Not on Drugs

"Not on Drugs" was written by Lo alongside Alx Reuterskiöld, Jakob Jerlström and Ludvig Söderberg, with the latter two being credited as the Struts. It was included on the artist's debut extended play, Truth Serum and debut studio album, Queen of the Clouds, both of which were released in 2014. Reuterskiöld also co-wrote "Out of Mind" from Truth Serum and "Got Love" from Queen of the Clouds. Regarding her work with him, the singer confessed, "He's a Swedish guy and is the most artistic person I've ever met. He's very hard to work with, but he's amazing, so it's worth it. Even though he takes a while to get his tone down". The track was recorded at Warner/Chappell Studios in Stockholm,{{cite AV media notes |title=Truth Serum |title-link=Truth Serum (EP) |others=Tove Lo |year=2014 |type=liner notes |publisher=Universal Music Group |id=060253776053 |location=Sweden}}

• {{cite AV media notes |title=Queen of the Clouds |title-link=Queen of the Clouds |others=Tove Lo |year=2014 |type=liner notes |publisher=Universal Music Group |id=B0021921-02 |location=United States}} with the Struts producing and programming it alongside playing the keys and guitars. Lars Norgren mixed the song, while Björn Engelmann mastered it at Cutting Room, Stockholm. Reuterskiöld also co-produced it and played the keys.

"Not on Drugs" was initially released as a promotional single from Truth Serum. On 24 February 2014, it was premiered on Swedish radio station P3,{{cite web |url=http://www.scandipop.co.uk/tove-lo-not-on-drugs/ |title=Tove Lo: 'Not on Drugs' |date=24 February 2014 |website=Scandipop |access-date=12 August 2016 }} and was released on Lo's SoundCloud account.{{cite web |url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/check-out-tove-lo-s-new-song-not-on-drugs |title=Check out Tove Lo's new song 'Not On Drugs' |last1=Law |first1=Tarynn |date=25 February 2014 |website=The 405 |access-date=12 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731065617/https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/check-out-tove-lo-s-new-song-not-on-drugs |archive-date=31 July 2017 |url-status=dead }} Later, Digital Spy announced that the track would be digitally released on 31 August 2014 as the second single from Queen of the Clouds.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/new-music/news/a591517/tove-lo-unveils-new-single-not-on-drugs-and-announces-debut-album/ |title=Tove Lo unveils new single 'Not On Drugs' and announces debut album |last1=Corner |first1=Lewis |date=20 August 2014 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=12 August 2016 }} After the announcement, many journalists and Lo herself considered it a "funny" and "interesting" follow up to "Habits (Stay High)".{{cite web |url=http://www.juiceonline.com/video-tove-los-not-on-drugs/ |title=Video: Tove Lo's 'Not On Drugs' |date=18 November 2014 |website=Juice Online |access-date=13 December 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1707029/the-week-in-pop-tove-lo-is-about-to-release-the-best-pop-album-of-2014-so-far/franchises/the-week-in-pop/ |title=The Week In Pop: Tove Lo Is About To Release The Best Pop Album Of 2014 (So Far) |last1=DeVille |first1=Chris |date=25 September 2014 |website=Stereogum |access-date=13 December 2016 }} However, the following month, Island Records president David Massey told Billboard that the label had not chosen a second single from Queen of the Clouds yet.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6259186/tove-lo-interview-habits-queen-of-the-clouds-katy-perry |title=Tove Lo Talks 'Habits (Stay High)', Opening for Katy Perry & Using Music as Therapy |last1=Lipshutz |first1=Jason |date=22 September 2014 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=14 September 2016 }} Republic and Island Records sent "Not on Drugs" to American modern rock radio stations on 25 November 2014 and scheduled a release to American contemporary hit radio (CHR) for 20 January 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases|title=Home > Alternative > Future Releases|publisher=All Access Music Group|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024135638/http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases|archive-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2014/11/24/tove-los-drugs-sheppards-geronimo-hit-pop-radio-january/ |title=Tove Lo's 'Not on Drugs', Sheppard's 'Geronimo' Hit Pop Radio in January |last1=Cantor |first1=Brian |date=24 November 2014 |publisher=Headline Planet |access-date=15 September 2016 }} However, the labels announced in December 2014 that "Talking Body" would impact the aforementioned radio format instead as the second single from the album.{{cite web |url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2014/12/08/talking-body-now-slated-tove-los-next-pop-single/ |title='Talking Body' Now Slated as Tove Lo's Next Pop Radio Single |last1=Cantor |first1=Brian |date=8 December 2014 |publisher=Headline Planet |access-date=15 September 2016 |quote=Republic still lists "Not on Drugs" as Tove Lo’s representative single at alternative.}} Despite this, "Not on Drugs" was not removed from American modern rock radio.{{cite web |url=http://www.republicplaybook.com/track/tove-lo-not-on-drugs |title=Tove Lo 'Not On Drugs' — Republic Playbook |publisher=Republic Playbook |access-date=15 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227185559/http://www.republicplaybook.com/track/tove-lo-not-on-drugs |archive-date=27 December 2014 }}

"Not on Drugs" is the opening track on Tove Lo's debut extended play, Truth Serum. According to the artist, the songs on the EP talk about her "most intense" failed relationship from beginning to end,{{cite web |url=http://bylarm2014.sched.org/event/a0260b43ef95a6fa50f3c18f21e58136#.Vhk3SOx_Okq |title=Bylarm 2014 |website=Sched.org |access-date=15 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327214944/http://bylarm2014.sched.org/event/a0260b43ef95a6fa50f3c18f21e58136 |archive-date=27 March 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26954021 |title=Tove Lo: A Swedish pop star in waiting |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |date=11 April 2014 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021031603/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26954021 |archive-date=21 October 2015 }} which started "really happy and passionate".{{cite web |url=http://nbhap.com/people/tove-lo/ |title=Interview: Tove Lo – 'Reopening the wound' |last1=Chebil |first1=Sasha |date=9 June 2014 |publisher=Nothing But Hope and Passion |access-date=8 October 2016 }} Following the narrative of Truth Serum, the track conveys the time when Lo was "really in love with someone and [could not] think straight" and felt "high" all the time. She also stated that she wanted to write a happy and euphoric song that represented the positive beginning of her relationships, since most of her tracks are about the decay of them.{{cite web |url=http://untitled-magazine.com/tove-lo-talks-love-sex-drugs-double-standards-exclusive-interview/ |title=Tove Lo talks love, sex, drugs and double standards – Exclusive interview |last1=Cesarine |first1=Indira |date=20 November 2014 |work=Untitled Magazine |access-date=13 December 2016 }}{{cite magazine |url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/tove-lo-interview |title=Tove Lo: Swedish Pop's Janis Joplin |last1=White |first1=Caitlin |date=26 March 2014 |magazine=Vice |access-date=8 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309234923/http://noisey.vice.com/es/blog/tove-lo-interview |archive-date=9 March 2016 }} In an interview with MTV UK, the artist said, "'Not On Drugs' is, like many of my songs so far, about love. At least it's about the happy kind of love where you feel like there's nothing that can get you higher than the person you're with and have these feelings for".{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/slbuuf/video-premiere-tove-los-not-on-drugs |title=Video Premiere: Tove Lo's New Single Not On Drugs |last1=Roper |first1=Tamara |date=21 July 2014 |website=MTV UK |access-date=6 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725181854/http://www.mtv.co.uk/tove-lo/news/video-premiere-tove-los-not-on-drugs |archive-date=25 July 2014 }} "Not on Drugs" was also included in "The Love" section of Lo's debut studio record, Queen of the Clouds, a concept album that describes the pattern of the singer's relationships.{{cite web |url=http://www.at40.com/news-article/tove-lo-explains-3-segments-of-queen-of-the-clouds-album/33052 |title=Tove Lo Explains 3 Segments of 'Queen of the Clouds' Album |last1=Inocencio |first1=Marc |date=24 September 2014 |website=American Top 40 |access-date=7 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115655/http://www.at40.com/news-article/tove-lo-explains-3-segments-of-queen-of-the-clouds-album/33052 |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/09/28/on-the-verge-tove-lo-habits-stay-high/15461651/ |title=On the Verge: Tove Lo hits new 'High' with 'Habits' |last1=Ryan |first1=Patrick |date=28 September 2014 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=7 November 2015 }}

"Not on Drugs" is a mid-tempo pop, EDM, and electropop song with elements of dubstep music.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/new-songs-playlist/feature/a592511/playlist-10-tracks-you-need-to-hear-taylor-swift-labrinth-charli-xcx/ |title=Playlist: 10 tracks you need to hear – Taylor Swift, Labrinth, Charli XCX |last1=Corner |first1=Lewis |date=26 August 2014 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=13 December 2016 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/31/one-to-watch-tove-lo-interview-electro-pop |title=One to watch: Tove Lo |last1=Jonze |first1=Tim |date=31 August 2014 |website=The Guardian |access-date=13 December 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.idolator.com/7507280/tove-lo-not-on-drugs-truth-serum-cover |title=Tove Lo Continues To Impress With 'Not On Drugs': Listen To The Soaring 'Truth Serum' Cut |last1=Wass |first1=Mike |date=25 February 2014 |website=Idolator |access-date=13 December 2016 }} Its "digitally twitchy" verses are followed by a "massive" and "exploding" chorus,{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/feature/a616710/14-underrated-songs-released-in-2014-robyn-grl-miguel/ |title=14 underrated songs released in 2014 – Robyn, GRL, Miguel |last1=Corner |first1=Lewis |date=18 December 2014 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=13 December 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.hillydilly.com/2014/02/tove-lo-not-on-drugs/ |title=Tove Lo – 'Not On Drugs' |date=25 February 2014 |website=Hillydilly |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=11 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211002942/http://www.hillydilly.com/2014/02/tove-lo-not-on-drugs/ |url-status=dead }} "Baby, listen please / I'm not on drugs, I'm just in love! / Baby, don't you see I'm not on drugs? I'm just in love!".{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2306746/tove-lo-2ne1-christina-perri/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811213134/http://www.mtv.com/news/2306746/tove-lo-2ne1-christina-perri/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 11, 2016 |title=Tove Lo, 2NE1, Christina Perri + More: 5 Must-Hear Pop Songs Of The Week |last1=Stern |first1=Brad |date=4 March 2014 |website=MTV |access-date=13 December 2016 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.muumuse.com/2014/02/tove-lo-not-on-drugs.html/ |title=Tove Lo's 'Not On Drugs' Is Surely The Best New Song You'll Hear Today |last1=Stern |first1=Bradley |date=24 February 2014 |website=MuuMuse |access-date=13 December 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.smp.se/skivor/tove-lo-mot-en-ljusnande-framtid/ |title=Tove Lo: Mot en ljusnande framtid |date=5 March 2014 |newspaper=Smålandsposten |language=sv |access-date=30 December 2016 |quote=Efter det följer Not on drugs, ett spår med ganska trevande verser men där en Tove Lo hög på kärlek brister ut i refrängerna}} The song also incorporates background vocals in which the singer repeats the word "Hi-i-gh!".

In the lyrics, Lo compares falling in love to being under the influence of drugs.{{cite web |url=http://popbytes.com/exclusive-interview-with-tove-lo-truth-serum-habits/ |title=Exclusive: Interview with Tove Lo |last1=Nagorski |first1=Alex |date=21 April 2014 |website=PopBytes |access-date=13 December 2016 }} Regarding the track's composition, she stated that "all of the verses are drug references. It is comparing a high to being in love, which I think can be kind of the same thing".{{cite news |url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/NUNN-ON-ONE-MUSIC-Tove-Lo-gets-into-the-Habit-/49755.html |title=Nunn on one: Music – Tove Lo gets into the 'Habit' |date=24 November 2014 |newspaper=Windy City Times |access-date=13 December 2016 }} According to Scandipop, the artist is saying in the lyrics that "no – she's not on drugs, it's all that amazing love she's in which is making her so high". Carrie Battan of Pitchfork wrote that Lo insists "she's back on her feet and reaching for the stars—she's not on drugs, she's just in love" in the verse, "I'm up with the kites in a dream so blue / I live in the sky / You come live here, too".{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16688-to-love-not-on-drugs/ |title=Tove Lo – 'Not On Drugs' |last1=Battan |first1=Carrie |date=25 February 2014 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=13 December 2016 }} The line, "I'm queen of the clouds, make my wish come true" served as the inspiration for the title of the singer's debut album.{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-tove-lo/11198218 |title=Interview: Tove Lo |last1=Florino |first1=Rick |date=11 September 2014 |website=Artistdirect |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-date=31 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731072110/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-tove-lo/11198218 |url-status=dead }} Both Tim Jonze of The Guardian and Jamieson Cox of Time noted that the track's message contrasted that of "Habits (Stay High)", in which the artist sings about using drugs in order to forget her former boyfriend.{{cite magazine |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/25/tove-lo-not-on-drugs-single/ |title=Tove Lo's 'Not On Drugs' Is So Good, It's Addictive: Listen |last1=Cox |first1=Jamieson |date=25 February 2014 |magazine=Time |access-date=13 December 2016 }}

"Not on Drugs" received mostly positive reviews from critics. Gaffa Norway critic Tord Litleskare called it a "must-hear track" from Truth Serum, alongside "Habits (Stay High)" and "Out of Mind".{{cite web |url=http://gaffa.com/anmeldelse/82158 |title=Tove Lo – Truth Serum EP |last1=Littleskare |first1=Tord |work=Gaffa Norway |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219080155/http://gaffa.com/anmeldelse/82158 |archive-date=19 February 2015 |access-date=20 December 2016 }} Lewis Corner of Digital Spy included the recording on his list of 14 underrated songs released in 2014 and wrote that, "An exploding chorus and booming synths make 'Not On Drugs' one of the more epic cuts Tove has recorded to date". Journalist Bradley Stern stated that it was "a personal favorite" of Truth Serum and called it a "trappy" song that is "about as perfect as Swede-pop gets". Idolator's Mike Wass stated that the song "boasts a killer chorus, clever lyrics and a sultry vocal", while Erica Russell of Ladygunn called it a "zippy, effortlessly infectious—much like its hinted subject matter—electropop banger".{{cite web |url=http://ladygunn.com/music/her-love-is-a-drug-discover-sweden%E2%80%99s-tove-lo |title=Her Love Is A Drug: Discover Sweden's Tove Lo |last1=Russell |first1=Erica |date=2 March 2014 |publisher=Ladygunn |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731072221/http://ladygunn.com/music/her-love-is-a-drug-discover-sweden%E2%80%99s-tove-lo |archive-date=31 July 2017 |url-status=dead }} Chris DeVille of Stereogum said that "Not on Drugs" was "even more of a monster jam" than "Habits (Stay High)" and that it "confirmed that Tove Lo was a cut above 2014's field of aspiring pop stars".

Chad Hillard of Hillydilly wrote, "Boasting the same hit quality we've come to expect from Tove Lo, 'Not On Drugs' features an absolutely massive chorus that soars through engaging electronics and vigorous emotion found in her magnetic vocals". Richard S. Chang ranked it at number two on his top five of the best Tove Lo songs,{{cite web |url=http://www.redbull.com/us/en/music/stories/1331689947141/top-5-best-tove-lo-songs |title=Top 5 Best Tove Lo Songs |last1=Chang |first1=Richard S. |date=10 November 2014 |publisher=Redbull.com |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212649/http://www.redbull.com/us/en/music/stories/1331689947141/top-5-best-tove-lo-songs |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} while Mark Savage of Discopop considered it the "standout track" of Truth Serum. And Pop's Evan Ross wrote on his review of Queen of the Clouds that, "Out of all the songs on the album this one seems to ring the most true about what it's like to be young and in love".{{cite web |url=http://www.andpop.com/2014/09/30/track-by-track-review-queen-of-the-clouds-by-tove-lo/ |title=Track by Track Review: Queen of the Clouds by Tove Lo |last1=Ross |first1=Evan |date=30 September 2014 |website=And Pop |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141002041343/http://www.andpop.com/2014/09/30/track-by-track-review-queen-of-the-clouds-by-tove-lo/ |archive-date=2 October 2014 |url-status=dead }} Jamieson Cox of Time deemed it as an "epic song" that "is so good, it is adictive". Conversely, an editor of Juice Online wrote that the recording was not "as catchy as 'Habits (Stay High)'".

"Not on Drugs" debuted at number 26 on the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart for the issue dated 5 July 2014 and dropped off the chart the following week.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/twitter-emerging-artists/2014-07-05 |title=Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists – July 5, 2014 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=16 December 2016 }} It re-entered the chart and peaked at number 19 on 13 September 2014.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/twitter-emerging-artists/2014-09-13 |title=Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists – September 13, 2014 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=16 December 2016 }} As of December 2014, "Not on Drugs" has sold 33,000 digital downloads in the United States.

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The music video for "Not on Drugs" was directed by Rikkard Häggbom. It was released on Lo's Vevo channel and iTunes Store on 19 August 2014,{{cite web |url=http://www.vevo.com/watch/tove-lo/not-on-drugs/SEUV71400115 |title=Tove Lo – Not On Drugs |website=Vevo |access-date=16 December 2016 }}{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/not-on-drugs/911556988 |title=Not on Drugs – Tove Lo |website=iTunes Store |date=January 2014 |access-date=16 December 2016 }} the same day the singer announced the release of Queen of the Clouds. The clip features the singer dancing and performing the song in a white film set and other locations while colored smoke bombs explode around her. During the video, computer-generated animation is projected on the background and Lo's body is edited to appear distorted. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the artist said, "I choked on the paint, the smoke made me half blind and here is my three-minute trip that shows the intensity and weirdness I feel when falling in love. The main theme we had in mind while making this video was 'What just happened?' It was quite amazing making something with the happy piece of my heart this time!".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/watch-tove-los-explosive-not-on-drugs-video-20140819 |title=Watch Tove Lo's Explosive 'Not on Drugs' Video |last1=Murray |first1=Nick |date=19 August 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=16 December 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/new-music/news/a591517/tove-lo-unveils-new-single-not-on-drugs-and-announces-debut-album/ |title=Tove Lo unveils new single 'Not On Drugs' and announces debut album |last1=Corner |first1=Lewis |date=19 August 2014 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=16 December 2016 }}

The music video received mostly positive reviews. Chad Hillard of Hillydilly wrote that "the host of visuals—while definitely intriguing—prove to be quite ironic considering her claim that she's away from those drug things".{{cite web |url=http://www.hillydilly.com/2014/08/tove-lo-not-on-drugs-2/ |title=Tove Lo – 'Not On Drugs' |last1=Hillard |first1=Chad |date=19 August 2014 |website=Hillydilly |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-date=25 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225062541/http://www.hillydilly.com/2014/08/tove-lo-not-on-drugs-2/ |url-status=dead }} Writing for Idolator, Bradley Stern described the clip as "a strangely trippy, kaleidoscopic affair with lots of weird camera tricks" and said that it was a "simple, yet effective treatment".{{cite web |url=http://www.idolator.com/7531666/tove-lo-trips-out-in-not-on-drugs-video-watch |title=Tove Lo Trips Out In 'Not On Drugs' Video: Watch |last1=Stern |first1=Bradley |date=19 August 2014 |website=Idolator |access-date=16 December 2016 }} However, Mark Savage of Discopop gave the video a negative review, writing, "[...] It's a crying shame that the video for [...] Not on Drugs, is so undercooked. The weird editing, the weirder haircuts, the cheap effects and cheaper locations are a woeful disservice to the song's gutsy declaration of love". He also called it a "disappointment" and stated that "maybe just close your eyes and enjoy the song".{{cite web |url=http://blog.discopop.co.uk/2014/08/video-tove-lo-not-on-drugs.html |title=Video: Tove Lo – Not On Drugs |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |date=19 August 2014 |website=Discopop |access-date=16 December 2016 }} As of July 2017, it has received over 35 million views on YouTube.

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Lo performed "Not on Drugs" for the first time on Swedish TV special Eldsjälsgalan on 26 February 2014. On 27 February 2014,{{cite magazine |url=http://gaffa.com/anmeldelse/81443 |title=Tove Lo: WiMP-teltet, by:Larm, torsdag 27. februar 2014 |last1=Klaussen |first1=Aslaug Olette |date=28 February 2014 |magazine=Gaffa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222142826/http://gaffa.com/anmeldelse/81443 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=24 January 2016 |language=no }} the artist performed the song at the Norwegian festival by:Larm.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/live-reviews/the-best-of-bylarm-2014-147429 |title=The Best of by:Larm 2014 |last1=Down |first1=Lauren |date=4 March 2014 |magazine=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=24 January 2016 }} The following month, she sang the track alongside "Habits (Stay High)" and other material from Truth Serum at the South by Southwest festival.{{cite web |url=http://earmilk.com/2014/03/20/sxsw-2014-9-things-we-learned-swedish-love-and-local-delights-were-just-the-start-part-1/ |title=SXSW 2014: 9 things we learned – Swedish love and local delights were just the start (Part 1) |last1=Murphy |first1=Anna |date=20 March 2014 |publisher=Earmilk |access-date=26 January 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://music.mxdwn.com/2014/03/13/reviews/sxsw-2014-blah-blah-science-featuring-tove-lo-wolf-alice-arthur-beatrice-and-tokyo-police-club/ |title=SXSW 2014: Blah Blah Science Featuring Tove Lo, Wolf Alice, Arthur Beatrice and Tokyo Police Club |last1=Kerr |first1=Tori |date=13 March 2014 |publisher= mxdwn |access-date=26 January 2016 }} On 25 March 2014, the artist performed the song at Tavastia Club in Helsinki, Finland.{{cite web |url=http://www.soundi.fi/keikat/tiistaijumppaa-tavastialla-tove-lo-2532014-tavastia-helsinki/ |title=Tiistaijumppaa Tavastialla: Tove Lo – 25.3.2014 Tavastia, Helsinki |last1=Tarmo |first1=Eero |date=27 March 2014 |work=Soundi Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021023137/http://www.soundi.fi/keikat/tiistaijumppaa-tavastialla-tove-lo-2532014-tavastia-helsinki/ |archive-date=21 October 2015 |access-date=20 October 2015 |language=fi }} Lo sang the track alongside other songs from Truth Serum and "Run On Love" during her first UK show at Notting Hill Arts Club, London, on 2 April 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/the-morning-after/tove-lo-and-kill-j-play-joint-debut-london-shows-at-notting-hill-arts-club-149946 |title=Tove Lo and Kill J play joint debut London shows at Notting Hill Arts Club |last1=O'Brien |first1=George |date=3 April 2014 |website=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=20 December 2016 }} For the performance, she was accompanied by two drummers. A reviewer from Discopop said he was "blown away" and that it was "so refreshing to be at a pop show that engages the heart as well as the senses".{{cite web |url=http://blog.discopop.co.uk/2014/04/review-tove-lo-at-notting-hill-arts-club.html |title=Review: Tove Lo at Notting Hill Arts Club |date=3 April 2014 |publisher=Discopop |access-date=20 December 2016 }} Michael Cragg of The Guardian rated the show with four stars out of five and deemed it as "a punchy UK debut".{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/03/tove-lo-review-notting-hill-arts-club-london |title=Tove Lo review – 'A punchy UK debut' |last1=Cragg |first1=Michael |date=3 April 2014 |work=The Guardian |access-date=20 December 2016 }} Lo performed the same set list at her Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen show on 6 May 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/the-morning-after/tove-lo-plays-second-uk-gig-at-sold-out-hoxton-bar-kitchen |title=Tove Lo plays second UK gig at sold out Hoxton Bar & Kitchen |last1=Bell |first1=John |date=7 May 2014 |website=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=20 December 2016 }} Two months later, she performed the song on American music TV show JBTV.{{cite web|url=http://jbtvmusic.com/tove-lo-drugs-live-music-video/|title=Tove Lo – "Not On Drugs" JBTV|website=JBTV|access-date=20 December 2016|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303040811/http://jbtvmusic.com/tove-lo-drugs-live-music-video/|archive-date=3 March 2015}}

Lo sang the track alongside "Habits (Stay High)" on KROQ-FM radio station on 16 July 2014.{{cite web |url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/tove-lo-performs-habits-stay-high-and-not-on-drugs-live-at-kroq/ |title=Tove Lo Performs 'Habits (Stay High)' And 'Not On Drugs' Live At KROQ |last1=Noir |first1=Nadia |publisher=KROQ-FM |access-date=25 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131120757/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/tove-lo-performs-habits-stay-high-and-not-on-drugs-live-at-kroq/ |archive-date=31 January 2016 }} On 1 October, the singer performed "Not on Drugs" and other songs at Webster Hall in Manhattan, New York City.{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/tove-lo-webster-hall-10-1-6640075 |title=Tove Lo – Webster Hall 10/1 |last1=Rhoades |first1=Lindsey |date=2 October 2014 |work=The Village Voice |access-date=20 December 2016 |archive-date=25 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625174844/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/tove-lo-webster-hall-10-1-6640075 |url-status=dead }} On 6 November 2014, the artist sang the track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.spin.com/2014/11/tove-lo-not-on-drugs-jimmy-fallon-video/ |title=Tove Lo Promises She's 'Not On Drugs' in 'Tonight Show' Performance |last1=Brodsky |first1=Rachel |date=7 November 2014 |magazine=Spin |access-date=20 December 2016 }} On 30 March 2015, she held a concert at KOKO in London, and performed the track among others from Truth Serum and Queen of the Clouds.{{cite web |url=http://www.londoninstereo.com/tove-lo-live-review/ |title=Tove Lo: Live review |last1=Maher |first1=Amelia |date=2 April 2015 |publisher=London in Stereo |access-date=7 February 2016 }} "Not on Drugs" also was included on the set list of Lo's first tour, the Queen of the Clouds Tour (2015).{{cite web |url=http://www.citypages.com/music/pop-star-tove-lo-stays-high-at-first-ave-7745115 |title=Pop star Tove lo stays high at First Rave |last1=Stanley-Are |first1=Sarah |date=12 October 2015 |work=City Pages |access-date=23 January 2016 }}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Truth Serum and Queen of the Clouds.

;Locations

• Recorded at Warner/Chappell Studios, Stockholm.
• Mixed at Ramtitam Studios, Stockholm.
• Mastered at Cutting Room, Stockholm.

;Personnel

• Lead vocals – Tove Lo
• Songwriting – Tove Lo, Alx Reuterskiöld, Jakob Jerlström, Ludvig Söderberg
• Production – The Struts, Alx Reuterskiöld
• Mixing – Lars Norgren
• Programming – The Struts
• Mastering – Björn Engelmann
• Keys – The Struts, Alx Reuterskiöld
• Guitars – The Struts

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