"September Song" is a song by English singer

JP Cooper John Paul Cooper (born 1 November 1983) is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known for featuring on the Jonas Blue single " Perfect Strangers". The song was certified platinum in the UK. His follow-up solo single was " September Song ...

. It is the second single from his debut studio album, '' Raised Under Grey Skies'' (2017). The song was released as a digital download in the

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on 16 September 2016 through

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. The song has peaked at number 7 on the

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, and has also reached the top 10 in both Ireland and Sweden. The song was written by Cooper,

Jon Hume Jon Hume is an Australian-born New Zealand musician, songwriter and record producer based between Los Angeles and Nashville who has written and produced songs for JP Cooper, Galantis, Bebe Rexha, Guy Sebastian, Sofi Tukker, Dean Lewis, Icona ...

, Alex Bunker and

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Background

Talking about the song, Cooper said, "'September Song' in a nutshell is a nostalgic, innocent look at a teenage romance – probably one of your first romances. Looking back as an adult now at how simple things were back then, having those moments of, like, 'I wonder what that person is doing now.' In the UK, September is when you go back to school after the holiday. So that's the idea, this person has been missing this girl all summer – she's a September song, that's what he's looking forward to. We just wanted to write a song that was really sweet and innocent, it wasn't over-sexualized or anything like that."

Music video

A video to accompany the release of "September Song" was first released onto YouTube on 28 November 2016 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-five seconds.JP Cooper – September Song

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Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

Release history

Nadine Coyle version

In 2018, Irish recording artist

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released a cover of "September Song". The cover, the third track from Coyle's ''Nadine'' EP, was released as a digital download on 9 March 2018 by

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References

{{Authority control 2016 singles 2016 songs JP Cooper songs Island Records singles Nadine Coyle songs Song recordings produced by Xenomania Songs written by Jon Hume Songs written by JP Cooper Songs written by Mr Hudson