Love Me Better

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"Love Me Better"
Love Me Better (Remixes) - James Blunt.jpg
Single by James Blunt
from the album The Afterlove
Released27 January 2017
Recorded2016
Genre Pop
Length3:38
Label Atlantic Records UK
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
James Blunt singles chronology
"Same Mistake"
(2007)
"Love Me Better"
(2017)
"Bartender"
(2017)
Music video
"Love Me Better" on YouTube

"Love Me Better" is a song by British singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was released on 27 January 2017 as the lead single from his fifth studio album The Afterlove (2017). The song was written by Blunt, Ryan Tedder and Zach Skelton.

Contents

Music video

An accompanying music video directed by Vaughan Arnell was released onto YouTube on 2 February 2017 at a total length of three minutes and forty-nine seconds. [1]

Live performances

Blunt performed the song on The Graham Norton Show on 24 February 2017. [2]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Love Me Better"3:38

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [3] 12
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [4] 7
France (SNEP) [5] 140
Slovenia (SloTop50) [6] 42
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 99
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 87
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 93

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom27 January 2017 Digital download Atlantic Records UK

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