Miracle (Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding song)

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"Miracle"
Single by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding
Released10 March 2023 (2023-03-10)
RecordedJanuary 2023
Genre
Length3:06
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Calvin Harris
  • Burns
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"New to You"
(2022) 		"Miracle"
(2023) 		"Desire"
(2023)
Ellie Goulding singles chronology
"Like a Saviour"
(2023) 		"Miracle"
(2023) 		"
By The End of the Night
"
(2023)
Music video
"Miracle" on
YouTube

"Miracle" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer

Sony Music UK. It is a trance song inspired by Eurodance and techno
that uses piano and synths in its production.

The song was nominated for the

Brit Award for Song Of The Year at the Brit Awards 2024 and won the Most Played Song Award at the Global Awards 2024
.

Background

Before the release of "Miracle", Scottish DJ Calvin Harris and English pop singer Ellie Goulding had released two collaborations: "I Need Your Love" in 2012 and "Outside" in 2014.[1] Harris later texted Goulding, asking her to collaborate with him on "Miracle".[2] On 12 January 2023, Harris posted a picture of him and Goulding together in a recording studio.[3] Goulding first performed parts of the song a cappella inside St Bartholomew-the-Great which was uploaded on TikTok by both artists.[4]

According to Harris, creating the song took him back to his early producing days in the late 1990s, having taken "bits from that" and putting it "in a new context". He chose Goulding as the vocalist, citing her "angelic voice" and calling her the only one capable of delivering the vocals on the song.[5]

Release

Miracle was released alongside an animated lyric video.[6] A music video for "Miracle" was released on 24 March 2023, depicting Goulding in a crown and being circled by dancers and lasers.[7] Dutch DJ Hardwell's big room trance remix of "Miracle" was premiered during his headlining performance at Ultra Music Festival in March 2023 before it was officially released on 14 April 2023.[8][9] A house remix of "Miracle" by Mau P was released on 21 April 2023.[10]

Performances

During his headlining performance at

Coachella in April 2023, Harris brought out Goulding as a guest for their first live performance of "Miracle".[11][12] Harris also performed "Miracle" as the closer for his set during Primavera Sound in Barcelona in June 2023.[13]

Ellie Goulding performed "Miracle" at American Idol's Season 21 grand finale stage in May 2023.[14] Goulding included "Miracle" in the setlist for her UK and European Higher Than Heaven Tour dates.[15]

Composition

"Miracle" is an uptempo, 1990s- and early 2000s-inspired[5] trance song[16][17] with inspiration from techno[7] and a Eurodance-inspired beat[18] combined with "ethereal" piano,[19] "glittering", "repetitive" synths, heavy bass, a "soft" organ, and fast kick drums in its production.[5][20] Goulding sings with "soft-tinged" vocals on the song.[21] Rolling Stone, in their list of the one-hundred best songs of 2023, called the collaboaration "another electropop smash" and "a psychelic EDM hit".[22]

Critical reception

Far Out wrote, "Vibrant, maximalist, and just the right amount of cheesy, 'Miracle' is undeniably catchy, if not a bit rote," also writing that it was "certainly not a revelation".[26] For The Music, Emma Whines called the song's hook "a true standout".[20]

Year-end lists

Select year-end rankings of "Miracle"
Publication List Rank Ref.
Rolling Stone The 100 Best Songs of 2023
93
[22]

Music video

Commercial performance

"Miracle" debuted at number three on the

One Kiss", which also held at number one for eight weeks, as Harris' longest-running number one on the chart.[30][16]

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

‹See Tfd›
Certifications for "Miracle"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[95] 2× Platinum 140,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[96] Gold 15,000‡
Belgium (BEA)[97] Platinum 40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[98] Gold 45,000‡
France (
SNEP)[99]
 Platinum 200,000‡
Hungary (MAHASZ)[100] 2× Platinum 8,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[101] Gold 50,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[102] Platinum 50,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[103] Gold 5,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[104] Platinum 60,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[105] 2× Platinum 40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[106] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[107] Gold 500,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[108] Gold 1,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Miracle"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 10 March 2023
  • Sony Music UK
 [17]
United States 6 June 2023 Contemporary hit radio [109]

See also

References

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