Something Just Like This


"Something Just Like This" is a song by American electronic music duo The Chainsmokers and British rock band Coldplay. It was released on February 22, 2017 as the second single from The Chainsmokers debut album, Memories...Do Not Open, and as the lead single from Coldplay's tenth extended play Kaleidoscope EP.
The song reached the top ten of many charts around the world, including number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and the Australian ARIA chart, and number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

Background

In September 2016, the Chainsmokers shared three short clips of an upcoming song featuring vocals from Chris Martin. On February 22, 2017, Spotify prematurely posted a banner ad at the top of the site's home page with a Listen Now button.
On February 22, 2017, Coldplay premiered "Something Just Like This" with the Chainsmokers on stage at the Brit Awards at The O2 Arena in London, England. They then performed the song at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, California on March 5, 2017, and on their A Head Full of Dreams Tour since the Singapore show on March 31, 2017. It was performed again at the One Love Manchester benefit concert for the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing on June 4, 2017.

Lyric video

A lyric video was also released on February 22, 2017, on the Chainsmokers Vevo channel. It has received over 1.8 billion views and is one of the 70 most viewed videos on YouTube. It was directed by James Zwadlo.

Composition

The song is written in the key of D major and has a tempo of 103 beats per minute in common time. It follows a chord progression of G–A–Bm–A, and the vocals span two octaves, from G2 to G4.

Chart performance

"Something Just Like This" debuted at number fifty-six on the Billboard Hot 100, but on its second week, the song soared to number five, becoming the Chainsmokers' third top five entry after "Don't Let Me Down" and "Closer". The song also became Coldplay's second top five entry after "Viva la Vida". Also, it became the Chainsmokers' fifth and Coldplay's fourth top 10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has since peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached its millionth sales mark in July 2017. It was the sixth best-selling song of 2017 in the US, with 1,348,000 copies sold in 2017, and 4,000,000 units including streaming.
In the United Kingdom, "Something Just Like This" debuted at number thirty on February 24, 2017, reaching its number two peak position the following week, behind Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You". It spent nine consecutive weeks in the top 10. It was the ninth biggest song of 2017 in the United Kingdom.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

The Chainsmokers
Coldplay
Production

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

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Release history

Covers

In 2018, The Piano Guys released a mashup on piano and cello called Something Just Like Liszt, combining Something Just Like This with Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.