"Be My Mistake" is a song by British indie rock band, The 1975. The track is the sixth song on their third studio album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. Despite not being an official single from the album, it charted on the New Zealand and U.S. rock charts.
| "Be My Mistake" | |
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| Song by The 1975 | |
| from the album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships | |
| Released | 30 November 2018 |
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| Length | 4:17 |
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In an November 2018 interview with Pitchfork, lead singer Matty Healy described "Be My Mistake" as a song about guilt. Healy further explained "It’s about when you are a young person and you struggle sometimes to figure out what you really want. And sometimes, like a lot of things, it requires you to make a mistake before you actually understand what you have."[1] Healy described Nick Drake as an influence for the song.[1]
Writing for PopBuzz, Katie Louise Smith called "Be My Mistake" "is almost like an even sadder sequel to 'Somebody Else' and it will one hundred percent destroy you emotionally".[2]
| Chart (2018–19) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] | 24 |
| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[4] | 36 |