"Loving You" is a song by English singers
Matt Cardle
Matthew Sheridan Cardle (born 15 April 1983) is an English pop singer. He was born in Southampton and grew up in Halstead, Essex. Cardle has been involved in music since his early teens and has been a member of two different bands; Darwyn and ...
and
Melanie C. It was written by Cardle, Jez Ashurst, Will Talbot,
Jamie Scott
Jamie Scott (born James Christopher Needle; 12 February 1984) is an Ivor Novello Award winning English singer, songwriter and producer.
Career Songwriting
As a writer and producer Scott has sold over 100 million albums, 50 million singles, has ...
and Melanie C, and was produced by Cardle, Scott and Toby Smith. It features Cardle on drums and acoustic guitar. The single was released on 18 August 2013 in the United Kingdom as a digital download as the lead single from his third studio album ''
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'' (2013). It has also been released in many countries worldwide, making it the first of his singles to be released outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. Despite only
BBC Radio 2 playlisiting the song, which meant a lack of airplay on radio overall, it performed well in the charts.
It reached number 14 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 ...
, making it Cardle's third and Melanie C's eleventh (as a solo artist) UK Top 40 single. It also reached number 42 on the
Irish Singles Chart and number 11 in Scotland.
Background
Rumours of a duet between Cardle and Melanie C began in early May 2013 after she attended his concert at Union Chapel on 2 May. It was confirmed on 30 June on his website, when it was announced as the first single from his forthcoming album. Cardle said, "I met Melanie at the
Isle of Wight Festival
The Isle of Wight Festival is a British music festival which takes place annually in Newport on the Isle of Wight, England. It was originally a counterculture event held from 1968 to 1970.
The 1970 event was by far the largest of these early ...
last year. I’m a big fan and I’ve always loved her voice."
[ Speaking of the song he said, "I had already started writing "Loving You", and I thought with a few changes it could work perfectly as a duet".]
Music video
Directed by Jonny Kight, the music video was filmed in south London, England on 4 July 2013. It premiered on YouTube
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on 21 July 2013. The video starts with Cardle sitting on his own in various rooms of a house. Mel C is revealed, also on her own, after the first chorus for her solo verse. Throughout, there are close up shots of their bodies laying together on a mattress, apart at first then becoming closer together until finally kissing at the end.
Promotion
On 6 July 2013, Cardle performed the song for the first time, as a solo in Stafford. On 16 August 2013 he performed the song with Melanie C live on British weekday breakfast television programme '' Daybreak''. On 21 August 2013 they performed the song live on British daytime television programme '' This Morning''.
Cardle and Melanie C went on a promotional trip to Germany in late August. They performed on German sports show ''Samstag Live'' on 24 August 2013. On 25 August 2013 they performed the song on German television programme ''Fernsehgarten''. In October they did a promotional trip to Poland. They performed on Polish TV show Dzień Dobry TVN on 26 October 2013. They also performed on British chat show The Paul O'Grady Show
''The Paul O'Grady Show'' is a British comedy chat show presented by comedian Paul O'Grady, first shown on 11 October 2004. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, a ...
on 15 November 2013.
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Loving You".
*;Digital download
#"Loving You" – 3:34
*;Digital download
#"Te Amo" – 3:34
*;Remixes (EP)
Charts
Release history
References
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2013 singles
2013 songs
Matt Cardle songs
Melanie C songs
Songs written by Melanie C
Male–female vocal duets
Songs written by Jez Ashurst
Songs written by Jamie Scott
Songs written by Matt Cardle