"What Other People Say" | ||||
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Single by Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato | ||||
from the album Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over and I Love You, Please Don't Hate Me | ||||
Released | 4 February 2021 | |||
Length | 3:14 | |||
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Producer(s) | Rykeyz | |||
Sam Fischer singles chronology | ||||
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"What Other People Say" on YouTube |
"What Other People Say" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sam Fischer and American singer Demi Lovato. It was released on 4 February 2021 by RCA and Island Records on digital download and streaming formats as the second single from Lovato's seventh studio album Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over and Fischer's debut studio album I Love You,Please Don't Hate Me . The song was written by both Lovato and Fischer alongside Geoff Warburton and Ryan Williamson.
The song became a top 40 hit in Fischer's home country of Australia in addition to New Zealand and The Netherlands. At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards,the song was nominated for Song of the Year. [1]
"What Other People Say" was announced via social media on 2 February 2021. Posting to Twitter,Lovato said "these lyrics are so special to my heart" and that they could not wait to share the track. [2] Fischer later shared a snippet of the track via TikTok where the audio was used in over 15,000 videos before its official release.
Fischer wrote the song years ago,initially for another artist,and said in a statement that he always knew that the song was destined to be a duet. [3] Fischer said he was "blown away" when Lovato agreed to sing on the track with him,and added that the song is "a confession,realizing how far away you can get from who you are in an effort to be liked." [4]
About his collaboration with Lovato,Fischer told Metro that Lovato was "incredible" and he was "honoured to have Lovato on ['What Other People Say'] and [...] connected deeply with the song". [5] "What Other People Say" is about the "feeling of being alone and not wanting to let people down". Lovato said,"This song is a reflection on what it's like to lose who you truly are in an effort to please other people and society. It's why I wanted to make this song with Sam –ultimately it's about two humans coming together to connect and find solutions to their problems". Fischer described that the song as "about the pressures of society and how getting caught up with the wrong things can change you." [6]
Upon the song's release,Jennifer Drysdale from Entertainment Tonight called the duet a "moving song" between Lovato and Fischer,and noted how Lovato was a "fitting duet partner" on the song. [7] Danielle Pascual from Billboard ranked the song as one of Lovato's best collaborations in her entire discography,describing it as a "powerful emotional ballad" that "showcases her varied range while giving Fischer room to soar". [8]
The official music video was released on Lovato and Fischer's YouTube channels on 16 February 2021. It depicts the pair performing the song inside of and atop a moving train.
The lyric video,released on YouTube,shows Lovato and Fischer as cartoon characters in a Guess Who? -style board game,and the cartoons reflect the stereotypical labels society imposes on Lovato and Fischer,including "Angelic,Naughty,Scary,Aloof" for Lovato. [9]
Digital download [10]
Digital download –Sam Feldt Remix [11]
Digital download –Stripped Version [12]
Digital download –R3HAB Remix [13]
Recording and management
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over. [14]
Music video credits adapted from YouTube. [15]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [30] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [31] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 4 February 2021 | [10] | ||
Italy | 12 February 2021 | Contemporary hit radio | Sony | [32] |
United States | 15 February 2021 | Adult contemporary radio | RCA | [33] |
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