"Black Friday" is a song by British singer-songwriter Tom Odell. It was released on 22 September 2023 as the lead single from his sixth studio album of the same title.
Upon release, the song earned attention after receiving momentum through viral popularity on TikTok, which helped the song to gain major success. In 2024, it was remixed by Belgian producer Lost Frequencies under the title "Black Friday (Pretty Like the Sun)", achieving further commercial success globally.
"Black Friday" was written by Tom Odell, Laurie Blundell, and Max Clilverd. The track was produced by Odell and Cityfall. The song appears as the second track on Black Friday. In the single's press release, Odell said of the track:
To promote the song, Odell performed the song live at The Graham Norton Show on 12 January 2024.
Upon release, the song achieved commercial success, entering the official charts of nine territories, including: Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
In Ireland, the song debuted at number six on the Irish Singles Chart, becoming Odell's second chart entry, and tying with "Another Love" as his highest charting single. In the United Kingdom the song debuted at twenty-one on the UK Singles Chart, his highest charting single since his cover of "Real Love" in 2014, and his first entry since "Magnetised" on 2016, becoming his eight chart-entry. It was later certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
"Black Friday" received generally positive reviews from music critics. Writing for Happy Magazine, Tammy Moir described the track as "a powerful testament to the enduring strength of raw, authentic emotion", highlighting Odell's "raw and emotionally" delivery and the track "nothing short of extraordinary" composition. Moir dubbed the song as "a divine and haunting classic for the ages." Lightning 100 highlighted the song as their "DJ Pick of the Week", praising Odell's growth as an artist and the song's lyrical content.
The track was nominated for a Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the awards 2024 ceremony.
The song was released alongside an accompanying music video, which was directed by Lucca Lutzky.
Credits adapted from Tidal.
In 2024, "Black Friday" was featured in the episode four "Journey" of the third season of the Netflix coming-of-age series Heartstopper. It was also used in the episode "The Return" of the season seven of the ABC police procedural series The Rookie in 2025.
On 19 July 2024, Belgian producer and DJ Lost Frequencies released his remix of "Black Friday", titled "Black Friday (Pretty Like the Sun)" through UROK and Lost & Cie Music SPRL. The remix reached number one in Flanders and the top 10 in the Netherlands, as well as the top 40 in Austria, Wallonia, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway and Switzerland.