Worry About Me

"Worry About Me"
Single by Ellie Goulding featuring Blackbear
from the album Brightest Blue
Released13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)
Length2:59
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ilya
Ellie Goulding singles chronology
"River"
(2019) 		"Worry About Me"
(2020) 		"Power"
(2020)
Blackbear singles chronology
"No Service in the Hills"
(2020) 		"Worry About Me"
(2020) 		"Monsters"
(2020)
Music video
"Worry About Me" on YouTube

"Worry About Me" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding featuring American singer Blackbear, released as the lead single from Goulding's fourth studio album Brightest Blue, through Polydor Records on 13 March 2020. It was written by Goulding and Blackbear with Ilya Salmanzadeh, Peter Svensson and Savan Kotecha, and produced by Ilya. Its release was fast-tracked due to a leak in early March 2020.[1]

Background

After the song was leaked in March 2020, Goulding posted on social media on 5 March "Since one of you decided to leak it... Coming for you next Friday."[1]

Critical reception

Writing for Idolator, Mike Wass opined that Goulding "asserts her independence" on the track, "telling Mr. Clingy to stop sniffing around her business because she's bus[y] having fun [...] over Ilya's thunderous beats", concluding that it is a "banger".[2] Caian Nunes of Popline wrote that Goulding finds "great inspiration in hip-hop" on the track "without losing her pop [sound]".[3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Emil Nava and was released on Goulding's YouTube channel a few hours after the release of the single.[4] A Director's Cut of the video featuring the instrumental "Overture" was released on 30 April 2020.[5]

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Israel (Media Forest)[6] 5
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[7] 16
Romania (Airplay 100)[8] 80
Scotland (OCC)[9] 69
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 78
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[11] 50
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[12] 33

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 13 March 2020
Polydor [13]
Australia 16 March 2020 Contemporary hit radio Universal [14]
Italy 20 March 2020 [15]
United States 24 March 2020 Interscope [16]

References

  1. ^ a b Nied, Mike (5 March 2020). "Ellie Goulding Readies New Single "Worry About Me"". Idolator. Retrieved 13 March 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Wass, Mike (13 March 2020). "Ellie Goulding Asserts Her Independence On "Worry About Me"". Idolator. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ Nunes, Caian (13 March 2020). "Escute "Worry About Me", novo single de Ellie Goulding em parceria com Blackbear". Popline. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Ellie Goulding, blackbear - Worry About Me (Official Video)". YouTube. 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Ellie Goulding, blackbear - Worry About Me (Director's Cut)". YouTube. 30 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Media Forest Charts - Israel - International". Media Forest Israel. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  8. ^ Arvunescu, Victor (13 July 2020). "Top Airplay 100 - Cea mai bună piesă a verii rămâne pe primul loc" [Top Airplay 100 – The best song of the summer stays at number one] (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Ellie Goulding Chart History: Digital Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Ellie Goulding Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Worry About Me – Single by Ellie Goulding & blackbear". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Singles To Radio". The Music Network. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  15. ^ "ELLIE GOULDING "Worry About Me" | (Radio Date: 20/03/2020)". radiodate.it. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases | Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates". All Access. Retrieved 16 March 2020.