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{{Infobox song
| name       = Eighteen
| cover      = Eighteen Single Artwork.png
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Pale Waves]]
| album      = [[My Mind Makes Noises]]
| released   = {{Start date|2018|07|24|df=y}}
| recorded   = 2018
| genre      = [[Synth-pop]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Finn |first=Rachel |url=http://diymag.com/2018/09/13/pale-waves-my-mind-makes-noises-album-review |title=Pale Waves – My Mind Makes Noises |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]] |date=13 September 2018 |access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>
| length     = {{Duration|m=3|s=00}}
| label      = [[Dirty Hit]]
| writer     = {{hlist|Ciara Doran|[[Heather Baron-Gracie]]}}
| producer   = {{hlist|Jonathan Gilmore|Ciara Doran ({{abbr|add.|additional producer}})}}
| prev_title = [[Noises (song)|Noises]]
| prev_year  = 2018
| next_title = Black
| next_year  = 2018
| misc           = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Yk9v1zyGXYg|"Eighteen"}}}}
}}
"'''Eighteen'''" is a song by English [[indie pop]] band [[Pale Waves]] from their debut studio album, ''[[My Mind Makes Noises]]'' (2018). It was released as the album's fifth single on 24 July 2018 by [[Dirty Hit]].
==Release==
The song premiered on [[BBC Radio 1]] show as [[Annie Mac]]'s "Hottest Record in the World" on 24 July 2018. The band also revealed on the same show that their debut studio album was titled ''My Mind Makes Noises'' and would be released on 14 September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/pale-waves-my-mind-makes-noises/ |title=Pale Waves release new single, announce debut album |work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> "Eighteen" was featured on BBC Radio 1's official playlist throughout August and September 2018. The single reached the A-list in the week of 7 September 2018, a first for the band.
The song was a success in Japan, marking the first time the band have charted outside of Europe. The single reached number 55 on the [[Billboard Japan Hot 100|''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100]] and number two on the Japan Hot Overseas chart.<ref name=japan-chart-1/><ref name=japan-chart-2/> {{As of|2022|07|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wOej91SVqB1zcYkW6xUtA?si=SqhOaP8mSQSRcS4iiB0GqQ}}, "Eighteen" has been streamed 11.24 million times on [[Spotify]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify {{en dash}} Pale Waves |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wOej91SVqB1zcYkW6xUtA?si=SqhOaP8mSQSRcS4iiB0GqQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220712153016/https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wOej91SVqB1zcYkW6xUtA?si=SqhOaP8mSQSRcS4iiB0GqQ&nd=1 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |access-date= |publisher=[[Spotify]]}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
Will Richards of ''[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]'' magazine gave the song a positive review, calling it the band's "most direct pop song yet", and also praising the chorus as "the best Pale Waves have ever written."<ref>{{cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=24 July 2018 |title=Pale Waves – Eighteen |url=http://diymag.com/2018/07/24/pale-waves-eighteen-track-review |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]] |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> Writing for ''Dork'', Stephen Ackroyd was similarity positive about the track, praising it for being a great introduction to the album; he wrote the track "audibly throbs, revving its engines on the starting line."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ackroyd |first=Stephen |url=https://www.readdork.com/bangers/pale-waves-eighteen |title=Pale Waves – Eighteen |work=Dork |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> Rania Aniftos of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called the track a "glistening pop tune", writing: "It's truly an electronic bop that encompasses the age it's titled after."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8466950/pale-waves-release-eighteen-announce-debut-album |title=Pale Waves Release Sparkling New Track 'Eighteen,' Announce Debut Album & Release Date |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref>
==Music video==
The music video for "Eighteen" was directed by [[Adam Powell (director)|Adam Powell]] and premiered on 22 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Graves |first=Shahlin |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/pale-waves/14772 |title=Pale Waves – 'Eighteen' music video. |work=Coup De Main Magazine |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> The video follows Baron-Gracie as she goes on a road trip across the United States. Footage of Baron-Gracie walking through a forest, staying in a motel, visiting a diner, and driving in her car. Interspersed with this footage are brief and intimate shots of Baron-Gracie and an unseen lover.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pale Waves |date=22 August 2018 |title=Pale Waves – Eighteen (Official Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9v1zyGXYg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205180147/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9v1zyGXYg |archive-date=5 February 2022 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hernandez |first1=Joe |date=22 August 2018 |title=Pale Waves share music video for 'Eighteen' |url=https://www.beyondthestagemagazine.com/pale-waves-shares-music-video-for-eighteen/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220606155154/https://www.beyondthestagemagazine.com/pale-waves-shares-music-video-for-eighteen/ |archive-date=6 June 2022 |website=Beyond the Stage}}</ref> While talking to Taylor Henderson of ''[[Pride Magazine]]'', Baron-Gracie explained that the video for "Eighteen" is "all about [her] sort of looking for that [unseen lover] or trying to find that person."<ref name=pride_mag>{{cite web |last1=Henderson |first1=Taylor |title=The Dark, Sapphic Love Story Behind Pale Waves' 'She's My Religion' |url=https://www.pride.com/music/2020/12/22/dark-sapphic-love-story-behind-pale-waves-shes-my-religion |website=[[Pride Magazine]] |date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603043556/https://www.pride.com/music/2020/12/22/dark-sapphic-love-story-behind-pale-waves-shes-my-religion |url-status=live }}</ref> Initially, the video did not feature the quick cuts to Baron-Gracie and the aforementioned lover, as the artist explained:
<blockquote>In "Eighteen", there's a moment where you see me with another person ... [That is] actually my stylist. It wasn't intentional. ... On the day, we filmed the whole entire video, and then we looked at the video and thought, "Hey, this isn't going to make sense. You need to see me with somebody for this video to make sense." ... We were like, "Who can we put in the video?" ... And then I was like, "Patty will you be in the video?" And you know, she's this straight, Italian, amazing woman, and she was like, "OK, I will, but I don't really want to!" So she's in the video.<ref name=pride_mag/></blockquote>
{{As of|2024|01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9v1zyGXYg}}, the video has been viewed over 2.5 million times on [[YouTube]].<ref name="officialvideo">{{cite web |last1=Pale Waves |date=2020 |title=Pale Waves – Eighteen (Official Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9v1zyGXYg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114185255/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9v1zyGXYg |archive-date=14 January 2024|access-date= |publisher=[[Vevo]] |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download<ref name="itunes"/>
| title1 = Eighteen
| length1 = 3:00
}}
==Release==
{{As of|2024|05|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wOej91SVqB1zcYkW6xUtA?si=SqhOaP8mSQSRcS4iiB0GqQ}}, "Eighteen" has been streamed 13.0 million times on [[Spotify]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotify {{en dash}} Pale Waves |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wOej91SVqB1zcYkW6xUtA?si=SqhOaP8mSQSRcS4iiB0GqQ&nd=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/k2vYM |archive-date=16 May 2024 |access-date= |publisher=[[Spotify]] }}</ref>
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Eighteen"
! scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Japan Hot 100 (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref name=japan-chart-1>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2018&month=09&day=17|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100|work=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref>
| 55
|-
! scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref name=japan-chart-2>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2018&month=10&day=1|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas|work=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| UK Radio Airplay Top 50 (''[[Radiomonitor]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Music Week]]|title=UK Airplay|page=44|date=17 September 2018|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2122497611|access-date=8 September 2022|id={{ProQuest|2122497611}} |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| 46
|}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "Eighteen"
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| Various
| 24 July 2018
| [[Music download|Digital download]]
| [[Dirty Hit]]
| align="center"| <ref name="itunes">{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/eighteen-single/1436879821 |title=Eighteen – Single by Pale Waves |website=[[iTunes Store]] |date=24 July 2018 |location=United Kingdom |access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Pale Waves}}
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[[Category:2018 singles]]
[[Category:2018 songs]]
[[Category:Dirty Hit singles]]
[[Category:Pale Waves songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Heather Baron-Gracie]]