"(I Can't) Forget About You" (in the album version known simply as "Forget About You") is a song by American

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band R5, taken from their debut studio album, '' Louder''. The song was released as the third single on

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, 2013 (Christmas Day).

Reception

"(I Can't) Forget About You" received positive reviews, especially its music video. When ''Popstar Online'' posted the video to their website, they said it was "perfect" and "cool". ''DisneyDreaming.com'' commented that " he videois super fun, and you're definitely going to want to watch from start to finish."

Live performances

On October 21, 2013 the band performed an acoustic version in web show On The Charts, in ClevverTV. The song was performed on

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's summer special Disney's Aulani Resort in Hawaii, in November 16. On April 11, 2014, they performed the song in Live! with Kelly and Michael. It was performed also in

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, on April 26. R5 also performed in

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, on May 10. On June 10, "(I Can't) Forget About You" was performed on

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with an exclusive interview.

Music videos

The official music video was shot over the

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holiday in

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. It was directed by Thom Glunt and released on January 15, 2014. In the video, after a night of drinking, the band members wake up alone in different parts of

— Rocky in a rolled up carpet on the streets, Riker in a hotel room full of girls, Rydel in a box with vegetables, Ratliff in a car and Ross on a bench next to a guy. They are hungover and don't remember the show that should do that night. They had to use clues given to them by people to reconnect to each other and remember the show. At the end of the video, the members agree again in different places alone after a new night of drinking. On the same day, a second version of the video was released exclusively on

, showing the group only playing in a fictional concert. The second version was released because Ross was in the television series ''

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'', focused on teenagers, and

thought it would be not good the star of the show on a hungover video, which suggests that they had been drinking.

Charts

Release history

References

External links

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