"Real Love" is a song by English

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and English singer and songwriter

Jess Glynne Jessica Hannah Glynne (born 20 October 1989) is an English singer and songwriter. After signing with Atlantic Records, she rose to prominence in 2014 as a featured artist on the singles "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit and " My Love" by Route 94, bot ...

. It was released on 16 November 2014 as a joint single, taken from the special edition of the group's album ''

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''. The two previously collaborated on "

Rather Be "Rather Be" is a song by English electronic music group Clean Bandit, featuring vocals by Jess Glynne. It was released on 5 December 2013 as the fourth single from the group's debut studio album, ''New Eyes'' (2014). It also appears on the delu ...

". "Real Love" reached number one in Israel and in the

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Background

After the huge success of Clean Bandit's song "

", which Glynne featured on, they decided to collaborate again after the writing collective ''The Six'' presented them with "Real Love". It was released on 16 November 2014 as a digital download.

Commercial performance

On the

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, the song debuted at number two, becoming Clean Bandit's third UK top 10 hit and Glynne's fourth. As of November 2016, its UK sales stand at over 682,000. The song made the top 40 in several European countries, managing to reach a height of number two in Germany. It also reached number 13 in Australia. In 2015, it was released on US dance radio and peaked at number 20 on the

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chart.

Music video

The music video was made by Clean Bandit and features some of their fans kissing, interspersed with clips of Clean Bandit and Glynne performing the song in a studio. The video was released on 20 October 2014 and has since then received nearly 80 million views on YouTube as of March 2018.

Cover versions

*In 2015,

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performance of the song on the 2015 reissue of their self-titled album. For a short time, a bootleg from producer 5erg was released on iTunes without permission from Clean Bandit. It was later taken down.

Track listing

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Certifications

Release history

References

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