"My Oasis" is a song by British 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 ...

, featuring vocals from Nigerian singer and songwriter

Burna Boy Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. He rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album, '' L.I ...

. It was released through

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on 30 July 2020 as the lead single from Smith's third studio album ''

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'' (2020). The song was written 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 Award ...

and Burna Boy. Burna Boy's production includes elements of

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Background

The song received its official first play on

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's Annie Mac Show. Talking about the song, Sam Smith said, "This track has been a beautiful release of emotions for me during this time. I've been a fan of Burna Boy for years now and so happy to have a tune with him."

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. *

Ilya Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." ...

– producer, associated performer, keyboards, percussion, programming, vocal producer *

– producer, composer, lyricist, associated performer, bass guitar, programming, synthesizer * Damini Ogulu – composer, lyricist, associated performer, featured artist, vocals *

– composer, lyricist, associated performer, vocals * Ben Jones – acoustic guitar, associated performer, electric guitar * Darren Heelis – additional Juno Bass played and recorded * Randy Merrill – mastering engineer, studio personnel * Steve Fitzmaurice – mixer, studio personnel

Charts

Release history

References

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