“I’m Not The Only One” by Sam Smith

song info

    “I’m Not The Only One” by Sam Smith (official video) is a soul song.

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    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    “I’m Not the Only One” is a song by British singer-songwriter Sam Smith. It was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 31 August 2014 as the fourth single from his debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour (2014). The song was written by Smith and Jimmy Napes.

    An official remix of the track, featuring two verses from American rapper A$AP Rocky, premiered on 9 September 2014.

Release

    “I’m Not the Only One” was released in the United States on 2 July 2014 and the United Kingdom as a digital download on 31 August.

Commercial performance

    The song has found chart success in several countries, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart and number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, giving Smith his fourth top twenty single to date. The song also reached the top ten in New Zealand and South Africa peaking at number three in the former and number five at the latter, while also reaching number 11 in Australia. It also peaked at number four in Canada, becoming Smith’s third top ten single there.

Music video

    The official music video for “I’m Not the Only One” was directed by Luke Monaghan. It was released to YouTube on 1 August 2014. The music video features Glee’s Dianna Agron as a scorned bride and The Mindy Project’s Chris Messina as the cause of and cure for her heartache. Agron’s character pieces together her husband’s indiscretions. Agron proceeds to uncork a bottle of white wine in the middle of her neighbourhood liquor store, drink away her problems, and then eventually set fire to Messina’s possessions. At the end of the video, she welcomes him back home as if nothing had happened.

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Proverb:

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