| Loud Places | |
| Cover: | Jamie xx - Loud Places cover art.jpg |
| Caption: | Remixes cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jamie xx featuring Romy |
| Album: | In Colour |
| B-Side: | Remixes (12") |
| Studio: | Fortress Studios (London, England) |
| Length: | 4:43 |
| Label: | Young Turks |
| Producer: | Jamie xx |
| Chronology: | Jamie xx |
| Prev Title: | All Under One Roof Raving |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Gosh |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
"Loud Places" is a song by English electronic music producer Jamie xx, with featured vocals from Romy Madley Croft, his bandmate in the xx. It is the eighth track on Jamie xx's album In Colour and was released as one of its singles on 27 March 2015. A music video for the song was released on the same day through YouTube. The song peaked at number 55 on the French Singles Chart and number 62 on the UK Singles Chart.
Tracks from In Colour spans across different years in Smith's life, with "Gosh" and "Loud Places" representing where he was at the moment.[1] The chorus sampled American jazz drummer Idris Muhammad's 1977 song "Could Heaven Ever Be like This".[2] This use of sample was said by Thumps Angus Harrison as "particularly poignant" when Muhammad's death was less than a year before.[2]
On 25 March 2015, Smith premiered "Gosh" and "Loud Places" on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show.[3]
The official music video for "Loud Places", lasting five minutes and four seconds, was uploaded onto Jamie xx's YouTube channel on 27 March 2015. It was directed by Simon Halsall with JB Babenhausen and produced by Craig Dixon.[4]
In the video, Smith and Croft can be seen riding skateboards while getting covered in confetti. Smith shared: “Before we made music together, from the age of like 13, Romy and I used to go out and skate."[1]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 27 March 2015 | Young Turks | — | |
| 28 August 2015 | Young Turks | YT141 |