Love Me Like You
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James Newman | ||||
Producer(s) | Steve Mac | |||
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"Love Me Like You" on YouTube |
"Love Me Like You" is a song by British girl group
"Love Me Like You" is a
Background and release
"Love Me Like You" was written by
The group announced on 9 September 2015 that "Love Me Like You" would be the second single to be released from the album, and that it would be made available to pre-order on 11 September, and be released on 25 September.
Composition
"Love Me Like You" has been described as a down-tempo "ode to '60s
The song opens with the group harmonising "Sha la la la" over pianos.[14] The lyrics are about puppy love, as they yearningly sing "Last night I lay in bed so blue / Cause' I realized the truth/ They can't love me like you / I tried to find somebody new / Baby they ain't got a clue/ Can't love me like you."[14][15] Fuse writer Jeff Benjamin described the song as being reminiscent of 1960s girl group The Ronettes but with a more modern feel for 2015 radio, highlighting the line "They try to romance me but you got that nasty and that's what I want" as an example.[16] Digital Spy writer Lewis Corner thought that the line "He might got the biggest ca-aa-ar" does not fool listeners into thinking that "they're not actually talking about his Fiat 500."[17] Several music critics compared the song to recordings from the Motown era in the 1950s and 1960s,[10][12][18][19] with Andy Gill of The Independent likening it to material composed by Shadow Morton.[11] Emilee Lindner of MTV News likened the production to material composed by Phil Spector.[15] The Christmas mix version features added church bells and jingles.[20]
Critical reception
Andy Gill of The Independent described the track as having a "nice" retro sound, and singled it out as being one of his top three songs from the album to download, along with "Black Magic" and "Grown".[11] Writing for NME, Nick Levine thought that "Love Me Like You" was reminiscent of songs recorded by Stooshe, but added that Little Mix performed the Motown style "without the forced sense of fun."[18] Similarly, Billboard writer Malorie MaCall and Digital Spy critic Jack Klompus likened the retro style to songs performed by Meghan Trainor and The Supremes, respectively.[10][19] Music Times writer Carolyn Menyes praised its composition for being "charming" and described the track as "totally charming."[14] A reviewer for Press Play OK commented that the song was "less club night and more prom night."[21] Broadcaster Stephen Fry criticised the track when interviewed by Newsbeat about his review of a selection of songs released in 2015. He described it as "horrible" and a modern-day "hideous, toxic compound" take on a Phil Spector song.[22]
Joe from Attitude wrote "The modern do-wop sound doesn’t always land, but this takes the vintage sound of The Ronettes, complementing 60s sound, whilst giving it a modern edge with those filthy innuendos. To think this was originally called ‘F**k me like you".[23]
Chart performance
In the United Kingdom, "Love Me Like You" debuted at number 21 on the
Music video
The accompanying music video for "Love Me Like You" was released on 10 October 2015.[37][38] The video takes place at a school dance, where a professor in the hall (the same man who appeared in their previous single's video "Black Magic") tells everyone that it is the last dance. Jade, Leigh-Anne, Jesy and Perrie are waiting for their dates to arrive. Scenes of the girls waiting for their date are intercut throughout the video of them sitting at a table while all of the other couples are dancing. Unbeknownst to them, the man, played by Power Rangers Samurai star Hector David Junior, has invited each of them to go to the dance after meeting them in different situations prior to that night. He asked Jade by picking her up in his car to go on a date. As she gets in, he invites her to be his date at the dance and presents her with a corsage to wear on her wrist on the night. He meets Leigh-Anne at a high school basketball game, where she and her girlfriends were watching him and some other boys play on the court. He sees that she is infatuated by how good he is at the sport, walks up to her, and asks her to be his date by giving her a corsage. He asked Jesy to be his date while they were at the cinema as they shared a bucket of popcorn. As he gives her the corsage, she throws the bucket over her shoulder and eagerly jumps on his lap, causing them to fall off the chair.
Finally, he invited Perrie to be his date after she fell off her bike while staring at him work out on a field and pouring water over his torso to cool down. He helps her up, and gives her a corsage. Toward the end of the video, they sit on a bench next to the entrance, and see their date walk in with another girl wearing the same corsage as the ones that he had given each of them. They realise that they have all been two-timed by the same guy, and are all dateless. It ends with the girls being each other's date and solemnly dancing whilst everyone else has a good time.[37] Metro writer Rebecca Lewis noted that the man in the video strongly resembled Perrie's former fiancé Zayn Malik of One Direction.[39] She also wrote that fans had noticed that she was still wearing her engagement ring in the video, meaning that the video was filmed before they split up in August 2015.[39]
Live performances
Little Mix performed "Love Me Like You" live on the
Track listing
- Digital download[7]
- "Love Me Like You" – 3:17
- Digital download — The Collection[9]
- "Love Me Like You" (Christmas Mix) – 3:29
- "Lightning" – 5:09
- "Love Me Like You" (J-Vibe Reggae Remix) – 3:04
- "Love Me Like You" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 3:07
- "Love Me Like You" (7th Heaven Remix) – 3:10
- "Love Me Like You" (Exclusive Interview) – 3:16
- "Love Me Like You" (Instrumental) – 3:15
Charts
Chart (2015–2016) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[35] | 27 |
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[30] | 66 |
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[32] | 81 |
14 | |
France ( SNEP)[33]
|
140 |
Ireland (IRMA)[29] | 8 |
Japan ( Japan Hot 100)[34]
|
80 |
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ)[36] | 1 |
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[28] | 5 |
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[31] | 64 |
UK Singles ( Official Charts Company)[25]
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11 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[46] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV)[47] Christmas Mix |
Gold | 25,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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