"Love in the Dark" is a song by English singer and songwriter

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from her third studio album, '' 25'' (2015). The song was written by

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and

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. It charted at number 39, 79, 65, 52 and 76 on France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and in the UK Singles Chart, respectively as well as charting at number 54 on the

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, primarily following the release of her recent single "

Easy on Me "Easy on Me" is a song by the English singer Adele from her fourth studio album, '' 30'' (2021). Adele wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Columbia Records released it as the album's lead single on 15 October 2021. It is a torch s ...

" in 2021.

Composition

"Love in the Dark" is a

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ballad song which is written in the key of

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and it is composed in

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( time).

Meaning

"Love in the Dark" is a slow, sad, beautiful song from Adele, and it's likely based on a lot of what 21 was based on. Adele has said that 25 is a make-up album, as opposed to 21 which was a break-up album. However, in this song, Adele does reach back for a little of what made her famous and executes it skillfully in this song.

Credits and personnel

– vocals, songwriting, writing *

– piano and synthesizer, producer and engineer, songwriting, writing * FILMharmonic Orchestra –

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* Adam Klemens – conductor * Oliver Kraus – string arrangement * Petr Pycha – orchestra contractor * Tom Coyne – mastering * Cameron Craig – engineer *

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– mixing * Jan Holzner – engineer *

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