Up (Olly Murs song)

"Up"
Single by Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato
from the album Never Been Better
Released 1 December 2014
Format
Recorded 2014
Genre Pop folk[1]
Length 3:44
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Olly Murs singles chronology
"Wrapped Up"
(2014)		 "Up"
(2014)		 "Seasons"
(2015)
Demi Lovato singles chronology
"Really Don't Care"
(2014)		 "Up"
(2014)		 "Cool for the Summer"
(2015)
Music video
"Up" on YouTube

"Up" is a song by English singer Olly Murs, released on 1 December 2014 as the second single from his fourth studio album, Never Been Better (2014). It features American singer Demi Lovato and is also featured on the deluxe version of Lovato's fourth album, Demi. It was written and produced by Daniel Davidsen, Peter Wallevik and Cutfather, with additional writing from Wayne Hector, and Maegan Cottone.

"Up" has peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. It has also been certified Platinum in the UK for sales of over 600,000. Murs performed this song at his 2015 Never Been Better Tour with support act Ella Eyre singing Lovato's lyrics.

A 27-second sample of "Up", where Murs sings the verse and Lovato sings the chorus.

Background

The song was written and produced by Daniel Davidsen, Cutfather, and Peter Wallevik, and it was co-written by Wayne Hector and Maegan Cottone. According to Cutfather, the song is inspired by the music of Mumford & Sons and Phillip Phillips.[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Ben and Gabe Turner and released on Vevo on 11 December 2014.[3] The video features Murs and Lovato standing in two rooms separated by a wall. They begin to wreck the rooms before Murs uses a guitar to break a hole into the wall and he and Lovato begin to remove most of the bricks in the wall and look upon each other.

Live performances

Murs and Lovato first performed the song live on the final of the eleventh series of The X Factor on 14 December 2014.[4]

Chart performance

"Up" debuted at number 120 on the UK Singles Chart for the week of 6 December 2014, and rose into the top 100 at number 94 in its second week.[5] The following week it reached number 43, before reaching its peak of number 4.[6] The song debuted in New Zealand at number 38. The single has so far sold 606,500 copies in the UK and is certified platinum. This is Demi Lovato's first platinum hit in the UK, let alone the first by any Hollywood Records artist, despite this being released by Epic. In addition, Up has so far reached number 14 on the ARIA Charts; thus becoming Lovato's second Australian top 20 hit. Worldwide, Up has currently sold over 1,000,000 copies.

Track listing

  1. "Up" (live acoustic version) — 3:49
  2. "Up" (Wideboys radio mix) — 3:41
  3. "Up" (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron radio mix) — 3:43
  4. "Dear Darlin'" (ITV live performance) — 3:59
  1. "Up"
  2. "Up" (live acoustic version)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 14
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 6
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[11] 15
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[12] 22
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[13] 44
Germany (Official German Charts)[14] 17
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[15] 8
Hungary (Single Top 40)[16] 18
Indonesia (CreativeDisc)[17] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 3
Italy (FIMI)[19] 15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[20] 9
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[21] 3
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[22] 29
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[23] 79
South Africa (EMA)[24] 5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 28
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] 4
US Twitter Top Tracks (Billboard)[26] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
Australia (ARIA)[27] 69
Germany (Official German Charts)[28] 72
Italy (FIMI)[29] 82
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[30] 49
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[31] 35

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[32] 2x Platinum 140,000^
Italy (FIMI)[33] Platinum 50,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[34] Platinum 15,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Platinum 600,000double-dagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
United Kingdom 1 December 2014 Radio airplay
[36]
4 January 2015
[37]
Germany 13 March 2015 CD single [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Olly Murs: Never Been Better - album review". Digital Spy. 22 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cutfather- Demoer så tæt på det færdige som muligt" (in Danish). KODA. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Up (Official Video) - Olly Murs". Vevo. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  4. ↑ McGeorge, Alistair (14 December 2014). "X Factor final 2014: Demi Lovato joins Olly Murs for first ever live performance of Up". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100 - 13th December 2014". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Archive Chart: 2014-12-27" UK Singles Chart.
  7. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Up - EP by Olly Murs". iTunes Store UK.
  8. 1 2 "Up: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  12. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201506 into search.
  13. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201511 into search.
  14. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  16. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  17. ↑ "Creative Disc Top 50 16 February 2015". Creative Disc. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  18. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 5, 2015". Irish Singles Chart.
  19. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  20. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2014-12-27". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  22. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201514 into search.
  23. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201513 into search.
  24. ↑ "EMA Top 10 Airplay: Week Ending 2015-03-31". Entertainment Monitoring Africa. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  26. ↑ "Olly Murs - Chart history". Billboard Twitter Top Tracks for Olly Murs. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  27. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  28. ↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  29. ↑ "Classifiche "Top of the Music" 2015 FIMI-GfK: La musica italiana in vetta negli album e nei singoli digitali" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 2015". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  31. ↑ "The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2015 revealed". Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  32. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  33. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Olly Murs ft Demi Lovato – Up" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 21 July 2015. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Olly Murs ft Demi Lovato in the field Filtra. Select 2015 in the field Anno. The certification will load automatically
  34. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  35. ↑ "British single certifications – Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Up in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  36. ↑ "BBC - Radio 1 - Playlist". BBC Radio 1. British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  37. ↑ "Up - EP by Olly Murs". iTunes Store (GB). Apple Inc. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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