"Daddy" is a song by British singer
Emeli Sandé
Adele Emily Sandé ( ; previously Gouraguine; born 10 March 1987), known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a British singer and songwriter. Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Sandé rose t ...
, featuring British record producer
Naughty Boy
Shahid Khan (; born 1 January 1981), known professionally as Naughty Boy, is an English DJ, record producer, music programmer and songwriter. In 2012, Khan signed a three-year publishing deal with Sony ATV, as well as a recording contract wit ...
. It was released on 27 November 2011 as the second single from her debut studio album, ''
Our Version of Events
''Our Version of Events'' is the debut studio album by Scottish singer Emeli Sandé. The album was released on 13 February 2012 by Virgin Records, following Sandé's winning of the Critics' Choice Award at the BRIT Awards 2012. Though ''Our Ver ...
'', which was released on 13 February 2012. In early January 2012, it was made
iTunes' song of the week.
Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Daddy" was first released onto
YouTube
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on 21 October 2011 at a total length of three minutes and twenty seconds. The video features Sandé singing, whilst burglars, in which one of them is the person Sandé is singing about, raid a supermarket, and one of them takes the money from the cash machine. In the end, Sandé is in the supermarket, whilst a burglar approaches her. He then takes off his mask. In the end, the burglar finds a folded piece of paper in his fridge.
Critical reception
Lewis Corner of
Digital Spy
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gave the song a very positive review, stating: "My friends keep telling you what he did last night, how many girls he kissed, how many he liked," she insists over haunting church bell chimes as she gives her bezzie a reality check on love; before a mish-mash of thrashing acoustics pound out with more drama than the EastEnders cliffhanger outro. By the time the catchy-as-cholera chorus kicks in, it's obvious that 2012 is Sande's for the taking. At least Cowell's got one thing right this year, eh?
Track listing
* Digital remix single
# "Daddy" – 3:08
# "Daddy" (Fred V & Grafix remix) – 4:29
# "Daddy" (Disclosure remix) – 4:08
# "Daddy" (Third Party remix) – 6:21
# "Daddy" (Cyantific remix) – 5:40
# "Daddy" (Ifan Dafydd remix) – 4:59
Chart performance
Release history
References
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2011 singles
Emeli Sandé songs
Virgin Records singles
Song recordings produced by Naughty Boy
Song recordings produced by Mojam
Songs written by Emeli Sandé
Naughty Boy songs
Songs written by Naughty Boy
Songs written by Mustafa Omer
2011 songs