LOVE IN
THE DARK
ADELE
SONGWRITERS: ADELE ADKINS & SAMUEL DIXON
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: 25
LABEL: XL RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 2015
“Love in the Dark” is a song recorded by
Adele, taken from her third studio album, 25. The song was written by Adele with Sam Dixon, who
also produced the song. The song appears as the eighth track on the album.
25 is the third studio album by
English singer-songwriter Adele,
released on 20 November 2015 by XL Recordings and Columbia Records. The album is titled as a
reflection of her life and frame of mind at 25 years old and is termed a
"make-up record". Its lyrical content features
themes of Adele "yearning for her old self, her nostalgia",
and "melancholia about the passage of time" according to an interview
with the singer by Rolling Stone, as well
as themes of motherhood and regret. In contrast to Adele's previous works, the
production of 25 incorporated the use of electronic elements and creative
rhythmic patterns, with elements of 1980s R&B and organs. Like when recording 21, Adele worked with producer and
songwriter Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder, along
with new collaborations with Max Martin and Shellback,
Greg Kurstin, Danger Mouse,
the Smeezingtons, Samuel Dixon, and Tobias Jesso Jr.
25 received generally positive reviews from
music critics, who commended its production and Adele's vocal performance
although some were critical of its formulaic nature and Adele's lack of taking
risk. Issued nearly five years after the release of her sophomore album, the
internationally successful 21(2011),
the album was widely anticipated and Adele's record labels promoted the album
with an extensive marketing campaign. 25 became a massive commercial success,
debuting at number one in 32 countries and breaking
first-week sales records in multiple
countries, including the United Kingdom and United States. In the US, the album
sold over 3.38 million copies in its first week of sales, marking the largest
single-week sales for an album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. 25 was the world's
best-selling album of the year for 2015, with
18.4 million copies sold within the year, and has gone on to sell over 22
million copies worldwide, making it the fourth-best selling album of the 21st century,
the second-best
selling album of the 2010s(behind 21), and one of
the best-selling
albums of all-time. Following 21, it was certified Diamond by the RIAA, making Adele the only
artist of the 2010s to achieve this certification with two albums.
Four
singles were released to promote the album, with "Hello" becoming an international number
one song and the fastest selling digital single in the US, with over a million
copies sold within a week of its release, "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
charted within the top 10 and "When We Were Young"
and "Water Under the Bridge" charted
within the top 20 across Europe and North America. Credited
for impacting the music industry by encouraging a renewed interest in buying
physical releases rather than downloading or streaming and much like 21, for
saving the dwindling sales of the global music industry, 25 won the 2016 Brit Award for British Album of the Year,
and the 2017 Grammy Award for Album of the
Year. To promote the album, Adele embarked on her
third worldwide concert tour, Adele Live 2016.
It started on 29
February 2016 and ended on 30 June 2017. The concert broke numerous attendance
records across the globe and grossed $167.7 million.
Take your eyes off of
me so I can leave
I'm far too ashamed to do it with you watching me
This is never ending, we have been here before
But I can't stay this time 'cause I don't love you anymore
Please, stay where
you are
Don't come any closer
Don't try to change my mind
I'm being cruel to be kind
I can't love you in
the dark
It feels like we're oceans apart
There is so much space between us
Baby, we're already defeated
Ah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Everything changed me
You have given me
something that I can't live without
You mustn't underestimate that when you are in doubt
But I don't want to carry on like everything is fine
The longer we ignore it, all the more that we will fight
Please, don't fall
apart
I can't face your breaking heart
I'm trying to be brave
Stop asking me to stay
I can't love you in
the dark
It feels like we're oceans apart
There is so much space between us
Baby, we're already defeated
Ah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Everything changed me
We're not the only
ones, I don't regret a thing
Every word I've said, you know I'll always mean
It is the world to me that you are in my life
But I want to live and not just survive
That's why I can't
love you in the dark
It feels like we're oceans apart
There is so much space between us
Baby, we're already defeated
'Cause, ah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Everything changed me
And I-I-I-I-I don't
think you can save me.
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