| Stargazing | |
| Cover: | Myles Smith - Stargazing.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Myles Smith |
| Ep: | A Minute... |
| Genre: | Folk-pop[1] |
| Length: | 2:52 |
| Label: | Sony Music |
| Producer: | Fenn |
| Prev Title: | Betting on Us |
| Prev Year: | 2024 |
| Next Title: | Wait for You |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
"Stargazing" is a song by British singer-songwriter Myles Smith. It was released as the lead single from his second extended play A Minute... on 10 May 2024 through Sony Music. It is considered his breakout hit.
In an interview with Billboard, Myles Smith stated he created the song during his visit to Malibu, California in January 2024, when he wanted to write "something that's really warm, fun and happy". The title was inspired by a moment of him watching a sunset in Malibu with his friends. According to Smith, he instantly came up with the chorus. Regarding the process of composing the song with co-songwriters Jesse Fink and Peter Fenn, Smith said:
It was just us jumping around, about day five into writing—looking at each other with guitars and having the time of our lives. It came from the idea of the people that you love, the things that you love, always being present in your life, maybe in a way you don't recognize or see. And then that coming into light later in the day, and that euphoric moment of realizing that. The whole song wasn't finished on that day, but the embers of it definitely were. From the very moment that that melody was found, the warmth in the room was infectious.
He revealed additional details behind the changes they made to the song as they were composing and recording:
At the time, it was just really the hook and the bare bones of the verse and melody. I think that's the exciting part of where we are now in music. Not everything has to be done, and not everything has to be perfect. In fact, the process of getting there was very much a reciprocal relationship between me and my fans. Watching them react to it, I was even more inspired to finish the song. We kept the bones of the demo in there, and we embellished it to bring it to studio standard. We wanted to not step too far away from the magic that had been created.
On 8 April 2024, prior to finishing the song, Smith posted a snippet of him performing the hook of the song over acoustic guitar on the video-sharing app TikTok. On 16 April, he previewed a demo version of the song.[2] On 21 April, Smith released the official audio of the song on TikTok, which has since soundtracked over 50,000 clips.
| Peak position | ||
| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus Airplay (TopHit) | 177 | |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] | 11 | |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[5] | 15 | |
| Estonia Airplay (TopHit)[6] | 4 | |
| France (SNEP)[7] | 39 | |
| Global 200 (Billboard)[8] | 16 | |
| Italy (FIMI)[9] | 54 | |
| Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit)[10] | 78 | |
| Latvia Airplay (LaIPA)[11] | 4 | |
| Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[12] | 6 | |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[13] | 71 | |
| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit)[14] | 16 | |
| Luxembourg (Billboard)[15] | 9 | |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] | 13 | |
| Nigeria (TurnTable Top 100)[17] | 84 | |
| Norway (VG-lista)[18] | 17 | |
| Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[19] | 16 | |
| Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[20] | 81 | |
| Romania Airplay (TopHit)[21] | 85 | |
| San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50)[22] | 6 | |
| Singapore (RIAS)[23] | 28 | |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[24] | 7 | |
| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) | 178 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[25] | 20 | |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[26] | 13 | |
| US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[27] | 2 | |
| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[28] | 3 | |
| US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[29] | 2 |
| Position | |
| CIS Airplay (TopHit)[30] | 40 |
|---|---|
| Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[31] | 17 |
| Czech Republic (Singles Digitál – Top 100)[32] | 23 |
| Estonia Airplay (TopHit)[33] | 6 |
| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit)[34] | 15 |
| Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[35] | 4 |
| Slovakia (Singles Digitál – Top 100)[36] | 28 |