22 (Lily Allen song)

"22"
Single by Lily Allen
from the album It's Not Me, It's You
Released	24 August 2009
Genre	Pop jazz-pop
Length	3:06
Label	Regal
Songwriter(s)	Lily Allen Greg Kurstin
Producer(s)	Greg Kurstin
Lily Allen singles chronology
"Fuck You" (2009) "22" (2009) "Who'd Have Known" (2009)
Music video
"22" on YouTube

"22" is a song by British recording artist Lily Allen from her second studio album, It's Not Me, It's You. Written by Allen and Greg Kurstin, the song was released as the fourth international single of the album, but the third in the United Kingdom. It was released to the music market on 24 August 2009 by Regal Recordings, though a different version called "22 (Vingt Deux)" was released in France.

Contemporary critics were mixed in their reviews of the song, some complimenting the rousing sound and the lyrics, which hide her maturity. The single peaked inside the top twenty of the charts of the UK Singles Chart, in Ireland, the Netherlands and Australia, giving the singer her third consecutive top 20 hit in both countries. The accompanying music video portrayed a self-reflection theme, Allen taking a view over her past-self in the mirror and realising her life was wasted on superficial matters. The song was performed live as part of Allen's 2009 concert tour. "22" appears on the international soundtrack to the Brazilian soap opera Viver a Vida.^[1]