Love Me More (Sam Smith song)

"Love Me More" is a song by British singer Sam Smith, released as a single on 28 April 2022 through Capitol Records.[1] The track, written by Smith, Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Hermansen of Stargate and Jimmy Napes and produced by Stargate and Napes, was announced on 20 April 2022.[2]

"Love Me More"
Single by Sam Smith
Released28 April 2022 (2022-04-28)
Length3:10
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sam Smith singles chronology
"You Will Be Found"
(2021)		 "Love Me More"
(2022)
Music video
"Love Me More" on YouTube

Reception

Tomás Mier of Rolling Stone described the song as a "melancholic track" that "turns into a self-empowering anthem".[1] Rania Aniftos of Billboard called the song "empowering" and felt that Smith's "honeyed vocals ring through the pensive chorus".[3]

Music video

The music video was released on 28 April 2022, and includes a montage of footage of Smith as a child through to the beginning of their career, as well as Smith dancing at a party with their friends.[1] The video also contains an homage to the video for Smith's breakthrough song "Stay with Me", with Smith walking down stairs as they did in the video for "Stay with Me".[1]

Charts
Chart performance for "Love Me More"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[4] 37
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[5] 30
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[6] 36

Release history
Release history and formats for "Love Me More"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 28 April 2022
Capitol [1]
Italy 29 April 2022 Contemporary hit radio Universal [7]
United States 2 May 2022 Adult contemporary radio Capitol [8]
3 May 2022 Contemporary hit radio [9]

References
  1. Mier, Tomás (28 April 2022). "Sam Smith Learns to 'Love Me More' on Self-Worth Anthem". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. Skinner, Tom (21 April 2022). "Sam Smith announces brand new single 'Love Me More'". NME. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. Aniftos, Rania (28 April 2022). "Sam Smith Unveils Introspective New Single 'Love Me More': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. "Sam Smith Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  5. "Sam Smith Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  6. "Sam Smith Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  7. Seminara, Emanuela Ali. "Sam Smith "Love me more" (Radio Date: 29/04/2022)". Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  8. "Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases". AllAccess. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  9. "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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