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Stay With Me - Sam Smith

Sam Smith Songs I'm Not the Only One Stay With Me Latch Lay Me Down Like I can Money On My Mind Leave Your Lover I've Told You Now Not In that Way Make it to Me

Sam Smith Samuel Frederick "Sam" Smith was born on 19 May 1992 and is a English singer and songwriter. He became famous in October 2012 when he was featured with Disclosure for the song ‘Latch’, which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. His subsequent feature—on Naughty Boy's 'La La La'— earned him his first number one single in May 2013. Although the first solo single from soul-inspired, London-born artist Sam Smith was issued in early 2013, it was his soaring vocal contribution to Disclosure's October 2012 U.K. garage track “Latch” that brought him to most people’s attention. For most of his teens, Smith balanced study with music, soaking in the new raw and passionate approach to performance exemplified by his favourite artists at the time such as Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan. “Latch” hit the upper reaches of the U.K. singles chart when Smith was 21 and many were surprised when his debut solo track took a more tempered path. The production on February 2013’s “Lay Me Down” - also courtesy of the ordinary dance floor - focused on duo Disclosure - recalled the stripped-back material that had provoked successful for Adele in the preceding years. Next, Shahid Khan - aka Naughty Boy - decided to follow his Emeli Sandé-fronted U.K. Top Ten hit “Wonder” with infectious, Bollywood sample-driven ‘La La La’. Featuring Smith’s powerful lead vocal, it became an instant May 2013 U.K. number one single following his spring tour in support of Sandé.

Song Analysis 1: media type="youtube" key="pB-5XG-DbAA" width="560" height="315" Stay With Me - Sam Smith

Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Chorus, Chorus Piano, Drums, Vocal, Back-up Vocals, Tambourine/Percussion. The song ‘Stay With Me’ is set in the key of C major with a tempo of 87 beats per minute. The vocals span two octaves from E3 to E5 while the song follows a chord progression of Am7–F–C. The song suddenly becomes louder with the vocals in the chorus and gradually becomes quieter within the 2 verses. The instruments used in this piece are piano, drums and vocals and are used all through the song. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are no effects used on the instruments used in the song. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sam Smith doesn’t have a distant sound voice in the song. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are a bit of back up vocals on specific lines in the chorus. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is no instrumental solo in the song. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are 4/4 beats per bar. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The song is major but the lyrics are sadder than the music. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are not many layers in the song it is all about the same. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are repeated sections in the song and the piano is the main instrument the is repeated. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">All the chords are the chords and patterns are the same to playing the song with the piano and singing it. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The singing become higher towards the end of each chorus and is the highest in the second last chorus.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stay With Me

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Song Analysis 2: <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="youtube" key="nCkpzqqog4k" width="560" height="315" <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">I’m Not The Only One - Sam Smith

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Chorus, Bridge, Chorus, Chorus, Outro <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Piano, Drums, Vocals, Guitar. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The song ‘I’m Not The Only One’ is set in the key of F# Major with a tempo of 89 beats per minute. The vocals span between F Bb/C F while the song follows a similar chord progression. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The song suddenly becomes louder with the vocals in the chorus and gradually becomes quieter within the 2 verses. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The instruments used in this piece are piano, drums and vocals and are used all through the song. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are no effects used on the instruments used in the song. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sam Smith doesn’t have a distant sound voice in the song. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is no instrumental solo in the song. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are 4/4 beats per bar. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The song is major but the lyrics are sadder than the music. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are not many layers in the song it is all about the same. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are repeated sections in the song and the piano is the main instrument the is repeated. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">All the chords are the chords and patterns are the same to playing the song with the piano and singing it. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The singing become higher towards the end of each chorus and is the highest in the second last chorus.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm Not The Only One

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The artist Sam Smith predominately <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">plays soft quiet music not really loud music.