Sam Smith

Released: March 19, 2021

Songwriter: Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Normani Tor Erik Hermansen Jimmy Napes Sam Smith

Producer: Steve Fitzmaurice David Odlum

[Intro]
Ah, ah, ah ah-ah-ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah
Miss dancing with you, baby
Miss dancing in your arms
Miss dancing with you, oh
Miss dancing with you, baby
Miss dancing in your arms
Miss dancing with you

[Verse 1]
I don't wanna be alone tonight (Alone tonight)
It's pretty clear that I'm not over you (Over you, over you)
I'm still thinking 'bout the things you do (Things you do)
So I don't wanna be alone tonight, alone tonight, alone tonight
Can you light the fire? (Light the fire, light the fire)
I need somebody who can take control (Take control)
I know exactly what I need to do (To do)
'Cause I don't wanna be alone tonight, alone tonight, alone tonight

[Chorus]
Look what you made me do, I'm with somebody new
Ooh, baby, baby, I'm dancing with a stranger
Look what you made me do, I'm with somebody new
Ooh, baby, baby, I'm dancing with a stranger
Dancing with a stranger

[Verse 2]
I wasn't even going out tonight (Out tonight)
But, boy, I need to get you off of my mind (Off of my mind)
I know еxactly what I have to do (To do)
I don't wanna be alone tonight, alonе tonight, alone tonight

[Chorus]
Look what you made me do, I'm with somebody new
Ooh, baby, baby, I'm dancing with a stranger
Look what you made me do, I'm with somebody new
Ooh, baby, baby, I'm dancing with a stranger
Dancing with a stranger
Dancing with a stranger
Dancing, yeah, ooh

[Bridge]
Look what you (Look what you)
Oh, yeah you
Look what you (Look what you)
Yeah
Look what you (Look what you)
Oh, yeah you
Look what you, yeah

[Chorus]
Look what made me do, I'm with somebody new (Ooh)
Ooh, baby, baby, I'm dancing with a stranger
Look what you made me do, I'm with somebody new
Ooh, baby, baby, I'm dancing with a stranger

[Outro]
Miss dancing with you, baby
Miss dancing in your arms
Miss dancing with you, oh
Miss dancing with you, baby
Miss dancing in your arms
Miss dancing with you, oh

Sam Smith was born on 19th May 1992 and grew up in a rural village on the border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, the nearest town being Bishops Stortford. They’re the oldest of three siblings and are said to be close to their younger sisters. Their mother is a successful City of London trader and their father a stay-at-home dad who brought up the children.

Smith showed an early talent for singing, and their parents responded by arranging singing lessons from the age of eight with professional jazz singer and songwriter, Joanna Eden. At the early age of seventeen, they left school to pursue their dream, living in a small one-bed flat and working in a London pub, but ended up isolated and beset by loneliness.

Sam knew they were gay, they said, for as long as they could remember. They suffered bullying at school and were shocked to find that even in London—close to gay communities—they were subjected to homophobic attacks. These negative experiences, combined with an inherently emotional nature, inform their songwriting and delivery. The soulful, beautifully rich tone of their voice and the subject of the lyrics ‘speak’ to many people and have led to their success.

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