Rooting for You (London Grammar song)

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"Rooting for You"
London Grammar - Rooting for You.png
Single by London Grammar
from the album Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
Released1 January 2017 (2017-01-01)
Genre Dream pop
Length4:29
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
London Grammar singles chronology
"If You Wait"
(2014)
"Rooting for You"
(2017)
"Big Picture"
(2017)

"Rooting for You" is a song by English trio London Grammar. The song was released by Ministry of Sound and Sony Music in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017 as the lead single from their second studio album Truth Is a Beautiful Thing (2017), the song has peaked at number 58 on the UK Singles Chart. It was written by the three members of London Grammar, and produced by Paul Epworth and MyRiot.

Contents

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Bison, where two minutes of the song are performed a cappella. The video edit was produced by Sonya Sier and Zoe Wheeler. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Rooting for You"4:29

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [6] 133
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [7] 43
France (SNEP) [8] 55
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 72
Scotland (OCC) [10] 45
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 58

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [13] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom1 January 2017 Digital download

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