Real Love (Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne song) explained

Real Love
Cover:	Clean-Bandit-Real-Love-Single-Cover.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne
Album:	New Eyes I Cry When I Laugh
Released:	16 November 2014
Genre:	EDM^[1] house disco^[2]
Length:	3:39
Label:	Atlantic Warner
Producer:	Clean Bandit Starsmith The Six
Chronology:	Clean Bandit
Prev Title:	Come Over
Prev Year:	2014
Next Title:	Stronger
Next Year:	2015

"Real Love" is a song by English electronic group Clean Bandit and English singer and songwriter Jess Glynne. It was released on 16 November 2014^[3] as a joint single, taken from the special edition of the group's album New Eyes and Glynne's album I Cry When I Laugh. The two previously collaborated on "Rather Be". "Real Love" reached number one in Israel and number two in the United Kingdom and Germany.

Background

After the huge success of Clean Bandit's song "Rather Be", which Glynne featured on, they decided to collaborate again after the writing collective The Six presented them with "Real Love".^[4] It was released on 16 November 2014 as a digital download.

Commercial performance

On the UK Singles Chart, the song debuted at number two, becoming Clean Bandit's third UK top 10 hit and Glynne's fourth.^[5] As of November 2016, its UK sales stand at over 682,000. The song made the top 40 in several European countries, managing to reach a height of number two in Germany. It also reached number 13 in Australia. In 2015, it was released on US dance radio and peaked at number 20 on the Dance Club Songs chart.

Music video

The music video was made by Clean Bandit and features some of their fans kissing, interspersed with clips of Clean Bandit and Glynne performing the song in a studio and in concert. The video was released on 20 October 2014 and has since then received nearly 80 million views on YouTube as of March 2018.^[6]

Cover versions

• In 2015, Lower Than Atlantis released a Live Lounge performance of the song on the 2015 reissue of their self-titled album.^[7] For a short time, a bootleg from producer 5erg was released on iTunes without permission from Clean Bandit. It was later taken down.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–15)	Peak position
Brazil (Billboard Hot 100)^[8]	70
Italy (FIMI)^[9]	53
Mexico (Billboard Mexican Airplay)^[10]	23
Mexico Anglo (Monitor Latino)^[11]	15
Slovenia (SloTop50)^[12]	32

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Position
Hungary (Dance Top 40)^[14]	75
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[15]	80
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)^[16]	65

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Italy^[17]	3 October 2014	Contemporary hit radio	Warner
United Kingdom	16 November 2014	Digital download
United States^[18]	27 January 2015	Dance radio	Big Beat

Notes and References

1. Web site: Audiodiva. Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne Celebrate What 'Real Love' Is All About. Soul Bounce. October 23, 2014. February 10, 2024.
2. Web site: Brennan. Carley. Hear Clean Bandit Re-enlist Their ‘Real Love,’ Jess Glynne. Spin. September 30, 2014. February 10, 2024.
3. Web site: Real Love: Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads. Amazon UK .
4. Web site: Clean Bandit premiere brand new single 'Real Love' with Jess Glynne. Digital Spy. October 2014.
5. Web site: Band Aid 30's Do They Know It's Christmas goes straight in at Number 1. officialcharts.com. 17 February 2015.
6. Web site: Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne - Real Love [Official Video]]. 20 October 2014. YouTube.
7. Web site: Lower Than Atlantis cover Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles". Alternative Press. Kraus, Brian. 6 November 2015. 24 November 2015.
8. Web site: Hot 100 Billboard Brasil — weekly. . 9 May 2015. 14 May 2015.
9. Web site: FIMI/GfK Top Digital, Classifica settimanale WK 3 (dal 2015-01-12 al 2015-01-18) . Italian . . September 18, 2015.
10. Clean Bandit Chart History. Billboard. 28 March 2020.
11. Web site: Top 20 Inglés Del 9 al 15 de Febrero, 2015. 2015-02-09. Monitor Latinoaccessdate=2018-05-02.
12. Web site: SloTop50 Slovenian official singles weekly charts. Slovenian. 5 February 2018.
13. Web site: The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2014. Official Charts Company. 19 August 2019.
14. Web site: Dance Top 100 - 2015. 21 March 2020. Mahasz.
15. Web site: The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2015. Official Charts Company. 19 August 2019.
16. Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2015. Billboard. 19 August 2019.
17. Web site: Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne - Real Love (Radio Date). Andreani. Sara. 1 October 2014. Warner Music. Earone. 20 February 2015.
18. Web site: WebCite query result . webcitation.org . 17 February 2015 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20150121120908/http://www.allaccess.com/dance/future-releases . 21 January 2015 .