Stronger Than Ever (Raleigh Ritchie song)

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"Stronger Than Ever"
Raleigh Ritchie Stronger Than Ever.jpg
Single by Raleigh Ritchie
from the album You're a Man Now, Boy
Released14 March 2014
Recorded2013
Genre Alternative R&B
Length3:51
Label Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Chris Loco
  • Raleigh Ritchie
Raleigh Ritchie singles chronology
"The Middle Child"
(2013)
"Stronger Than Ever"
(2014)
"Cuckoo"
(2014)

"Stronger Than Ever" is a song by British R&B singer and actor Raleigh Ritchie, released as the lead single from his debut album, You're a Man Now, Boy . [1] The song is also included on his EP Black and Blue (2014). [2] The MJ Cole remix was released as a single in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 14 March 2014 through Columbia Records. [3] The song peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart. [4] British singer-songwriter Lily Allen covered the song in an acoustic version at the BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. [5] [6]

Contents

Music video

On 14 January 2014, a music video for the song directed by Ninian Doff was uploaded to VEVO and YouTube. [7] [8] The video shows Ritchie sitting on a park bench drinking coffee when a strong wind starts blowing which only affects him. The wind slowly gets stronger until it blows him off the bench. As of December 2020, the video has over 11.6 million views.

Track listing

Digital download - EP version
No.TitleLength
1."Stronger Than Ever"3:51
Digital download - Single [9]
No.TitleLength
1."Stronger Than Ever" (MJ Cole Remix)5:58

Chart performance

Chart (2014)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 30

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 14 March 2014 [9] Digital download Columbia Records

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Silver200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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