Sweet Melody
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| Single by Little Mix | ||||
| from the album Confetti | ||||
| Released | 23 October 2020 | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | RCA UK | |||
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| "Sweet Melody" on YouTube | ||||
"Sweet Melody" is a song by British girl group Little Mix. It was released on 23 October 2020 through RCA UK as the third single from their sixth studio album, Confetti (2020). "Sweet Melody" features bouncy reggaeton drum beats, and the song's lyrics are about getting over an ex-boyfriend.[1][2] The song reached the top of the UK Singles Chart in January 2021, becoming the group's fifth number-one single on the chart. "Sweet Melody" charted in twelve countries including Ireland, Portugal and Greece, and has since been certified platinum in the United Kingdom and Brazil, and gold in Poland.
Background[]
On 18 October 2020, the band posted a teaser video to Twitter, hinting at a forthcoming announcement.[3] The next day, they posted an official announcement and release date for the song along with a preview of the track.[4] During an interview with Gay Times in November 2020, producer MNEK revealed "Sweet Melody" was originally crafted for a Demi Lovato songwriting camp three years prior.[5]
Music video[]
The band teased the music video of the song with posts to social media on 21 October 2020, stating that it was coming soon.[6] A day later, Little Mix announced via Twitter that the music video would be released on 23 October where it was uploaded to YouTube.[7] On 20 November, an official lyric video made by a fan was released to the group's YouTube channel.[8][9] On 27 November, the official vertical video version was uploaded to their YouTube channel.[10] This is the last music video as a quartet as Jesy Nelson left the group in December 2020.
Live performances[]
"Sweet Melody"'s debut performance was on the first live show of Little Mix The Search. Group member Jade Thirlwall was absent on the day of the performance as she was self-isolating as a precaution at the time, after several members of the production crew had tested positive for COVID-19 a week prior.[11][12] On 8 November, Little Mix performed "Sweet Melody" at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards, which they also hosted.[13] On 21 November, Little Mix performed the song on The Jonathan Ross Show.[14][15]
Commercial performance[]
"Sweet Melody" entered at number eight on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 5 November 2020, becoming their 16th top ten hit on the chart.[16] 11 weeks after its initial entry, "Sweet Melody" reached the top of the UK Singles Chart in the week ending 14 January 2021, becoming Little Mix's fifth number one on the chart, and their first since "Shout Out to My Ex" in October 2016. This moved Little Mix to joint 11th on the list of artists with most number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart.[17] It was the group's first chart-topper since the departure of founding member Jesy Nelson, although her vocals are on the song. "Sweet Melody" spent a total of thirteen weeks inside the top 10 of the UK Charts, becoming the group's longest running Top 10 single there.[18] The track spent 30 weeks in the Top 100 of the UK Singles Charts, becoming one of their longest charting singles there.[19]
Outside of the United Kingdom "Sweet Melody" also topped the charts in North Macedonia[20] and peaked within the top 20 of the charts in Croatia, Hungary and Ireland, and the English-language charts of Guatemala, Bolivia, Uruguay and Peru. The song also charted in Greece, Lithuania, Portugal and Switzerland.
In the Republic of Ireland, "Sweet Melody" entered at number eight on the Irish Singles Chart, becoming the band's tenth top ten single in the country. It later reached a new peak of number seven, and was their first top ten hit in Ireland since "Woman Like Me" which peaked at number three on the Irish Singles Chart in 2018.[21]
Track listing[]
Digital download and streaming[22]
- "Sweet Melody" – 3:33
Digital download and streaming – PS1 remix[23]
- "Sweet Melody" (PS1 remix) – 3:30
Digital download and streaming – Alle Farben remix[24]
- "Sweet Melody" (Alle Farben remix) – 3:21
Digital download and streaming – karaoke[25]
- "Sweet Melody" (karaoke version) – 3:30
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
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Year-end charts[]
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Accolade[]
| 2021 | "Sweet Melody" | Best Pop Video – UK | Nominated | [43] |
Certifications[]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[44] | Platinum | 40,000
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| Poland (ZPAV)[45] | Gold | 10,000
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[47] | Platinum | 832,000[46] |
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Release history[]
| Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | 23 October 2020 | Original | RCA UK | [22] | |
| PS1 remix | [23] | ||||
| 5 November 2020 | Alle Farben remix | [24] | |||
| Australia | 6 November 2020 | Contemporary hit radio | Original | Sony | [48] |
| Various | 5 January 2021 |
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Karaoke | RCA UK | [25] |
See also[]
- List of UK top-ten singles in 2020
- List of UK top-ten singles in 2021
- List of top 10 singles in 2020 (Ireland)
- List of top 10 singles in 2021 (Ireland)
- List of UK Singles Downloads Chart number ones of the 2020s
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s
References[]
- ^ Williams, Jenessa (5 November 2020). "Little Mix – Confetti". DIY. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (5 November 2020). "Little Mix: Confetti review – still stuck inside the pop factory". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ @LittleMix (18 October 2020). "