Heartbreak Girl
Producer
You call me up, it's like a broken record
Saying that your heart hurts
That you'll never get over him gettin' over you
And you end up crying and I end up lying
'Cause I'm just a sucker for anything that you do
[Pre-Chorus: Luke & Michael, Luke]
And when the phone call finally ends
You say, "Thanks for bein' a friend"
Am I goin' in circles again and again?
[Chorus: All]
I dedicate this song to you
The one who never sees the truth
That I could take away your hurt
Heartbreak girl
Hold you tight straight through the daylight
I'm right here, when you gonna realise
That I'm your cure?
Heartbreak girl
[Verse 2: Calum, Calum & Luke]
I bite my tongue, but I wanna scream out
You could be with me now
But I end up tellin' you what you wanna hear
But you're not ready and it's so frustrating
He treats you so bad and I'm so good to you, it's not fair
And when the phone call finally ends
You say, "I'll call you tomorrow at 10"
And I'm stuck in the friendzone again and again
[Chorus: All]
I dedicate this song to you
The one who never sees the truth
That I could take away your hurt
Heartbreak girl
Hold you tight straight through the daylight
I'm right here, when you gonna realise
That I'm your cure?
Heartbreak girl
[Bridge: Calum & Luke]
I know, someday, it's gonna happen
And you'll finally forget the day you met him
Sometimes, I'm so close to confession
I've gotta get it through your head
That you belong with me instead
[Chorus: All]
I dedicate this song to you
The one who never sees the truth
That I could take away your hurt
Heartbreak girl
Hold you tight straight through the daylight
I'm right here, when you gonna realise
That I'm your cure?
Heartbreak girl
I dedicate this song to you
The one who never sees the truth
That I could take away your hurt
Heartbreak girl
Hold you tight straight through the daylight
I'm right here, when you gonna realise
That I'm your cure?
Heartbreak girl
About
The song deals with a girl constantly putting a member of 5SOS in the friendzone when he desperately wants to escape it, only to “go in circles again”.
Fun fact: Troye Sivan did a beautiful cover of the song, which turned out to be extremely popular, garnering over 2 million views on YouTube.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
From their Track By Track:
Calum: “Heartbreak Girl” was the first song we co-wrote in the UK. I was very scared the first time.
Luke: Me and Cal wrote it with Steve Robson probably a year and a half from now. We wrote like four songs, and I actually didn’t like that song that much out of the four, and everyone was like, “This song’s really good, I like this song, and I was like, "I don’t think so.” We put it out as like a free download on YouTube, and the fans really took to it and they loved it.
Ashton: We’ve played this song like, probably a couple 100 times live, and it’s good to see the crowd singing every single word of the song, it’s cool because it means a lot to us. It’s in conjunction with the first step we took with coming over to the UK.
- 2.Don’t Stop
- 3.Good Girls
- 5.18
- 7.Beside You
- 8.End Up Here
- 10.Heartbreak Girl
- 12.Amnesia
- 14.The Only Reason
- 16.Rejects
- 17.Try Hard
- 18.Social Casualty
- 19.Never Be
- 20.Voodoo Doll
