{{Short description|2024 song by Tate McRae}} {{Other uses|Two Hands (disambiguation){{!}}Two Hands}} {{Use mdy dates|date= November 2024}} {{Infobox single | name = 2 Hands | type = single | cover = Tate McRae - 2 Hands.png | artist = Tate McRae | album = So Close to What | released = {{Start date|2024|11|14}} | recorded = | genre = * Electropop * R&B | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=01}} | label = RCA | writer = * Tate McRae * Amy Allen * Ryan Tedder * Peter Rycroft | producer = * Tedder * Lostboy | prev_title = It's OK I'm OK | prev_year = 2024 | next_title = Sports Car | next_year = 2025 | misc = {{External music video | 1 = {{YouTube|cr4wnsLI_Xw|"2 Hands"}} | type = single | header = Music video }} }}
"'''2 Hands'''" is a song by Canadian singer Tate McRae. It was written by Ryan Tedder, Amy Allen and Peter Rycroft, alongside McRae herself, with production by Tedder and Rycroft, and released on November 14, 2024, by RCA Records as the second single from her third studio album, ''So Close to What'' (2025).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=TATE MCRAE RELEASES NEW SONG AND VIDEO FOR "2 hands" |url=https://www.rcarecords.com/news/tate-mcrae-releases-new-song-and-video-for-2-hands/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=RCA Records |language=en-US}}</ref> "2 Hands" is an electropop and R&B song, backed by strong bass and synthesizers, with lyrics describing McRae craving physical attention from her lover.
==Background and composition== On September 12, 2024, McRae released the lead single "It's OK I'm OK"; the song was a commercial success globally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tate McRae Releases "2 Hands" With Official Video |url=https://www.hoezine.com/tate-mcrae-releases-2-hands-with-official-video |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=HOEZINE |language=en-GB}}</ref> After the single's success, she announced the follow up "2 Hands" with a release date of November 14, 2024.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2024-11-14 |title=Tate McRae Announces New Album 'So Close to What' & 2025 World Tour |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/tate-mcrae-new-album-2025-world-tour-dates-1235828815/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Musically, "2 Hands" is an electropop<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2024-11-15 |title=Tate McRae Wants Your '2 Hands' on Electro-Pop New Single |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tate-mcrae-new-single-2-hands-1235166188/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and R&B<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-15 |title=Tate McRae releases new single '2 hands' and announces new album 'So Close To What' will be released in February |url=https://www.womeninpop.com/news-home/tate-mcrae-releases-new-single-2-hands-and-announces-new-album-so-close-to-what-will-be-released-in-february?srsltid=AfmBOorktf5-gyiXubdBsTKMjmd5GcvkcrOB-liMlTW7zwQq_bsUG-wc |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Women In Pop |language=en-AU}}</ref> song with Middle Eastern beats and a subtle synth-backing.<ref name=":1" /> McRae stated in a press release for the single: {{Blockquote|"2 hands" shows a different side of me than what people are used to. The song captures the feeling of falling in love and how sometimes just being close to someone is all you really need. A genuine connection goes beyond needing constant reassurance or fancy things, simply being together is what matters.<ref name=":2"/>}}
==Critical reception== ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Brittany Spanos described "2 Hands" as an "electropop love song", whereas Aaron Williams of ''Uproxx'' cited it as a "lusty song" that keeps the vibe of the first single "It's OK I'm OK".<ref name=":0" /><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-15 |title=Tate McRae's '2 Hands' Video Puts The Pedal To The Metal |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/tate-mcrae-2-hands-video/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=UPROXX |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Commercial performance== Commercially, "2 Hands" debuted at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, number fourteen in Australia and forty-one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 22 on the Canadian Hot 100.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karan Aujla Scores First Top Ten Hit on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 With 'Wavy' {{!}} Billboard Canada |url=https://ca.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/karan-aujla-wavy-canadian-hot-100 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=ca.billboard.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Music video== The motorsport themed video directed by Bradley & Pablo focuses on McRae, who goes to the gas station to get a carton of milk after running out. Her male backup dancers are seen wearing balaclavas, each wearing a black and orange racing suit. They are also wearing these same racing suits in the cover art for the single along with McRae. The video transitions to Mcrae also donning a black and orange racing suit, while driving to the gas station, multiple cheeky subtitles, along with sexual themes are seen throughout the video, which ends with McRae doing the Sean Bankhead choreography with the male dancers as they dance seductively in their racing suits at the gas station.<ref name="auto"/><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tate McRae - 2 Hands — FOREIGN___XCHANGE |url=https://foreign-xchange.co/Tate-McRae-2-Hands |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=foreign-xchange.co |language=en|url-status=live|archive-date= November 30, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241130020213/https://foreign-xchange.co/Tate-McRae-2-Hands}}</ref>
== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col 2}}
=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for "2 Hands" ! scope="col"| Chart (2024–2025) ! scope="col"| Peak <br>position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2024-11-25|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=November 25, 2024|access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref> | 14 |- {{single chart|Canada|22|artist=Tate McRae|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| Croatia International Airplay (Top lista)<ref>{{cite web |title=Airplay Radio Chart Top100 – 17. veljače 2025. |url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/airplay-radio-chart-top100-17-veljace-2025/ |website=Top lista |publisher=Hrvatska diskografska udruga |date=17 February 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=hr}}</ref> | 30 |- ! scope="row"| Estonia Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ee/weekly/20241213-20241219|title=Top Radio Hits Estonia Weekly Chart: Dec 19, 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=December 22, 2024}}</ref> | 21 |- {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|32|artist=Tate McRae|rowheader=true|access-date=December 1, 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| Greece International (IFPI)<ref>{{Cite web |title=IFPI Charts |url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=ifpi.gr |archive-date=November 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130201731/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | 81 |- {{single chart|Ireland4|6|date=20241123|rowheader=true|access-date=December 1, 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (''Billboard Japan'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2025&month=03&day=03|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of February 26, 2025|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=February 26, 2025}}</ref> | 11 |- ! scope="row"| Latvia Airplay (LaIPA)<ref name="LV">{{cite web|url=https://sejas.tvnet.lv/8185821/latvijas-muzikas-topa-2025-gada-piektaja-nedela-domine-divi-izteikti-lideri|title=Latvijas mūzikas topa 2025. gada piektajā nedēļā dominē divi izteikti līderi|trans-title=Two clear leaders dominate the fifth week of the Latvian Music Chart 2025|language=lv|publisher={{Ill|TV Net|lv|TVNET GRUPA}}|access-date=February 7, 2025|date=February 4, 2025}}</ref> | 12 |- ! scope="row"| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lt/weekly/20241122-20241128 |title=Top Radio Hits Lithuania Weekly Chart: Nov 28, 2024 |publisher=TopHit |access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> | 9 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|40|year=2024|week=49|rowheader=true|access-date=December 7, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|49|artist=Tate McRae|song=2 Hands|rowheader=true|access-date=December 1, 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/artists/tate-mcrae/ftmokyyqpgkm/singles|title=Tate McRae Chart History (Official Top 40 Singles)|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=October 20, 2025}}</ref> | 16 |- ! scope="row"| Norway (VG-lista)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2024-w47/|title=Singel 2024 uke 47|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=November 23, 2024}}</ref> | 21 |- ! scope="row"| Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-airplay|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay|publisher=OLiS|language=pl|access-date=December 23, 2024|type=Select week 14.12.2024–20.12.2024.}}</ref> | 99 |- {{single chart|Portugal|97|artist=Tate McRae|song=2 Hands|rowheader=true|access-date=July 11, 2025}} |- ! scope="row"| Singapore (RIAS)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/|title=RIAS Top Charts Week 47 (15 - 21 Nov 2024)|publisher=RIAS|access-date=December 1, 2024|archive-date=November 26, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241126082541/https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/}}</ref> | 23 |- {{single chart|Slovakia2|35|year=2025|week=12|rowheader=true|access-date=March 27, 2025}} |- ! scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2024&dspp=47|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 47|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=November 23, 2024}}</ref> | 54 |- {{single chart|Switzerland|41|artist=Tate McRae|song=2 Hands|rowheader=true|access-date=December 1, 2024}} |- {{single chart|UK|8|date=20241123|artist=Tate McRae|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|41|artist=Tate McRae|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2024}} |} {{col 2}}
=== Monthly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Monthly chart performance for "2 Hands" ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Estonia Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ee/monthly/202412|title=Top Radio Hits Estonia Monthly Chart: December 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=January 15, 2025}}</ref> | 22 |- ! scope="row"| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lt/monthly/202412|title=Top Radio Hits Lithuania Monthly Chart: December 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=January 15, 2025}}</ref> | 38 |- |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "2 Hands"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Tate McRae|title=2 Hands|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2024|certyear=2025|access-date=November 27, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Tate McRae|title=2 Hands|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2024|certyear=2025|access-date=December 24, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Tate McRae|title=2 Hands|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2024|certyear=2025|source=radioscope|access-date=July 17, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Tate McRae|title=2 Hands|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=2024|certyear=2025|id=21107-5406-1|access-date=May 30, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Tate McRae|title=2 Hands|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2024|certyear=2025|access-date=October 6, 2025}} {{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Tate McRae}}
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