Only You (Cheat Codes and Little Mix song)

"Only You" is a song by American DJs Cheat Codes and British girl group Little Mix. It was written by Pablo Bowman, Trevor Dahl, Kevin Ford, Matthew Russell, Nicholas Gale and Richard Boardman, with production by Digital Farm Animals, along with Maegan Cottone and Trevor Dahl. It was released on June 22, 2018 as a single, and first appeared on the Ministry of Sound compilation album The Pool Party, released on July 6, 2018. It was later included on the deluxe version of Little Mix's fifth studio album, LM5 (2018).

"Only You"
Single by Cheat Codes and Little Mix
ReleasedJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Genre
Length3:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cheat Codes singles chronology
"I Love It"
(2018)		 "Only You"
(2018)		 "Home"
(2018)
Little Mix singles chronology
"Reggaetón Lento (Remix)"
(2017)		 "Only You"
(2018)		 "Woman Like Me"
(2018)
Music video
"Only You" on YouTube

Background

The song was written by Pablo Bowman, Nicholas Gale and Richard Boardman, with production by Digital Farm Animals, Maegan Cottone. The song was revealed in June 2018 with its inclusion on The Pool Party album, which accompanied the television series Love Island.[1][2] Snippets of the song were teased by Cheat Codes and Little Mix prior to the song's release. Cheat Codes and Little Mix announced on Twitter that the song would be released on June 22, 2018.[3][4][5] The song's picture cover was released a day later along with some leaked lyrics.[6]

Composition

"Only You" is a midtempo EDM song,[7] backed by an acoustic guitar,[8] that runs for three-minutes and nine seconds.[9] It includes elements of electronic, tropical house and ambient.[10] It contains backing vocals by the members of Cheat Codes. All the lyrics are structured in verse–pre-chorus–chorus which contain no vocals but instead an instrumental.[3] Lyrically it is about love and post-breakup phase of a relationship.

Music video

The music video for the song was released on July 12, 2018 on Little Mix's official YouTube channel. The video features an LGBTQ+ storyline between two girls (played by Lisa Starrett and Peyton List) at a house party, one of whom turns out to be a mermaid. The video was directed by Frank Borin.[11]

Synopsis

The plot shows a girl (played by Lisa), picking clothes for a party and it later shows her arriving and has trouble interacting with the others and she decides to sit on the couch. Meanwhile, a mysterious girl (played by Peyton) is seen hiding in the bushes and runs and takes a nearby yellow jacket and runs off and enters the party and Lisa and Peyton lock eyes and decide to dance and seen having fun together at the party, such as conversations, games and dancing. Then a group of other girls show up interrupting the two. One specific girl notices Peyton has her jacket. Angry, she pushes Peyton in the pool and she doesn't show up for a while. Worried, Lisa jumps in the pool to save her and find out she is okay and they kiss. It then shows the two kissing on the party while also showing the shocking discovery of Peyton being the mermaid. It then shows Lisa carrying Peyton to the ocean while also showing scenes of their greatest times and Lisa kneels on the beach sunrise where Peyton is, having to let her go.

Critical reception

MTV called the song a "pop-dance crossover" and a "sun-tinged tune". They also said that the it was "so good" to finally have the girls back again.[12] Rob Copsey from Official Charts said that it was a "pool party song" and that it is the correct song to add to the Love Island CD.[2] Michael Ko from Billboard said: "It's most certainly a summer-made single, dripping in youthful romantic sentiments with an acoustic foundation".[13]

Live performances

The band made a televised debut of the song at 2018 BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards, where they also won the Best British Group award for a second year in a row.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[14]

Personnel

  • Electric – songwriter, producer, engineer, instruments, programming
  • Pablo Bowman, Trevor Dahl, Nicholas Gale and Richard Boardman – songwriter
  • Digital Farm Animals, Maegan Cottone and Trevor Dahl – producer
  • Danny Casio – engineer
  • Randy Merrill – mastering engineer
  • Serban Ghenea, John Hanes – mix engineer

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[39] Gold 30,000
Poland (ZPAV)[40] Gold 10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[41] Platinum 615,000[42]

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
New Zealand June 22, 2018
[43]
United States July 31, 2018 Contemporary hit radio 300 Entertainment [44]

References
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