the Wanted's debut single and first single from their debut album. The single was first released on digital download format in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 25 July 2010. The following day, "All Time Low" was released on CD single format in both countries on 26 July 2010. In August 2010, they performed the song in Hannover, Germany at the Dome 55. On 11 September 2010, they performed the song at the Freedom Festival in Hull alongside "Heart Vacancy" and "Lose My Mind". In the United States, the single was released on 1 July 2011, however, it did not achieve any form of commercial success in the country. However, it did peaked within the top 20 of the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. Critical reception "All Time Low" received critical praise from Ryan Love of Digital Spy who gave the song a four out of five star rating. The song was performed on Channel 4 on 15 August 2010. Love described the song as "a bit of a surprise" and gave praise to its opening "quite simply immense" strings. Love went on to call the song a "fresh 'n' fizzy indie-tinged pop gem". "All Time Low" received its second four out of five star rating after a review by Fraser McAlpine from the BBC. McAlpine reviewed the track mentioning: "Now, for a transparent piece of silly old pop music, this has class cooties. The telltale signs are there in the string riff, and the mature, subtle way they approach the singing, and the restraint with which they have applied the autotune." He went on to say that the song was good despite sampling a melody from Coldplay's "The Scientist" (2002). McAlpine added that the song boasts a memorable line with a devilish internal rhyme: "I'm in pieces, it seems like peace is the only thing I'll never know". Chart performance "All Time Low" entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on 1 August 2010 – for the week ending dated 7 August 2010 – with first-week sales of 84,174 copies. It became their first number one single on the chart. In Ireland, the single peaked at number 13 on the Irish Singles Chart. In the United States, "All Time Low" peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. Track listings UK digital single number one "All Time Low" – 3:23 "All Time Low" (D.O.N.S.