Someone like You (Adele song)
"Someone like You" | ||||
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Song by Adele | ||||
from the album 21 | ||||
Released | 24 January 2011 | |||
Recorded | 2010 - 2011 | |||
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Length | 4:47 | |||
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"Someone like You" on YouTube |
"Someone like You" is the second hit single on Adele's record 21 released in 2011. This was her first number one song in the United Kingdom (UK) and her second in the United States (US).
Overview
[change | change source]"Someone like You" received positive review by musical critics. The song is played only with Adele's voice and piano. In 2012, the song was certified quintuple-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Someone like You" is Adele's third-best selling single in the United States, after "Rolling in the Deep" and "Hello".[1] It reached number 24 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 of 2011[2] and number 43 on the year-end chart for 2012.[3] During her concert tour in August 2024, Adele revealed that this song had changed her life.[4]
Music video
[change | change source]The video starts with Adele walking along a road alone in downtown Paris and singing the song sadly, during which she stops at the Pont Alexandre III to look over the Seine. She tends walks into a building, when her ex-lover shows up.[5] However, her ex-lover walks away, leaving her staring at his back in silence. The video premiered on MTV and Vevo on 29 September 2011.[6] The official MV has accumulated over 2.24 billion views and 10 million "Likes" as of 19 October 2024,[7] similar to that of Adele's another hit Rolling in the Deep whose official MV was uploaded around a year earlier.[8]
Reviews
[change | change source]The song drew a substantial amount of positive reviews from music and media critics.
Amanda Dobbins
[change | change source]Amanda Dobbins of the New York magazine commented that "the secretly devastating video" for "Someone like You" would remind Adele's ex-lover what he had done by leaving her.[9]
Sarah Dean
[change | change source]Sarah Dean of the HuffPost called it an "uncomplicated, moving film" and wrote,[10]
[T]he video is nothing more than Adele wandering around the deserted city of love alone [...] singing her sorrowful notes, but because it's her, we don't need any more.
Jason Lipshutz
[change | change source]Jason Lipshutz of Billboard magazine remarked that the video was "as simply constructed as the song's vocal-and-piano arrangement."[11]
Andrew Matson
[change | change source]Andrew Matson of The Seattle Times said,[12]
[T]he song of the year now has a simple, perfect video: Adele in Paris, singing and strolling, apparently processing the breakup [...] The look on her face during the 'I wish nothing but the best for you' line is the best [...] in times of emotional devastation, everyone wants stand on a bridge over the Seine on a cold day, squinting into the wind, sorting it out.
Andrea Devaro
[change | change source]Andrea Devaro of Long Island Press claimed,[13]
[I]ts simplicity beautifully portrays the complexity of emotions invoked in the song.
Credits and personnel
[change | change source]Credits are taken from 21 liner notes.[14]
- Vocals – Adele
- Production – Adele Adkins and Dan Wilson
- Songwriting – Adele Adkins and Dan Wilson
Charts
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Weekly charts[change | change source]
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Year-end charts[change | change source]
Decade-end charts[change | change source]
All-time chart[change | change source]
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References
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