"Up" is a song by English singer

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, released on 1 December 2014 as the second single from his fourth studio album, ''

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'' (2014). It features American singer

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and is also featured on the deluxe version of Lovato's fourth album, ''

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''. It was written and produced by

Daniel Davidsen Daniel Heløy Davidsen (born 30 December 1978 in Copenhagen) is a Danish-Norwegian guitarist. He is known for his participation in bands like Czesław Śpiewa and JazzKamikaze and many record appearances as a studio musician, with artists like S ...

, Peter Wallevik and

Cutfather Mich Hedin Hansen (born 9 April 1968), known professionally as Cutfather, is a Danish music producer, songwriter, remixer and DJ based in Copenhagen. Cutfather has a studio on Njalsgade, Copenhagen. Career Cutfather is perhaps best known for his ...

, with additional writing from

Wayne Hector Wayne Anthony Hector is a British songwriter who is best known for his work with pop artists such as Nicki Minaj, One Direction, the Wanted, Toše Proeski and Olly Murs. He co-wrote seven of Westlife's number one singles, including "World of O ...

, and

Maegan Cottone Maegan Cottone is an American songwriter, singer, vocal producer and vocal arranger. In 2012, Cottone signed to British publishing company Phrased Differently and managed by Wide Awake Music. She achieved international songwriting success in the ...

. "Up" has peaked at number four on the

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. It has also been certified Platinum in the UK for sales of over 600,000. It also reached the top ten in Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, Slovenia, and South Africa. It was the fourth-most-consumed song of 2015 in Slovenia. Murs performed this song at his 2015 Never Been Better Tour with support act

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singing Lovato's lyrics.

Background

The song was written and produced by

, and Peter Wallevik, and it was co-written by

and

. According to Cutfather, the song is inspired by the music of

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and

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. "Up" was initially submitted to English-Irish boy band

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, but it was rejected by their label

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. The song's chorus was then re-written by Maegan Cottone and then submitted to Olly Murs as a duet.

Music videos

The music video was directed by Ben and

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and released on

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on 11 December 2014. The video features Murs and Lovato standing in two rooms separated by a wall. They begin to wreck the rooms before Murs uses a guitar to break a hole into the wall and he and Lovato begin to remove most of the bricks in the wall and look upon each other. A black and white video of the song's acoustic version was released on 18 December 2014, where Murs and Lovato recording the song in a studio.

Live performances

Murs and Lovato first performed the song live on the final of the eleventh series of ''

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'' on 14 December 2014.

Chart performance

"Up" debuted at number 120 on the

for the week of 6 December 2014, and rose into the top 100 at number 94 in its second week. The following week it reached number 43, before reaching its peak of number 4. The song debuted in New Zealand at number 38. The single has so far sold 606,500 copies in the UK and is certified platinum. This is Demi Lovato's first platinum hit in the UK, let alone the first by any

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artist, despite this being released by Epic. In addition, Up has so far reached number 14 on the

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; thus becoming Lovato's second Australian top 20 hit. Worldwide, Up has currently sold over 1,000,000 copies.

Track listing

*Digital EP #"Up" (live acoustic version) – 3:49 #"Up" (

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radio mix) – 3:41 #"Up" (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron radio mix) – 3:43 #"

Dear Darlin' "Dear Darlin'" is a song by English recording artist Olly Murs, from his third studio album, '' Right Place Right Time'' (2012). The song was released as the third single from the album on 26 May 2013. It was co-written by Murs, Paul Flowers, Ed ...

" (

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live performance) – 3:59 *German CD single #"Up" #"Up" (live acoustic version)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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