![]() I’m not bitter about it anymore,” she added before launching into the incandescent vocal storm. Now, he’s forever gonna have changed my life, and I’m really proud of that. “It seems so right that someone who changed my life so dramatically and the song that’s about him that is so brutally about him and then a record that’s about him would change my life as much as he has. “Everyone knows which is obviously why so many people like this song.” Everyone knows what it’s like to lose someone that you love in some shape or form whether it be choice or not by choice,” she ascertained. I didn’t think it would go on to do what it’s done. Musing on her blockbuster, diamond-selling 21 record, she extended sage wisdom about her transformation from forlorn lover to mighty warrior. “I knew it would resonate with people. ![]() “In 20 years time, if I’m telling my husband then and kids one day, ‘you know, one time I was a bit of a superstar, whatever, a pop star, had a big album,’ they’ll be like, ‘yeah, right, mum, fuck off,'” the soul-pop singer quipped during her stint at the Royal Albert Hall back in 2011. ![]() Drowned in nothing but trickling piano, the song is a wilting, stunning reminder of a former flame, as only ghosts of the past seem to haunt her dreams, rather prophetically. “Regrets and mistakes, they’re memories made,” she blubbers on “Someone Like You,” one of the best pop songs of the millennium. Adele, known to lick those wounds so courageously on her albums, is the empress of wearing her heart on her sleeve ⎯⎯ often leaving you strangely raw and vulnerable. You can’t hide from it, but you can conversely zap the sorrow of all its energy. The pain cripples you, forces you to your knees and drains your soul. Heartache doesn’t just burn your heart, it sends scorch marks across your skin and down your spine. The Song also received a nomination for the Brit Award for British Single at the 32nd ceremony and also several other nominations.Welcome to Throwback Thursday, a weekly series showcasing an album, single, music video or performance of a bygone era and its personal and/or cultural significance. ![]() "Someone like You" appeared on many year-end lists about the best songs of 2011, and was the inaugural recipient of the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, at the 54th ceremony in 2012. "Someone like You" is the 36th-best-selling single in the history of the UK Singles Chart. In a 2012 list voted for by the public in conjunction with the Official Charts Company's 60th anniversary, "Someone like You" was voted the third-most favourite number-one single of the last 60 years in the UK, with Michael Jackson's " Billie Jean" voted number two and Queen's " Bohemian Rhapsody" as number one. The song has been covered by various artists, including the cast of the series Glee. Live performances of the song were heavily praised by music critics and fans. She added "Someone Like You" to the set list of her second tour Adele Live. Adele performed the song on several award functions and television shows including the 31st Brit Awards, 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and it was played on the ABC show Grey's Anatomy. Critics praised the video for being simple and perfect for the sound of the song. The video showed Adele walking alone through the streets with a sad look on her face. Īn accompanying music video for the song was directed by Jake Nava and filmed in Paris, France. As of 2023, "Someone like You" was the third most downloaded single of all-time in the UK and the fourth best-selling single of the 21st century. In July 2011, it became the first single of the decade to sell a million units in the UK and it was certified 6× Platinum by both the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song also became Adele's second number one in the US, which made her the first British female solo artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have two number ones from the same album. Following a universally praised performance of the song at the 31st Brit Awards, it became Adele's first number-one single in the UK and stayed on the top of the chart for five weeks, eventually becoming the best-selling single of the year in the region. It became a global success, topping the charts in nineteen countries and reaching the top 10 in various other regions. "Someone like You" received universal critical acclaim, with reviewers choosing it as a highlight of 21 and praised the lyrics, its simple sound and Adele's vocal performance.
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