After a week at the top in August 2020 with "Watermelon Sugar," the song debuts as Styles' second Hot 100 leader and first to debut at No. 1."As It Was" is also the first song by any artist to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2022, and it has the year's highest streaming week.

The Hot 100 is a compilation of all-genre streaming (official audio and video), radio airplay, and sales data from the United States. Billboard.com will update all charts (dated April 16, 2022) on Tuesday (April 12). Follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on Twitter and Instagram for all chart news. Erskine/Columbia Records released "As It Was" on Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m. ET. It's the first single from Harry's House, Styles' third album, which will be released on May 20. His self-titled first album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in June 2017, and Fine Line followed suit in December 2019, debuting at No. 1 and remaining there for two weeks."As It Was" becomes the 1,135th and 59th No. 1 single in the Hot 100's 63-year history.