Piece of Me (MK and Becky Hill song)

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"Piece of Me"
Piece Of Me (Official Single Cover) by MK and Becky Hill.png
Single by MK and Becky Hill
from the album Get to Know
Released27 February 2016
Recorded2015
Genre Deep house
Length3:08
Label Sony
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) MK
MK singles chronology
"Bring Me to Life"
(2015)
"Piece of Me"
(2016)
"My Love 4 U"
(2016)
Becky Hill singles chronology
"Back to My Love"
(2016)
"Piece of Me"
(2016)
"False Alarm"
(2016)

"Piece of Me" is a song recorded by American deep house DJ Marc Kinchen and British singer Becky Hill. The song was released as a digital download on 27 February 2016 through Sony Music. The song peaked to number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Marc Kinchen, Mary Leay, Rebecca Hill and Timothy Martin Powell.

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Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Piece of Me" was first released onto YouTube on 15 April 2016 at a total length of two minutes and fifty-one seconds. [1]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [2] 32
Ireland (IRMA) [3] 53
Scotland (OCC) [4] 43
UK Singles (OCC) [5] 37
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [6] 38
UK Dance (OCC) [7] 12
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 5

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [9] 2× Platinum1,200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 8 April 2016 [10] Digital download Sony

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References

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