Lay Me Down

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"Lay Me Down" is a soulful ballad co-written by Jimmy Napes and performed by Sam Smith that became one of Smith’s early breakthrough hits.

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Lay Me Down canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album In the Lonely Hour ⓘ
artistAlbum Sam Smith ⓘ
associatedAct Naughty Boy ⓘ
chartSuccess achieved international chart success ⓘ
containsElement orchestral elements ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasLivePerformances yes ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
hasPiano yes ⓘ
hasStrings yes ⓘ
instrumentation piano-driven arrangement ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 4 minutes ⓘ
lyricalPerspective first-person ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Ryan Hope ⓘ
notableFor being one of Sam Smith’s early breakthrough hits ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 2013 ⓘ
partOf Sam Smith discography ⓘ
linked to: Sam Smith
performedOn concert tours ⓘ
television shows ⓘ
performer Sam Smith ⓘ
producer Jimmy Napes ⓘ
Naughty Boy ⓘ
Steve Fitzmaurice ⓘ
recordedBy Sam Smith ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseType debut single ⓘ
singleReReleaseYear 2015 ⓘ
subjectMatter mourning a lost partner ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme grief ⓘ
longing ⓘ
love ⓘ
vocalRangeFeature showcases Sam Smith’s falsetto ⓘ
linked to: Sam Smith
vocalStyle emotive ⓘ
vocalType soulful ballad ⓘ
writer Elvin Smith ⓘ
Jimmy Napes ⓘ
Sam Smith ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jimmy Napes → notableWork → Lay Me Down ⓘ
Sam Smith → notableWork → Lay Me Down ⓘ
Writing's on the Wall → follows → Lay Me Down ⓘ
Lost Change → hasTrack → Lay Me Down ⓘ
In the Lonely Hour → hasSingle → Lay Me Down ⓘ
In the Lonely Hour → notableTrack → Lay Me Down ⓘ
Lay Me Down → hasTitle → Lay Me Down ⓘ