Don't Let Me Be Yours

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"Don't Let Me Be Yours"
Don't Let Me Be Yours.jpg
Remixes cover
Single by Zara Larsson
from the album So Good
Released12 May 2017 (2017-05-12)
Genre Pop [1]
Length3:19
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Zara Larsson singles chronology
"Symphony"
(2017)
"Don't Let Me Be Yours"
(2017)
"Only You"
(2017)
Music video
"Don't Let Me Be Yours" on YouTube

"Don't Let Me Be Yours" is a song by Swedish singer Zara Larsson, released on 12 May 2017 as the sixth single from Larsson's second and first international studio album, So Good (2017). [2] The song was co-written by Ed Sheeran, who additionally provided backing vocals. [3]

Contents

Composition

"Don't Let Me Be Yours" is a pop song with the length of three minutes and nineteen seconds. It is in the key of E major and moves at a tempo of 113 beats per minute in a 4/4 time signature. [4]

Critical reception

Mike Wass of Idolator wrote that the song "meets the soulful-pop-with-euro-beats brief better than most, showing what the Swedish pop star is capable of when given the right material." [5]

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by Daniel Kaufman, was premiered on 12 May 2017 on Larsson's Vevo channel. [6] The video has a girl power theme, [7] following the story of a young girl who aspires to be a racer. [8]

Track listing

Digital download – Remixes [9]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Let Me Be Yours" (Black Chiney Remix)3:25
2."Don't Let Me Be Yours" (AObeats Remix)4:11

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [10] 16
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [11] 57
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 36

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various12 May 2017 Digital download Remixes [9]

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