Passport Home

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"Passport Home"
JPCooperPassportHome.jpg
Single by JP Cooper
from the album Raised Under Grey Skies
Released7 April 2017
Recorded2016
Genre Pop
Length3:00
Label Island Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
JP Cooper singles chronology
"September Song"
(2016)
"Passport Home"
(2017)
"She's on My Mind"
(2017)
Music video
"Passport Home" on YouTube

"Passport Home" is a song by English singer JP Cooper. It was released as the third single of his debut studio album Raised Under Grey Skies . [1] [2] [3] The song was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2017 through Island Records. The song has peaked at number 86 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by John Paul Cooper and Jamie Hartman.

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Critical reception

Josh Gray from Clash said, "With its stacked gospel backing vocals and optimistic chorus, 'Passport Home' sounds like it was tailor-made for tube station buskers who might be worried that people, especially lawyers, are starting to cotton on to just how many Ed Sheeran covers they crank out every day." [2]

Music video

A video to accompany the release of "Passport Home" was first released onto YouTube on 11 May 2017 at a total length of three minutes and twenty seconds. [4]

Track listing

Digital download - Single [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Passport Home"3:40
Digital download - EP [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Passport Home" (Piano Acoustic)3:03
2."Passport Home" (Guitar Acoustic)2:58
3."Passport Home" (Live Choir Version)3:02
4."Passport Home" (Keep The Light On Mix)3:09
Digital download - Remix [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Passport Home" (Deepend Remix)3:22

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Scotland (Official Charts Company) [8] 30
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 86

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 7 April 2017 [5] Digital download Island Records

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