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"Rather Be"
Song

"Rather Be" is a song by British electronic group Clean Bandit, featuring vocals from Jess Glynne. The track was released on 17 January 2014 as the fourth single from the group's upcoming debut studio album, New Eyes (2014).[1][2]

The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and is the fastest-selling single of 2014 so far, and the highest selling January single since "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo, which reached number one in 1996.[3] The song has spent four weeks at number one, selling over 727,000 copies since release.[4]

Background

The song was written by Clean Bandit keyboardist Jack Patterson, Nicole Marshall, and James Napier (frequent collaborator of Disclosure).[5][6] It was produced by Clean Bandit cellist Grace Chatto and Patterson.[5]

Composition

"Rather Be" performs in the key of G♯ minor, in common time and at a light tempo of 121 beats per minute.[7] The track's instrumentation includes a violin, video game-style synth blips, a slow bass, piano and vocals. Contactmusic writer Holly Williams described it as a "mushy love song".[7]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
contactmusic[8]
Digital Spy[9]

"Rather Be" received its first play on 4 December 2013, when it featured as BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World.[10] The song's digital release date was originally planned to be 19 January 2014, but was moved to 17 January.[2] The single was issued by the Warner Music Group, and is the third to be taken from Clean Bandit's upcoming debut studio album.[2]

The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. It became the fasting-selling single of 2014, selling 163,000 copies in its first week. January is usually a month of low single sales, however, "Rather Be" bucked that trend, recording the "biggest weekly sale for a January Number 1 since Babylon Zoo’s Spaceman", which was released in January 1996.[3] The single retained its number one position, selling 137,000 copies in its second week and stayed ahead of main contender for the top, Will.I.Am's "Feeling Myself", by about 40,000 copies.[11] In total, "Rather Be" spent four weeks at the UK top; in the fourth week, it was removed by "Stay The Night" by Zedd during the midweek point, but by the end of week it re-took number one. On 7 March 2014, the British Phonographic Industry certified the song "Platinum".[12] The song has, so far, selling over 727,000 copies since release. It is the first song to spend four consecutive weeks at number one since Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" in June 2013 and the first UK based act since Adele's "Someone like You" in 2011.[13]

In addition, "Rather Be" holds the record for the most streams in a single week on Spotify in the United Kingdom. The track received 1.09 million plays over seven days in February 2014, surpassing the record previously held by Daft Punk's "Get Lucky".[14]

Music video

The video was made by the group and features Haruka Abe as a Japanese fan of the band.[15] The band comments: "The video is about a Japanese fan of the band who becomes delirious and has hallucinations of band members and our logo appearing unexpectedly in her daily life as a chef. Filming in Tokyo was an amazing experience: we spent almost a week there and everyone was so helpful. We made it ourselves as always, which was quite scary as we've never produced anything so far away before. We had a bit of trouble filming the scene on the train though. Turns out it's considered incredibly rude to make noise on a train so when we started dancing around to the track in the carriage with the extras, it didn't go down well! Got shouted at."[16]

Live performances

On 16 January 2014 the group performed "Rather Be" in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, together with a cover version of Lorde's "Royals".[17]

Media

  • In 2014, New Zealand Television channel, TV3, started using the song as their ident since both the name of the song as well as a line from the song is the channel's tagline, "No place I'd rather be".

Track listing

Digital download[2]
No.TitleLength
1."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne)3:49
Digital download — remixes[18]
No.TitleLength
1."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (The Magician remix)4:34
2."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (All About She remix)3:49
3."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (Walter Ego remix)5:57
4."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (Affelaye remix)6:01
Digital download — remixes (Pt. 2)[19]
No.TitleLength
1."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (Cash Cash X Valley remix)4:52
2."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (OVERWERK remix)6:16
3."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (JackLNDN remix)5:07
German, Swiss and Austrian CD single[5]
No.TitleLength
1."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne)3:48
2."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (The Magician remix)4:34
3."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (All About She remix)3:49
4."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (Walter Ego remix)5:57
5."Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne) (Affelaye remix)6:01

Credit and personnel

  • Jack Patterson – songwriter, producer, mixer, keyboards, piano
  • James Napier – songwriter
  • Nicole Marshall – songwriter
  • Grace Chatto – producer, cello
  • Lewis Hopkin – mastering
  • Wez Clarke – mixer
  • Luke Patterson – drums
  • Anthony Strong – piano
  • Asher Zaccardelli – viola
  • Beatrice Philips – violin
  • Neil Amin-Smith – violin
  • Florence Rawlings – vocals
  • Jess Glynne – vocals

Credits adapted from "Rather Be" CD single liner notes.[5]

Charts and certifications

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 4 December 2013 Radio airplay Warner Music Group
Worldwide[2] 17 January 2014 Digital download
Canada[65] 19 January 2014 Digital download – remixes
United Kingdom[18]
United States[66]
United States[67] 18 March 2014 Contemporary hit radio Big Beat Records
Canada[68] 19 May 2014 Digital download – remixes, part 2 Warner Music Group
United States[69]

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  61. ^ THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
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