Someone You Loved

"Someone You Loved" is a song recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. It was released as a download on 8 November 2018 through Vertigo Records and Universal Music as the third single from his second extended play, Breach (2018), and was later included on his debut album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (2019). The song was written by Capaldi, Samuel Romans, and its producers Thomas Barnes, Peter Kelleher and Benjamin Kohn. It was serviced to radio stations on 16 April 2019 as the first US single.

For the Danish film, see Someone You Love.
"Someone You Loved"
Single by Lewis Capaldi
from the EP Breach and the album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Released8 November 2018
RecordedOctober 2018
GenrePop[1][2][3]
Length3:02
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)TMS
Lewis Capaldi singles chronology
"Grace"
(2018)		 "Someone You Loved"
(2018)		 "Hold Me While You Wait"
(2019)
Music video
"Someone You Loved" on YouTube

"Someone You Loved" was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the UK Singles Chart. The song became Capaldi's first number one single, spending seven consecutive weeks atop of the chart and was the best selling single of 2019 in the UK. It also peaked at number one on the Irish Singles Chart in March 2019. In the United States, "Someone You Loved", a piano ballad, was a sleeper hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 in its 24th week on the chart. It was nominated for Song of the Year at the 62nd Grammy Awards.[4] It also received an award for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards.

Background

In an interview with the French magazine "Brut", Capaldi revealed he wrote the song about his grandmother who had passed away.[5] In an interview with NME, Capaldi revealed that it took him six months to write the song. He said, "A lot of people say that 'the best songs fall into your lap' and that they're the easiest ones to write and take the shortest amount of time: I wholeheartedly disagree with that. I think my best songs come from me sitting at a piano, bashing my head against a brick wall for hours and hours on end to get one good melody."[6]

Music videos

There are two music videos to accompany "Someone You Loved".

The first music video was released on 8 February 2019, starring actor Peter Capaldi, who is Lewis Capaldi's second cousin once removed. It was directed by filmmaker Phil Beastall. Filming took place in Buxton in late January 2019.[7] The video was made in partnership with charity organisation Live Life Give Life in order to raise awareness for the issue of organ donation.[8] It contains a message of loss and hope, telling a story of a husband who is trying to cope with the death of his wife. She became the heart donor for the young mother of another family, saving her life. Eventually the two families are brought together and the main character knows that his wife's heart continues to live on.[9]

The official video, featuring the singer was released on 29 August 2019.[10] Here, Capaldi wanders the streets, following his lost love as his friends and strangers try to stop him from chasing after her.

Capaldi said: “For me the video is about the people we surround ourselves with that have the strength when we don’t and help us continue to make the right decisions in moments of fear or hardship. In the moment we often choose to ignore friends and family, thinking our judgement is better, but of course in hindsight when you’re in that headspace it’s almost impossible to make the right decisions.”[11]

Chart performance

"Someone You Loved" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart[12] and stayed there for seven consecutive weeks.[13] It is also Capaldi's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 85 on the issue dated 25 May 2019 and becoming the singer's first number-one single in the country on the issue dated 2 November 2019. It reached number one after 24 weeks on the chart, becoming one of the longest climbs to the top position in Billboard history. After three non-consecutive weeks on top it was replaced by Post Malone's "Circles."[14]

In Ireland, the single cumulated 26.8 million streams in 2019 and was the biggest-selling song in the country that year.[15]

Track listing
  • Digital download
  1. "Someone You Loved" – 3:02
  • Digital download[16]
  1. "Someone You Loved" (Future Humans Remix) – 3:09
  • Digital download[17]
  1. "Someone You Loved" (Madism Radio Mix)– 2:37
  1. "Someone You Loved" – 3:02
  2. "Someone You Loved" (Madism Radio Mix) – 2:37
  3. "Someone You Loved" (Instrumental) – 3:02
  4. "Voice Note From Lewis"

Personnel

Credits adapted from label copy notes.

  • TMS – Production, Mixing
  • Phil Cook – Strings
  • Lewis Capaldi – Piano
  • Robert Voseign – Mastering
  • Ryan Walter - Artwork Design
  • Ali Gavillet - Photography

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[115] 8× Platinum 560,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[116] Platinum 30,000
Belgium (BEA)[117] 3× Platinum 120,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[118] Diamond 160,000
Canada (Music Canada)[119] Diamond 800,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[120] 3× Platinum 270,000
France (SNEP)[121] Diamond 333,333
Germany (BVMI)[122] 3× Gold 600,000
Italy (FIMI)[123] 3× Platinum 150,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[124] 2× Platinum 160,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[125] 5× Platinum 150,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[126] Platinum 60,000
Poland (ZPAV)[127] 4× Platinum 80,000
Portugal (AFP)[128] 2× Platinum 20,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[129] 3× Platinum 120,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[130] 5× Platinum 3,000,000
United States (RIAA)[131] Platinum 1,000,000
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[132] 3× Platinum 24,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Country Date Format Label Ref.
United Kingdom 8 November 2018
Virgin [133]
United States 16 April 2019 Contemporary hit radio
[134]

Covers

The Piano Guys covered the song in a piano and cello composition on their video featuring World of Dance season 2 contestants Charity Anderson and Andres Penate.[135]

See also

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