Love Again (Hedley song)

In an interview with Surrey Now-Leader, Jacob Hoggard said of the song, "It's one of those songs we think is going to be benchmark for us moving forward. It's a brand new track and we're super proud of it, and are excited to share it with everybody."^[2]

"Love Again" is a romantic midtempo R&B^[1][3] song about giving love another chance. It was written by the group's lead singer Jacob Hoggard with frequent collaborators Brian Howes and Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen. The song was one of the first tracks written for the album, before it had a title.^[4] According to the digital sheet music published by Atlas Music Publishing, "Love Again" was composed in the key of C minor and set to an approximate tempo of 100 BPM.^[5] The song is the group's first release since the departure of their longtime drummer Chris Crippin.^[6]

Heather Young of Canadian Beats wrote that the song "has a distinct pop radio sound and is bound to become a summer smash."^[7] The track garnered over four million streams.^[4]

The music video for "Love Again" was released on July 21, 2017, and was shot for virtual reality and debuted on the Samsung VR App.^[8]

"Love Again" entered the Hot Canadian Digital Songs sales chart, dated July 1, 2017, at number 47 based on its first three days of availability.^[9] Following its first full week of consumption, the song debuted at number 60 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart dated July 8, 2017.^[10] It has since peaked at number 50 on the chart dated August 19, 2017.^[11] "Love Again" has also peaked at number 5 on the Canada AC airplay chart, 9 on the Canada CHR/Top 40 airplay chart, and 5 on the Canada Hot AC airplay chart, respectively.^[12][13][14]