THC Science

"Can't Pretend"
"Can't Pretend"
Single by Tom Odell
from the album Long Way Down
Released	6 March 2013
Recorded	2012
Genre	Soul; indie pop;
Length	3:42
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Tom Odell
Tom Odell singles chronology

"Can't Pretend" is the second single released by British singer-songwriter Tom Odell, from his debut studio album, Long Way Down (2013). The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 6 March 2013 and peaked at number 67 on the UK Singles Chart. It was used in the trailer "Desert" of the second season of The Newsroom, as well as The Blacklist episode "Milton Bobbit", Crisis épisode "Found" and The 100 episode "Earth Skills". Used on America's Got Talent

Live performances

On 23 February 2013 he performed the song live on British chat show The Jonathan Ross Show.^[1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Can't Pretend"	3:42

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[2]	2
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)^[3]	33
France (SNEP)^[4]	200
Iceland (Tonlist)^[5]	17
UK Singles (Official Charts)^[6]	67

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[7]	Silver	200,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	6 March 2013^[8]	Digital download	Columbia

References

^ Tom Odell – Can't Pretend (Live Jonathan Ross Show). YouTube
^ "Tom Odell – Can't Pretend" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
^ "Tom Odell – Can't Pretend" (in French). Ultratip.
^ "Tom Odell – Can't Pretend" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
^ "Icelandic Singles Chart". Tonlist.is. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "Tom Odell > UK Charts". officialcharts.com.
^ "British single certifications – Tom Odell – Can't Pretend". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ iTunes – Music – Can't Pretend – Single by Tom Odell

[1] Tom Odell – Can't Pretend (Live Jonathan Ross Show). YouTube

[sc_Flanders_Tip_Tom_Odell-2] "Tom Odell – Can't Pretend" (in Dutch). Ultratip.

[sc_Wallonia_Tip_Tom_Odell-3] "Tom Odell – Can't Pretend" (in French). Ultratip.

[sc_France_Tom_Odell-4] "Tom Odell – Can't Pretend" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

[5] "Icelandic Singles Chart". Tonlist.is. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.

[6] "Tom Odell > UK Charts". officialcharts.com.

[United_KingdomTom_OdellCan't_PretendsingleCertRef-7] "British single certifications – Tom Odell – Can't Pretend". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[8] Tunes – Music – Can't Pretend – Single by Tom Odell

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Tom Odell
Studio albums	Long Way Down (2013) Wrong Crowd (2016) Jubilee Road (2018) Monsters (2021) Black Friday (2024)
Extended plays	Songs from Another Love (2012)
Singles	"Can't Pretend" "Hold Me" "Another Love" "Grow Old with Me" "I Know" "Real Love" "Wrong Crowd" "Magnetised" "Black Friday" "Black Friday (Pretty Like the Sun)"