
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Score
321
Chart Year
2025
If you've ever found yourself trapped in the exhausting déjà vu of a relationship that can't quite quit itself, "We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night" will feel unnervingly familiar. Sabrina Carpenter opens with the cheerfully barbed line, "Bulls-–t repeats itself, is that how the saying goes?" - which, while not exactly embroidered-pillow wisdom, sets the tone for the song's loop of quarrel, reconciliation, and repeat. It's as if Sisyphus traded in his boulder for a boyfriend. The chorus cuts straight to the heart of the pattern: affection, apology, sex, and a shaky truce that will last just long enough for the cycle to spin up again. "We had our sex and then we made amends, that's right," Carpenter sings, sounding less romantic than matter-of-fact. Fans immediately tied this song to her year-long relationship with actor Barry Keoghan, a coupling that tabloids often painted as alternately glamorous and stormy. Carpenter also hints at the social theater around them. Called it a false alarm to all of our friends Then we almost broke up again last night This likely nods to the couple's very public social circle, where rumors swirled about breakups or drama, which both would downplay to their friends and the press. Carpenter co-wrote the song with Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen. Antonoff did his usual kitchen-sink trick, handling programming, guitars of multiple string counts, mellotron, piano, drums, bass, and presumably anything else not nailed down in the studio. Bobby Hawk added violin, Amy Allen pitched in background vocals, and Carpenter leaned into production duties. Placed as the fifth track on Carpenter's 2025 album Man's Best Friend, "We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night" acts as a thematic hinge. If "Manchild" is the diagnosis and "Goodbye" the autopsy, then this is the messy middle chapter where the patient keeps insisting they're fine while actively hemorrhaging. Man's Best Friend is, as Carpenter told CBS Mornings, "not for any pearl clutchers," a statement borne out by the abundance of explicit tags on its 12 tracks and its honesty about horniness ("Tears," "House Tour"), heartache ("Nobody's S
Bullshit repeats itself Is that how the saying goes? Been here a thousand times Selective memory though I hear it in his eyes He sees it in my tone Is what it is, and it's predictable All the "I love you"s and "I'm sorry"s were said We had our sex, and then we made amends, that's right Called it a false alarm to all of our friends Then we almost broke up again last night We almost got so close When I reach to pull the plug I swear, he starts working out And on the days I'm a little much That's when I tell him how Sweet he treats me And how no other boys compete I know how it looks, I know how it sounds 'Least we'll give 'em something to talk about All the "I love you"s and "I'm sorry"s were said (Sorries were said) We had our sex, and then we made amends, that's right Called it a false alarm to all of our friends Then we almost broke up again last night You say we're drifting apart I said, "Yeah, I fucking know" Big deal, we've been here before, and we'll be here tomorrow Oh, oh All the "I love you"s and "I'm sorry"s were said We had our sex, and then we made amends, that's right Called it a false alarm to all of our friends Then we almost broke up again We almost broke up We almost broke up again We almost broke up We almost broke up again Gave me his whole heart, and I gave him head, and then We almost broke up We almost broke up Yeah, we almost broke up again
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 13, 2025 | 31 | 95 |
| 2 | Sep 20, 2025 | 65 | 61 |
| 3 | Sep 27, 2025 | 91 | 35 |