“Reminds Me Of You”: Listen To The Standout Bonus Track From Sam Smith’s ‘In The Lonely Hour’

Bradley Stern | June 23, 2014 9:27 am

He’s the über-talented young UK soul singer in everyone’s ears at the moment — and he’s only finding more ways to keep us listening. We already know that Sam Smith has earned rave reviews (from us as well!) with his debut LP, In The Lonely Hour — but there’s even more goodness lying inside the special editions of the album. (Isn’t that how it always goes?)

“Reminds Me Of You” is a song Smith recorded with Lorde/Broods producer Joel Little, included on the iTunes and Target deluxe editions of the record. We were already dying for the song once a snippet surfaced earlier this month — and now, we finally get to experience the song in full.

Floating across Little’s signature swirls of moody synthesizers, ambient textures and a solid thump, Smith finds himself miserably attempting to fill the void left by his former flame. “God knows I try looking for lovers at night/But each time I do, it only reminds me of you,” he agonizes across the song’s pulsating chorus — certainly one of the album’s best cuts, and one of his finest flirtations with electronica since Disclosure‘s “Latch.” Listen to the song below.

Although we already know Smith’s got the vocal chops to carry a song all on his own, Little’s lush soundscape takes the singer’s anguished crooning to new heights on the heartbreaking number. Here’s to hoping this is only the first of many collaborations still to come between these two talents.

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