Clown (Emeli Sandé song)

"Clown"
Single by Emeli Sandé
from the album Our Version of Events
B-side "Kill the Boy"
Released 3 February 2013 (2013-02-03)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:41
Label Virgin
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Naughty Boy
Emeli Sandé singles chronology
"Beneath Your Beautiful"
(2012)		 "Clown"
(2013)		 "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"
(2013)

"Clown" is a song by Scottish recording artist Emeli Sandé. It was released on 3 February 2013 as the fifth single from her debut studio album, Our Version of Events (2012). "Clown" was written by Sandé, Shahid Khan, Grant Mitchell and produced by Khan under his production name of Naughty Boy.

Background

The song was written by Sandé, Shahid Khan, Grant Mitchell and produced by Khan under his production name of Naughty Boy. The story of the song talks about Sandé's first experiences in the music industry, mainly reflecting her search to get signed by a music company and the encounters with several music business people in the industry. Commenting on the song, Sandé said: “It’s about how I felt when I was trying to get signed, I was going for all these meetings and people were looking at me like ‘What do we do with you’? It’s about not allowing yourself to be judged by others or to be taken for an idiot. I feel the video reflects that.”[1]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Clown" was first released onto YouTube on 6 December 2012 at a total length of three minutes and forty-seven seconds.[2] It was directed by WIZ.[1] The video was held in the style of a Silent film and shows Sandé being urged by a group of men, in military uniform, to sign a document in order to get something in return.[1]

Promotion

Sandé performed "Clown" during the final of the ninth series of The X Factor on 9 December 2012,[3] as well as appearing on The Voice of Holland in November 2012.[4] Sandé also performed the song on The Graham Norton Show on 11 January 2013.[5]

"Clown" debuted in Australia at #34 on the week commencing 2 June 2014 on the back of The Voice contestants Candice Skjonnemand and Thando Sikwila performing the song on the show on 26 May 2014.[6]

Track listing

Digital EP[7]
  1. "Clown" – 3:41
  2. "Clown" (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) – 4:06
  3. "Kill the Boy" – 3:43
  4. "Clown" (Instrumental) – 3:41
  5. "Clown" (Music video) – 3:46
2013 Brit Awards
  1. "Clown" / "Next to Me" (Live from the BRITs) - 4:53

Credits and personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 34
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 30
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 32
Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 6
Germany (Official German Charts)[12] 36
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 25
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[15] 3
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[16] 29
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 42
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[18] 4

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] Gold 400,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Release date Format(s) Label
United Kingdom[7] 3 February 2013 Digital EP Virgin Records

References

  1. 1 2 3 Emeli Sandé Clown by WIZ. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  2. ↑ Emeli Sandé – Clown on YouTube
  3. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a441039/one-direction-emeli-sande-for-x-factor-final.html
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/emelisande/status/269552715036778496
  5. ↑ List of The Graham Norton Show episodes#Series 12 (2012/13)
  6. ↑ "ARIA Charts Chartifacts w/c 2 June 2014". ARIA. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  7. 1 2 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/clown-ep/id586914680
  8. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Emeli Sandé – Clown". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Emeli Sandé – Clown" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Emeli Sandé – Clown" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Emeli Sandé – Clown" (in Dutch). Ultratop Urban. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Emeli Sandé – Clown". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 4, 2013". Irish Singles Chart.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Emeli Sandé – Clown" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2013-02-16". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  16. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201314 into search.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Emeli Sandé – Clown". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2013-02-16" UK Singles Chart.
  19. ↑ "British single certifications – Emeli Sandé – Clown". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Clown in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search

External links

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