Until I Found You
2021 single by Stephen Sanchez
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"Until I Found You" is the breakout single of American singer-songwriter Stephen Sanchez. It was released on September 1, 2021, as the lead single from Sanchez's second extended play Easy on My Eyes and debut album Angel Face. Written by Sanchez and produced by Ian Fitchuk and Konrad Snyder, the song, along with its remix version featuring American singer Em Beihold, has garnered over one billion streams on Spotify, and peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 8 on the Australian ARIA chart and at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart.
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| Single by Stephen Sanchez | ||||
| from the EP Easy on My Eyes and the album Angel Face | ||||
| Released | September 1, 2021 | |||
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| Length | 2:57 | |||
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| Stephen Sanchez singles chronology | ||||
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 Remix version featuring Em Beihold | ||||
| Em Beihold singles chronology | ||||
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| "Until I Found You" on YouTube | ||||
Background
Originally released on September 1, 2021, by Republic Records and Mercury Records, the song received viral support on TikTok. Sanchez explained that the address "Georgia" refers to his girlfriend at the time, with whom he was in a long-distance relationship. He explains that he felt so undeserving of her love that he "pushed her away". The pair ended up reconnecting, but Sanchez says the song was written during the period when he had "lost her". The chorus line "I would never fall in love again until I found her" according to Sanchez, was him acknowledging that he would likely never find anyone else like her, and that he didn't want to "try and conjure up something similar or try and find someone similar…because it just would never happen."[2][3][4]
A piano version of the song was released on March 11, 2022. On April 22, 2022, a remix of the song was released along with fellow American singer-songwriter Em Beihold.[3][5]
Live performances
Sanchez performed the song on Late Night with Seth Meyers in May 2022,[6] on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in June 2022,[7] and in February 2023 with Beihold on The Late Late Show with James Corden.[8]
At Glastonbury 2023, during the Sunday headline slot, Sanchez performed the song with Elton John.[9]
In February 2024, Sanchez performed the song on America's Got Talent: Fantasy League with America's Got Talent season 14 winner & Fantasy League member Kodi Lee.
Composition
The track is composed in the key of B-flat major with a time signature of 12
8, and follows a tempo of 68 dotted crotchet beats (dotted quarter notes) per minute.[10]
Music video
The music video was officially uploaded to Sanchez's YouTube channel on June 29, 2022. The synopsis of the music video sees Sanchez singing in a convertible car while a Marilyn Monroe-esque ingenue (Jeri Mae James) sits on the back of the car before switching scenes on a TV set.[11]
Use in other media
In 2023, the remix version of the song featuring Em Beihold was featured in two episodes of season 2 of the series Ginny & Georgia.[12] It was also used in an episode of season 3 of series Superman & Lois.[13] The song is used in the trailer for Nicola Peltz's 2024 film Lola.[14]
On February 10, 2023, Korean-New Zealand singer Rosé from South Korean girl group Blackpink released a cover of the song in honor of her birthday. The cover peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Trending Songs chart, and the original version concurrently rose 8% in U.S. streams during the same week.[15]
The song will be featured in the third season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Percy and Annabeth share a slow dance.[16]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Monthly charts
Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[88] Remix version |
7× Platinum | 490,000‡ |
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[89] | 3× Diamond | 480,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[90] | 5× Platinum | 400,000‡ |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[91] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
| France (SNEP)[92] | Diamond | 333,333‡ |
| Germany (BVMI)[93] | Gold | 300,000‡ |
| Italy (FIMI)[94] | Platinum | 100,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[95] | 4× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
| Poland (ZPAV)[96] | 3× Platinum | 150,000‡ |
| Portugal (AFP)[97] | 3× Platinum | 30,000‡ |
| Spain (Promusicae)[98] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[99] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[100] | 2× Platinum | 1,200,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[101] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||