Someone You Loved

"Someone You Loved"
Single by Lewis Capaldi
from the EP Breach and the album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Released	8 November 2018
Recorded	October 2018
Genre	Pop, adult contemporary
Length	3:02
Label	Vertigo
Songwriter(s)	Lewis Capaldi Samuel Romans Thomas Barnes Peter Kelleher Benjamin Kohn
Producer(s)	TMS
Lewis Capaldi singles chronology
"Grace" (2018) "Someone You Loved" (2018) "Hold Me While You Wait" (2019)
Music video
"Someone You Loved (first version) on YouTube "Someone You Loved (second version)" on YouTube

"Someone You Loved" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. It was released on 8 November 2018 as a download through Vertigo Records, the third single from his second extended play, Breach (2018), and was later included on his debut album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (2019). The song was written by Capaldi, Samuel Romans, and its producers Thomas Barnes, Peter Kelleher and Benjamin Kohn. It was serviced to radio stations on 16 April 2019 as the first US single.

"Someone You Loved" was a commercial success, peaking at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1] The song became Capaldi's first No. 1 single, spending seven consecutive weeks atop the chart and was the best selling single of 2019 in the UK. It also peaked at No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, the Canadian Hot 100, and the Recording Industry Association of Malaysia singles chart. In the United States, "Someone You Loved" was a sleeper hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 in its 24th week on the chart. The song is certified Diamond or higher in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Poland, and the United States. It was nominated for Song of the Year at the 62nd Grammy Awards.^[2] It also received an award for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards. As of 2023, "Someone You Loved" is the 3rd most streamed song on Spotify, with over 3 billion streams on the platform.