2002 (song)

"2002" is a song by English singer and songwriter Anne-Marie from her debut studio album Speak Your Mind (2018). It was released on 20 April 2018, as the sixth single from the album, 7 days before the album's release. She co-wrote the song with fellow English singer Ed Sheeran, alongside Julia Michaels, Benny Blanco, and its sole producer, Steve Mac. Other people officially credited as co-writers are Andreas Carlsson, George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic, El and Randy DeBarge, Jay E, Ice-T, Etterlene Jordan, Kristian Lundin, Max Martin, Nelly, Alphonso Henderson, Jake Schulze, and City Spud, due to co-writing or being sampled on one of the songs referenced in the chorus. "2002" received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success, becoming one of Anne-Marie's most successful singles worldwide. It peaked at number three on the UK singles chart, becoming Anne-Marie's fourth top-ten single at the time. The song has also reached the top-ten in nine other countries, including Australia, where it reached number four, Scotland where it peaked at number 3 and Ireland where it peaked at number 2. It was a massive success in South Korea, topping the country's year-end chart in 2019. It was the first non-Korean track on the chart to achieve this result, as well as being the only foreign song, and second overall, to surpass 2.2 billion digital index points on Gaon. "2002" is also the fourth longest charting song in Melon history, leaving the chart after 145 weeks and the only non-Korean song to be streamed over 350 million times on the platform.