"Jealousy" is a song by the British singer

Will Young William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest '' Pop Idol'', making him the first winner of the worldwide '' Idol ...

. It was written by

, Kish Mauve, and Jim Eliot for his fifth studio album '' Echoes'' (2011), while production was helmed by

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, with Eliot and Pete Hofmann crecited as additional producers. The song was released as the album's lead single on 19 August 2011 in the United Kingdom and received widespread acclaim from music critics, eventually winning music website

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's £20 Music Prize in 2012. "Jealousy" gave Young his first UK top-five hit in five years (since " All Time Love" in 2006, which reached number three).

Reception

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'' described "Jealousy" as "a stately, radio-friendly slice of polite dance music with a fantastic vocal." ''Entertainment Focus'' called the track "simply stunning."

Promotion

The song received its first radio play on BBC Radio 2 on 11 July 2011.

Music video

The video for "Jealousy" was directed by Diamond Dogs and tells the story of impossible love where Young is "lusting for an otherwise engaged man." It was first released onto

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on 29 July 2011 featuring an album version edit of the song at a total length of three minutes and eighteen seconds.

Track listing

All tracks written by

, Kish Mauve, and Jim Eliot. Notes * denotes additional producer * denotes remix producer

Credits and personnel

* Jim Eliot – additional producer, writer * Pete Hofmann – additional producer, mixing engineer * Alex Meadows – bass * Mima Stilwell – writer * Tim Weller – drums *

– producer *

– vocals, writer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2011 singles Song recordings produced by Richard X Songs written by Will Young Sony Music singles Will Young songs