Close to Me (Ellie Goulding, Diplo and Swae Lee song) explained

Close to Me
Type:single
Cover:Ellie Goulding and Diplo – Close to Me.png
Artist:Ellie Goulding, Diplo, and Swae Lee
Recorded:2018
Genre:
Length:3:02
Label:
Producer:
  • Ilya
  • Diplo
Chronology:Ellie Goulding
Prev Title:First Time
Prev Year:2017
Next Title:Mama
Next Year:2019

"Close to Me" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding with American DJ and music producer Diplo and American rapper Swae Lee, released on 24 October 2018 from the former's fourth studio album, Brightest Blue (2020).[1] It was premiered by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 as the "Hottest Record in the World".[2]

Background

Goulding told Billboard that the song came about when she and co-writer Savan Kotecha were in a Los Angeles studio where they came up with the guitar melody and Goulding sang what would become the first line of the pre-chorus, "don't let me down", which they decided to keep in the song. Goulding, feeling that the song was "missing something", eventually sent it to Diplo who sent his version back to her within a short amount of time. Diplo suggested adding Swae Lee as a featured guest vocalist.[3]

Composition

The song is recorded in the key of E major with a tempo of 72 beats per minute in common time. The song follows a chord progression of E–Cm7–G–A, and the vocals span from E3 to C5.[4]

Music video

The music video for "Close to Me", directed by Diane Martel,[5] was filmed in Budapest, Hungary, and premiered on 14 November 2018.[6]

Promotion

Goulding wiped her social media accounts and began promoting the track on 22 October 2018, first sharing a cartoon image of hers, Diplo and Swae Lee's arms locked in a triangle, displaying their tattoos against a cheetah print background, captioning it "CLOSE TO ME".[1] She then later confirmed this would be the title, and along with posting an audio clip of the track,[7] announced the release date and time.[8]

Other versions

In April 2019, Goulding released another version of the song featuring Korean girl group Red Velvet to replace Swae Lee's verse in the song.

Live performances

Goulding performed an acoustic version of the song during On Air with Ryan Seacrest on 16 November 2018.[9] She later performed the song during BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge Month on 28 November.[10] Her first televised performance of the song was on the final of The X Factor on 2 December.[11]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018–2019)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Bolivia (Monitor Latino)[12] 18
Croatia (HRT)[13] 43
Estonia (IFPI)[14] 38
Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI)[15] 52
Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay)[16] 1
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[17] 15
Malaysia (RIM)[18] 17
Romania (Airplay 100)<--Please do not change this to Romanian Top 100 or Media Forest. The Airplay 100 is Romania's national singles chart from 2012 onwards. For further information, see WP:GOODCHARTS-->[19] 63
Singapore (RIAS)[20] 10
Slovenia (SloTop50)[21] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)! scope="col"
Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[22] 84
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[23] 92
Chart (2019)! scope="col"
Position
Australia (ARIA)[24] 88
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 72
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 47
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[27] 45
CIS (Tophit)[28] 58
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[29] 46
Latvia (LAIPA)[30] 70
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[31] 79
Poland (ZPAV)[32] 91
Portugal (AFP)[33] 143
Russia Airplay (Tophit)[34] 51
US Billboard Hot 100[35] 58
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[36] 50
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[37] 13
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[38] 3
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[39] 18

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)! scope="col"
Position
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[40] 17

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatVersionLabel
Italy26 October 2018Radio airplayOriginalUniversal[41]
United States6 November 2018Contemporary hit radioInterscope[42]
Various1 February 2019The Remix[43]

Red Velvet remix

Close to Me (Red Velvet Remix)
Type:single
Cover:Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Red_Velvet – Close to Me (Red Velvet Remix).jpg
Artist:Ellie Goulding, Diplo and Red Velvet
Label:
  • Polydor
  • Interscope
Producer:
  • Ilya
  • Diplo
  • Alvaro
  • Bas van Daalen

On 5 April 2019, a remix was released which removes Swae Lee's verse and features Korean girl group Red Velvet, singing a verse and their own version of the chorus in Korean. Their chorus was written by Red Velvet's Wendy & Yeri. It has wona "Choice Electronic / Dance Song" award at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards. The remix appears as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Goulding's fourth studio album Brightest Blue (2020).

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatLabel
Various5 April 2019Polydor[44]

Notes and References

  1. Ellie Goulding Teases 'Close To Me' Collaboration With Diplo and Swae Lee. Billboard. Bein. Kat. 23 October 2018. 25 October 2018.
  2. Web site: Ellie Goulding on Twitter: Tune in to @BBCR1 tonight from 7.30pm to hear 'Close To Me' with @diplo featuring @goSwaeLee !. Goulding. Ellie. Twitter. 24 October 2018.
  3. Ellie Goulding on Recruiting Diplo For 'Close to Me' & Why Her Next Album Is a 'Return'. Billboard. Cirisano. Tatiana. 14 January 2019. 29 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Close to Me. Ellie. Goulding. Savan. Kotecha. 2018-10-26. Musicnotes.com. 2019-05-19. Peter. Svensson. Ilya. Salmanzadeh. Thomas Wesley. Pentz. Khalif. Brown.
  5. Cirisano. Tatiana. Ellie Goulding on Recruiting Diplo For 'Close to Me' & Why Her Next Album Is a 'Return'. Billboard. 14 January 2019. 29 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190115022721/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8493182/ellie-goulding-close-to-me-interview-recruiting-diplo-new-album. 15 January 2019.
  6. Kreps. Daniel. See Ellie Goulding's Fashionable Budapest Romp in 'Close to Me' Video. Rolling Stone. 14 November 2018. 16 November 2018. 17 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022134/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ellie-goulding-close-to-me-video-755998/. dead.
  7. Web site: Ellie Goulding teases new single Close To Me in cryptic social media posts. Official Charts Company. Ainsley. Helen. 23 October 2018. 25 October 2018.
  8. Web site: Ellie Goulding Taps Diplo & Swae Lee For New Single, 'Close To Me'. Idolator. Nied. Mike. 23 October 2018. 25 October 2018.
  9. Web site: Ellie Goulding Performs 'Close To Me' & Debuts New Verse – On Air with Ryan Seacrest. YouTube. 16 November 2018.
  10. Web site: Ellie Goulding – Close To Me in the Live Lounge. YouTube. 16 November 2018.
  11. News: Ellie Goulding backs Dalton Harris to win X Factor final. Irish Independent. Green. Alex. 2 December 2018. 4 December 2018.
  12. Web site: Bolivia General. es. Monitor Latino. 17 July 2019.
  13. Web site: Croatia ARC TOP 100. HRT. 26 November 2018. 21 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121162159/http://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-19-studenoga-2018/183888/. dead.
  14. Web site: EESTI TIPP-40 MUUSIKAS – Japsist endise juutuuberi ballaadid lähevad hästi kaubaks. Siim Nestor. Eesti Ekspress. et. 5 November 2018.
  15. Web site: Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 48/2018. IFPI Greece. 14 December 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181210110800/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html. 10 December 2018.
  16. Web site: מדיה פורסט – לדעת שאתה באוויר . Mediaforest.biz . 9 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316183730/http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/#/international . 16 March 2017 . dead .
  17. Web site: Ellie Goulding . . 22 March 2019. 2 June 2017.
  18. Web site: Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles in Malaysia. Recording Industry Association of Malaysia. 31 January 2019.
  19. Web site: Airplay 100 – 24 februarie 2019. Kiss FM. ro. 24 February 2019. 25 February 2019.
  20. Web site: Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart – Week 2. Recording Industry Association (Singapore). https://web.archive.org/web/20190121120532/http://www.rias.org.sg/chart.pdf. 21 January 2019.
  21. Web site: SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart. SloTop50. 18 February 2019. 28 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328231306/https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2019&week=10. dead.
  22. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2018. Dutch Top 40. nl. 5 January 2019.
  23. Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2018. Billboard. 14 August 2019.
  24. Web site: ARIA End of Year Singles Chart 2019. Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 January 2020.
  25. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2019 – Singles. nl. Ultratop. 20 December 2019.
  26. Web site: Rapports Annuels 2019. Ultratop. 20 December 2019.
  27. Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2019. Billboard. 6 December 2019.
  28. Web site: CIS Year-End Radio Hits (2019). . January 13, 2020.
  29. Web site: Tónlistinn – Lög – 2019. Plötutíðindi. is. November 29, 2021.
  30. Web site: Digitālās Mūzikas Tops 2019. LAIPA. lv. 3 January 2020.
  31. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2019. Dutch Top 40. 31 December 2019.
  32. Web site: Najpopularniejsze albumy i single 2019 roku. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. pl. 28 January 2020.
  33. Web site: Top AFP – Audiogest – Top 3000 Singles + EPs Digitais. Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. pt. July 9, 2020.
  34. Web site: Russian Top Year-End Radio Hits (2019). . January 13, 2020.
  35. Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2019. Billboard. 6 December 2019.
  36. Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2019. Billboard. 6 December 2019.
  37. Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2019. Billboard. 6 December 2019.
  38. Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2019. Billboard. 6 December 2019.
  39. Pop Songs – Year-End 2019. Billboard. 6 December 2019.
  40. Decade-End Charts: Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (2013-ON). Billboard. 19 December 2019.
  41. Web site: ELLIE GOULDING & DIPLO FT SWAE LEE "Close to Me" – (Radio Date: 26/10/2018). Radio Airplay Italia. it. 26 October 2018.
  42. Web site: Top 40/M Future Releases. All Access Media Group. 26 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181025212632/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases. 25 October 2018.
  43. Web site: Close to Me: The Remixes (feat. Diplo & Swae Lee) – EP by Ellie Goulding & Diplo. iTunes Store. 4 January 2019.
  44. Web site: Close to Me (Red Velvet Remix). iTunes Store. 26 October 2019.

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