| Serotonin | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Girl in Red |
| Album: | If I Could Make It Go Quiet |
| Length: | 3:02 |
| Label: | AWAL |
| Producer: |
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| Chronology: | Girl in Red |
| Prev Title: | Two Queens in a King Sized Bed |
| Prev Year: | 2021 |
| Next Title: | You Stupid Bitch |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
"Serotonin" is a song by Norwegian indie rock singer-songwriter Girl in Red, released as a single on 3 March 2021 from her debut studio album If I Could Make It Go Quiet (2021).[1]
Marie Ulven produced the song with Finneas and Matias Tellez. She explained that "Serotonin" is for solving "self-destructive tendencies and mental health struggles through a more expansive soundscape".[2]
Layla Halabian of Nylon felt the song is "a genuine approach to dealing with, well, life, complete with an anthemic hook that make the low points seem a little more bearable."[3]
The music video was released 29 April 2021. According to a description by Daniel Peters of NME, it features "old home video montage, with Ulven running through fields and riding a car down a highway with red balloons", and the parts of climax is Ulven "flying through a fantastical sequence of a sunrise, Egyptian pyramids, and the default Windows XP wallpaper."[4]
In early May 2021, Ulven made her debut on US television, performing the song at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[5] She later performed the song during the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards, broadcast on 14 November 2021.
| Peak position | |
| Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard)[6] | 8 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[7] | 32 |
| Norway Radio (VG-lista)[8] | 1 |
| UK Indie (OCC)[9] | 31 |
| Position | ||
| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[10] | 41 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[11] | 13 |
| Date | Format | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | 3 March 2021 | AWAL | [12] | |
| United States | 9 March 2021 | Alternative radio | [13] | |
| 13 April 2021 | Contemporary hit radio | [14] |