Songfacts®:

• "Love Of My Life" sure sounds like a song of longing for a former romantic partner that slipped away, but the emotional ballad isn't about a person, it's about Harry Styles' country of birth.
  
  Baby, you were the love of my life
  Maybe you don't know what's lost till you find it
  It's not what I wanted, to leave you behind
  Don't know where you'll land when you fly
  But, baby, you were the love of my life
  
  Born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, Harry moved when he was a child with his parents 100 miles north to the village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire. Though he spends much of his time in America now, it is with England that his heart truly belongs.
• Styles contrasts his life now as a musician, touring the world, to happy memories growing up with his friends in Cheshire.
  
  I take you with me every time I go away
  In a hotel, usin' someone else's name
  I remember back at Jonny's place, it's not the same anymore
  
  "Jonny's place" refers to Harry's childhood friend Jonathan Harvey.
• Styles wrote the love song for his native country with Harry's House producers Thomas "Kid Harpoon" Hull and Tyler Johnson. "I've always wanted to write a song about like home and loving England and all that kind of stuff," he told Apple Music. "And it's always kinda hard to do without being like 'went to the chippy and I did this thing'"
  
  "The chippy" refers to the fish and chip shop, which are popular in England.
• The stripped-down track features warm synths and finger-picked guitar licks. "'Love of My Life' was the most terrifying song because it's so bare," Styles admitted. "It's so sparse."