Strange (Celeste song)

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Celeste's ability to explore an event that is so distressing to access her own past and personal experience of loss showcase a side of Celeste that has been previously visible in her previous work. Celeste has established herself as an artist who can mould and bring out authenticity and passion with fluency and maturity that not many artists can do so quickly in their careers,

Idolator ranked the song at number 34 on their list of The 75 Best Pop Songs Of 2019. [13] Apple Music also listed it as one of The 100 Best Songs of 2019. [14]

Music video

The music video for "Strange" was shot in Bulgaria in October 2019, [15] and released on 7 November 2019. [4] Celeste told Dork that the video "begins at the end and comes full circle, representing the reckless behaviours which can lead you from being lovers to strangers." [15] A French lyric video illustrated by Toby Calo was released on Celeste's social media platforms on Christmas Day 2019. [16] [17]

Live performances

Celeste made her late night television debut when she performed the song on Later... with Jools Holland in October 2019. [18] [19] Following her performance of "Strange" at the 2020 Brit Awards, Celeste saw interest from other big names in the pop music industry who attended the ceremony such as Billie Eilish, [20] Camilla Cabello, [21] Finneas, [22] and Stormzy. [23] She has also made her American television debut with the song on The Late Late Show with James Corden , [24] as well as her French television debut with the song on C à vous. [25]

Uses in other media

The episode "Make Rebecca Great Again" of the Apple TV show Ted Lasso featured "Strange" played over the last several minutes extending into the end credits. [26]

The episode "The Duke and I" of the Netflix show Bridgerton featured a classical cover of "Strange". [27]

The final episode of the first season of another Netflix show by the name of Sex/Life , entitled “This Must Be the Place”, also featured the song.

The song was also used in season 2, episode 6 entitled "My Druthers" of the popular Netflix series Outer Banks as the episode drew to a close. As a result, the song received a viral resurgence on TikTok and other social media sites, with more than 192.4K videos created on TikTok as of December 11, 2022. [28]

In 2024 the song was used in Netflix tv series "Nobody Wants This" season 1, episode 10 (season finale). [29]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal: [2]

Charts

"Strange"
Strange - Celeste.jpg
Cover for the studio version
Single by Celeste
from the album Not Your Muse
Released4 September 2019
Genre Soul [1]
Length3:20 (studio version)
4:15 (album version)
5:03 (live version)
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jamie Hartman
Celestesingles chronology
"Coco Blood"
(2019)		"Strange"
(2019)		"Stop This Flame"
(2020)
Music video
"Strange" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Strange"
Chart (2019–2021)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [30] 47
Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders) [30] 12
Belgium Airplay (Ultratop Flanders) [30] 39
Ireland (IRMA) [31] 61
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [32] 23
Scotland (OCC) [33] 68
UK Singles (OCC) [34] 82

Certifications

Certifications for "Strange"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [35] Gold20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
Various4 September 2019Airplay, CD, digital download, streaming Edited version Universal Music Group, Polydor
20 September 2019Digital download, streamingAcoustic

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