Guys

## Music video

**"Guys"** is a song by British pop rock band the 1975. The song is the seventh single from the band's fourth studio album, *Notes on a Conditional Form*. The single was released on 13 May 2020.

## Background

*"There's not many love songs about some of the most beautiful, powerful relationships in your life. Especially straight guys or whatever in rock music, [they] tend not to write about how much they love their mates, or how this would be impossible and frivolous and completely pointless if we weren't all doing it together. One of the things we say to each other all the time is ‘Imagine being a solo artist. Imagine being here, now, on your fourth day in Brisbane, waiting to go…’ It’s hard out here if you’re just constantly traveling. And we’ve been a band since we were 13, and they’re my best friends. And we've never fallen out. It’s a really true song. They’re the thing that gives me purpose."*
"Guys" closes The 1975’s fourth studio album, *Notes on a Conditional Form*. The title acts as the antithesis to their 2013 track "Girls", which explores their lust for women, whereas "Guys" acts as a tribute to the band members' relationships with one another.

The song was debuted live on February 15, 2020, when the band performed it at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, UK. On May 12, 2020, The 1975 announced on their social media that the track would be releasing on May 13, 2020, with it premiering on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show.

*"We’re kind of like brothers. We’ve got a song called “Girls,” and I wanted to just kind of write a song about kind of how much I loved my mates, and I wanted people to have a song that’s like a love song for their mates."*
## Lyrics

I was missing the guys (I was missing the guys)

In my rented apartment

You would think I'd have realised

But I didn't for quite sometime

Started wetting my eyes (started wetting my eyes)

'Cause I'm soft in that department

Right then I realised

You're the love of my life

The moment that you took my hand

Was the best thing that ever happened, yeah

The moment that we started a band

Was the best thing that ever happened

And I wish that we could do it again

It was the best thing that ever happened to me

It was the best thing that ever happened to me

It was the best thing that ever happened

I took a zoot outside

In my coat's secret compartment

I hear a song and start to cry

Pretend it's smoke that's in my eye

I don't know why I'm surprised

'Cause we all shared one apartment

Man, they were the golden times

They were the best of my life

The moment that you took my hand (the moment that you took my hand)

Was the best thing that ever happened, yeah

The moment that we started a band (the moment that we started a band)

Was the best thing that ever happened

Oh, the first time we went to Japan (the first time we went to Japan)

Was the best thing that ever happened (the best thing)

And I wish that we could do it again

You guys are the best thing that ever happened to me

You guys are the best thing that ever happened to me

You guys are the best thing that ever happened

You guys are the best thing that ever happened to me

You guys are the best thing that ever happened

## Personnel

* **Published by:** Good Soldier Songs
* **Produced by:** George Daniel, Matthew Healy, and Jonathan Gilmore
* **Drums:** George Daniel
* **Synths:** George Daniel
* **Vocals:** Matthew Healy
* **Guitar:** Matthew Healy and Adam Hann
* **Bass:** Ross Macdonald
* **Backing vocals:** George Daniel
* **Mixed by:** Mike Crossey
* **Mastered by:** Robin Schmidt
* **Co-produced by:** Jonathan Gilmore
* **Engineered by:** Jonathan Gilmore

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/TwitterMusic/status/1263911963958132742
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muonGyrQ0Tw&feature=youtu.be&t=389