Never Let Me Go (Florence and the Machine song)"Never Let Me Go" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their second studio album, Ceremonials (2. The song was written by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth while production was handled by Epworth. Island Records released the song as the third single from the album on 3. March 2. 01. 2. The band first premiered the song during one of their concerts before the release of the album on 1.

October 2. 01. 1. A Clams Casino remix of the song was placed on the 1.

March 2. 01. 2. Musically, "Never Let Me Go" is a downtempo baroque pop and R& B ballad in the key of A major completed with piano and drums while backing vocals repeatedly sing "never let me go" throughout the song. Many critics noted similarities between the song's composition and materials by other artists including Enya, Evanescence and Ryan Tedder- produced songs. The song received acclaim by critics who praised Welch's vocals and its balladry nature.

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An accompanying music video for the song was released online on 8 March 2. It was directed by Tabitha Denholm and stars actor Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Welch's love interest. The video features the pair together skating and shots of a dirty water trickling down Welch's face and hands are shown. Upon the release of the video, critics praised Welch's gothic look and the video's dark atmosphere. Florence and the Machine added the song to the set list of their second worldwide Ceremonials Tour (2.

No Light, No Light". Background and release[edit]"Never Let Me Go" was written by Florence Welch, Paul Epworth and Kid Harpoon while production was handled by Epworth.[4][5]Florence and the Machine premiered "Never Let Me Go" along with two other songs from the album, "Spectrum" and "Heartlines" as part of their set list at New York's Creators Project on 1. October 2. 01. 1, two weeks before the release of the album.[6] Speaking about the song, Welch told Digital Spy, "The gospel thing comes from my obsession with hymns.

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I'm drawn to anything that has a hymnal quality, be it Spiritualized or dusty old albums by Georgian choirs."[7]Island Records released "Never Let Me Go" as the third single from the album on 2 April 2. A Clams Casino remix of the song was placed on the 1. March 2. 01. 2.[8] The artwork for the vinyl single was shot by Karl Lagerfeld and was described by The Guardian's Michael Cragg as "swanky".[9][1. Andrew Martin of Prefix Magazine commented that the "Clams Casino's remix of [the song]..

Florence Welch's voice".[1. The Guardian's Michael Cragg commented, "He takes the stately Never Let Me Go and adds gusts of distorted backing vocals, big drum claps and, midway through, pitches Florence Welch's vocals down a notch or two to create what sounds like an eerie duet recorded in a cave."[9]Composition[edit]"Never Let Me Go" is a downtempo baroque pop ballad with elements of R& B.[1.

It has a piano- led instrumentation accompanied by thumping drums.[1. Lyrically, the theme of the song revolves around the sea and the ocean, interpreted in the lines "The arms of the ocean so sweet and so cold/And all this devotion I never knew at all".[1. The song also talks about sin and redemption.[1.

According to Michael Hann of The Guardian, the opening lyrics "Looking out from underneath, fractured moonlight on the sea",[1. Elizabeth Fraser in the group This Mortal Coil.[1. Backing vocals are heard during the chorus repeatedly singing the lines "never let me go".[1. Many critics noted similarities between "Never Let Me Go" and artists such as Enya and Evanescence.[1. The production of the song was also compared with Ryan Tedder- produced songs.[1. Jillian Mapes of Billboard magazine further noted that "Never Let Me Go" sounds more similar to the songs from the band's debut studio album Lungs (2.

Critical reception[edit]"Never Let Me Go" received critical acclaim by music critics. Neil Mc. Cormick of The Daily Telegraph chose "Never Let Me Go" as a highlight on the whole album.[2. Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian praised the song saying that it has "thumping stadium drums and sounds like it has the US charts in its epic crosshairs."[1. Similarly, Robert Copsey of Digital Spy said, "Big enough to bring a stadium audience to its knees, it's more structured and less hectic than anything on her debut, but still remains packed with eccentricities."[2. In a separate review of the single, Copsey graded it with four out of five stars saying, "she chants with pent- up emotion over a neo- gothic piano riff, before letting it all pour out on a chorus of sweeping strings and crashing cymbals.

The result is her least hectic cut to date, but much like her contemporaries, remains full of eccentricity."[1. Slant Magazine's Matthew Cole called the song "gorgeous.. Florence has done yet".[2. Another writer of the same publication commented that "Welch is perfectly capable of doing delicate too, as evidenced by.. Never Let Me Go".[2.

David Edwards of the website Drowned in Sound commented that "by the end of the superb 'Never Let Me Go', you could easily be forgiven for thinking that you are listening to one of the most unexpected surprises of 2. Richard Smirke of Billboard magazine called the song an "impassioned midpaced ballad".[2. Ryan Reed of The Phoenix gave a mixed review for the song saying "When she exclaims, 'It's all over; I'm going under,' it's unclear whether she's committing suicide or practicing her can- opener dive. Either way, it's boring. Watch Family Business Putlocker#. On occasion, her show- off- y melisma floats past acquired taste into plain ol' ridiculousness.[1. Commercial performance[edit]"Never Let Me Go" debuted at number 1. UK Singles Chart for the week ending 7 April 2.

The song entered the Australian Singles Chart at number nineteen and peaked three weeks later at number three, earning the band their highest- charting single to date in the country.[2. In Belgium, the single charted on the Ultratip charts at number fifteen in Flanders and at number forty- three in Wallonia.[2. Music video[edit]"Of course, given the cavernous, darkly lit spaces the video inhabits, it's also a nice fit to the song's voluminous, dream- like sonics. Truly, a skating rink hasn't looked this moody since, well, ever — to the point where you can practically feel the chill running its way up Welch's stockings. And as for Campbell Bower, well, he's plenty icy too.. Call it love on ice.

Or a darkly spiritual rumination on the politics of figure skating. Either way, with 'Never Let Me Go,' Welch definitely adds to her impressive list of eye- catching clips, emotes and wails and flails, and gives skating its biggest artistic bump.. It's chillingly effective, and just as beautiful, too."- James Montgomery, MTV News[3. Watch Maya The Bee Movie Streaming. An accompanying music video for the song was released on Bing on 7 March 2. A picture of Welch swimming in the music video for the song was shown on The Sun on 1 March 2. Along with the music video, behind- the- scenes video was also released.

It was directed by Tabitha Denholm.[3. The video stars actor Jamie Campbell Bower who plays Welch's love interest in the video.[3. The video starts with Welch looking into an ice rink which holds an arcade.

A man is seen using the arcade machines as Welch enters, wearing torn, worn away clothing. As the first chorus starts, the ice rink is lit up by the man with spotlights moving around. Several scenes are shown throughout the video of water e.

What looks like dirty water is shown trickling down Welch's face and hands. She walks onto the ice rink and the man enters, leading them to dance with each other and hug. As Florence dances on her own, a cleaner is shown to be watching. Towards the end of the song, Welch looks at the man and starts to fall back, her face and hands engulfed by dirty water as the woman cleaner looks on. Nick Neyland of Prefix Magazine compared the video with Kazuo Ishiguro's eponymous novel, Never Let Me Go (2.

Melinda Newman of the website Hit.