Sweet Melody

For other uses, see Sweet Melody (disambiguation).

"Sweet Melody"
Single by Little Mix
from the album Confetti
Released23 October 2020 (2020-10-23)
StudioMetropolis Studios; London, UK
Genre
Length3:33
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Parx
  • Frid
  • Emenike
  • Ristorp
  • Peoples
Little Mix singles chronology
"Holiday"
(2020) 		"Sweet Melody"
(2020) 		"No Time for Tears"
(2020)
Music video
"Sweet Melody" on YouTube

"Sweet Melody" is a song by British girl group Little Mix, released through RCA Records on 23 October 2020, as the third single from the group's sixth studio album Confetti (2020). Little Mix worked with notable names and frequent collaborators Tayla Parx, Morten Ristorp, Robin Frid, Brian Garcia, and MNEK, who co-written and co-produced the track. It has since been regarded as one of the group's best releases.[1]

"Sweet Melody" was met with widespread acclaim from music critics who described it as a girl group classic[2] with some citing it as a stand out single amongst their previous releases[3] and lead single material from the group's sixth album Confetti.[4] Furthermore, praise was given towards the song's production; describing it as "perfectly structured" with Billboard naming it as one of the best releases of 2020.[5][6] It peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, in January 2021, becoming the group's fifth number one single in the UK and their first since "Shout Out to My Ex" was released in 2016. It reached the top ten in five other territories.

An accompanying choreography-based music video was released and features individual and group shots of the members performing dance routines, filmed in an abandoned warehouse. It would mark the group's last music video with Jesy Nelson, who left the group in the same year. The video was later nominated for "Best Pop Video" at the 2021 UK Music Video Awards. To promote the song, the group performed the track at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards, in which they co-hosted and performed it on The Jonathan Ross Show, and Little Mix The Search.

  1. ^ Stroude, Will (11 November 2021). "Little Mix's 32 singles ranked in order of greatness". Attitude. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Little Mix wow's with their new single and video Sweet Melody". GAY TIMES. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ^ Billboard Staff (11 December 2020). "The 30 Best Pop Songs of 2020: Staff Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  5. ^ Billboard Staff (8 December 2020). "The 100 Best Songs of 2020: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. ^ Billboard Staff (11 December 2020). "The 30 Best Pop Songs of 2020: Staff Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 10 June 2023.