"How Do You Sleep?" | ||||
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Single by Sam Smith | ||||
Released | 19 July 2019 | |||
Studio | MXM Studios; Los Angeles, California [1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:22 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Ilya | |||
Sam Smith singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"How Do You Sleep?" on YouTube |
"How Do You Sleep?" is a song by English singer Sam Smith, released on 19 July 2019. [4] Smith co-wrote the song with Savan Kotecha, Max Martin and Ilya, the latter of whom produced the song. [2] [5] The song appears on Smith's third studio album Love Goes (2020). [6] [7] [8] [9] Commercially, the song reached number one in Lebanon and the top ten in thirteen additional countries.
Rolling Stone described the song as a "pop ballad about trying to move on". [2]
The music video was released alongside the song on 19 July. It was directed by Grant Singer, with choreography by Parris Goebel, [5] and features Smith dancing with a troupe of shirtless male dancers wearing waist trainers. [10]
Smith posted on their social media accounts on 9 July that they had an announcement to make the following day. [11] [12] The pre-order link became active on 10 July, [13] and later the same day, Smith formally announced and shared a clip of the song. [14] The song is featured on Now That's What I Call Music! 104 in the UK.
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [83] | 5× Platinum | 350,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [84] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
Belgium (BRMA) [85] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [86] | 2× Diamond | 320,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [87] | 4× Platinum | 320,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [88] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [89] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [90] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [91] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [92] | 2× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [93] | 3× Platinum | 90,000‡ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [94] | 2× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [95] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [96] | 2× Platinum | 20,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [97] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [98] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [99] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Sweden (GLF) [100] | Platinum | 8,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 19 July 2019 | Capitol | [101] | |
United States | 23 July 2019 | Top 40 radio | [102] |