Outside

Album: Motion (2014)
Charted: 6 29
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Songfacts®:

  • This song features vocals by Ellie Goulding. The pair previously teamed up on the 2012 single "I Need Your Love."
  • The song acts as a darker sequel to their previous collaboration. Whilst "I Need Your Love found Goulding singing about being enamoured with her guy, this finds her breaking up with him. "I'll show you what it feels like," she sings, "now I'm on the outside."
  • This topped the charts in Finland and Germany and was a Top 10 hit in many other countries. The song was Harris' eighth and Goulding's fifth Top 40 single in the US.

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