^ a b Skinner, Tom (19 November 2019).Release history Release dates for "Before You Go" Streaming-only figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Year-end charts 2020 year-end chart performance for "Before You Go"Ģ021 year-end chart performance for "Before You Go"Ĭertifications Certifications and sales for "Before You Go"
Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Before You Go"Ĭzech Republic ( Singles Digitál Top 100) Phil Plested – songwriting, background vocals.Tom Bames – songwriting, production, drums.Pete Kelleher – songwriting, production, keyboards.Ben Kohn – songwriting, production, bass guitar.
The video has gained over 331 million views as of June 2023. Released on 24 January 2020, and directed by Kyle Thrash, the video is of happy moments recalled by a group of friends as they pay tribute to a young woman (played by actress Sasha Lane), whose suicide has shocked them, with clips of Lewis Capaldi playing his guitar and singing appearing occasionally. "Before You Go" is played in the tempo of 112 BPM and key signature of E♭ Major.Ĭlash Music's Robin Murray called the track "trademark Capaldi", further describing it as "a rousing piece of acoustic songwriting with a driving vocal". According to Idolator, the song "deals with the emotional aftermath of suicide", and was inspired by the suicide of Capaldi's aunt while Capaldi was a child. It reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in November 2019 and on the UK Singles Chart in January 2020, becoming Capaldi's second chart-topper in the UK and third in Ireland.Ĭapaldi revealed in a social media post that the song was "by far the most personal tune" he had ever written. The song was sent to US radio stations on 6 January 2020, as his second US single. The song was made available upon pre-order of the extended edition. " Before You Go" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi, released as a single from the extended edition of his debut studio album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent on 19 November 2019. In spite of this, it’s clear that sad songs are what Lewis Capaldi does best, and ‘Before You Go’ is no exception.From the album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (Extended Edition) Some more upbeat music amongst his discography would not go amiss, and it would be interesting to hear him experiment with sound a little more. However, it is very similar to his earlier work, so similar that it’s hard not to wonder how his vocals would sound combined with something different. It’s exactly the kind of emotionally heavy track we expect from him. ‘Before You Go’ is infused with a rich, emotional sound that resides in all of Capaldi’s workįor fans of Capaldi, ‘Before You Go’ is a treat. While ‘Grace’ looks, though pessimistically, towards the future, ‘Before You Go’ cannot move forward from the past. These feelings of restlessness and regret, of wanting to change a past event, contrast with the lyrics to Capaldi’s earlier single ‘Grace’, in which he sings, “I’m not ready to be just another of your mistakes”.
There’s a sense of guilt about what was not said and not done, a sense of something being incomplete. The opening lines of the chorus, “So, before you go, was there something I could have said to make your heart beat better?”, are like a desperate cry for reassurance and comfort. The lyrics to ‘Before You Go’ are both beautiful and painful. On Twitter, the Scottish pop star wrote that the new single is “one of the most personal I’ve ever written”. Bridie Adams reviews Lewis Capaldi’s latest singleįollowing the huge success of Lewis Capaldi’s singles ‘Someone You Loved’ and ‘Grace’, ‘Before You Go’ is infused with a rich, emotional sound that resides in all of Capaldi’s work.
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