Something Just Like This

"Something Just Like This" is a song by American electronic music duo the Chainsmokers and British rock band Coldplay. It was released on February 22, 2017, as the second single from the former's debut album, '' Memories...Do Not Open'', and as the lead single of the latter's thirteenth extended play, '' Kaleidoscope EP''.

The track reached the Top 10 in over 30 countries worldwide, including number two on the UK Singles Chart and the ARIA Charts, as well as number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It has the fifth highest digital sales of any song at over 21.5 million sales. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

Background

In September 2016, the Chainsmokers shared three short clips of an upcoming song featuring vocals from Chris Martin, Coldplay's lead singer. On February 22, 2017, Spotify prematurely posted a banner ad at the top of the site's home page with a Listen Now button.

On the same date, Coldplay premiered "Something Just Like This" with the Chainsmokers on stage at the Brit Awards at The O2 Arena in London, England. They then performed the song at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, California on March 5, 2017 and on their A Head Full of Dreams Tour since the Singapore show on March 31. It was performed again at the '' One Love Manchester'' benefit concert for the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing on June 4.

Lyric video

A lyric video for the song was also released on February 22, 2017, on the Chainsmokers' Vevo channel. It has received over 2.1 billion views and is one of the 70 most viewed videos on YouTube. It was directed by James Zwadlo.

Composition

The song is written in the key of B minor and has a tempo of 103.156 beats per minute in common time. It follows a chord progression of G–A–Bm–A, and the vocals span two octaves, from G₂ to G₄.

Chart performance

"Something Just Like This" debuted at number 56 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and soared to number five on its second week, becoming the Chainsmokers' third top five after " Don't Let Me Down" and " Closer". Meanwhile, the song was Coldplay's second top five after "Viva la Vida", which peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was the sixth best-selling track of 2017 in the United States with over 1.34 million copies. In the United Kingdom, "Something Just Like This" debuted at number 30 on 24 February 2017, reaching number two in the following week. It spent nine consecutive weeks in the top 10 and became the ninth biggest song of the year in the country. It also set a new record for most weeks atop ''Billboard'' Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (79). In 2024, PPL ranked "Something Just Like This" as Coldplay's fourth-most played song on British media.

Critical reception

Philip Cosores from '' Consequence'' named "Something Just Like This" one of the best releases of February 2017, mentioning that "the track is a warm, sentimental, uplifting anthem" where Martin "steals the show, punctuating his verses with enough sap and self-confidence that we remember why we like pop music in the first place". ''3voor12'' and ''Uproxx'' listed it among the best songs of 2017.' KROQ-FM placed the single at number 314 on their "Top 500 Songs from the Last 30 Years" ranking.

Covers

In 2018, The Piano Guys released a mashup on piano and cello called "Something Just Like Liszt", combining the song with Franz Liszt's " Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2".

Track listing

Credits and personnel

The Chainsmokers
*Andrew Taggart – keyboards
* Alex Pall – keyboards

Coldplay
*Guy Berryman – bass guitar
*Jonny Buckland – lead guitar
*Will Champion – drums, backing vocals, programming
*Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano

Production
*The Chainsmokers – production
*DJ Swivel – production

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

See also

* List of best-selling singles in Germany
* List of best-selling singles in Spain
* List of highest-certified singles in Australia
* List of number-one singles of 2017 (Belgium)
* List of number-one songs of 2017 (Malaysia)
* List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2017
* List of top 10 singles for 2017 in Australia
* List of top 10 singles in 2017 (France)
* List of top 10 singles in 2017 (Germany)
* List of UK top-ten singles in 2017
* List of number-one songs of the 2020s (Czech Republic)
* List of number-one songs of the 2010s (Slovakia)

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2017 singles
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The Chainsmokers songs
Coldplay songs
Songs written by Will Champion
Songs written by Chris Martin
Songs written by Guy Berryman
Songs written by Jonny Buckland
Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles
Number-one singles in Malaysia
Number-one singles in Poland
Songs written by Andrew Taggart
Disruptor Records singles
Songs about superheroes