English singer Sam Smith recorded and wrote this song for his debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, released in 2014. Smith did take some help from Jimmy Napes in writing the lyrics for the song. Jimmy and Steve Fitzmaurice were also the producers of the song. On August 31, 2014, Capitol Records released this song to the world of the Internet, and it was available as a digital download on various streaming platforms. I'm Not The Only One was released as the third single in the United Kingdom and as a second single in the USA. Furthermore, Sam Smith collaborated with American Rapper A$AP Rocky to develop an alternative version of the song.
This song has multiple layers of compositions, starting from a soul ballad, which is then anchored by orchestral strings and then forms a gospel structure. I'm Not The Only One to bring infidelity in relationships to light. The inspiration for the song came from the lives of someone both Sam Smith and Napes knew at that time. Overall, the song got lots of positive responses and praise for its over-the-top vocals and proper usage of every single instrument that you can hear in the song. This song traveled far to many new countries where people listened to Sam Smith for the first time. It went on to become a number-one hit in South Africa, got in the list of top-three hit songs in the United Kingdom, and a top five in the USA.
Moreover, it has become a certified Diamond in Australia, seven-times Platinum in the USA, along with multi platinum in ten additional countries. It also became the best selling international song in South Korea in 2016.
J.J Pattishall is going to be your guitar chord instructor for the song lesson I'm Not The Only One by Sam Smith. J.J. has divided this song into multiple segments where he teaches you about the chords and rhythms and song arrangement, gives you a song demo, and also provides you with an easy version of the song that you can play if you have just started playing guitar. Once you complete this guitar chord tutorial, you can check out other similar songs like Black Magic Woman by Santana, Crash by Dave Matthews Band, Every Breath You Take by Police and many more from our guitar lesson repository.
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