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"Glue Song"
Clairo remix cover
Single by Beabadoobee
Released	14 February 2023
Recorded	2022
Genre	Chamber pop
Length	2:15
Label	Dirty Hit
Songwriter(s)	Beatrice Laus Claire Cottrill
Producer(s)	Jacob Bugden Iain Berryman
Beabadoobee singles chronology
"The Perfect Pair" (2022) "Glue Song" (2023) "The Way Things Go" (2023)
Music Video
"Glue Song" on YouTube

"Glue Song" is a song by the Filipino-British singer Beabadoobee. The chamber pop ballad was produced by Jacob Bugden and Iain Berryman and released on 14 February 2023, through Dirty Hit.

A music video for the song was released along with the single. A remix with Clairo was released on 17 April 2023. The song has charted in several countries.

Background and release

The song was released on Valentine's Day. Beabadoobee stated:

I wrote a lot of this song while on tour across Australia and Asia in the back of cars and traveling. It’s a heartfelt song that means a lot to me.... A love song and the first one I've written in my new relationship. I usually write these songs that are sad, in the past with my writing even when it doesn’t sound sad looking back, the lyrics usually have been. For the first time this is just me being really happy. I'm in a really positive place for the first time in a long time and feeling love. We recorded the song with my guitarist and producer Jacob in his house and added in trumpets and strings. This song feels really personal and I went to my home town in Iloilo to film the music video. It’s where I was born and so that also added another personal touch to the song.

– Beabadoobee to Pitchfork in February 2023.

Composition and lyrics

Musically, the song is a chamber pop ballad with slow and sensual guitars, with strings in the background. The beginning of the song experienced rotation and semi-virality on TikTok before its release after it was teased months prior by the singer in a Tiny Desk Concert in November 2022, in the snippet she sings, "I've never known someone like you/Tangled in love stuck by you/From the glue.".

Critical reception

The song was well received by critics. The Gryphon's Emie Grimwood wrote that the song introduces a new era for her music in a beautiful way, further writing that other return with a statement of love and gratitude, while also paying homage to the city she grew up in, calling it "touching and unflawed." Chris Deville of Stereogum called it a love song, one that takes listeners back to the acoustic sound of her past releases, continuing stating that at this point in her career she can spring for an elegant string section to flesh it out, though.

Music video

The video was directed by her boyfriend Jake Erland and shot on 16mm film. She is seen hanging around with her family and her love interest Erland in her home town of Iloilo City in the Philippines. As of February 2024, it has over 16 million views on YouTube.

Credits and personnel

Glue Song (Clairo remix)

• Jacob Bugden  – producer
• Beabadoobee – lead vocals, background vocals, songwriter
• Iain Berryman – producer
• Claire Cottrill – songwriter

Glue Song Choir Version (Amazon Music)

• Alex Robinson – engineer, mixing
• Mike Hillern – engineer, mastering

Charts

Certifications

Notes

1. The choir version conducted by Alex Robinson was released for Amazon Music UK, it features the same chamber pop sound but in spatial audio and a children's choir.
2. The original includes the same people except for Clairo.
3. A choir version was released for Amazon Music UK, it features the same chamber pop sound but in spatial audio and a children's choir.

References

1. "Beabadoobee releases 'Glue Song (feat. Clairo)' alongside lyric video". Niagara Frontier Publications. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
2. "Beabadoobee Shares New "Glue Song" for Valentine's Day". Pitchfork. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
3. Wynter, Courtney (30 November 2022). "Watch Beabadoobee play unreleased track 'Glue Song' on Tiny Desk". NME. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
4. "Beabadoobee's 'Glue Song' Music Video is a Colorful Ode to Filipino Culture". mega-onemega.com. 17 February 2023.
5. "Song Review: "Glue Song" by Beabadoobee". Bummer Brews. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
6. "Metropolis Studios". Metropolis Studios. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. ...solo vocal and guitar to a full chamber-pop arrangement with strings, brass..
7. Grimwood, Emie (18 February 2023). "Valentine's Day, held together by Beabadoobee's 'Glue Song'". The Gryphon. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
8. "beabadoobee Shares New Single "Glue Song": Listen". Stereogum. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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11. "Metropolis Studios". Metropolis Studios. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024.
12. "Beabadoobee Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
13. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Beabadoobee". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
14. "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 8 March 2023. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
15. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 20 February 2023. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
16. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
17. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
18. "Beabadoobee Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
19. "Beabadoobee Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
20. "British single certifications – Beabadoobee – Glue Song". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
21. "American single certifications – Beabadoobee – Glue Song". Recording Industry Association of America.

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