"Worry About Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding featuring American rapper and singer Blackbear, released as the lead single from Goulding's fourth studio album Brightest Blue, through Polydor Records on 13 March 2020.
Critical reception Writing for Idolator, Mike Wass opined that Goulding "asserts her independence" on the track, "telling Mr. Clingy to stop sniffing around her business because she's bus[y] having fun [...] over Ilya's thunderous beats", concluding that it is a "banger". Caian Nunes of Popline wrote that Goulding finds "great inspiration in hip-hop" on the track "without losing her pop [sound]".
Music video The music video for "Worry About Me" was directed by Emil Nava and was released on Goulding's YouTube channel a few hours after the release of the single. A Director's Cut of the video featuring the instrumental "Overture" was released on 30 April 2020.
Track listing Digital download and streaming — Single
"Worry About Me" — 2:59
Digital download and streaming — (Remixes)
"Worry About Me" (Lost Frequencies remix) — 4:11 "Worry About Me" (MK remix) — 3:33 "Worry About Me" (Maya Jane Coles remix) — 4:13 "Worry About Me" (Krystal Klear remix) — 6:01
Personnel Credits were adapted from Apple Music.
Ellie Goulding — vocals, background vocals, songwriter Ilya Salmanzadeh — producer, songwriter, keyboard arranger, engineer, programming, drums, percussion, bass guitar Blackbear (a.k.a. Matthew Musto) — vocals, songwriter Jason Elliott — recording engineer Serban Ghenea — mixing engineer John Hanes — assistant mixing engineer Randy Merrill — mastering engineer Peter Svensson — guitar Savan Kotecha — piano Leo Kotecha — background vocals Mylo Kotecha — background vocals
Charts Chart (2020) Peakposition Israel (Media Forest) 5 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) 16 Romania (Airplay 100) 80 US Digital Song Sales (Billboard) 50
Release history Region Date Format Label Various 13 March 2020 Polydor 15 March 2020 Australia 16 March 2020 Contemporary hit radio Universal Italy 20 March 2020 United States 24 March 2020 Interscope
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