Tears | |
Cover: | Clean Bandit - Tears (art).png |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Clean Bandit featuring Louisa Johnson |
Album: | What Is Love? |
Released: | 27 May 2016 |
Recorded: | 2016 |
Length: | 3:45 |
Chronology: | Clean Bandit |
Prev Title: | Stronger |
Prev Year: | 2015 |
Next Title: | Rockabye |
Next Year: | 2016 |
"Tears" is a song by English electronic group Clean Bandit, featuring English singer Louisa Johnson. It was released on 27 May 2016. It is the last single to feature Neil Amin-Smith as violinist after his departure. Clean Bandit and Johnson performed the song with 5 After Midnight during the finals of The X Factor on 10 December 2016. It was included on the deluxe edition of the band's second studio album, What Is Love?
Jack Patterson said: "Tears is an epic trap-2step breakup ballad. I wrote it with Sam Romans at the piano, and over the course of a year, it has transformed from a simple piano tune into a mad beast of changing time signatures and feels. To me, Tears feels like a 1990s vision of a future breakup song."[1]
The music video features Johnson and the band in a room with burning instruments with water on the floor. The video also features a snowy owl that was one of several who had previously played Hedwig in the Harry Potter films.
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Argentina (Monitor Latino)[2] | 12 |
Latvia (Latvijas Top 40)[3] | 6 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] | 26 |
Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[5] | 8 |
New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ)[6] | 10 |
Romania (Airplay 100)[7] | 37 |
Chart (2016) | Position | |
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Argentina (Monitor Latino)[8] | 64 | |
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[9] | 63 | |
Hungary (Single Top 40)[10] | 55 | |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[11] | 33 | |
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[12] | 46 |