Someone You Loved
Lewis Capaldi's breakthrough ballad topped charts worldwide.
"Someone You Loved" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi, released on 8 November 2018 as the third single from his EP Breach. It later appeared on his debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent and became a global commercial success, topping charts in multiple countries and earning multi-diamond certifications.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Lewis Capaldi
- Released
- 8 November 2018
- Genre
- Pop; Soul music
- Length
- 3:02
- Label
- Vertigo
- Writer
- Dennis Spencer
- Samuel Romans
- Thomas Barnes
- Peter Kelleher
- Benjamin Kohn
- Producer
- TMS
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Background and composition
The song is performed at 110 BPM in D♭ major. Capaldi told Brut that he wrote it about his deceased grandmother. In an interview with NME, he said it took six months to write, explaining that his best songs come from long, difficult sessions at the piano rather than effortless inspiration.
Music videos
The first music video, released on 28 February 2019, was made in partnership with organ donation charity Live Life Give Life. It features actor Peter Capaldi, a distant relative, as a widower who finds solace by listening to his late wife's heartbeat in the recipient of her donated heart. A second video, released on 29 August 2019, shows Capaldi wandering streets after a lost love while friends and strangers try to stop him; his brother Aidan appears at the beginning pulling him from a bench. Capaldi said the video is about relying on others for strength during hardship.
Chart performance
"Someone You Loved" reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and remained there for seven consecutive weeks. In the US, it debuted at No. 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to No. 1 after 24 weeks, one of the longest ascents to the top in chart history. It spent three non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 before being replaced by Post Malone's "Circles". In Ireland, the song accumulated 26.8 million streams in 2019 and was the year's biggest-selling single.
Cover versions
The Piano Guys covered the song with cello and piano, featuring dancers Charity Anderson and Andres Penate. Nicola Roberts performed it as Queen Bee on The Masked Singer UK. Camila Cabello and the Jonas Brothers covered it for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge; Bastille, Charlie Puth, and Alec Benjamin did so for SiriusXM. Capaldi performed it as a surprise guest with Nina Nesbitt, James Bay, and Alicia Keys. Conor Maynard released a cover in September 2019. Chris Daughtry covered it on The Masked Singer and during his 2020 "Live from Home" tour. Angus & Julia Stone released a cover in 2024 for Triple J's Like a Version. In 2026, Giacomo Bucci included an orchestral arrangement on his album Mainstream Overtures.
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