One Last Song

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"One Last Song"
Sam Smith One Last Song.jpg
Single by Sam Smith
from the album The Thrill of It All
Released3 November 2017
Genre Soul [1]
Length3:12
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sam Smith singles chronology
"Too Good at Goodbyes"
(2017)
"One Last Song"
(2017)
"Pray"
(2018)
Music video
"One Last Song" on YouTube

"One Last Song" is a song by English singer Sam Smith. It was written by Smith, Tyler Johnson and Charles Emanuel Smalls, with production handled by Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes and Johnson. The song was released on 3 November 2017 through Capitol Records, as the second single from Smith's 2017 studio album, The Thrill of It All . [2]

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Commercial performance

On 10 November 2017, "One Last Song" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number twenty-seven, selling 13,851 copies. [3] It also debuted at number thirty-six in Ireland. [4]

Live performances

Smith performed "One Last Song" live during their intimate shows in Los Angeles, New York, London and Berlin in mid-September 2017. [5] On 8 November 2017, they performed it on the Today show in the United States. [6] The singer performed the single at The X Factor UK season 14 finale, on 3 December 2017.[ citation needed ]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "One Last Song"
Chart (2017–2018)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 94
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] 66
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [9] 89
Ireland (IRMA) [4] 36
Mexico Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] 44
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [11] 89
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ) [12] 2
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [13] 30
Portugal (AFP) [14] 83
Scotland (OCC) [15] 21
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [16] 57
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 46
UK Singles (OCC) [18] 27
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [19] 8

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "One Last Song"
Chart (2018)Position
Iceland (Plötutíóindi) [20] 73

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [21] Platinum70,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [22] Gold20,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Gold400,000
United States (RIAA) [24] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United Kingdom3 November 2017 Contemporary hit radio Capitol [25]
Hot adult contemporary radio [26]
Italy15 December 2017Contemporary hit radioUniversal [27]

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