You Only Love Me

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"You Only Love Me"
Rita Ora - You Only Love Me.jpeg
Single by Rita Ora
from the album You & I
Released27 January 2023 (2023-01-27)
Genre
Length2:28
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Rita Ora
  • Corey Sanders
  • Elle Campbell
  • Jon Maguire
  • Lewis Thompson
  • Phoebe Jasper
  • Rory Adams
Producer(s)
Rita Ora singles chronology
"Follow Me"
(2021)		"You Only Love Me"
(2023)		"Praising You"
(2023)
Music video
"You Only Love Me" on YouTube

"You Only Love Me" is a song by English singer Rita Ora, released on 27 January 2023 as the lead single from her third studio album, You & I (2023).

Contents

Background and composition

"You Only Love Me" was released on 27 January 2023 through BMG, as the lead single from Ora's third studio album, You & I. [1] [2] [3] The song was written by Ora alongside Corey Sanders, Elle Campbell, Jon Maguire, Lewis Thompson, Phoebe Jasper and Rory Adams, and produced by Thompson and Oak Felder. [4] Concerning its meaning, Ora elaborated, "With [the song] and my upcoming album, I wanted to capture the vulnerability I've experienced as I opened myself up to love and entered a new phase of life." [2] [5] Musically, "You Only Love Me" is a club, dance and electropop song. [6] [7] [8]

Live performances

Ora performed "You Only Love Me" for the first time on the ninth season of the American talk show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 1 February 2023. [3]

Music video

The music video for "You Only Love Me" was uploaded to Ora's official YouTube channel on 27 January 2023. [9] [10] Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Kristen Stewart, Jodie Turner-Smith, Addison Rae and Chelsea Handler make cameo appearances in the video. [11]

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "You Only Love Me"
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Various27 January 2023
  • Digital download
  • streaming
BMG
[1]
United KingdomVarious
United States14 February 2023 Contemporary hit radio

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