Worry About Me
2020 single by Ellie Goulding featuring Blackbear
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"Worry About Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding featuring American rapper and singer Blackbear, released as the lead single from Goulding's fourth studio album Brightest Blue, through Polydor Records on 13 March 2020.
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| Single by Ellie Goulding featuring Blackbear | ||||
| from the album Brightest Blue | ||||
| Released | 13 March 2020 | |||
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| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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| Producer | Ilya | |||
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| Blackbear singles chronology | ||||
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| "Worry About Me" on YouTube | ||||
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".[1] Caian Nunes of Popline wrote that Goulding finds "great inspiration in hip-hop" on the track "without losing her pop [sound]".[2]
Music video
The music video for "Worry About Me" was directed by Emil Nava and was released on Goulding's YouTube channel a few hours after the release of the single.[3] A Director's Cut of the video featuring the instrumental "Overture" was released on 30 April 2020.[4]
Track listing
- Digital download and streaming — Single[5]
- "Worry About Me" — 2:59
- Digital download and streaming — (Remixes)[6]
- "Worry About Me" (Lost Frequencies remix) — 4:11
- "Worry About Me" (MK remix) — 3:33
- "Worry About Me" (Maya Jane Coles remix) — 4:13
- "Worry About Me" (Krystal Klear remix) — 6:01
Personnel
Credits were adapted from Apple Music.[5]
- Ellie Goulding — vocals, background vocals, songwriter
- Ilya Salmanzadeh — producer, songwriter, keyboard arranger, engineer, programming, drums, percussion, bass guitar
- Blackbear (a.k.a. Matthew Musto) — vocals, songwriter
- Jason Elliott — recording engineer
- Serban Ghenea — mixing engineer
- John Hanes — assistant mixing engineer
- Randy Merrill — mastering engineer
- Peter Svensson — guitar
- Savan Kotecha — piano
- Leo Kotecha — background vocals
- Mylo Kotecha — background vocals
Charts
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Israel (Media Forest)[7] | 5 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[8] | 16 |
| Romania (Airplay 100)[9] | 80 |
| Scotland Singles (OCC)[10] | 69 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[11] | 78 |
| US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[12] | 50 |
| US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[13] | 33 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | 13 March 2020 | Polydor | [5] | |
| 15 March 2020 | [6] | |||
| Australia | 16 March 2020 | Contemporary hit radio | Universal | [14] |
| Italy | 20 March 2020 | [15] | ||
| United States | 24 March 2020 | Interscope | [16] |