Tough Love (Jessie Ware song)

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Tough Love (Jessie Ware song) - Wikipedia

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"Tough Love"

Single by Jessie Ware

from the album Tough Love

Released

23 June 2014

Length

3:29

Label

Island

Songwriter(s)

Jessie Ware
Benjamin Levin
Benjamin Ash

Producer(s)

BenZel

Jessie Ware singles chronology

"Imagine It Was Us"
(2013)

"Tough Love"
(2014)

"Say You Love Me"
(2014)

"Tough Love" is a song by British singer Jessie Ware from her second studio album, Tough Love (2014). It was written by Ware, Benny Blanco, and Benjamin Ash and produced by Blanco and Ash under their production pseudonym BenZel. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 23 June 2014 as the lead single from the album. It peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Ware's first domestic top 40 entry. Critically acclaimed, "Tough Love" was included on Pitchfork's list of the 100 best songs of 2014.^[1]

Background

"Tough Love" was written by Ware, Benny Blanco, and Benjamin Ash and recorded during a two-week touring break in May 2013.^[2] Speaking about the track in an interview with NME, Ware commented: "I had just finished a run of shows in the States and went to New York to work with BenZel for a couple weeks, mainly as a different focus to touring. I didn’t have any expectations or pressures with what would come out of those two weeks, and think "Tough Love" sums this up. It was me experimenting with my voice and having fun with it. It just felt right and kind of dictated the route of the next album, much like "Devotion" did on my first album."^[3]

Initially recorded an octave lower, one of the producers encouraged Ware to sing the downtempo song in a higher register.^[4] "[He] was like 'Go and try the higher up,' Ware told Pitchfork, "and I was like, 'Nah, I can't do it up there,' and he's like, 'Just try it!' And I did. Moving it up to a higher octave definitely gives it this other character."^[4] Lyrically, "Tough Love" was inspired by the trails of maintaining a long-term relationship while jumping from continent to continent.^[4]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Tough Love" was directed by Alex Lee and Kyle Wightman of BRTHR Films. It was first released onto YouTube on 9 July 2014 at a total length of three minutes and thirty seconds.^[5]

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tough Love"	3:29

Charts

Chart performance for "Tough Love"
Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[6]	19
Scotland (OCC)^[7]	37
UK Singles (OCC)^[8]	34

Release history

"Tough Love" release history
Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Various	23 June 2014	Digital download	Island	^[9]

References

^ "The Best 100 Tracks of 2014". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^ Munoz, Andrea (18 July 2014). "Jessie Ware On Tough Love, Ed Sheeran, Drake And Miguel". MTV (UK). Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ Cooper, Leonie (8 July 2014). "Jessie Ware unveils 'Tough Love' video – watch". NME. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dombal, Ryan (16 June 2014). "Jessie Ware". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ Jessie Ware - Tough Love - YouTube
^ "Jessie Ware – Tough Love" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Music - Tough Love - Single by Jessie Ware". Retrieved 2 May 2023 – via Spotify.

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Discography
Studio albums	Devotion (2012) Tough Love (2014) Glasshouse (2017) What's Your Pleasure? (2020) That! Feels Good! (2023)
Singles	"Running" "If You're Never Gonna Move" "Wildest Moments" "Night Light" "Imagine It Was Us" "Tough Love" "Say You Love Me" "Champagne Kisses" "Midnight" "Selfish Love" "Alone" "Spotlight" "Ooh La La" "Save a Kiss" "Remember Where You Are" "Kiss of Life" "Free Yourself"

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