"Adore" is a song recorded by Norwegian DJ and record producer Cashmere Cat, featuring vocals by American singer

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. It was written and produced by Cashmere along with

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, and co-written by Ammar Malik, Jeremih Felton, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Darryl Simmons. "Adore" was digitally released on March 3, 2015 by Friends Keep Secrets and

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Background and composition

"Adore" is the second collaboration between Cashmere Cat and Grande, the first being the song "Be My Baby", from Grande's second studio album, '' My Everything'' (2014). The song features a heavy dose of breathy, falsetto vocals, atmospheric elements, subtle dance beats and punches of clattering percussion, and a vocal interpolation of Johnny Gill's classic R&B hit " My, My, My".

Live performances

The song was first presented on Grande's The Honeymoon Tour where Cashmere Cat performed the song with Grande during his opening act.

Critical reception

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'' ranked the song as one of the 50 best in 2015, writing, "Grande’s towering vocals have never sounded better than on this offbeat R&B track."McDermott, Maeve and Patrick Ryan
"The 50 best songs of 2015"
''USA Today'', December 22, 2015

Charts performance

Commercially, the song peaked at number 93 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Cashmere Cat's first appearance on that chart.

References

External links

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