New York, NY (Top40 Charts) GRAMMY, BRIT, Golden Globe and Academy Award winning artist Sam Smith marks a decade of their multi-platinum debut 'In the Lonely Hour', featuring a brand new version of their 7 x Platinum hit single 'I'm Not The Only One' with Alicia Keys. The anniversary edition includes the album's original songs with a re-recorded version of "Stay With Me," the exclusive new track "Little Sailor," live versions of numerous tracks and existing features from Mary J. Blige, A$AP Rocky and John Legend. See below for track listing.
Throughout 2024 Sam has hosted some exceptional moments in celebration of the 10-year anniversary, including a very special 2024 Pride party at the iconic Julius' Bar, the oldest gay bar in New York City. Hosted by drag icon Lady Bunny, and drawing a crowd of fans and celebrity friends including Kim Petras, Dylan Mulvaney, Christian Cowan, Ella Snyder & Nick Champa, this is where Sam and Alicia Keys first surprised guests with their rendition of 'I'm Not The Only One'. Recorded in Alicia's studio the next day, 'I'm Not The Only One' with Sam and Alicia will be the focus track for the anniversary edition.
Sam Smith - "Revisiting the start of my career has been the most incredible experience. I will always be the most proud of 'In The Lonely Hour' as it was my first baby steps into music. I listen back to the album now and it feels like looking back at old photos, a mix of emotions, but I love the record and I still love singing these songs so much. This album was written about a period of unrequited love in my life. It's a real life coming-of-age story. I am so honoured to have worked with Alicia who is an incredible talent and a beautiful soul joining me to re-imagine such a special track to celebrate a decade of In The Lonely Hour."
Alicia Keys - "I LOVED working on this with Sam! and for such a special moment! It's been on both of our wishlists! The vibe was super intimate. We recorded it at my studio in New York. My son Egypt played Sam some keys and my son Genesis was telling jokes the whole time. Pure music, singing in the room together while I was playing piano."
Released in 2014 'In the Lonely Hour' was Sam's debut into the music industry and the first of many incredible milestones and global successes that they would achieve over the course of their standout career. The GRAMMY award winning, now 6 x RIAA Platinum Certified album became the biggest selling debut album of the decade. The album includes the breakthrough hit "Stay with Me" (certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2020), "I'm Not the Only One" (7xPlatinum), "Lay Me Down" (5xPlatinum) and the Platinum-certified "Money on My Mind" and "Like I Can."
Tonight, Sam will perform at their inaugural BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Sam has been working on an exclusive collaboration with Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood for this notable night.
Sam is also the host of 'The Pink House', an overarching new brand Sam has created, inspired by the home they grew up in. Under the roof of 'The Pink House' they are in the process of building a charitable foundation intended to provide support for people within the LGBTQIA+ community. In addition to this, they have released multiple episodes of their podcast, where in each we hear from Sam as they sit down with an amazing cast of friends and queer cultural icons, including Elliot Page, Laverne Cox, Gloria Estefan. 'The Pink House' in all its guises is designed to help build a better, safer world for all.
Sam Smith is one of the most celebrated musical artists to emerge in recent history. A portrait of the five-time GRAMMY® winner, created by Pierre et Gilles, was recently unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Sam holds two Guinness World Records- for the most consecutive weeks in the U.K .Top 10 Album Chart (for their 2014, "In The Lonely Hour") and for having the first James Bond Theme to reach No.1 on the U.K. charts (for the Oscar and Golden Globe-winning "Writing's on the Wall"). Sam has amassed over 49 million adjusted album sales, 300 million single sales and 84 billion career streams across their catalogue of critically acclaimed albums "In The Lonely Hour", "The Thrill of It All", "Love Goes" and "GLORIA". Sam's latest GRAMMY®-winning, platinum single "Unholy" feat. Kim Petras spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sam has sold out numerous headline tours worldwide and is currently touring the 2024 iteration of their GLORIA show with GLORIA - The.Blackout.
All versions of the commemorative edition will include the album's original 10 songs plus an exclusive new track "Little Sailor." A total of 25 tracks will appear on The Collector's Edition 4 LP and the Standard Double CD, including live versions of the album's original songs.
Track Listing - In The Lonely Hour (10 Year Anniversary) - Digital Album:
1. Good Thing
2. Stay With Me (Re-record)
3. Leave Your Lover
4. I'm Not The Only One
5. I've Told You Now
6. Like I Can
7. Not In That Way
8. Make It To Me
9. Lay Me Down
10. Little Sailor
11. Money On My Mind
12. Life Support
13. Restart
14. Safe with me
15. Nirvana
16. I've Told You Now (Live at St Pancras Old Church, London)
17. Latch
18. La La La
19. How Will I Know
20. Latch acoustic
21. Drowning Shadows
22. Writing's On The Wall
23. Stay With Me (feat. Mary J Blige)
24. I'm Not The Only One (feat. A$ASP Rocky)
25. Lay Me Down (feat. John Legend)
26. I'm Not The Only One (ft. Alicia Keys)
