Sweet Melody

"Sweet Melody" is a song by British girl group Little Mix, released through RCA Records on 23 October 2020, as the third single from the group's sixth studio album Confetti (2020). It is described as a dance pop track with bouncy reggaeton drum beats, that lyrically addresses a past relationship and is about moving on from a cheating ex.[1][2] It was met positive reviews from music critics.

For other uses, see Sweet Melody (disambiguation).

"Sweet Melody"
Single by Little Mix
from the album Confetti
Released23 October 2020 (2020-10-23)
Length3:33
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Little Mix singles chronology
"Holiday"
(2020)		 "Sweet Melody"
(2020)		 "No Time for Tears"
(2020)
Music video
"Sweet Melody" on YouTube

"Sweet Melody" was originally chosen to be the lead single from the group's six studio album Confetti, but they chose to go with "Break Up Song" instead. The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 2021, becoming the group's fifth number-one single on the chart. It topped The Official Big Top 40 charts and reached the charts in fifteen additional countries.[3] In 2020, it was named as one of the Best Songs of the year by Billboard.[4]

Background

On 18 October 2020, the group posted a teaser video to Twitter, hinting at a forthcoming announcement.[5] The next day, they posted an official announcement and release date for the song along with a preview of the track.[6] In November 2020, during an interview for Gay Times producer MNEK revealed "Sweet Melody" was originally crafted for a Demi Lovato songwriting camp three years prior. It was later offered to Selena Gomez, JoJo, and Hailee Steinfeld before eventually being pitched to Little Mix.[3]

Music video

The band teased the music video of the song with posts to social media on 21 October 2020, stating that it was coming soon.[7] A day later, Little Mix announced via Twitter that the music video would be released on 23 October where it was uploaded to YouTube.[8] On 20 November, an official lyric video made by a fan was released to the group's YouTube channel.[9][10] On 27 November, the official vertical video version was uploaded to their YouTube channel.[11] This is the last music video as a quartet as Jesy Nelson left the group in December 2020.

Live performances

"Sweet Melody"'s debut performance was on the first live show of Little Mix The Search. Group member Jade Thirlwall was absent on the day of the performance as she was self-isolating as a precaution at the time, after several members of the production crew had tested positive for COVID-19 a week prior.[12][13] On 8 November, Little Mix performed "Sweet Melody" at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards, which they also hosted.[14] On 21 November, Little Mix performed the song on The Jonathan Ross Show.[15][16]

Commercial performance

"Sweet Melody" entered at number eight on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 5 November 2020, becoming their 16th top ten hit on the chart.[17] 11 weeks after its initial entry, "Sweet Melody" reached the top of the UK Singles Chart in the week ending 14 January 2021, becoming Little Mix's fifth number one on the chart, and their first since "Shout Out to My Ex" in October 2016. This moved Little Mix to joint 11th on the list of artists with most number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart.[18] It was the group's first chart-topper since the departure of founding member Jesy Nelson, although her vocals are on the song. "Sweet Melody" spent a total of thirteen weeks inside the top 10 of the UK Charts, becoming the group's longest running Top 10 single there.[19] The track spent 30 weeks in the Top 100 of the UK Singles Charts, becoming one of their longest charting singles there.[20]

Outside of the United Kingdom "Sweet Melody" also topped the charts in North Macedonia[21] and peaked within the top 20 of the charts in Croatia, Hungary and Ireland, and the English-language charts of Guatemala, Bolivia, Uruguay and Peru. The song also charted in Greece, Lithuania, Portugal and Switzerland.

In the Republic of Ireland, "Sweet Melody" entered at number eight on the Irish Singles Chart, becoming the band's tenth top ten single in the country. It later reached a new peak of number seven, and was their first top ten hit in Ireland since "Woman Like Me" which peaked at number three on the Irish Singles Chart in 2018.[22]

Track listing

Digital download and streaming[23]

  1. "Sweet Melody" – 3:33

Digital download and streaming – PS1 remix[24]

  1. "Sweet Melody" (PS1 remix) – 3:30

Digital download and streaming – Alle Farben remix[25]

  1. "Sweet Melody" (Alle Farben remix) – 3:21

Digital download and streaming – karaoke[26]

  1. "Sweet Melody" (karaoke version) – 3:30

Charts

Accolade
2021 "Sweet Melody" Best Pop Video – UK Nominated [44]

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[45] Platinum 40,000
Poland (ZPAV)[46] Gold 10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[47] Platinum 832,000[48]

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Release dates and formats for "Sweet Melody"
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various 23 October 2020
Original RCA UK [23]
PS1 remix [24]
5 November 2020 Alle Farben remix [25]
Australia 6 November 2020 Contemporary hit radio Original Sony [49]
Various 5 January 2021
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Karaoke RCA UK [26]

See also

References
  1. Williams, Jenessa (5 November 2020). "Little Mix – Confetti". DIY. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. Petridis, Alexis (5 November 2020). "Little Mix: Confetti review – still stuck inside the pop factory". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. Damshenas, Sam (20 November 2020). "Singer, songwriter and producer: MNEK is more than just a pop star". Gay Times. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. Billboard Staff (8 December 2020). "The 100 Best Songs of 2020: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. @LittleMix (18 October 2020). "🔥🔥🔥" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. @LittleMix (19 October 2020). "Went something like... 🔥 SWEET MELODY 23.10" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. @LittleMix (21 October 2020). "🔥 SWEET MELODY 23.10 🔥 Official video coming sooooon... 👀🎉" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. @LittleMix (22 October 2020). "SWEET MELODY IS OUT NOW 🔥 lttlmx.com/SweetMelody Get your alarms set for the video premiere tomorrow at 9am BST... you don't want to miss this #SweetMelody #Confetti 🎉" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. Little Mix (20 November 2020). "Little Mix - Sweet Melody (Lyric Video)". Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020 – via YouTube.
  10. "Little Mix via Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  11. "Little Mix - Sweet Melody (Official Vertical Video) - YouTube". YouTube. 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  12. BBC (24 October 2020). "@Little Mix kick off Battle of the Bands with Sweet Melody! - Little Mix The Search - BBC". Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via YouTube.
  13. Duke, Simon (24 October 2020). "Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall sparks concern from fans after being 'missing' from The Search". ChronicleLive. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  14. Nugent, Annabel (21 October 2020). "Little Mix will perform new single 'Sweet Melody' after being announced as MTV EMA –hosts". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  15. "Little Mix perform 'Sweet Melody' in rink full of water on The Jonathan Ross Show". Breathe Heavy. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  16. "Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards & Leigh-Anne Pinnock Give First TV Interview Without Jesy Nelson On Jonathan Ross". Capital FM. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  17. "Ariana Grande positions herself at Number 1 on the Official UK Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  18. "Little Mix score fifth Number 1 single with Sweet Melody: "We literally can't thank the fans enough"". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  19. "Little Mix make history as first girl group to claim 100 weeks in Top 10". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  20. "Little Mix's Official Top 20 songs revealed". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  21. "Little Mix | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  22. "Positions becomes Ariana Grande's seventh Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  23. "Sweet Melody / Little Mix". Tidal. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  24. "Sweet Melody (PS1 Remix) - Single". Apple Music (GB). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  25. "Sweet Melody (Alle Farben Remix) - Single". Apple Music (GB). Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  26. "Sweet Melody (Karaoke Version) - Single". Apple Music (GB). Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  27. "Little Mix – Sweet Melody" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  28. "Croatia ARC TOP 100". HRT. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  29. "Little Mix Chart History (Euro Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  30. "Little Mix Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  31. "Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 43/2020". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  32. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  33. "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  34. "2020 44-os SAVAITĖS (spalio 23-29 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 30 October 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  35. "Dutchcharts.nl – Little Mix – Sweet Melody". MegaCharts (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  36. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  37. "Little Mix – Sweet Melody". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  38. Arvunescu, Victor (19 April 2021). "Top Airplay 100 - Cine îl dă jos pe Tiesto?" [Top Airplay 100 – Who will take down Tiesto?] (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  39. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  40. "Little Mix – Sweet Melody". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  41. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  42. "Little Mix Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  43. "End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  44. "UK Music Video Awards 2021 nominations revealed". shots.net. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  45. "Brazilian single certifications – Little Mix – Sweet Melody" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  46. "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2021 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  47. "British single certifications – Little Mix – Sweet Melody". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 December 2020. Select singles in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Sweet Melody in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  48. Paine, Andre (6 January 2022). "RCA triumphs as No.1 record company of 2021 with more than 15 billion streams". Music Week. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  49. "Singles to Radio". The Music Network. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.