Reminds Me of You

Album: In the Lonely Hour (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was produced by Joel Little, who was the co-songwriter of Lorde's Pure Heroine album. Little told Billboard magazine about how Smith and him worked together in the studio. "We get into the room together and talk about what we've been listening to and what we feel like working on," he said. "I'll just start by putting a beat together. Sometimes I have things, like starting points in songs prepared, and we'll go through those, but if there's nothing getting us particularly excited, I'll just make something. We'll play around with a few chords until he finds something to sing over the top and we'll take it from there."
  • Sam Smith commented to 4Music: "I feel like this gives a nod to Robyn - an artist I truly adore. It's a dark lonely heavy song."
  • Joel Little wasn't feeling at his best when he collaborated with Smith on this song. He recalled to Songwriter Universe:

    "I had flown to London for the first time, and I gone there direct from New Zealand. I remember the session was the day after I arrived, and there's a 12-hour time difference. I was super jet-lagged and our session started at 3:00 in the afternoon. I got to the studio and remembered that it was 3 am back in New Zealand. I was feeling super spaced-out, and then Sam comes in and I mentioned that I was sorry about being jet-lagged. And Sam was just super lovely about it and said, 'Yeah I totally understand.' He was just very relaxed, and then we started playing around with a few chords and stuff, and the song came together really easily."

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