Love Me More (Sam Smith song)

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"Love Me More"
Sam Smith - Love Me More.png
Single by Sam Smith
from the album Gloria
Released28 April 2022 (2022-04-28)
Length3:23 (album version)
3:10 (single)
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sam Smith singles chronology
"You Will Be Found"
(2021)
"Love Me More"
(2022)
"Unholy"
(2022)
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. [1] It is included on Smith's fourth studio album, Gloria (2023). [2]

Contents

Composition

The song was written and produced by Smith, Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Hermansen of Stargate and Jimmy Napes. [3] Smith explained the meaning of the song, stating that he wrote it "for anyone who feels different, anyone who has to stop themselves every day from saying unkind things to themselves, in their head, all the time" and that "I'm learning how to just be nice to myself. I wanted to share that because I captured it in this song". [4]

Reception

Tomás Mier of Rolling Stone described the song as a "melancholic track" that "turns into a self-empowering anthem". [5] Rania Aniftos of Billboard called the song "empowering" and felt that Smith's "honeyed vocals ring through the pensive chorus". [6]

Music video

The music video, directed by Luke Monaghan, 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. [5] 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". [5]

Track listing

Digital download / streaming [7]

  1. "Love Me More" – 3:10

Digital download / streaming (Acoustic) [8]

  1. "Love Me More" (Acoustic) – 3:22

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [31] Gold35,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [32] Gold20,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for "Love Me More"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various28 April 2022Original Capitol [7]
Italy29 April 2022 Contemporary hit radio Universal [33]
United States2 May 2022 Adult contemporary radio Capitol [34]
3 May 2022 Contemporary hit radio [35]
Various20 May 2022
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Acoustic [8]

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