Sing to Me Instead

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Sing to Me Instead
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ReleasedMarch 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)
Genre Pop
Length44:49
Label Atlantic
Producer
Ben Platt chronology
Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
(2017)
Sing to Me Instead
(2019)
The Politician: Music from the Netflix Original Series
(2019)
Singles from Sing to Me Instead
  1. "Bad Habit"
    Released: February 1, 2019
  2. "Grow as We Go"
    Released: May 6, 2019 [1]

Sing to Me Instead is the debut studio album by American actor/singer Ben Platt. [2] It was released on March 29, 2019. [3] Two songs were released from the album on February 1, 2019: "Bad Habit" and "Ease My Mind". [4] It is the actor's first creative project after originating the role of the titular character in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen [2] aside from appearing on one of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamildrops , "Found/Tonight".

Contents

Platt premiered the first single "Bad Habit" during a live performance and collaboration with Foley Gallery in early 2019. [5] He later performed the song on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 21, 2019. [6] "Ease My Mind", "Grow as We Go" and "Temporary Love" were released as pre-release downloads on February 13, March 1, and March 8, 2019, respectively. Each song was accompanied with a music video premiere on YouTube. [7] [8] [9] A deluxe edition of the album was released on May 20, 2020, in conjunction with the release of the Netflix special, Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall . [10]

Track listing

Track listing adapted from Apple Music. Credits adapted from Spotify and Tidal. [11]

Sing to Me Instead track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bad Habit"Decilveo4:22
2."Ease My Mind"
  • Abraham
  • Platt
  • Decilveo
Decilveo4:37
3."Temporary Love"
  • Abraham
  • Platt
  • Decilveo
  • Johnny Price
Decilveo3:37
4."Grow as We Go"
Alex Hope 4:09
5."Honest Man"
  • Platt
  • Decilveo
  • Jordan Riley
  • Decilveo
  • Riley
3:49
6."Hurt Me Once" Eg White 4:00
7."New"
Wells3:10
8."Better"
Decilveo3:11
9."Share Your Address"
Decilveo3:02
10."In Case You Don't Live Forever"
  • Platt
  • Decilveo
  • Pollack
  • Cyphert
Decilveo3:48
11."Older"
  • Platt
  • Decilveo
  • Pollack
  • Cyphert
  • Pollack
  • Decilveo [a]
3:27
12."Run Away"PlattDecilveo3:37
Total length:44:49
Sing to Me Instead digital version bonus tracks [12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."So Will I" Finneas 4:11
14."Rain"
Hope3:33
15."Honest Man" (Live from Radio City Music Hall)
  • Platt
  • Decilveo
  • Riley
 3:59
16."The Joke" (Brandi Carlile cover) (Live from Radio City Music Hall)
  • Carlile
  • Dave Cobb
  • Phil Hanseroth
  • Tim Hanseroth
 4:27
17."Share Your Address" (Live from Radio City Music Hall)
  • Platt
  • Decilveo
  • Cyphert
  • Yoel
 5:09
18."Ease My Mind" (Live from Radio City Music Hall)
  • Abraham
  • Platt
  • Decilveo
 4:40
19."Take Me to the Pilot" (Elton John cover) (Live from Radio City Music Hall) 4:28
20."Grow as We Go" (Live from Radio City Music Hall)
  • Robotham
  • Abraham
  • Platt
 4:13

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [13]

Charts

Chart performance for Sing to Me Instead
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 32
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [15] 57
Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] 50
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 79
US Billboard 200 [18] 18

Release history

Release dates and formats for Sing to Me Instead
RegionDateFormatsLabelEditionRef.
VariousMarch 29, 2019 Atlantic Standard [11]
May 20, 2020Deluxe [12] [19]

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