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“Love in the Dark”
Adele 25
Song by Adele
from the album 25
Released November 20, 2015
Length 4:46
Label XL Recordings
Writer(s) Adele Adkins, Sam Dixon
Producer(s) Sam Dixon
25 track listing
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“Love in the Dark” is a song recorded by Adele, taken from her third studio album, 25. The song was written by Adele with Sam Dixon, who also produced the song. The song appears as the eighth track on the album.

Background[]

When asked by a fan at a show in Berlin about the song, Adele revealed that she has rehearsed “Love in the Dark” with her band and that there were plans to add it to the setlist of the Adele Live 2016 tour at some point.[1] During her show in Verona, Italy on May 28, 2016, Adele performed the song live for what she claimed would be the only time, adding that, “It makes me very emotional.”[2] She dedicated the performance to the co-writer of the song, Sam Dixon, who was in the audience that night.

In popular culture[]

“Love in the Dark” unexpectedly gained popularity on TikTok in late summer 2021, with many of the videos posted focusing on the song’s status as one of Adele’s most underrated album tracks. By the end of September, the song had become the most streamed song on 25 — including the album’s four singles — and the third most popular track in Adele’s discography at the time overall, a rarity for a six-year-old album track.[3]

Credits[]

Personnel[4]

  • Adele – songwriting, lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Samuel Dixon – songwriting, producer, engineer, piano, synthesizer
  • Oliver Kraus – string arrangement
  • Adam Klemens – conductor
  • Petr Pycha – orchestra contractor
  • FILMharmonic Orchestra – strings
  • Cameron Craig – engineer
  • Jan Holzner – engineer
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixer
  • Joe Visciano – mixing assistant

Lyrics[]

Take your eyes off of me so I can leave
I’m far too ashamed to do it with you watching me
This is never ending, we have been here before
But I can’t stay this time cause I don’t love you anymore
Please stay where you are
Don’t come any closer
Don’t try to change my mind
I’m being cruel to be kind

I can’t love you in the dark
It feels like we’re oceans apart
There is so much space between us
Maybe we’re already defeated
Everything changed me

You have given me something that I can’t live without
You mustn’t underestimate that when you are in doubt
But I don’t want to carry on like everything is fine
The longer we ignore it all the more that we will fight
Please don’t fall apart
I can’t face your breaking heart
I’m trying to be brave
Stop asking me to stay

I can’t love you in the dark
It feels like we’re oceans apart
There is so much space between us
Maybe we’re already defeated
Everything changed me

We’re not the only ones
I don’t regret a thing
Every word I’ve said
You know I’ll always mean
It is the world to me
That you are in my life
But I want to live
And not just survive

That’s why I can’t love you in the dark
It feels like we’re oceans apart
There is so much space between us
Maybe we’re already defeated

‘Cause everything changed me
And I don’t think you can save me

References[]

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