You & Me (Marc E. Bassy song)

"You & Me" was written by Marc E. Bassy (credited as Marc Griffin), Gerald Gillum, James Hau, Selena Sloan, Rami Dawod, Jacob Olofsson and William Mosgrove; the latter three and James Alex Hau are also the producers.[4] The song serves as the lead single and opening track to his second extended play, Groovy People (2016),[5] which debuted and peaked at number 148 on the Billboard 200.[6] This is the second collaboration by Bassy and G-Eazy, following "Some Kind of Drug", a track on G-Eazy's third studio album When It's Dark Out (2015), peaking at number 24 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[7]

Before the official single release of "You & Me", Bassy initially premiered a one-minute snippet of the song through his official SoundCloud.[8] On May 6, 2016, the song was finally released as the single on iTunes Store by Republic Records.[9] About three weeks later, it was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio[10] and contemporary hit radio in the following month.[11] The music video for the single was released on May 20, 2016.[12]

"You & Me" is a reggae[13] and pop[14] track, lasting for a duration of three minutes and thirty eight seconds.[9] It is composed in the key of D♭ and is set in time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 92 beats per minute.[15] The song has a basic sequence of Gb-Db(second inversion)-Db(first inversion)-Bb as its chord progression.[15] "You & Me" lyrics are the recall to memories the singer shared with a girl, and hoping she forgot anything about him. In the chorus, Bassy sings: If we bump into each other / On a crowded street / It's not us no more / It's just you and me / We're just strangers in passing casually.[16]

Zach Frydenlund of Complex labelled the record a soothing reggae-pop track, describing Bassy and G-Eazy setting fans up for summer with vibes that are perfect for a relaxing day on the beach with your significant other. He also praised that Bassy's powerful vocals help drive home the sensual lyrics before G-Eazy comes onto the song with a memorable verse that matches perfectly over the funky production.[3]

Rose Lilah of Hotnewhiphop praised the track funky, feel-good and basically sounds like summer in the span 3 minutes and 38 seconds. She also said the song is extremely pop-leaning and reflecting on a recent break-up, and going from "us" to simply "you and me."[8]

"You & Me" initially peaked at number 18 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart,[7] before debuting on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 91 in the week of July 30, 2016.[17] The following week the song jumped to number 80, and later stayed at number 77 for three weeks.[17] The song has currently peaked at number 58, in the week of September 24, 2016, becoming Bassy's first and highest Billboard Hot 100-charting song.[17] On the Pop Digital Songs chart, the song debuted at number 47 and went to a peak at number 30 in its third week, also becoming his first and highest charted single on the Pop charts.[18]

In Australia, "You & Me" debuted on the ARIA Charts on the week of August 13, 2016 at number 100 as the EP Groovy People[19] and reached a peak of number 52 on October 15, 2016, becoming his first top 100 single there.[20] Meanwhile, in New Zealand the song debuted at number 31 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart[21] and three weeks later it peaked at number 10.[22]

In the United Kingdom, the song debuted and peaked at number 150 on the UK Singles Chart.[23] However, the song peaked at number 80 on the Irish Singles Chart.[24]

• Digital download[9]

Credits adapted from Hung Medien.[21]

Vocal credits

• Marc E. Bassy – lead vocals
• G-Eazy – featured artist

Technical credits

• Songwriting – Marc Griffin, Gerald Gillum, James Hau, Selena Sloan, Rami Dawod, Jacob Olofsson, William Mosgrove
• Production – Rami Dawod, Jacob Olofsson, William Mosgrove, Alex Hau

• Music video on YouTube
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics