Read All About It, Pt. III

"Read All About It, Pt. III"
Promotional single by Emeli Sandé from the album Our Version of Events
Recorded	2011
Genre	R&B soul
Length	4:42
Label	Virgin
Writer	Stephen Manderson Iain James Tom Barnes Ben Kohn Pete Kelleher Emeli Sandé
Producer	Gavin Powell

"Read All About It, Pt. III" is a song by Scottish recording artist Emeli Sandé, from her debut album, Our Version of Events (2012). The song was written by Sandé, Professor Green, Iain James, Tom Barnes, Ben Kohn and Pete Kelleher and produced by Gavin Powell. It is a sequel to the 2011 hit single "Read All About It", which appears on Professor Green's second studio album, At Your Inconvenience (2011). The song was first performed at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Background

In 2010, Sandé began working with Professor Green on her debut album. The pair had previously worked together on the rapper's debut album Alive Till I'm Dead (2010), which she featured on track "Kids That Love to Dance".^[1] Sandé got on with Professor Green and the pair returned a year later and worked on his second studio album, At Your Inconvenience (2011), which Sandé featured on track, "Read All About It". Professor Green released the song as the lead single from the album, and it peaked at number-one on the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Following the release and the commercial success of the song, in 2011, Sandé wanted to record her own version of the song.^[1] Sandé said that after she and Professor Green had done many shows together to promote the song, she heard and saw how personal the song was for him.^[3] She said the song started to make her think "what does the song mean to me, and what's my interpretation of it?". Sandé then decided to write her own version of the song.^[3] She said that she wrote the song like it was a story of her life.^[1] Sandé said the song is also different from the original song.^[1] Critics often pick out the similarities between "Read All About It" and "Love the Way You Lie" and then "Read All About It, Pt. III" and "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)".^[4] Following its performance at the Olympics, "Read All About It, Pt. III" began to get airplay on BBC Radio 2.^[5]

Live performances

Sandé notably performed the track on 12 August 2012 as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, opening the show itself when she performed acoustically from the back seat of a car. Sandé proceeded to reprise the track later in the ceremony, shortly after Ray Davies' performance of "Waterloo Sunset".^[6]

The performance saw a significant rise in sales of Sandé's music digitally, with "Read All About It, Pt. III" reaching a peak of number eleven on UK iTunes within twelve hours of the ceremony.^[7]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2012–13) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[8] 40 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[9] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 26 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[11] 8 Denmark (Tracklisten)[12] 20 France (SNEP)[13] 7 Germany (Media Control AG)[14] 5 Hungary (Single Top 40)[15] 17 Ireland (IRMA)[16] 5 Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[17] 5 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 38 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[19] 4 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[20] 3 Spain (Spanish Singles Chart)[21] 24 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 20 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 3 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2012) Peak position Germany (Media Control AG)[25] 38 UK Singles Chart[26] 61 Chart (2013) Position Germany (Media Control AG)[27] 67 UK Singles Chart[28] 120

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[29]	Gold	35,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[30]	Gold	15,000^x
Belgium (BEA)[31]	Gold	15,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[32]	Platinum	300,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[33]	2× Platinum	60,000^x
United Kingdom (BPI)[34]	Platinum	600,000
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[35]	Gold	900,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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