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![]() ![]() ![]() The song is an interesting one in the development of Sam’s song-writing and performing skills. Whatever the motivation the melody and Sam’s voice have reached the level of maturity of their later work. ![]() We can speculate that maybe its lack of sophistication caused it to be rejected, and certainly the songs on In the Lonely Hour are more complex. The lyric is self-explanatory and needs very little annotation. One interesting comment is that ‘the melody flows naturally as if it’s always existed and just waiting for Sam to write it.’ His debut album, In the Lonely Hour, is richly and deliberately pop, as expected from an artist who’s long been made-up for the masses. The public response to the Youtube clip is one-hundred-per-cent positive. Sam Smith - Leave Your Lover (Official Video) Watch on. The song has an emphatic, hypnotic, bluesy beat that is reminiscent of the Grammy-winning song “Stay With Me.” Sam’s voice has the distinctive mature, rich quality of their later work. Sam has never given a reason for excluding it. It was also ‘pulled’ from Youtube, although Sam can be heard singing it in a recording of an early concert in May 2013 at St Pancras Old Church in London. This song was composed by Sam Smith for their album In the Lonely Hour, but a decision was subsequently made not to include it. ![]()
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