Back to You (Selena Gomez song)

"Back to You"
Single by Selena Gomez
from the album 13 Reasons Why: Season 2 (Music from the Original TV Series)
Released May 10, 2018 (2018-05-10)
Format Digital download
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:27
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s)
  • Amy Allen
  • Parrish Warrington
  • Micah Premnath
  • Diederik Van Elsas
  • Selena Gomez
Producer(s)
Selena Gomez singles chronology
"Wolves"
(2017)		 "Back to You"
(2018)		 "Taki Taki"
(2018)
Music video
"Back to You" on YouTube

"Back to You" (stylized as "Back 2 You '18" on the single cover) is a song by American singer Selena Gomez. It was written by Amy Allen, Parrish Warrington, Micah Premnath, Diederik Van Elsas, and Gomez, while the production was handled by Trackside and Ian Kirkparick. The track was released on May 10, 2018, as the lead single from the soundtrack of the second season of Netflix's original series 13 Reasons Why, a series adaptation of the eponymous book.[1]

Commercially, the song reached the top 5 in Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore and Slovakia; the top 10 in Belgium, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Scotland; as well as the top 20 in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. In the US, the song also became Gomez's 15th consecutive top 40 entry on the Billboard Hot 100, the longest active run of any artist.

Release

Before its official announcement, the song was registered in ASCAP and teased by various US radio stations such as 104.7 KISS FM.[2] Gomez finally confirmed the release through social media on May 1, as well as its inclusion on the soundtrack of the second season of the Netflix's original series 13 Reasons Why, in which she takes part as an executive producer.[3] The song premiered on May 10 in Zane Lowe's Apple Music radio show Beats 1 as the release day's "World Record". She was also interviewed by Lowe and confirmed that her third solo studio album was being completed.[4][5]

Composition

"Back to You" was written by Amy Allen, Parrish Warrington, Micah Premnath, Diederik Van Elsas and Selena Gomez.[6] The production was handled by Trackside and Ian Kirkpatrick, the latter also working on Gomez's previous single "Bad Liar".[5] The track has been described as an emotional[5][7] acoustic midtempo[8] with country influences,[7] being also called a "dance-pop anthem"[5][9] ballad.[8] Gomez said that it was a "very special record" and that she wanted it to be "a beautiful message in a really complicated way but really fun".[8]

The song is performed in the key of F♯ major with a tempo of 102 beats per minute in 4/4 time and follows a chord progression of D♯m–B–F♯. Gomez’ vocals span two octaves, from C♯3 to C♯5.[10]

Music video

A lyric video with scenes of the second season of 13 Reasons Why was released on May 10, 2018.[11]

Release and synopsis

The official music video was directed by Scott Cudmore.[12] The imagery for the music video is inspired from the 1965 French New Wave film Pierrot le Fou. The music video starts at a party with Gomez, dressed in a vintage feather-trimmed green sequined high-neck dress, locking eyes with a sharply suited man (Andrey Kupchenko), and they steal a convertible and end up frolicking in a bucolic pasture. Gomez wears an ensemble fit for the French countryside: a vintage white skirt and a sleeveless orange-and-yellow crop top. and take Gomez’s twist on iconic ’60s French-girl style as some summer style inspiration.[13]

Nevertheless, Gomez's video, is saturated with Godard's quintessential filmmaking quirks: fragmented editing; characters breaking the fourth wall; melodramatic dialogue; a garish, primary color-focused palette; and cartoonish neorealism. Cinemaphiles will immediately notice parallels, as the music video's opening visual directly mirrors the famous party scene in "Pierrot le Fou," both doused in deep, ever-changing colors. The inane dialogue from side characters serves to highlight the shallow, bourgeois lifestyle that Pierrot wants to escape from. The two find they are wanted and burn their car to destroy the evidence. The video returns to the party from the start and despite everything, Gomez cycles back, locks eyes with a sharply dressed man and asks: "Do you want to steal a car?".[14]

As of September 2018, Back to You's official music video has received over 155 million views on YouTube.

Accolades

Year Ceremony Award Result Ref
2018 Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer Song Won [15]
People's Choice Awards The Song Of 2018 Pending
The Music Video of 2018 Pending

Track listing

  • Digital download[16]
  1. "Back to You" – 3:30
  1. "Back to You" (Riton and Kah-Lo remix) – 3:27
  • Joey Pecoraro remix[18]
  1. "Back to You" (Joey Pecoraro remix) – 3:46
  1. "Back to You" (Anki remix) – 4:41

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Argentina Anglo (Monitor Latino)[19] 8
Australia (ARIA)[20] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[21] 8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[22] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[23] 37
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[24] 4
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[25] 8
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[26] 7
Croatia (Croatia Singles Chart)[27] 17
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[28] 4
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[29] 3
Denmark (Tracklisten)[30] 12
Dominican Republic (Monitor Latino Anglo)[31] 11
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[32] 8
France (SNEP)[33] 51
Germany (Official German Charts)[34] 19
Greece International Digital (IFPI)[35] 5
Hungary (Single Top 40)[36] 22
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[37] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[38] 4
Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay)[39] 1
Italy (FIMI)[40] 49
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard)[41] 8
Latvia (Latvijas Top 40)[42] 11
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[43] 7
Lithuania (M-1 Top 40)[44] 1
Malaysia (RIM)[45] 3
Mexico (Monitor Latino Anglo)[46] 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[47] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[48] 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[49] 8
Norway (VG-lista)[50] 10
Panama (Monitor Latino Anglo)[51] 9
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[52] 5
Portugal (AFP)[53] 8
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[54] 9
Singapore (RIAS)[55] 3
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[56] 53
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[57] 2
Slovenia (SloTop50)[58] 16
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[59] 44
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[60] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[61] 20
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[62] 13
US Billboard Hot 100[63] 18
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[64] 21
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[65] 5
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[66] 4

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[67] Platinum 70,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[68] Gold 20,000*
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[69] Gold 45,000^
Italy (FIMI)[70] Gold 25,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[71] Gold 15,000*
Sweden (GLF)[72] Platinum 40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[73] Silver 200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[74] Platinum 1,000,000double-dagger

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

Release history

Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various May 10, 2018 Digital download Original Interscope [16]
United States May 15, 2018 Contemporary hit radio [75]
Various August 10, 2018 Digital download Remixes [17][18]

References

  1. ↑ Hugh McIntyre (May 10, 2018). "Selena Gomez Continues Her Latest Era With New EDM-Pop Single 'Back To You'". Forbes.
  2. ↑ Sam Prance (May 1, 2018). "Selena Gomez Appears to Start Teasing Her Next Single". MTV UK.
  3. ↑ Shanté Honeycutt (May 1, 2018). "Selena Gomez Announces New Song 'Back To You': 'I'm So Excited'". Billboard.
  4. ↑ Ben Kaye (May 10, 2018). "Selena Gomez shares new song "Back to You": Stream". Consequence of Sound.
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  6. ↑ https://tidal.com/track/88755806
  7. 1 2 Erica Russell (May 10, 2018). "Selena Gomez Drops Country-Hued New Single 'Back to You'". PopCrush.
  8. 1 2 3 Claire Dodson (May 10, 2018). "Selena Gomez Released a New Single for the "13 Reasons Why" Soundtrack". Teen Vogue.
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  17. 1 2 "Helix, Vol. 2 by Various Artists". iTunes (US), Apple Music. July 27, 2018.
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    • Anki remix: "Back to You (Anki Remix) - Single by Selena Gomez". iTunes (US), Apple Music. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
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  69. ↑ "Danish single certifications – Selena Gomez – Back To You". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved September 11, 2018. Click on næste to go to page if certification is from the official website.
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  72. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat" (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved September 29, 2018. Type Selena Gomez in the top right search bar. Click on "Sok" and select Back To You and see certification.
  73. ↑ "British single certifications – Selena Gomez – Back To You". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 13, 2018. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Enter Back To You in the search field and then press Enter.
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