"Love Me More" | ||||
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Single by Sam Smith | ||||
from the album Gloria | ||||
Released | 28 April 2022 | |||
Length | 3:23 (album version) 3:10 (single) | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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Sam Smith singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Love Me More" on YouTube |
"Love Me More" is a song by British singer Sam Smith, released as a single on 28 April 2022 through Capitol Records. It is included on Smith's fourth studio album, Gloria (2023). [1] Written and produced by Smith, Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Hermansen of Stargate and Jimmy Napes, the song was announced on 20 April 2022. [2]
Tomás Mier of Rolling Stone described the song as a "melancholic track" that "turns into a self-empowering anthem". [1] Rania Aniftos of Billboard called the song "empowering" and felt that Smith's "honeyed vocals ring through the pensive chorus". [3]
The music video was released on 28 April 2022, and includes a montage of footage of Smith as a child through to the beginning of their career, as well as Smith dancing at a party with their friends. [1] The video also contains an homage to the video for Smith's breakthrough song "Stay with Me", with Smith walking down stairs as they did in the video for "Stay with Me". [1]
Digital download / streaming [4]
Digital download / streaming (Acoustic) [5]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [28] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [29] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 28 April 2022 | Original | Capitol | [4] | |
Italy | 29 April 2022 | Contemporary hit radio | Universal | [30] | |
United States | 2 May 2022 | Adult contemporary radio | Capitol | [31] | |
3 May 2022 | Contemporary hit radio | [32] | |||
Various | 20 May 2022 |
| Acoustic | [5] |
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