Harry Styles reveals why he hasn't released Medicine

19 May 2022, 15:05

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By Sam Prance

Despite being a fan favourite at his live shows, Harry Styles has never added 'Medicine' to Spotify or Apple Music.

Harry Styles has opened up about 'Medicine' and why he hasn't released the song despite performing it live multiple times.

Ever since Harry Styles first performed 'Medicine' live on his first solo tour in 2018, fans have begged him to release it. The banger has become a staple during his concerts and fans have labelled it a bisexual anthem. In the lyrics, Harry alludes to having a same-sex romance. He sings: "The boys and the girls are in / I mess around with him / And I'm okay with it."

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Now, Harry has revealed what 'Medicine' means to him and if there's any chance that he will release the song one day.

What are Harry Styles' Medicine lyrics about?

Speaking to Howard Stern about 'Medicine', Harry stated: "It was one of the first songs I wrote for my first album, and when we first started writing the album it felt like I had a bunch of songs that sounded like 'Medicine', and a bunch of songs that were kind of like an acoustic thing, and I think writing my first single, 'Sign of the Times' kind of became the bridge."

As for why he didn't include it on his debut album, Harry said: "I don't really know why, I guess it didn't quite make it to the finish line. It's really fun to play live. I really like playing it." Howard then asked Harry why it never made it onto Fine Line or the Harry's House tracklist and Harry replied: "I think sonically it's just not really where I'm at anymore."

Explaining further, he added: "I really love the song. I think I get kind of in my head about if there's a song that didn't make an album before, I'm kind of like 'Well if it didn't make that one why would it make this one?' It feels older to me and I just feel better about the stuff that we're making in terms of what we're gonna put out now."

He continued: "I don't know that I'd go backwards in that way by including a much older song. Maybe it'll make it on an album someday. I think sometimes it can happen just because it kind of fits more on an album. That happened with two songs on this album that were written around the same time as the last album."

Harry Styles - Medicine (St Paul)

Howard also asked Harry about the song's significance among LGBTQ+ fans. Howard said: "A song like 'Medicine' seems to be really important for people who either want to come out of the closet, or are having trouble with being accepted for their sexuality. Is that a fair statement, you think?" Harry replied: "I'd say yeah that's definitely a part of it in there."

Harry has never specified exactly what his 'Medicine' lyrics are about but the lyrics appear to be a metaphor comparing having sex with someone to medicine. In the pre-chorus, Harry declares: "I had a few, got drunk on you, and now I'm wasted / And when I sleep I'm gonna dream of how you t—."

VERSE 1
Here to take my medicine, take my medicine
Treat you like a gentleman
Give me that adrenaline, that adrenaline
Think I'm gonna stick with it
I'm here to take my medicine, take my medicine
Rest it on my fingertips
And up to your mouth, I'm feelin' it out
I'm feelin' it now (Da, da, da, da)

PRE-CHORUS
I had a few, got drunk on you, and now I'm wasted
And when I sleep I'm gonna dream of how you t—

CHORUS
If you go out tonight, I'm going out 'cause I know you're persuasive
You got that something, I got me an appetite, now I can taste it
We're getting dizzy, oh, we're getting dizzy, oh
La-la-la-la-da
We're getting dizzy, oh, we're getting dizzy, oh
La-la-la-la-da

VERSE 2
Tingle running through my bones, fingers to my toes
Tingle running through my bones
The boys and the girls are in
I mess around with him
And I'm okay with it (Oh-ah)

PRE-CHORUS
I'm coming down, I figured out I kinda like it
When I'm all out, I'll think about the way you— (Ha)

CHORUS
If you go out tonight, I'm going out 'cause I know you're persuasive
You got that something, I got me an appetite, now I can taste it
We're getting dizzy, oh, we're getting dizzy, oh
La-la-la-la-da
We're getting dizzy, oh, we're getting dizzy, oh
La-la-la-la-da

BRIDGE
Getting dizzy now
Da-da-da, yeah
Ow!

BREAKDOWN
I had a few, got drunk on you, and now I'm wasted

CHORUS
If you go out tonight, I'm going out 'cause I know you're persuasive (I know you're persuasive)
You got me something, I got me an appetite, now I can taste it (Now I can taste it)
We're getting dizzy, oh, we're getting dizzy, oh
La-la-la-la-da
We're getting dizzy, oh, we're getting dizzy, oh
La-la-la-la-da