"Kiss Me" is a song recorded by English singer

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for '' Never Been Better: (Special Edition)'' (2015), the reissue of his fourth studio album, ''

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'' (2014). It was written by

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, Murs, Zacharie Raymond, Yannick Rastogi,

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, Gary Derussy,

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and Robson. It was digitally released on 9 October 2015, followed by a release of two remixes, an acoustic and a karaoke version of the song in a span of a month.

Production and release

"Kiss Me" was written by

, Zacharie Raymond, Yannick Rastogi,

, Gary Derussy,

and singer

, whilst the production was handled by Banx & Ranx (Raymond and Rastogi) and Robson. It was digitally released on 9 October 2015 as the first single from ''Never Been Better: Special Edition'' (2015), the reissue of his fourth studio album, ''

'' (2014). A karaoke and an acoustic versions of the single were released via the iTunes Store on 30 October and 6 November respectively. Two remixes of "Kiss Me" were also launched; The Alias Club Mix was made available for download on 23 October, whilst the Aevion Tropical Mix was released on 13 November.

Composition

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'' wrote that the song has a mid-tempo beat and a retro sound accompanied with "enticingly catchy lyrics". She described the composition of the single as a combination of Murs' "uplifting fast moving" past singles like "

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" and " Up" and "his emotionally powered ballads" like "

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's Robbie Daw compared "Kiss Me" to the 2014 single by

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Music video

The music video to "Kiss Me" was released on 15 October 2015. The video features Murs sitting in a chair in a dark room with a woman dancing around him and lap dancing on him. The video also shows Murs and the woman going on various dates such as the cinema, going to a restaurant, having a picnic, going on a roller coaster, lying in a hammock by a beach, meeting the woman's parents and having a hot air balloon ride. At the end of the video, Murs and the woman are sitting in deckchairs eating ice cream where it appears that the woman is about to kiss Murs, only to playfully stick her ice cream in his face to which Murs does the same to her with his ice cream.

Live performances

Murs has performed "Kiss Me" on the fourth live show of the twelfth series of ''

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Track listing and formats

*;Digital download #"Kiss Me" – 3:18 *;Digital remix #"Kiss Me (The Alias Club Mix)" – 5:08 *;Digital download #"Kiss Me (Karaoke Mix)" – 3:18 *;Digital download #"Kiss Me (Acoustic Mix)" – 2:58 *;Digital remix #"Kiss Me (Aevion Tropical Mix)" – 4:25

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Never Been Better: Special Edition''. *

— songwriting *

— songwriting, production *

— songwriting *Gary Derussy — songwriting, programming *

— songwriting *

— songwriting, production, engineering, programming *Ike Schultz — additional engineering *Peter Holz — additional engineering *Tom Coyne — mastering *Ash Howes — mixing

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

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