{"id":4944,"date":"2024-07-24T11:36:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T18:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2024-10-16T09:01:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:01:43","slug":"sam-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/sam-smith","title":{"rendered":"Episode 276: Sam Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Stay With Me&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_c2ee3208-0048-4bc4-96da-2464d45ace71&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p><!-- LISTEN LINKS --><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sam-smith-stay-with-me\/id788236947?i=1000663237599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7iCKbrlTtDXUAZdgVr3t5a?si=4e32a5dfe2114426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/58a85de5-7ebb-464c-a13e-9d3008deb3bb\/episodes\/923cc1fb-c6a4-42f3-91ca-00bf18c4210a\/song-exploder-sam-smith---stay-with-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMAZON<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/songexploder\/episode\/ac088eabeec890f1302327b2536e6bcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OTHER APPS<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- LISTEN LINKS END HERE --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsmithworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Smith<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/sam-smith\/18713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grammy <\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscars.org\/oscars\/ceremonies\/2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oscar-winning <\/a> singer and songwriter from London, England. Their first album, <a href=\"https:\/\/samsmith.world\/InTheLonelyHourWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>In the Lonely Hour<\/em>,<\/a> came out in 2014. It went quintuple platinum in the US, and the biggest hit from that album is the song <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stay_with_Me_(Sam_Smith_song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cStay With Me,\u201d<\/a> which has over 2 billion streams on Spotify alone. For this episode, in honor of the song\u2019s 10th anniversary, I talked to Sam about how \u201cStay With Me\u201d was made. I also talked to Sam\u2019s frequent collaborator, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Napes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Napes,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/concord.com\/publishing-roster\/jimmy-napes\/#:~:text=Napes%20has%20won%20several%20awards,and%20two%20Ivor%20Novello%20Awards.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who is an award-winning producer and songwriter as well.<\/a> The two of them tell the story of how the song began, and how it turned into the hit that it became. And then, years later, how it changed again.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy or stream &#8220;Stay With Me&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440837890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pB-5XG-DbAA?si=ae3W2W9C12hOjhai\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b3R08bNBlrs?si=V2qlyvHTTx8v-VE6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Song-Exploder-Sam-Smith-Transcript.pdf\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes:<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.touristmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tourist<\/a> &#8211; co-writer, piano, organ<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earl_Harvin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earl Harvin<\/a> &#8211; drums, percussion<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/team-artists.co.uk\/simon-hale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Hale<\/a> &#8211; strings arranger, conductor<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/1087247-Jodi-Milliner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jodi Milliner<\/a> &#8211; bass<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elviin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elvin Smith<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lay_Me_Down_(Sam_Smith_song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Lay Me Down&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disclosure_(band)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disclosure<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latch_(song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Latch&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rakstudios.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RAK Studios<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Stay With Me&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE \u00b7 SPOTIFY \u00b7 AMAZON \u00b7 OTHER APPS Sam Smith is a Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and songwriter from London, England. 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