{{Short description|2020 studio album by Sam Smith}} {{Use British English|date=September 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Love Goes | type = studio | artist = Sam Smith | cover = Sam Smith - Love Goes.png | alt = Sam Smith lying prone in grass with their head resting on their bent left arm and their right hand resting on their head. A tattoo of two men kissing is visible on Smith's shoulder. | released = {{Start date|2020|10|30|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = Various (see recording locations) | genre = {{hlist|Pop<ref name="New York Times" />|dance-pop<ref name="AllMusic" />|R&B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/sam-smith-love-goes-review-polished-but-it-doesnt-shine-fzkl02q0w|title=Sam Smith: ''Love Goes'' review – polished but it doesn't shine|work=The Times|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|date=29 October 2020|accessdate=29 August 2024}}</ref>}} | length = 56:39 | label = Capitol | producer = * Louis Bell * Steve Fitzmaurice * Oscar Görres * Calvin Harris * Ilya * Labrinth * Guy Lawrence (of Disclosure) * Jimmy Napes * Dave Odlum * Shellback * Stargate * Steve Mac * Two Inch Punch * Linus "Lotus IV" Wiklund * Andrew "Watt" Wotman | prev_title = Diva Boy | prev_year = 2019 | next_title = Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios | next_year = 2021 | misc = {{Singles | name = Love Goes | type = studio | single1 = My Oasis | single1date = 30 July 2020 | single2 = Diamonds | single2date = 18 September 2020 | single3 = Kids Again | single3date = 30 October 2020<ref name="Billboard Kids Again" /> }} }}
'''''Love Goes''''' is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Sam Smith. It was released on 30 October 2020 through Capitol Records. The album serves as a follow-up to Smith's second studio album ''The Thrill of It All'' (2017).<ref name="Billboard 30 March 2020">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9346206/sam-smith-pushes-back-new-album-changes-name |title=Sam Smith Pushes Back & Renames New Album |magazine=Billboard |last=Daw |first=Stephen |date=30 March 2020 |access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402174815/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9346206/sam-smith-pushes-back-new-album-changes-name|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally planned to be titled ''To Die For'', the album was due for release on 1 May 2020 but was delayed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the album was promoted by the singles "My Oasis", "Diamonds" and "Kids Again".
''Love Goes'' debuted in the top-ten on various official charts, including in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number two, Smith's only album not to top the Official Albums Chart, while it peaked at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200. It has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide, as of 2021.<ref name=":0" />
== Background == In an interview with Zach Sang in October 2019, Smith confirmed that their third album would be released in 2020, and said it would feature "fewer ballads and plenty of poppier tracks" than their previous albums, which they called an "acoustic-y, soulful version of pop music". Smith went on to explain that the reception to their recent songs had "almost given me permission to kinda do what I've always dreamed of doing but I was always scared to do, which is pop music."<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sam-smith-confirms-new-album-coming-2020-2555740 |title=Sam Smith confirms new pop-driven album is coming in 2020 |work=NME |last=Ramli |first=Sofiana |date=10 October 2019 |access-date=14 February 2020|archive-date=14 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214203609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/sam-smith-confirms-new-album-coming-2020-2555740|url-status=live}}</ref> Smith described the album as their "first proper heartbreak album". In an interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, Smith said
{{blockquote | "I'd say [this was] the first proper time I've been actually heartbroken. That feeling of they're gone, you can't sleep, the really, really bad feeling. The others were the idea of it and it was pure unrequited love. This, I would like to say that we loved each other. So, I definitely, definitely loved him. So yeah, it was proper." | source = Smith speaking to Zane Lowe.<ref name="Billboard Kids Again">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9473046/sam-smith-love-goes-apple-music-interview |title=Why 'Love Goes' Is Sam Smith's 'First Proper Heartbreak Album' |magazine=Billboard |last=Daw |first=Stephen |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101021313/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9473046/sam-smith-love-goes-apple-music-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> }}
Smith opened a pop-up store in Soho, London named after the album in February 2020 before the release of the single "To Die For".<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-is-teasing-the-release-of-their-new-single-to-die-for__28567/ |title=Sam Smith is teasing the release of their new single To Die For |publisher=Official Charts Company |last=White |first=Jack |date=10 February 2020 |access-date=13 February 2020|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204115743/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-is-teasing-the-release-of-their-new-single-to-die-for__28567/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Release and title == Originally planned to be titled ''To Die For'', Smith's third album was due to be released on 1 May 2020, but was then pushed back to 5 June 2020.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=https://entertainment.ie/music/sam-smith-is-changing-the-title-of-their-new-album-because-of-the-coronavirus-447632/ |title=Sam Smith is changing the title of their new album because of the coronavirus |website=Entertainment.ie |last=Murphy |first=Lauren |date=April 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402001334/https://entertainment.ie/music/sam-smith-is-changing-the-title-of-their-new-album-because-of-the-coronavirus-447632/|url-status=live}}</ref> By the end of March, Smith had confirmed that they had decided to delay the album till later in the year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sam-smith-to-die-for-album-title-change-postponed-coronavirus-975092/ |title=Sam Smith to Change Album Title, Push Back Release Date Due to COVID-19 |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Shaffer |first=Claire |date=30 March 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924160751/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sam-smith-to-die-for-album-title-change-postponed-coronavirus-975092/|url-status=live}}</ref> On their social media account, they posted the following message: "I have done a lot of thinking the last few weeks and feel that the title of my album and imminent release doesn't feel right ... I have to come to the decision to continue working on the album and make some important changes and additions. I will be renaming the album and pushing back the release date—both of which are to be confirmed at this time".<ref name="Billboard 30 March 2020" />
On Friday 17 April, Smith explained the reasons for changing the album during an interview with Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2, stating that the "album had the word 'die' in the title, which I just felt really uncomfortable with, with what's happening [coronavirus] and it's so important for me to be sensitive to my fans and to people listening to my music. This has been a really sad and awful time for us, so I've changed the album title, I'm going to change the album cover."<ref name="CNN">{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/17/entertainment/sam-smith-album-name-change-intl-scli-gbr/index.html |title=Sam Smith renames their new album, saying 'To Die For' felt uncomfortable during a pandemic |publisher=CNN |last=Owoseje |first=Toyin |date=17 April 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182007/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/17/entertainment/sam-smith-album-name-change-intl-scli-gbr/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The original cover art depicted Smith facing head-on with hands all around them. The hands on the album cover belong to Smith's "chosen family", Shea Diamond, Alok Menon, Jeff Hova, and Madison Phillips.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.out.com/music/2020/2/13/sam-smith-announces-new-album-opens-wig-shop |title=Sam Smith Postpones Album, Changes Name of Project |work=Out |last=Street |first=Mikelle |date=13 February 2020 |access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=21 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321034541/https://www.out.com/music/2020/2/13/sam-smith-announces-new-album-opens-wig-shop|url-status=live}}</ref> Upon postponing the album, Smith announced that a new cover art would be produced.<ref name="CNN" />
== Singles == Before its delay, Smith had released a number of singles in promotion of the album. "Promises" with Calvin Harris, "Fire on Fire" from the miniseries ''Watership Down'', "Dancing with a Stranger" with Normani, "How Do You Sleep?", "I Feel Love" (Smith's cover of Donna Summer's 1977 single), "To Die For", and "I'm Ready" with Demi Lovato were all included on the album's original preorder, but are now all included as bonus tracks on the album, with the exception of "I Feel Love".<ref name="USA Today">{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/04/17/sam-smith-demi-lovatos-single-im-ready-emotional-empowering/5151583002/ |title=Sam Smith, Demi Lovato go glam as they sing about love struggles in new single, 'I'm Ready' |last=Dinges |first=Gary |date=17 April 2020 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=USA Today |archive-date=17 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192952/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/04/17/sam-smith-demi-lovatos-single-im-ready-emotional-empowering/5151583002/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sam-smith-demi-lovato-im-ready-video-9360112/ |title=Sam Smith & Demi Lovato Conquer the Olympics in Powerful 'I'm Ready' Video |date=16 April 2020 |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |access-date=18 April 2020 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=17 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230518/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9360112/sam-smith-demi-lovato-im-ready-video |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TeenVogue">{{cite web |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/sam-smith-demi-lovato-im-ready-music-video |title=Sam Smith, Demi Lovato Created a Literal Drag Race in "I'm Ready" Music Video |last=Delago |first=Sara |date=17 April 2020 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=Teen Vogue |archive-date=20 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420021517/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/sam-smith-demi-lovato-im-ready-music-video |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Meaww">{{cite web |url=https://meaww.com/new-music-video-release-review-sam-smith-demi-lovato-im-ready-harmony-collaboration-scooter-braun |title='I'm Ready' Review: Sam Smith and Demi Lovato create magic in Olympic-inspired beautifully infectious video |last=Lotter |first=Judah Charles |date=16 April 2020 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=Meaww |archive-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919030806/https://meaww.com/new-music-video-release-review-sam-smith-demi-lovato-im-ready-harmony-collaboration-scooter-braun |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popbuzz.com/exclusives/video/sam-smith-demi-lovato-new-collaboration/ |title=Sam Smith reveals how Demi Lovato made them feel 'femme, queer and confident' |website=PopBuzz |last=Whyte |first=Woodrow |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020|archive-date=2 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502110354/https://www.popbuzz.com/exclusives/video/sam-smith-demi-lovato-new-collaboration/|url-status=live}}</ref>
"My Oasis" featuring Burna Boy was released as the lead single from the album on 30 July 2020, followed by the second single "Diamonds" on 18 September 2020. With the release of the album, the music video for "Kids Again" was released. It serves as the third single.<ref name="Billboard Kids Again" />
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | ADM = 6.1/10<ref name="ADM">{{cite web |url=http://anydecentmusic.com/review/12638/Sam-Smith-Love-Goes-.aspx |title=Love Goes by Sam Smith reviews|access-date= 4 November 2020|archive-date= 5 November 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201105165638/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/12638/Sam-Smith-Love-Goes-.aspx|url-status= live}}</ref> | MC = 64/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/love-goes/sam-smith |title=Critic Reviews for Love Goes – Metacritic |website=Metacritic |access-date=29 October 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101021155/https://www.metacritic.com/music/love-goes/sam-smith|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|3|5|}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-goes-mw0003430494 |title=Love Goes – Sam Smith |website=AllMusic |last=Kellman |first=Andy |date=4 November 2020|access-date=4 November 2020|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104183113/https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-goes-mw0003430494|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Clash'' | rev2score = 6/10<ref name="Clash Music" /> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = B+<ref name="EW Review" /> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="Guardian Review" /> | rev5 = ''The Independent'' | rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Guardian Review" /> | rev6 = ''The Line of Best Fit'' | rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/sam-smith-love-goes-album-review/|title=For their third album, Love Goes, Sam Smith has focused inwards - reflecting, celebrating and commiserating|last=Fleming |first=Bella |website=The Line of Best Fit |date=28 October 2020 |accessdate=9 October 2024}}</ref> | rev7 = ''NME'' | rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="NME Review" /> | rev8 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev8score = 6.1/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sam-smith-love-goes/ |title=Sam Smith – Love Goes |last=Howard |first=Jackson |website=Pitchfork |date=5 November 2020 |accessdate=5 November 2020|archive-date=5 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105060335/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sam-smith-love-goes/|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev9score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/sam-smith-love-goes-1083863/ |title=Sam Smith Dances Through Sorrow on 'Love Goes'|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=30 October 2020 |access-date=4 November 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101113231/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/sam-smith-love-goes-1083863/|url-status=live}}</ref> }} On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, ''Love Goes'' received an average score of 64 based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="MC" /> Alexis Petridis's review for ''The Guardian'' described ''Love Goes'' as a "heartbreak album [that] plays it safe in hard times", noting that "Smith attempts to mix despair with euphoria on an album that delivers plenty of gloom but not much glitter". In terms of production, Petridis said the album did differ from Smith's previous work in that it swapped "retro-soul afflictions" for "misty pop-facing electronics, gentle tropical house shadings and Auto-Tuned backing vocals".<ref name="Guardian Review">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/29/sam-smith-love-goes-review |title=Sam Smith: Love Goes review – heartbreak album plays it safe in hard times |work=The Guardian |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=28 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029125740/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/29/sam-smith-love-goes-review |url-status=live}}</ref> Robin Murray of ''Clash'' awarded the album six out of ten, calling it "a tale of heartbreak that could benefit from focus", noting that the track listing contained 17 songs and although there were some "exemplary pop moments", "it struggles to maintain momentum".<ref name="Clash Music">{{cite web |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/sam-smith-love-goes |title=Sam Smith – Love Goes |work=Clash |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=28 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> Similarly, ''The Independent''{{'}}s Fiona Sturges referred to ''Love Goes'' as one of the "reasonable break-up albums you're likely to hear" and that you would "long for it to land a few punches". Elsewhere in the review, Sturges said "For the most part, the mood here is pensive, the ballads plentiful and the pace glacial, with little evidence of the wild abandon that the singer supposedly longs for. It's to Smith's credit, but also their undoing, that they are just too damned nice."<ref name="The Independent">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/sam-smith-review-love-goes-new-album-tracklist-b1395382.html |title=Sam Smith review, Love Goes: A heart-on-sleeve breakup album that's just a little too nice |work=The Independent |last=Sturges |first=Fiona |date=28 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> In her review for ''NME'', Ilana Kaplan said that although Smith said the album would have "fewer ballads and plenty of poppier tracks", "at its core its Smith's knack for sap and soul – and their singular, chilling vocals – that forms the base of the record. When it comes to songwriting, Smith oscillates towards what they know."<ref name="NME Review">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/sam-smith-love-goes-review-2803585 |title=Sam Smith – 'Love Goes' review: pop balladeer leans even further into heartbreak than before |work=NME |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=28 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref>
In writing a review for ''The New York Times'', Jon Pareles was more complimentary, focussing on Smith's voice, calling it "a prodigious instrument: a pearly, androgynous croon, at once powerful and defenseless." Noting Smith's work with familiar collaborators (Jimmy Napes, Guy Lawrence and Stargate, amongst others), Pareles said "they built neatly structured, immediately legible pop tracks that open up arena-sized reverberations and sometimes beckon toward the dance floor. Many of Smith's new songs also stir in a strong new emotion: the resentment of a lover betrayed. The bile and the beat cut through the self-pity, though it wouldn't be a Sam Smith album without a good wallow or five.".<ref name="New York Times">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/arts/music/sam-smith-love-goes-review.html |title=Bile and the Beat Fight Heartbreak on Sam Smith's 'Love Goes' |last=Pareles |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles |work=The New York Times |date=28 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028180029/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/arts/music/sam-smith-love-goes-review.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly''{{'}}s Leah Greenblatt was also complimentary of the album, saying "the record remains rooted in a sort of open-vein vulnerability; the bruised, tender manifesto of a Kid Who Cares Too Much." She praised the album's ballads: "it's the prettily composed ballads — wounded, swooning, steeped in regret — that tend to lead", particularly picking out "For the Lover That I Lost" and "Breaking Hearts".<ref name="EW Review">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/sam-smith-love-goes-album-review/ |title=Sam Smith embraces pain on the lush 'Love Goes' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Greenblatt |first=Leah |date=28 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031195311/https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/sam-smith-love-goes-album-review/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Commercial performance == ''Love Goes'' debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 41,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, including 18,000 copies as pure album sales and accumulating a total of 29.66 million on-demand streams that week.<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9480311/ariana-grande-positions-tops-billboard-200/|title=Ariana Grande Claims Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Positions'|magazine=Billboard|author=Keith Caulfield|date=8 November 2020|accessdate=9 November 2020|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108231716/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9480311/ariana-grande-positions-tops-billboard-200/|url-status=live}}</ref> This became Smith's third US top-ten album.<ref name="BB200" /> In the United Kingdom ''Love Goes'' debuted at number two on the Official Albums Chart, stopped by ''Positions'' by Ariana Grande published in the same week.<ref>{{cite web |last=Copsey |first=Rob |date=6 November 2020 |title=Ariana Grande scores Official Chart Double with Positions |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ariana-grande-scores-official-chart-double-with-positions__31556/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106174038/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ariana-grande-scores-official-chart-double-with-positions__31556/ |archive-date=6 November 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |website=Official Charts Company}}</ref> It became Smith first album not to reach number one on the chart.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Smith Official Charts History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21501/sam-smith/ |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=Official Charts Company}}</ref> In May 2021, Universal Music UK has stated that ''Love Goes'' has reached 4.5 million in global units.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title= Universal's international marketing president Nickie Owen on streaming opportunities for UK artists |url= https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/universal-s-international-marketing-president-nickie-owen-on-streaming-opportunities-for-uk-artists/083338.com |access-date=24 May 2021|website=musicweek.com|language=en}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = ''Love Goes'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title_width = 34% | writing_width = 41% | extra_width = 25% | title1 = Young | writer1 = {{hlist|Sam Smith|Steve Mac}} | extra1 = Mac | length1 = 2:32 | title2 = Diamonds | writer2 = {{hlist|Smith|Oscar Görres|Johan "Shellback" Schuster}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Görres|Shellback}} | length2 = 3:32 | title3 = Another One | writer3 = {{hlist|Smith|Noonie Bao|Linus "Lotus IV" Wiklund}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Lotus IV|Guy Lawrence|Brendan Grieve{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length3 = 3:07 | title4 = My Oasis | note4 = featuring Burna Boy | writer4 = {{hlist|Smith|James Napier|Damini Ogulu}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Napes|Ilya{{ref|b|[b]}}}} | length4 = 2:59 | title5 = So Serious | writer5 = {{hlist|Smith|Bao|Wiklund}} | extra5 = Lotus IV | length5 = 2:51 | title6 = Dance ('Til You Love Someone Else) | writer6 = {{hlist|Smith|Amy Allen|Ben Ash}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Two Inch Punch|Lawrence}} | length6 = 3:43 | title7 = For the Lover That I Lost | writer7 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier|Mikkel S. Eriksen|Tor Hermansen}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Napes|Stargate}} | length7 = 2:56 | title8 = Breaking Hearts | writer8 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier}} | extra8 = Napes | length8 = 2:42 | title9 = Forgive Myself | writer9 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier|Eriksen|Hermansen}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Napes|Stargate}} | length9 = 3:39 | title10 = Love Goes | note10 = featuring Labrinth | writer10 = {{hlist|Smith|Timothy McKenzie}} | extra10 = Labrinth | length10 = 4:44 | title11 = Kids Again | writer11 = {{hlist|Smith|Ryan Tedder|Ali Tamposi|Andrew Wotman|Louis Bell}} | extra11 = {{hlist|Andrew Watt|Bell}} | length11 = 3:27 | total_length = 36:12 }} {{Track listing | headline = ''Love Goes'' bonus tracks | extra_column = Producer(s) | title_width = 34% | writing_width = 41% | extra_width = 25% | title12 = Dancing with a Stranger | note12 = with Normani | writer12 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier|Eriksen|Hermansen|Normani Hamilton}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Napes|StarGate}} | length12 = 2:51 | title13 = How Do You Sleep? | writer13 = {{hlist|Smith|Savan Kotecha|Max Martin|Ilya Salmanzadeh}} | note13 = | extra13 = Ilya | length13 = 3:22 | title14 = To Die For | writer14 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier|Hermansen|Eriksen}} | extra14 = {{hlist|Napes|StarGate}} | note14 = | length14 = 3:13 | title15 = I'm Ready | note15 = with Demi Lovato | writer15 = {{hlist|Smith|Lovato|Kotecha|Salmanzadeh|Peter Svensson}} | extra15 = Ilya | length15 = 3:20 | title16 = Fire on Fire | note16 = | writer16 = {{hlist|Smith|Mac}} | extra16 = Mac | length16 = 4:06 | title17 = Promises | note17 = with Calvin Harris | writer17 = {{hlist|Smith|Jessie Reyez|Adam Wiles}} | extra17 = Harris | length17 = 3:35 | total_length = 56:39 }} {{Track listing | headline = Target edition bonus tracks<ref name="Target">{{cite web |url=https://www.target.com/p/sam-smith-love-goes-target-exclusive-vinyl/-/A-81491544#lnk=sametab |title=Sam Smith – Love Goes (Target Exclusive, Vinyl) |publisher=Target Corporation |access-date=17 September 2020|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027034710/https://www.target.com/p/sam-smith-love-goes-target-exclusive-vinyl/-/A-81491544#lnk=sametab|url-status=live}}</ref> | extra_column = Producer(s) | title_width = 34% | writing_width = 41% | extra_width = 25% | title18 = Sober | writer18 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier}} | extra18 = Napes | length18 = 3:09 | title19 = Laurel Canyon | writer19 = {{hlist|Smith|Hermansen|Eriksen|Ilsey Juber}} | extra19 = Stargate | length19 = 3:28 | total_length = 63:16 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Japanese CD edition bonus track<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/sam-smith/products/uicc-10051/ |title=ラヴ・ゴーズ [CD] |publisher=Universal Music Japan |access-date=19 September 2020 |language=ja|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027032507/https://www.universal-music.co.jp/sam-smith/products/uicc-10051/|url-status=live}}</ref> | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = 67:33 | title_width = 34% | writing_width = 41% | extra_width = 25% | title20 = Fix You | note20 = live | writer20 = {{hlist|Chris Martin|Guy Berryman|Johnny Buckland|Will Champion}} | extra20 = {{hlist|Dave Odlum|Steve Fitzmaurice}} | length20 = 4:17 }}
'''Notes''' * {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} vocal producer only. * {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} also vocal producer. * "For the Lover That I Lost" was originally recorded by Celine Dion and included on her album ''Courage'' (2019). * According to the album credits, "Promises" contains vocals from Jessie Reyez, though Reyez is not credited as "featured" on the song.
== Personnel and credits == Credits adapted from Smith's official website.<ref name="Album Credits">{{cite web |url=https://samsmithworld.com/lovegoescredits/ |title=Sam Smith – Love Goes – Credits |work=Sam Smith |publisher=Samsmithworld.com |accessdate=17 November 2020 |archive-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117231007/https://samsmithworld.com/lovegoescredits/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Recording locations === {{div-col}} * Abbey Road Studios; London, UK (recording – track 16) * BLND Studios; Sweden (recording – track 15) * Do a Little Dance Studios; Stockholm, Sweden (recording – track 2) * God's Eye Studios; Los Angeles, California (mixing – track 17) * Gold Tooth Music; Beverly Hills, California (recording – track 11) * House Mouse Studios; Stockholm, Sweden (recording – track 2) * Kensal Town Studios; London, UK (recording – track 18) * London Lane Studios; London, UK (recording – track 4, 8, 18) * Lotus Library; Los Angeles, California (recording – track 3, 5) * Lotus Lounge; Stockholm, Sweden (recording – track 3, 5) * MixStar Studios; Virginia Beach, Virginia (mixing – track 2–3, 5–6, 13, 15–16) * MXM Studios; Los Angeles, California (recording – track 4, 13, 15) * MXM Studios; Stockholm, Sweden (recording – track 15) * Pacifique Studios; Los Angeles, California (mixing – track 12) * Platinum Door Studios; Atlanta, Georgia (mixing – track 14) * RAK Studios; London, UK (recording – track 2, 7, 10) * Rokstone Studios; London, UK (recording – track 1, 7) * Sterling Sound; (Nashville, Tennessee) (mastering – track 2–9, 11–16, 18–19) * The Exchange (Mike Marsh Mastering); Devon, UK (mastering – track 17) * The Mixsuite; Los Angeles, California (mixing – track 11) * The Pierce Rooms; London, UK (mixing – track 4, 7–10, 18–20) * The Stellar House; Venice, California (recording – track 9, 12, 14) * The Windmill Recording Studios; Norfolk, UK (recording – track 20) * Yewtree Close Studio; London, UK (recording – track 10) {{div col end}}
=== Personnel === '''Artists''' {{div col}} * Burna Boy – featured vocals (track 4) * Calvin Harris – co-lead artist (track 17) * Demi Lovato – co-lead vocals (track 15) * Jessie Reyez – additional vocals (track 17) * Labrinth – featured vocals, background vocals (track 10) * Normani – co-lead vocals (track 12) * Sam Smith – lead vocals, background vocals (track 15) {{div col end}}
'''Musicians and producers''' {{div col}} * Simon Baggs – violin (track 6) * Louis Bell – producer (track 11), programming (track 11), keyboards (track 11) * Natalie Bonner – violin (track 10) * Ian Burdge – 1st cello (track 7, track 10) * Joby Burgess – percussion (track 10) * Eos Chater – violin (track 6) * Reiad Chibah – 2nd viola (track 7) * Caroline Dale – cello section (track 10) * Mikkel S. Eriksen – recording (track 9, 12) * Philip Eastop – French horn (track 10) * Jonathan Evans-Jones – violin (track 6) * Rob Farrer – percussion (track 10) * Louisa Fuller – violin (track 6) * Richard George – violin (track 6, 10), 2nd violins (leader) (track 7) * Tim Gill – 1st cello (track 6) * Oscar Görres – producer (track 2), programming (track 2), piano (track 2), keys (track 2), guitar (track 2) * Kathy Gowers – violin (track 10) * Brendan Grieve – vocal producer (track 3) * Simon Hale – strings conductor and arrangement (track 6, 7, 10) * Ollie Heath – violin (track 6) * Darren Heelis – juno bass (played and recorded by) (track 4, 9), additional programming (track 8), Wurlitzer (track 9) * Ian Humphreys – violin (track 10) * Ilya – keys (track 4), drums (track 4, 13), live percussion (track 4), programming (track 4, 13), vocal producer (track 4), producer (track 13), arranger (track 13), keyboard (track 13), synthesizers (track 13), bass (track 13) * Ruben James – piano (track 7) * Ben Jones – acoustic guitar (track 4), electric guitar (track 4), guitar overdubbing (track 12) * Patrick Kiernan – violin (track 6, 10) * Rick Koster – violin (track 6) * Labrinth – producer (track 10), drums (track 10), guitars (track 10), engineer (track 10), FX (track 10) * Guy Lawrence (of Disclosure) – producer (track 3, 6), keyboard (track 3), drums (track 3), programming (track 3, 5), instrumentation (track 3, 5) * Lotus IV – producer (track 3, 5), keyboard (track 3, 5), drums (track 3, 5), programming (track 3), instrumentation (track 3), arranger (track 5) * Steve Mac – producer (track 1) * Vicky Matthews – cello section (track 10) * John Metcalfe – viola section co-ordinator (track 6) * Jodi Milliner – bass (track 7) * Perry Montague-Mason – violin (track 10) * Steve Morris – 2nd violins (track 7), violin (track 10) * Jimmy Napes – producer (track 4, 7, 8, 9, 12), bass (track 4, 8), synths (track 4), programming (track 4, 8, 9), piano (track 8), guitar (track 8), instruments (track 9) * Everton Nelson – 1st violin (leader) (track 7, 10) * Dan Newell – trumpets (track 10) * Pete North – bass trombone (track 10) * Tom Piggot-Smith – leader (1st violin) (track 6) * Hayley Pomfrett – violin (track 6) * Richard Pryce – double bass (track 10) * Tom Rees-Roberts – trumpets (track 10) * Shellback – producer (track 2), programming (track 2), drums (track 2), guitar (track 2), bass (track 2), epic triangle (track 2) * Owen Slade – tuba (track 10) * Stargate – producer (track 7, 9, 12), programming (track 9, 12), instruments (track 9, 12) * Toby Street – trumpets (track 10) * Ali Tamposi – background vocals (track 11) * Ed Tarrant – tenor trombone (track 10), tenor (track 10) * Ryan Tedder – keyboards (track 11), background vocals (track 11) * Two Inch Punch – producer (track 6) * Andrew Watt – producer (track 11), guitar (track 11), bass (track 11), drums (track 11), percussion (track 11), background vocals (track 11) * Bruce White – 1st viola (track 6, 7), violin (track 10) * Rupert Whitehead – tenor trombone (track 10) * Lucy wilkins – violin (track 10) * Chris Worsey – cello section co-ordinator (track 6), 2nd cello (track 7), cello section (track 10) * Warren Zielinski – 1st violin (track 7), violin (track 10) {{div col end}}
'''Technicians''' {{div col}} * Cory Bice – engineer (track 13) * Kevin "KD" Davis – engineer (track 12, 14) * Marek Deml – assistant mixing (track 7, 9, 18, 19) * Dan Ewins – Pro Tools operator (strings) (track 7) * Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing (track 4, 7, 8, 9, 10), engineer (track 7), producer (track 20) * Duncan Fuller – assistant engineer (track 2) * Serban Ghenea – mixing (track 2, 3, 5, 6, 13) * John Hanes – engineer (track 2, 3, 5, 6, 13) * Liam Hebb – assistant strings engineer (track 7) * Sam Holland – engineer (track 13) * Mike Horner – strings, bass and percussion engineer (track 10), engineer (track 10) * Paul LaMalfa – engineer/recording (track 11) * Chris Laws – mixing (track 1), engineer (track 1) * Jeremy Lertola – engineer (track 13) * Emma Marks – assistant engineer (track 10) * Randy Merrill – mastering (track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) * Robbie Nelson – engineer (track 10) * Gus Pirelli – recording (track 8) * Danny Pursey – engineer (track 1) * Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (track 11) * Idania Valencia – mastering (track 7) * Thomas Warren – recording (track 9, 12) * Matt Wolach – mixing (assistant) (track 11) {{div col end}} <!-- done up to 14, to die for -->
== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Love Goes'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|3|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Austria|16|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|5|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|18|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|3|artist=Sam Smith|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Czech|59|year=2020|week=46|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Denmark|12|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|6|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Finland|14|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=8 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|France|29|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Germany|11|id=440640|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Ireland3|3|date=20201106|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Italy|20|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Japan Hot Albums (''Billboard'' Japan)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2020&month=11&day=9 |title=Hot Albums 2020/11/09 付け |publisher=Billboard Japan |accessdate=6 November 2020|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104100711/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2020&month=11&day=9|url-status=live}}</ref> | 34 |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2020-11-09/p/5/ |title=Japanese Albums Chart |publisher=Oricon |accessdate=6 November 2020|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104104856/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2020-11-09/p/5/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 50 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Norway|6|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Poland|14|id=1328|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Portugal|14|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|3|date=20201106|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=tyden&hitparada=36&tyden=2675&sec=d4e8de245442548cc948e1d5a8179618|title=SK – Albums – Top 100: Sam Smith Love Goes|publisher=ČNS IFPI|accessdate=19 November 2020}}</ref> | 41 |- ! scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon)<ref name="Gaon Album Chart">{{cite web |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=45&hitYear=2020&termGbn=week |title=Gaon Album Chart – Week 45, 2020 |website=Gaon Chart |language=ko |accessdate=13 November 2020|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117231025/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=45&hitYear=2020&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}</ref> | 85 |- {{album chart|Spain|13|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|12|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|UK2|2|date=20201106|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 November 2020}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|5|artist=Sam Smith|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 November 2020}} |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2020 year-end chart performance for ''Love Goes'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20201231/37502|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=5 January 2021}}</ref> | 59 |}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2021 year-end chart performance for ''Love Goes'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2021|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> | 43 |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2021-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 2021|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124051930/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=5267|url-status=live}}</ref> | 37 |- ! scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2021|title=Top 100 Albums Annual 2021|publisher=Productores de Música de España|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> | 94 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20210101/37502|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> | 70 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> | 191 |} {{col-end}}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Love Goes''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|award=Platinum|certyear=2023|access-date=6 June 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Love Goes|type=album|artist=Sam Smith|relyear=2020|certyear=2025|award=Platinum|number=2|access-date=27 February 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=album|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|award=Gold|certyear=2023|id=13141|access-date=14 November 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=Love Goes|artist=Sam Smith|type=album|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|certmonth=1|award=Gold|access-date=10 October 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|id=13332|access-date=7 October 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|award=Platinum+Gold|type=album|relyear=2020|relmonth=10|certyear=2020|access-date=27 November 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|source=radioscope|access-date=22 December 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=13 May 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|access-date=31 July 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|type=album|title=Love Goes|artist=Sam Smith|award=Gold|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|id=file_2024-04-11-09-50-55.pdf|access-date=15 April 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Singapore|type=album|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|access-date=24 November 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2025|id=16892-3877-2|access-date=15 August 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Sam Smith|title=Love Goes|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=11 April 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history for ''Love Goes'' ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Version ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| Various | rowspan="2"| 30 October 2020 | {{flatlist| * Cassette * CD * digital download * streaming * LP }} | Original | rowspan="3"| Capitol | <ref name="Apple Music">{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/love-goes/1531499128 |title=Love Goes by Sam Smith on Apple Music |publisher=Apple|access-date=18 September 2020|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919193711/https://music.apple.com/us/album/love-goes/1531499128|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>''Love Goes'' releases from Sam Smith music store: * Cassette: {{cite web |url=https://store.samsmithworld.com/*/Music/Love-Goes-Cassette/6P9R0YQS000 |title=Love Goes Cassette |website=Sam Smith Official Store |access-date=29 October 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101021202/https://store.samsmithworld.com/%2A/Music/Love-Goes-Cassette/6P9R0YQS000 |url-status=dead }} * CD: {{cite web |url=https://store.samsmithworld.com/*/Music/Signed-Love-Goes-CD/6PA30YQS000 |title=Signed Love Goes CD |website=Sam Smith Official Store |access-date=29 October 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101021324/https://store.samsmithworld.com/%2A/Music/Signed-Love-Goes-CD/6PA30YQS000 |url-status=live }} * Vinyl: {{cite web |url=https://store.samsmithworld.com/*/Music/Love-Goes-Vinyl/6P9P0YQS000 |title=Love Goes Vinyl |website=Sam Smith Official Store |access-date=29 October 2020 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Japan | CD | Japanese edition | <ref name="Japan" /> |- ! scope="row"| United States | 13 November 2020 | LP | Target exclusive | <ref name="Target" /> |}
== ''Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios'' == {{Infobox album | name = Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios | type = live | artist = Sam Smith | cover = Sam Smith - Love Goes Live at Abbey Road Studios.png | alt = | released = 19 March 2021 | recorded = | venue = Abbey Road Studios (London, UK) | genre = | length = 48:47 | label = Capitol | producer = | prev_title = Love Goes | prev_year = 2020 | next_title = Gloria | next_year = 2023 }}
'''''Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios''''' is the third live album by English singer-songwriter Sam Smith, and was released on 19 March 2021 by Capitol Records. The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios as special concert held on 30 October 2020 to promote the release of the singer's third studio album ''Love Goes''.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=21 March 2021 |title=Multi award-winning global star Sam Smith Unveils 'Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios' |url=https://medium.com/mskdrops/multi-award-winning-global-star-sam-smith-unveils-love-goes-live-at-abbey-road-studios-247fdced9088 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=Medium}}</ref>
The live album features song's from Smith's third album ''Love Goes'' (2020), as well as previous singles "Stay with Me" and "Lay Me Down" from debut album ''In the Lonely Hour'' (2014) and "Too Good at Goodbyes" from 2017's ''The Thrill of It All''. For the live album, Smith also covered Cyndi Lauper's 1984 song "Time After Time".<ref name=":1" />
In a weekly round-up of LGBT+/queer releases for ''Billboard'' that week, Stephen Daw said "regardless of what's being sung, ''Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios'' shows off Smith's phenomenal vocal talent yet again."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9543544/first-out-sam-smith-mykki-blanco-starrah/ |title=First Out: New Music From Mykki Blanco, Sam Smith, Starrah & More |work=Billboard Pride |via=Billboard |last=Daw |first=Stephen |date=19 March 2021 |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> Smith's cover of "Time After Time" was called "faithful" by ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Jon Blistein.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sam-smith-time-after-time-cyndi-lauper-cover-1144650/ |title=Watch Sam Smith Cover Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' at Abbey Road Studios |last=Blistein |first=Jon |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=19 March 2021 |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>
''Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios'' was released on Netflix on 22 May 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/sam-smith-brings-love-goes-live-at-abbey-road-studios-to-netflix |title=Sam Smith brings Love Goes: Live At Abbey Road Studios to Netflix |work=Front View Magazine |date=26 May 2021 |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
=== Track listing === {{Track listing | headline = ''Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios'' track listing | total_length = 48:47 | title1 = Young | writer1 = {{hlist|Sam Smith|Steve Mac}} | note1 = physical editions only | length1 = | title2 = Diamonds | writer2 = {{hlist|Smith|Oscar Görres|Johan "Shellback" Schuster}} | length2 = 3:34 | title3 = Dancing with a Stranger | writer3 = {{hlist|Smith|James Napier|Mikkel S. Eriksen|Tor Hermansen|Normani Hamilton}} | length3 = 3:51 | title4 = Promises | writer4 = {{hlist|Smith|Jessie Reyez|Adam Wiles}} | length4 = 4:34 | title5 = Too Good at Goodbyes | writer5 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier|Eriksen|Hermansen}} | length5 = 3:37 | title6 = Lay Me Down | writer6 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier|Elvin Smith}} | length6 = 4:33 | title7 = My Oasis | note7 = featuring Jade Anouka | writer7 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier|Damini Ogulu}} | length7 = 5:28 | title8 = Time After Time | writer8 = {{hlist|Cyndi Lauper|Rob Hyman}} | length8 = 3:52 | title9 = How Do You Sleep? | writer9 = {{hlist|Smith|Savan Kotecha|Max Martin|Ilya Salmanzadeh}} | length9 = 3:30 | title10 = For the Lover That I Lost | writer10 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier|Eriksen|Hermansen}} | length10 = 3:05 | title11 = Kids Again | writer11 = {{hlist|Smith|Ryan Tedder|Ali Tamposi|Andrew Wotman|Louis Bell}} | length11 = 3:35 | title12 = Love Goes | note12 = featuring Labrinth | writer12 = {{hlist|Smith|Timothy McKenzie}} | length12 = 5:22 | title13 = Stay with Me | writer13 = {{hlist|Smith|Napier|William Phillips|Tom Petty|Jeff Lynne}} | length13 = 3:46 }}
=== Charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Love Goes: Live from Abbey Road'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|France|129|artist=Sam Smith|album=Love Goes - Live at Abbey Road Studios|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 April 2021|refname=FranceLive}} |- !scope="row"| US Top Current Album Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sam-smith/chart-history/tcl/ |title=Chart History - Sam Smith |publisher=Billboard |date=3 April 2021 |accessdate=18 April 2021}}</ref> | 80 |}
=== Release history === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history for ''Love Goes: Live at Abbey Studios'' ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| Various | rowspan="2"| 19 March 2021 | {{flatlist| * LP * digital download * streaming }} | rowspan="2"|Capitol | <ref name="samsmithworld">{{cite web|url=https://shop.samsmithworld.com/collections/music|title=Music - Sam Smith Official Store|publisher=samsmithworld.com|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Japan | {{flatlist| * CD * LP * digital download * streaming }} | <ref name="universal">{{cite web|url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/sam-smith/discography/|title=Sam Smith Discography|publisher=universal-music.co.jp|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> |}
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