"Kiss Me" | ||||
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Single by Olly Murs | ||||
from the album Never Been Better: (Special Edition) | ||||
Released | 9 October 2015 | |||
Genre | Pop-funk | |||
Length | 3:18 | |||
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"Kiss Me" is a song recorded by English singer Olly Murs for Never Been Better: (Special Edition) (2015), the reissue of his fourth studio album, Never Been Better (2014). It was written by Taio Cruz, Murs, Zacharie Raymond, Yannick Rastogi, Steve Robson, Gary Derussy, Lindy Robbins, whilst the production was done by Banx & Ranx and Robson. It was digitally released on 9 October 2015, followed by a release of two remixes, an acoustic and a karaoke version of the song in a span of a month.
"Kiss Me" was written by Olly Murs, Zacharie Raymond, Yannick Rastogi, Steve Robson, Gary Derussy, Lindy Robbins and singer Taio Cruz, whilst the production was handled by Banx & Ranx (Raymond and Rastogi) [1] and Robson. [2] It was digitally released on 9 October 2015 [3] as the first single from Never Been Better: Special Edition (2015), the reissue of his fourth studio album, Never Been Better (2014). [4] A karaoke [5] and an acoustic versions [6] of the single were released via the iTunes Store on 30 October and 6 November respectively. Two remixes of "Kiss Me" were also launched; The Alias Club Mix was made available for download on 23 October, [7] whilst the Aevion Tropical Mix was released on 13 November. [8]
"Kiss Me" is a song with a length of three minutes and eighteen seconds. [3] Samantha Oneil of Renowned for Sound wrote that the song has a mid-tempo beat and a retro sound accompanied with "enticingly catchy lyrics". [9] She described the composition of the single as a combination of Murs' "uplifting fast moving" past singles like "Troublemaker" and "Up" and "his emotionally powered ballads" like "Dear Darlin'". [9] According to her, "The song manages to keep an authentic Olly Murs sound about it while also finding new ground." [9] Idolator's Robbie Daw compared "Kiss Me" to the 2014 single by Nick Jonas, "Jealous". [10]
The music video to "Kiss Me" was released on 15 October 2015. The video features Murs sitting in a chair in a dark room with a woman dancing around him and lap dancing on him. The video also shows Murs and the woman going on various dates such as the cinema, going to a restaurant, having a picnic, going on a roller coaster, lying in a hammock by a beach, meeting the woman's parents and having a hot air balloon ride. At the end of the video, Murs and the woman are sitting in deckchairs eating ice cream where it appears that the woman is about to kiss Murs, only to playfully stick her ice cream in his face to which Murs does the same to her with his ice cream.
Murs has performed "Kiss Me" on the fourth live show of the twelfth series of The X Factor , Alan Carr: Chatty Man , Norwegian chat show Senkveld med Thomas og Harald, Sunday Brunch and the New Year's Eve special of TFI Friday .
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Never Been Better: Special Edition. [2]
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [11] | 43 |
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [12] | 64 |
Ireland (IRMA) [13] | 48 |
Scotland (OCC) [14] | 6 |
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [15] | 2 |
UK Singles (OCC) [16] | 11 |
US Twitter Top Tracks ( Billboard ) | 38 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [17] | Gold | 400,000![]() |
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Country | Date | Format | Label |
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Australia [3] | 9 October 2015 | Digital download | |
Canada [18] | |||
Ireland [19] | |||
New Zealand [20] | |||
United Kingdom [21] | |||
United States [22] | |||
Australia [7] | 23 October 2015 | Digital remix (The Alias Club Mix) | |
Canada [23] | |||
Ireland [24] | |||
New Zealand [25] | |||
United Kingdom [26] | |||
United States [27] | |||
Australia [5] | 30 October 2015 | Digital download (Karaoke Mix) | |
Canada [28] | |||
Ireland [29] | |||
New Zealand [30] | |||
United Kingdom [31] | |||
United States [32] | |||
Australia [6] | 6 November 2015 | Digital download (Acoustic Mix) | |
Canada [33] | |||
Ireland [34] | |||
New Zealand [35] | |||
United Kingdom [36] | |||
United States [37] | |||
Australia [8] | 13 November 2015 | Digital remix (Aevion Tropical Mix) | |
Canada [38] | |||
Ireland [39] | |||
New Zealand [40] | |||
United Kingdom [41] | |||
United States [42] | |||
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