Peak
22
Weeks
16
Score
1,529
Chart Year
2022
Puth shared a teaser clip from the music video a day prior to its release. The montage featured both singers dressed in "a series of outfits as they sing back-to-back and Jungkook tries to listen to a conversation on the other side of a wall using a glass and hangs on to a car hood for dear life as it speeds through town".[10] Initially announced for a simultaneous debut alongside the single,[10] the music video premiered on YouTube an hour after the single went live on digital platforms on June 24.[29] Directed by Drew Kirsch,[11] the "colourful" visual opens with Puth visiting the office of an elderly male therapist identified as "The Love Doctor" in an attempt to fix his heartache.[30] He narrates his thoughts about his ex to the man through the song's lyrics. Jungkook appears next, in solo shots for his verse and joint scenes with Puth at the doctor's office, as the passenger in a car driven by the latter—at one point he is seen "playfully seated on the hood of the car" before sliding off the moving vehicle[3]—and singing back-to-back with Puth in a white room about their lovesickness.[12][29][31] A QR code and special phone number are later shown on-screen, encouraging fans to text it to receive bonus content from Puth. The video also contains product placement for Chime, a Gen Z-targeted financial company.[11] Rolling Stone India's Divyansha Dongre wrote that the music video "captures the duo's mischievous, playful aura vividly."[3] Jason P. Frank of Vulture felt that "the idea behind this video is not super-clear. What is clear is that Jung Kook is overflowing with charisma and also that his lip ring is hot."
This poppy post-heartbreak song finds Charlie Puth and BTS' Jungkook consumed by thoughts of their former lovers. The memories of their time together haunt the pair and they can't erase them from their minds. Charlie Puth produced "Left and Right" himself and co-wrote it with his go-to writing partner Jacob Kasher Hindlin ("Attention," "How Long," "Light Switch"). "It's about me singing about the inside of my brain, how these memories will haunt me from the left side of my brain to the right side of my brain," Puth explained on the Elvis Duran Show. This marks the first collaboration on disc between Charlie Puth and Jungkook. However, both artists shared the stage together when they jointly performed Puth's track "We Don't Talk Anymore" at the 2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards in Incheon, South Korea. Puth originally teased "Left and Right" as a solo track on February 25, 2022 via TikTok. Two months later, he tweeted about a dream where BTS featured on the song. Though that didn't come to fruition in its entirety, he nabbed Jungkook for the tune. This is an entirely different song from Puth's 2016 track "Left Right Left." That Nine Track Mind song finds him more successful in moving on. "Left And Right" is three chords, simple and fun, and not about anything really heavy. "I loved that dichotomy of how BTS' music is very well-produced, very crispy, very bright, and this song is the opposite," Puth told Apple Music. "Jungkook's voice is usually associated with big, bright, powerful K-pop chords, and putting it under that Red Hot Chili Peppers type of bass, grunginess - I really liked that combination." Why Jungkook? "I was listening to it and I just felt like it called for having another person's perspective," Puth explained to Billboard Pop Shop podcast. "What if I featured an artist that maybe doesn't even speak English? And can pull it off in a way and emote the same thing we all feel?"
Memories follow me left and right I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here You take up every corner of my mind (what you gon' do now?) Ever since the d-day y-you went away (no, I don't know how) How to erase your body from out my brain (what you gon' do now?) Maybe I should just focus on me instead (but all I think about) Are the nights we were tangled up in your bed Oh no (oh no) Oh no (oh no) You're goin' 'round in circles Got you stuck up in my head, yeah Memories follow me left and right I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here You take up every corner of my mind Your love stays with me day and night I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here You take up every corner of my mind (what you gon' do now?) Ever since the d-day y-you went away (someone tell me how) How much more do I gotta drink for the pain (what you gon' do now?) You did things to me that I just can't forget (now all I think about) Are the nights we were tangled up in your bed Oh no (oh no) Oh no (oh no) You're going 'round in circles Got you stuck up in my head, yeah Memories follow me left and right I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here You take up every corner of my mind (of my mind) Your love stays with me day and night I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here You take up every corner of my mind (what you gon' do now?) Did you know you're the one that got away? And even now, baby, I'm still not okay Did you know that my dreams, they're all the same Every time I close my eyes? Memories follow me left and right I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here You take up every corner of my mind (what you gon' do now?) Your love stays with me day and night I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here You take up every corner of my mind (what you gon' do now?) (Whoa) I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here You take up every corner of my mind (what you gon' do now?)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 9, 2022 | 22 | 104 |
| 2 | Jul 16, 2022 | 47 | 79 |
| 3 | Jul 23, 2022 | 51 | 75 |
| 4 | Jul 30, 2022 | 51 | 75 |
| 5 | Aug 6, 2022 | 47 | 79 |
| 6 | Aug 13, 2022 | 57 | 69 |
| 7 | Aug 20, 2022 | 48 | 78 |
| 8 | Aug 27, 2022 | 40 | 86 |
| 9 | Sep 3, 2022 | 44 | 82 |
| 10 | Sep 10, 2022 | 47 | 79 |
| 11 | Sep 17, 2022 | 37 | 89 |
| 12 | Sep 24, 2022 | 41 | 85 |
| 13 | Oct 1, 2022 | 44 | 82 |
| 14 | Oct 8, 2022 | 43 | 83 |
| 15 | Oct 15, 2022 | 42 | 84 |
| 16 | Oct 22, 2022 | 85 | 41 |