Click Clack Symphony

According to Raye, on 1 May 2024 she sent a text message to Zimmer, which ultimately resulted in the song's fruition. The message read, "Hi Hans, this is a very rough demo of a song that I want to make on my album. I was wondering if you wanted to work with me on it. No worries if you don't feel any connection from it".^[1] Zimmer ended up agreeing and they recorded the song later that month with a live orchestra.^[1]

Raye debuted the song on the first stop of her tour, This Tour May Contain New Music, in Łódź, Poland, on 22 January 2026.^[2] The song was released on 20 March 2026 for digital download and onto streaming services,^[3][4] and was serviced to radio in Italy that same day.^[5] Upon release, the track was met by positive critical reception, with Liberty Dunworth of NME branding it as an 'empowering new single',^[6] and Nmesoma Okechukwu of Europhia. describing it as a "masterpiece".^[7]

Raye wrote "Click Clack Symphony" with Zimmer and her frequent collaborator Mike Sabath. It was produced by Raye, Zimmer, Sabath, Hendric Buenck, and Russell Emanuel from Bleeding Fingers Music.^[9] According to New Wave Magazine, the song features "contemporary pop elements" and "symphonic arrangements", with "cinematic" orchestration from Zimmer.^[10] The beat of the song is repeated click-clacking of high heels. There are also several spoken-word interludes. Lyrically, the song is about "[getting] out of the house and [starting] living again".^[8] Writing for the BBC, Mark Savage described the track as a "spiritual sequel" to Raye's "2022 smash 'Escapism'", that "ushers in the light".^[11]

Raye recorded the music video for the song in early January 2026 in East London.^[12] The music video was directed by Dave Meyers and follows Raye dancing around a house, transitioning onto a street in East London, and being whisked up into the air by a musical note before flying around over houses and streets. The ending of the video sees Raye running around carelessly through Devil's Dyke, Sussex, declaring that "The cold never lasts my darling, it just teaches the heart how to burn".^[7]

In the United Kingdom, "Click Clack Symphony" debuted at number 18 on the UK singles chart for the week ending 27 March 2026, with 20,286 sales.^[13] In doing so, it became Raye's third top twenty entry from This Music May Contain Hope in the country, and Zimmer's first top twenty entry on the UK singles chart.^[14][15] The following week, it rose to a new peak position of number 11 with 25,338 sales.^[16] In Ireland, the song debuted at number 25, before rising to number 16 the following week.^[17]

Elsewhere, "Click Clack Symphony" reached number 11 in Switzerland,^[18] and number 24 in the Netherlands.^[19] In Belgium, the song reached number 20 in the Flanders region of the country,^[20] while in Australia the song reached number 42.^[21] In New Zealand, the song debuted at number 40.^[22] "Click Clack Symphony." charted outside the top fifty in Canada,^[23] France,^[24] Germany,^[25] and Sweden.^[26] On the Billboard Global 200, the song reached number 68, becoming the second entry on the chart from This Music May Contain Hope.^[27]

Digital single

1. "Click Clack Symphony" – 5:01

7" single

1. "Click Clack Symphony" – 5:01
2. "Click Clack Symphony" (instrumental) – 5:01