"Burning" is a song by English singer

Sam Smith Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. After rising to prominence in October 2012 by featuring on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart, they ...

. It was written by Smith, Jason Boyd, Dominic Jordan and Jimmy Giannos, with production handled by

Jimmy Napes James Napier (born 18 September 1984), known professionally as Jimmy Napes, is an English songwriter and record producer. He has won a number of awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, 3 Grammy Awards, and 2 Ivor Novello Awar ...

and

Steve Fitzmaurice Stephen Fitzmaurice is an Irish mixer and producer based in London, England. His credits include albums for Depeche Mode, Seal, Sam Smith, Ian Brown, Kylie Minogue, Sting, Paloma Faith, Olly Murs, The Kooks, Alicia Keys, U2, Hikaru Utada, an ...

. The song was released on 27 October 2017 through

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

, as a promotional single from Smith's second studio album, '' The Thrill of It All'' (2017).

Commercial performance

On 3 November 2017, "Burning" debuted on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

at number sixty-three, selling 5,455 copies. The next week, it would be number thirty-four with sales of 10,502 units. However, "Burning" did not appear on the UK Singles Chart because of the rule that primary artists can have only three concurrent entries.

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* {{authority control 2017 songs 2017 singles Sam Smith (singer) songs Capitol Records singles Songs written by Sam Smith (singer) Songs written by Poo Bear Songs written by Dominic Jordan Songs written by James Giannos