Say You Love Me (Jessie Ware song)

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"Say You Love Me"
Say You Love Me.jpg
Single by Jessie Ware
from the album Tough Love
Released28 September 2014
Recorded2013
Genre
Length4:17
Label Island
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) BenZel
Jessie Ware singles chronology
"Tough Love"
(2014)
"Say You Love Me"
(2014)
"You & I (Forever)"
(2015)

"Say You Love Me" is a song by British singer Jessie Ware from her second studio album, Tough Love (2014). The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 28 September 2014 as the second single from the album. The song was written by Ware, Ed Sheeran, Benny Blanco and Ben Ash. Sheeran also provided uncredited vocals for the track.

Contents

Music video

The official music video for the song was released on 11 September 2014 in Ware's YouTube account and was directed by collective Tell No One. [1] The video features Ware with a black dress, barefoot and sitting on a rock with a tropical background and leaves on the floor. As the video goes, the lights turn off focusing on Ware. The video has over 128 million views, making it her most watched video.

Track listings

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Say You Love Me"4:17
Remixes EP [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Say You Love Me" (Shura remix)4:12
2."Say You Love Me" (Gorgon City remix)5:04
3."Say You Love Me" (Alexander Adair remix)2:58

Charts

Chart (2014–15)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 91
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [4] 30
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [5] 85
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 58
Poland (Polish Airplay New) [7] 1
Scotland (OCC) [8] 18
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 22

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom18 August 2014 [11] Digital download Island

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