Dark Room (Peyton List song)

"Dark Room" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Peyton List in December 2021, released on April 15, 2022 by Interscope Records as an off-album single. List wrote and produced the song alongside Jack Antonoff. It is an electropop song, with lyrics about a dark period in List's life while recording her third studio album. According to List, the song serves as the bridge between her third album and her fourth.

The song reached 6 million streams on Spotify in it's first day. It topped the charts in the United States, Japan and New Zealand. It also received Diamond certification in US.

The music video was released on May 6, 2022 and got 28 million views in it's first day, becoming one of the top 20 most viewed music videos in the first 24 hours. A collection of remixes was released on iTunes, Amazon Music as well as Spotify, containing three remixes.

Release
List announced that she would release a single in April of 2022 through her Instagram and Twitter account. The song was released just three weeks later. It impacted American contemporary hit radio three days afterwards.

A CD single release followed in Germany on May 28, 2022.

Critical reception
"Dark Room" received very positive reviews from critics. Meaghan Garvey from Pitchfork referred to it in a review as "a self-loathing and angry" track and gave it a positive review. Sarah Carson of the Los Angeles Times wrote a positive review of the song, saying: "The song's quick pace helps set the atmosphere for List's upcoming project, despite its somber lyrics."

Chart performance
In the United States, "Dark Room" debuted at number ninety-four on the Billboard Hot 100, powered by its first three days of airplay. It also sold slightly under 120,000 digital copies within its first day of sales in the country. One week later, the song ascended from No. 94 to No. 1 on the Hot 100 after its first full week of tracking, becoming one of the largest rises to the top position. The song stayed atop the charts for thirteen consecutive weeks. With 412,000 copies sold in its first week, "Dark Room" opened at number one on the US Digital Songs chart.

Live performances
List performed "Dark Room" live for the first time in the summer of 2022 at the Teen's Choice Awards.

Track listings
Digital download German CD single Remixes
 * 1) "Dark Room" – 3:30
 * 1) "Dark Room" – 3:30
 * 2) "Dark Room" – 4:03
 * 1) "Dark Room" – 3:30
 * 2) "Dark Room (R3HAB remix)" – 4:38
 * 3) "Dark Room (Blended Babies remix)" – 2:55
 * 4) "Dark Room (Zedd remix)" – 3:12

Charts
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