Rides a Floating Mechanical Bull in the Country-Tinged Video for 'Love Again'|website=Exclaim!|last=Hughes|first=Josiah|date=4 June 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604144128/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dua_lipa_rides_a_floating_mechanical_bull_in_the_country-tinged_video_for_love_again|archive-date=4 June 2021}} "Love Again" won Best Pop Video at the 2021 UK Music Video Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.promonews.tv/news/2021/11/04/uk-music-video-awards-2021-all-winners-ukmvas21-ceremony-november-4th/73704|title=UK Music Video Awards 2021: all the winners at UKMVAs21 ceremony on November 4th!|website=Promonews|date=4 November 2021|access-date=11 May 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110031852/https://www.promonews.tv/news/2021/11/04/uk-music-video-awards-2021-all-winners-ukmvas21-ceremony-november-4th/73704|archive-date=10 November 2021}}

Live performances

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Lipa performed "Love Again" during her NPR Tiny Desk Concert, released 4 December 2020.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-dua-lipa-npr-tiny-desk-home-concert/|title=Watch Dua Lipa's NPR 'Tiny Desk (Home) Concert'|website=Pitchfork|last=Hussey|first=Allison|date=4 December 2020|access-date=4 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204220152/https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-dua-lipa-npr-tiny-desk-home-concert/|archive-date=4 December 2020}} Lipa described the performance as a "special" rendition of the song and the concert was filmed in London instead of Washington, D.C., where the concerts normally take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/942186930/dua-lipa-tiny-desk-home-concert|title=Watch Dua Lipa's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert|publisher=NPR|last=O'Neill|first=Abby|date=4 December 2020|access-date=4 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204220103/https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/942186930/dua-lipa-tiny-desk-home-concert|archive-date=4 December 2020}} She was accompanied by backup singers, a bassist, a guitarist and a drum machine.{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/dua-lipa-tiny-desk-concert/|title=Dua Lipa Strips Down 'Future Nostalgia' For Her Tiny Desk Concert|website=Uproxx|last=Rossignol|first=Derrick|date=4 December 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208024040/https://uproxx.com/pop/dua-lipa-tiny-desk-concert/|archive-date=8 December 2020}} On 19 February 2021, the singer performed a stripped-down acoustic version of the track during the 2021 Time 100 event along with her 2020 single "Levitating".{{cite web|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/2/19/watch-dua-lipa-perform-stripped-down-levitating-and-love-aga.html|title=Watch Dua Lipa perform stripped-down 'Levitating' and 'Love Again' at Time 100 Talks event|publisher=ABC News Radio|last=Dresdale|first=Andrea|date=19 February 2021|access-date=25 February 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219235356/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/2/19/watch-dua-lipa-perform-stripped-down-levitating-and-love-aga.html|archive-date=19 February 2021}} Lipa performed the soft piano rendition of the song as a duet with Elton John at his AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party on 25 April 2021.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9562717/elton-john-oscars-party-best-moments-dua-lipa|title=Dua Lipa Duets With Elton & More Highlights From Virtual Elton John Oscar Viewing Party|magazine=Billboard|last=Atkinson|first=Katie|date=26 April 2021|access-date=26 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426132806/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9562717/elton-john-oscars-party-best-moments-dua-lipa|archive-date=26 April 2021}} She performed the song at the 41st Brit Awards as part of her set list of a Future Nostalgia Medley on 11 May 2021.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/dua-lipa-performs-future-nostalgia-medley-at-brit-awards-2021-watch/|title=Dua Lipa Performs Future Nostalgia Medley at BRIT Awards 2021: Watch|website=Pitchfork|last=Moreland|first=Quinn|date=11 May 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514035644/https://pitchfork.com/news/dua-lipa-performs-future-nostalgia-medley-at-brit-awards-2021-watch/|archive-date=14 May 2021}} The singer performed it at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival on 17 September.{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-09-18-dua-lipa-had-the-whole-crowd-levitating-at-the-iheartradio-music-festival/|title=Dua Lipa Had The Whole Crowd Levitating At iHeartRadio Music Festival|publisher=iHeartRadio|last=Lee|first=Emily|date=19 September 2021|access-date=26 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922224335/https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-09-18-dua-lipa-had-the-whole-crowd-levitating-at-the-iheartradio-music-festival/|archive-date=22 September 2021}} The song was included on the setlist of Lipa's 2022 Future Nostalgia Tour.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-tour-kickoff-review-1292091/|title=Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Tour Kickoff: Concert Review|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Almeida|first=Celia|date=10 February 2022|access-date=26 February 2022|url-access=limited|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210153230/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/dua-lipa-future-nostalgia-tour-kickoff-review-1292091/|archive-date=10 February 2022}}

Track listings

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  • Digital download and streaming – Horse Meat Disco remix
  1. "Love Again" (Horse Meat Disco remix) – 5:31
  • Radio airplay – French radio edit
  1. "Love Again" – 2:35
  • Digital download and streaming
  1. "Love Again" – 4:18
  • Contemporary hit and adult contemporary radio – radio edit
  1. "Love Again" – 3:53
  • Digital download and streaming – Imanbek remix
  1. "Love Again" (Imanbek remix) – 3:34

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  • Streaming – Imanbek remix – Spotify single
  1. "Love Again" (Imanbek remix) – 3:34
  2. "Love Again" – 4:18
  • Digital download and streaming – Garabatto remix
  1. "Love Again" (Garabatto remix) – 3:29
  • Streaming – Garabatto remix – Spotify single
  1. "Love Again" (Garabatto remix) – 3:29
  2. "Love Again" (Imanbek remix) – 3:34
  3. "Love Again" – 4:18

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Personnel

  • Dua Lipa{{spaced ndash}} vocals
  • Koz{{spaced ndash}} production, bass, drums, guitar, synthesizer
  • Stuart Price{{spaced ndash}} additional production, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Clarence Coffee Jr.{{spaced ndash}} backing vocals
  • Alma Goodman{{spaced ndash}} backing vocals
  • Vanessa Luciano{{spaced ndash}} backing vocals
  • Chelcee Grimes{{spaced ndash}} backing vocals{{notetag|In the liner notes of Future Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition, only Clarence Coffee Jr., Alma Goodman and Vanessa Luciano are credited as backing vocalists on "Love Again". However, Lipa mentioned in the Song Exploder episode on the song that she can hear Chelcee Grimes' backing vocals in it.}}
  • Drew Jurecka{{spaced ndash}} baritone violin, string arrangement, string engineering, viola, violin
  • Ash Soan{{spaced ndash}} Tom Toms drums
  • Matt Snell{{spaced ndash}} engineering
  • Lorna Blackwood{{spaced ndash}} programming, vocal production
  • Cameron Gower Poole{{spaced ndash}} vocal engineer
  • Matty Green{{spaced ndash}} mixing
  • Chris Gehringer{{spaced ndash}} mastering
  • Will Quinnell{{spaced ndash}} assistant mastering

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Love Again"

! scope="col"| Chart (2020–2022)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Billboardargentinahot100|41|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=8 July 2021}}
scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 11 October 2021|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1649|page=4|date=11 October 2021}}

| 60

{{single chart|Austria|50|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=9 November 2021}}
scope="row"| Belarus Airplay (TopHit)

| 102

{{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=18 July 2021|refname="Flanders"}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|2|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=15 August 2021|refname="Wallonia"}}
scope="row"| Bulgaria (PROPHON){{cite web|url=https://www.prophon.org/bg/charts/25-jun-2021|title=Архив класации|trans-title=Rankings|publisher=PROPHON|language=bg|date=25 June 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711142805/https://www.prophon.org/bg/charts/25-jun-2021|archive-date=11 July 2021}}

| 2

{{single chart|Canada|11|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=12 October 2021|refname="Canada"}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|10|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=5 October 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|3|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=28 September 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|3|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=26 October 2021}}
{{single chart|CIS|26|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|songid=106301|access-date=16 August 2024|refname=CIS}}
scope="row"| Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=https://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-5-srpnja-2021/266447/|title=ARC 100 – datum: 5. srpnja 2021|last=Komerički|first=Goran|publisher=HRT|date=5 July 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103194556/https://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-5-srpnja-2021/266447/|archive-date=3 November 2021}}

| 2

{{single chart|Czech Republic|1|year=2021|week=43|rowheader=true|access-date=1 November 2021|refname="Czech Republic"}}
{{single chart|Czechdigital|92|year=2021|week=41|rowheader=true|access-date=18 October 2021}}
scope="row"| Finland Airplay (Radiosoittolista){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/dua+lipa/love+again/|title=Dua Lipa – Love Again|publisher=IFPI Finland|language=Finnish|access-date=2 August 2022|archive-date=3 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803020015/https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/dua+lipa/love+again/|url-status=live}}

| 3

{{single chart|France|41|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=25 February 2022|refname="FR"}}
{{single chart|Germany|44|songid=1973310|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2021|refname="GER"}}
{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|59|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=26 October 2021|refname="Global"}}
scope="row"| Greece (IFPI){{cite web|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 35/2021|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915123919/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-date=15 September 2021|access-date=24 February 2022|publisher=IFPI Greece}}

| 36

{{single chart|Hungarydance|8|year=2022|week=7|rowheader=true|access-date=25 February 2022}}
{{single chart|Hungary|2|year=2021|week=44|rowheader=true|access-date=11 November 2021|refname="Hungary"}}
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|8|year=2021|week=35|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2021|refname="Hungary2"}}
{{single chart|Ireland4|36|date=20210827|rowheader=true|access-date=27 August 2021|refname="IRE"}}
{{single chart|Italy|61|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=25 February 2022}}
scope="row"| Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit)

| 114

scope="row"| Lithuania (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/33s/|title=2021 33-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|trans-title=2021 Week 33 Most Listened (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|language=lt|date=20 August 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820080548/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/33s/|archive-date=20 August 2021}}

| 38

scope="row"| Mexico (Billboard Mexican Airplay){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dua-lipa/chart-history/mex/|title=Dua Lipa Chart History (Mexico Airplay)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111164117/https://www.billboard.com/artist/dua-lipa/chart-history/mex/|archive-date=11 January 2022}}

| 5

{{single chart|Dutch40|3|year=2021|week=33|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2021}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|21|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2021}}
scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2021-06-25|title=Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=28 June 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216093113/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotsingles?chart=5103|archive-date=16 February 2022}}

| 3

{{single chart|Poland|2|chartid=3819|year=2021|rowheader=true|access-date=26 July 2021|refname="Poland"}}
{{single chart|Portugal|92|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=1 November 2021|refname="Portugal"}}
scope="row"| Romania (Airplay 100){{cite news|url=https://www.unsitedemuzica.ro/topuri/Top-Airplay-100-Cine-il-da-jos-de-pe-primul-loc-pe-Masked-Wolf-p13692|title=Top Airplay 100 – Cine îl dă jos de pe primul loc pe Masked Wolf?|trans-title=Who will replace Masked Wolf on the top spot?|last=Arvunescu|first=Victor|date=27 September 2021|access-date=29 September 2021|language=ro|publisher=Un site de muzică|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128104344/https://www.unsitedemuzica.ro/topuri/Top-Airplay-100-Cine-il-da-jos-de-pe-primul-loc-pe-Masked-Wolf-p13692|archive-date=28 January 2022}}

| 24

scope="row"| Russia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20210903-20210909|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Sep 9, 2021|publisher=TopHit|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 88

scope="row"| San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50){{cite web |url=https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820152231/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare |archive-date=20 August 2021 |title=Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 20/08/2021|language=it |publisher=San Marino RTV |date=20 August 2021 |access-date=17 August 2024}}

| 5

{{single chart|Slovakia2|7|year=2021|week=38|rowheader=true|access-date=27 September 2021|refname="Slovakia"}}
{{single chart|Slovakdigital2|47|year=2021|week=41|rowheader=true|access-date=25 February 2022|refname="SVK"}}
{{single chart|Spain|90|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=28 March 2021|refname="Spain"}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|43|artist=Dua Lipa|song=Love Again|rowheader=true|access-date=10 October 2021}}
scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/weekly/20211126-20211202|title=Top Radio Hits Ukraine Weekly Chart: Dec 2, 2021|publisher=TopHit|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 7

{{single chart|UK|51|date=20210820|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|41|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=12 October 2021|refname="US"}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|16|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=26 October 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|9|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=19 October 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboarddanceairplay|12|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=27 August 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|11|artist=Dua Lipa|rowheader=true|access-date=21 September 2021}}

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=Monthly charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Monthly chart performance for "Love Again"

! scope="col"| Chart (2021)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| CIS Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/global/monthly/202109|title=Top Radio Hits Global Monthly Chart: September 2021|publisher=TopHit|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 29

scope="row"| Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100){{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/2?weekId=2742|title=CZ – RADIO – TOP 100: Měsíc 11/2021|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=16 August 2024|language=cs}}

| 1

scope="row"| Russia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/monthly/202109|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Monthly Chart: September 2021|publisher=TopHit|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 98

scope="row"| Slovakia (Rádio – Top 100){{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/40?weekId=2737|title=SK – RADIO – TOP 100: Měsíc 10/2021|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=16 August 2024|language=cs}}

| 10

scope="row"| Slovakia (Singles Digitál – Top 100){{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/43?weekId=2737|title=SK – RADIO – TOP 100: Měsíc 10/2021|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=16 August 2024|language=cs}}

| 59

scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/monthly/202111|title=Top Radio Hits Ukraine Monthly Chart: November 2021|publisher=TopHit|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 10

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ 2021 year-end chart performance for "Love Again"

! scope="col"| Chart (2021)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2021|title=Jaaroverzichten 2021|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|trans-title=Annual overviews 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211051737/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2021|archive-date=11 February 2022}}

| 25

scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2021|title=Rapports Annuels 2021|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|trans-title=Annual Reports 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104124016/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2021|archive-date=4 January 2022}}

| 18

scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/canadian-hot-100/|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202152425/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/canadian-hot-100/|archive-date=2 December 2021}}

| 51

scope="row"| CIS Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/global/annual/2021|title=Top Radio Hits Global Annual Chart 2021|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 79

scope="row" | Croatia (HRT){{cite web |publisher=Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) |title=Airplay Radio Chart{{spaced ndash}}The Best of 2021 |date=4 January 2022 |url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/airplay-radio-chart-top40-the-best-of-2021/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104151618/https://www.top-lista.hr/www/airplay-radio-chart-top40-the-best-of-2021/ |archive-date=4 January 2022 |url-status=live}}

| 24

scope="row"| France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2021|title=Top de l'année – Top Singles – 2021|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|trans-title=Top of the year – Top Singles – 2021|access-date=11 April 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411221200/http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2021|archive-date=11 April 2022}}

| 88

scope="row"| Global 200 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/billboard-global-200/|title=Billboard Global 200 – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203103102/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/billboard-global-200/|archive-date=3 December 2021}}

| 188

scope="row"| Hungary (Dance Top 40){{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2021|title=Dance Top 100 – 2021|access-date=4 February 2022|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203055434/http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2021|archive-date=3 February 2022}}

| 48

scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40){{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2021|title=Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2021|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|trans-title=Radio Top 100 – based on audience data – 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128075713/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2021|archive-date=28 January 2022}}

| 26

scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40){{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2021|title=Single Top 100 – eladási darabszám alapján – 2021|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|trans-title=Single Top 100 – by number of sales – 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201212047/http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2021|archive-date=1 February 2022}}

| 34

scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2021|title=Bijzondere lijst: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2021|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|trans-title=Special list: Top 100 Annual Review of 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103180025/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2021|archive-date=3 January 2022}}

| 28

scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2021&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2021|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|trans-title=Annual overviews – Single 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104223929/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2021&cat=s|archive-date=4 January 2022}}

| 76

scope="row"| Poland (ZPAV){{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=2001|title='Friday' Riton i Nightcrawlers z udziałem Mufasa & Hypemana – radiowym numerem jeden w 2021 roku|publisher=Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry|language=pl|trans-title='Friday' Riton and Nightcrawlers featuring Mufas & Hypeman – radio number one in 2021|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127172559/http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=2001|archive-date=27 January 2022}}

| 19

scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2021|title=Top Radio Hits Ukraine Annual Chart 2021|publisher=TopHit|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 91

scope="row"| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/adult-pop-songs/|title=Adult Pop Airplay Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202194818/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/adult-pop-songs/|archive-date=2 December 2021}}

| 39

scope="row"| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/pop-songs/|title=Pop Airplay Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210213651/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/pop-songs/|archive-date=10 December 2021}}

| 40

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for "Love Again"

! scope="col"| Chart (2022)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| CIS Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/global/annual/2022|title=Top Radio Hits Global Annual Chart 2022|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 111

scope="row"| Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=https://radio.hrt.hr/drugi-program/glazba/elton-john-dua-lipa-imaju-najpopularniju-stranu-pjesmu-u-hrvatskoj-u-2022-godini-10550213|title=Croatia ARC TOP 100|publisher=HRT|access-date=12 January 2023|archive-date=13 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113141114/https://radio.hrt.hr/drugi-program/glazba/elton-john-dua-lipa-imaju-najpopularniju-stranu-pjesmu-u-hrvatskoj-u-2022-godini-10550213|url-status=live}}

| 4

scope="row" | Hungary (Dance Top 40){{cite web |publisher=Association of Hungarian Record Companies (MAHASZ) |title=Dance Top 100 - a hazai DJ-k játszásai alapján - 2022 |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2022 |access-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230203184404/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2022 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |language=hu |url-status=live}}

| 21

scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40){{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2022|title=Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2022|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|access-date=4 February 2023|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203044628/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2022|url-status=live}}

| 34

scope="row" | Poland (ZPAV){{cite web |publisher=Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (ZPAV) |title=Airplay 2022{{spaced ndash}}najpopularniejsze radiowe single |url=http://www.zpav.pl/aktualnosc.php?idaktualnosci=2063 |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221190209/http://www.zpav.pl/aktualnosc.php?idaktualnosci=2063 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |language=pl |date=17 February 2023 |url-status=live}}

| 91

scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/annual/2022|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart 2022|publisher=TopHit|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 24

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ 2023 year-end chart performance for "Love Again"

! scope="col"| Chart (2023)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| CIS Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/global/annual/2023|title=Top Radio Hits Global Annual Chart 2023|access-date=16 August 2024}}

| 200

scope="row"|Hungary (Dance Top 40){{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/dance/2023|title=Dance Top 100 - a hazai DJ-k játszásai alapján - 2023|publisher=MAHASZ|access-date=31 January 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125133330/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/dance/2023|archive-date=25 January 2024|language=hu}}

| 57

scope="row"|Hungary (Rádiós Top 40){{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/radios/2023|title=Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2023|publisher=MAHASZ|access-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125133848/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/radios/2023|archive-date=25 January 2024|language=hu}}

| 81

scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/annual/2023|title=Top Radio Hits Ukraine Annual Chart 2023|publisher=TopHit|access-date=16 August 2024}}

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Love Again"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|access-date=7 September 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Diamond|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=9 August 2022|refname=brazilcert}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=3 October 2022|refname="MC"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Gold|id=11585|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=16 August 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Diamond|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=21 October 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=28 September 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=13 December 2021|refname="IT"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|source=radioscope|access-date=22 December 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=25 June 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|refname="POL"|access-date=13 December 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|type=single|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|id=file_2023-01-30-17-47-02.pdf|access-date=1 February 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=4 March 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Love Again|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|id=17560-4213-1|access-date=11 March 2023|refname="BPI"}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true|nosales=true}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Release dates and formats for "Love Again"

scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format(s)

! scope="col"| Version

! scope="col"| Label

! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| Various

| 11 September 2020

| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}}

| Horse Meat Disco remix

| rowspan="10"| Warner

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| France

| 11 March 2021

| Radio airplay

| Radio edit

| style="text-align:center;"| Citations regarding the radio airplay release of "Love Again" in France:

  • {{cite web|last=Goncalves|first=Julien|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Dua-Lipa/news-116950.html|title=Dua Lipa choisit l'יclatant 'Love Again' comme nouveau single|work=Purebreak Charts|date=11 March 2021|access-date=12 March 2021|language=French|trans-title=Dua Lipa chooses dazzling 'Love Again' as new single|archive-date=11 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311185939/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Dua-Lipa/news-116950.html|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite web|author=Fred|url=https://www.cheriefm.fr/artistes/dua-lipa/actus/le-coup-de-coeur-du-club-cherie-love-again-de-dua-lipa-71437955|title=Le coup de cœur du Club Chérie : 'Love Again' de Dua Lipa|work=Chérie FM|date=15 March 2021|access-date=19 March 2021|language=French|trans-title=Club Chérie's favorite: "Love Again" by Dua Lipa|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419205636/https://www.cheriefm.fr/artistes/dua-lipa/actus/le-coup-de-coeur-du-club-cherie-love-again-de-dua-lipa-71437955|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite web|first=Marine|last=Pineau|url=https://www.virginradio.fr/dua-lipa-choisit-love-again-en-guise-de-prochain-single-a752280.html|title=Dua Lipa choisit Love Again en guise de prochain single|work=Virgin Radio|date=12 March 2021|access-date=19 March 2021|language=French|trans-title=Dua Lipa chooses Love Again as next single|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520150512/https://www.virginradio.fr/dua-lipa-choisit-love-again-en-guise-de-prochain-single-a752280.html|url-status=live}}
scope="row"| Various

| 4 June 2021

| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}}

| Original

| style="text-align:center;"| Citations regarding the digital release of "Love Again":

  • {{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3aKLu3wgh654EA1iagDS2y|title=Dua Lipa – Love Again|publisher=Spotify|access-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604131342/https://open.spotify.com/album/3aKLu3wgh654EA1iagDS2y|archive-date=4 June 2021|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.dualipa.com/music/|title=Love Again – Music – Dua Lipa|publisher=Dua Lipa.com|access-date=11 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815202702/https://www.dualipa.com/music/|archive-date=15 August 2021}}
scope="row"| Italy

| 11 June 2021

| Radio airplay

| rowspan="4"| Radio edit

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://radiodate.it/radio-date/dua-lipa-love-again-222175-11-06-2021-radiodate/|title=Dua Lipa 'Love Again' {{!}} (Radio Date: 11/06/2021)|publisher=Warner Music Group|last=Mompellio|first=Gabriel|via=Radio Airplay SRL|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605033248/https://radiodate.it/radio-date/dua-lipa-love-again-222175-11-06-2021-radiodate/|archive-date=5 June 2021}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"| United States

| 22 June 2021{{notetag|Release as a promotional single}}

| {{hlist|Contemporary hit radio|adult contemporary radio|dance radio}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/cool-new-music|title=Top 40/M Cool New Music|publisher=All Access Music Group|url-access=limited|access-date=25 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130112417/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/cool-new-music}} Type Dua Lipa in the Search field.

6 July 2021

| Contemporary hit radio

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622185832/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archive-date=22 June 2021|title=Top 40/M Future Releases|publisher=All Access Music Group|access-date=22 June 2021}}

26 July 2021

| Adult contemporary radio

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|title=Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases|publisher=All Access|access-date=21 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721143813/https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|archive-date=21 July 2021}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Various

| 1 October 2021

| rowspan="2"| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}}

| Imanbek remix

| style="text-align:center;" | Citations regarding the digital release of the Imanbek remix of "Love Again":

  • {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/album/love-again-imanbek-remix-single/1587010433|title=Love Again (Imanbek Remix) – Single by Dua Lipa|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=6 October 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006151131/https://music.apple.com/album/love-again-imanbek-remix-single/1587010433|archive-date=6 October 2021}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1P0qTV2aAW913jN2rDjnl7|title=Love Again (Imanbek Remix) – Dua Lipa|publisher=Spotify|access-date=6 October 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211006152225/https://open.spotify.com/album/1P0qTV2aAW913jN2rDjnl7|archive-date=6 October 2021}}
15 October 2021

| Garabatto remix

| style="text-align:center;" | Citations regarding the digital release of the Garabatto remix of "Love Again":

  • {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/album/love-again-garabatto-remix-single/1588247366|title=Love Again (Garabatto Remix) – Single by Dua Lipa|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=15 October 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015042812/https://music.apple.com/album/love-again-garabatto-remix-single/1588247366|archive-date=15 October 2021}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/442fbTvlLwlfIggjqKjFhS|title=Love Again (Garabatto Remix) – Dua Lipa|publisher=Spotify|access-date=15 October 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211015130146/https://open.spotify.com/album/442fbTvlLwlfIggjqKjFhS|archive-date=15 October 2021}}

See also

Footnotes

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References

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External links

  • {{YouTube|IkL-RjXJLv0|Audio}}
  • {{YouTube|LAdxhHz6Tu4|Lyric video}}
  • {{YouTube|rQLP0ti2xCI|Director's Cut}}
  • [https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Dua-Lipa/love-again Lyrics of this song] at Musixmatch

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