Worry About Me

"Worry About Me"
Single by Ellie Goulding featuring Blackbear
from the album Brightest Blue
Released13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)
Genre
Length2:59
LabelPolydor
Songwriters
ProducerIlya
Ellie Goulding featuring Blackbear singles chronology
"River"
(2019) 		"Worry About Me"
(2020) 		"Power"
(2020)
Blackbear singles chronology
"No Service in the Hills"
(2020) 		"Worry About Me"
(2020) 		"Monsters"
(2020)
Music video
"Worry About Me" on YouTube

"Worry About Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding featuring American rapper and singer Blackbear, released as the lead single from Goulding's fourth studio album Brightest Blue, through Polydor Records on 13 March 2020. It was written by Goulding and Blackbear with Ilya Salmanzadeh, Peter Svensson and Savan Kotecha, and produced by Ilya. Its release was fast-tracked due to a leak in early March 2020.

Background

After the song was leaked in March 2020, Goulding posted on social media on 5 March "Since one of you decided to leak it... Coming for you next Friday."[1]

Critical reception

Writing for Idolator, Mike Wass opined that Goulding "asserts her independence" on the track, "telling Mr. Clingy to stop sniffing around her business because she's bus[y] having fun [...] over Ilya's thunderous beats", concluding that it is a "banger".[2] Caian Nunes of Popline wrote that Goulding finds "great inspiration in hip-hop" on the track "without losing her pop [sound]".[3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Emil Nava and was released on Goulding's YouTube channel a few hours after the release of the single.[4] A Director's Cut of the video featuring the instrumental "Overture" was released on 30 April 2020.[5]

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Israel (Media Forest)[6] 5
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[7] 16
Romania (Airplay 100)[8] 80
Scotland Singles (OCC)[9] 69
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 78
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[11] 50
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[12] 33

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 13 March 2020
Polydor [13]
Australia 16 March 2020 Contemporary hit radio Universal [14]
Italy 20 March 2020 [15]
United States 24 March 2020 Interscope [16]

References

  1. ^ Nied, Mike (March 5, 2020). "Ellie Goulding Readies New Single "Worry About Me"". Idolator. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Wass, Mike (March 13, 2020). "Ellie Goulding Asserts Her Independence On "Worry About Me"". Idolator. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Nunes, Caian (March 13, 2020). "Escute "Worry About Me", novo single de Ellie Goulding em parceria com Blackbear". Popline. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  4. ^ Goulding, Ellie (March 13, 2020). Ellie Goulding, blackbear - Worry About Me (Official Video) (video). Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2025 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Goulding, Ellie (April 30, 2020). Ellie Goulding, blackbear - Worry About Me (Director's Cut) (video). Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2025 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Media Forest Charts - Israel - International". Media Forest Israel. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  8. ^ Arvunescu, Victor (July 13, 2020). "Top Airplay 100 - Cea mai bună piesă a verii rămâne pe primul loc" [Top Airplay 100 – The best song of the summer stays at number one] (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Ellie Goulding Chart History: Digital Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  12. ^ "Ellie Goulding Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Worry About Me – Single by Ellie Goulding & blackbear". Apple Music. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  14. ^ "Singles To Radio". The Music Network. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  15. ^ "Ellie Goulding "Worry About Me" | (Radio Date: 20/03/2020)". Radio Date. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  16. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases | Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates". All Access. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
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