Stop This Flame

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"Stop This Flame"
Stop This Flame - Celeste.jpg
Single by Celeste
from the album Not Your Muse
Released9 January 2020
Genre
Length3:29
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Celeste singles chronology
"Strange"
(2019)		"Stop This Flame"
(2020)		"I Can See the Change"
(2020)

"Stop This Flame" is a song by British singer and songwriter Celeste. The single was released on 9 January 2020 through Both Sides and Polydor Records as the second single from her debut studio album Not Your Muse . It was written by Celeste and Jamie Hartman, who produced the track with John Hill. [2] The song samples Nina Simone's version of "Sinnerman" and Nina Simone is credited as a co-author.

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The song was released following Celeste's win of BBC's annual music poll Sound of 2020. [3] It became her first-ever solo single, and second single overall (since "Sing That Song" with Tieks), to chart in her home country, spending 8 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. [4] From September 2020, it became the theme song for Sky Sports' weekend coverage (Saturday Night Football and Super Sunday) of the Premier League for the 2020-21 season. [5] The song is also featured on the soundtrack of FIFA 21 . The song also appears in the 2021 Peloton and Royal Mail TV adverts.

Background and composition

"Stop This Flame" was Celeste's first single of 2020, the year in which she was critically tipped for success by many major publications. Celeste told Dork , "In essence, 'Stop This Flame' is a song about seeing it through to the end. Whether it’s about not letting go of love, not letting go of a dream or stridently coming through some form of adversity. The song has always evoked those feelings within me.” [6] She told Apple Music, "For me when I sing the song, it's about like never ending determination to get that point." [7] The song is "driven by an insistent minor-key piano vamp." [8]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Leonn Ward and shot in New Orleans. It premiered on YouTube on 7 February 2020, [9] [10] and was later nominated for Best British R&B/Soul Video at the 2020 UK Music Video Awards. [11]

Critical reception

The single was described by Robin Murray of Clash as "a piano-driven stomper that carries a level of euphoria that rivals club culture", whilst comparing it to "You've Got the Love" by Florence and The Machine. [12] Peter Helman from Stereogum described as "a catchy and vaguely jazz-indebted uptempo R&B song". [1] The song was described by The Times as "up-tempo, piano-driven Amy Winehouse". [13]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal: [2]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [33] Gold400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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