Song
Love Me like You Do
Ellie Goulding
Album:
Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack
Song Meaning and Background of Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding
English chanteuse Ellie Goulding's contribution to the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. Her sultry power ballad starts with the briefest of moments of innocent romantic longing before quickly turning to brooding, addictive, pain-laced sensuality — mirroring the story arc of literature student Ana Steele and wealthy entrepreneur Christian Grey in author E L James' controversial best-selling novel about bondage-based attraction.
Featuring massive synths and crushing drums, the track's symphonic sound is the perfect backdrop to the narrator's story of being entranced by her dangerous squeeze. As the lyrics explain, she doesn't care that there may be danger or abuse involved because she's addicted to his touch.
The chorus' symphonic sound carries the energy of the song to new heights and sets the stage for Goulding's powerful vocals. The melody and instrumentation of this section is creatively sung to add an infectious quality to it that keeps the listener engaged and on their feet. The repetition of the chord progression and vocal melody in this section is well-executed, too, giving it the ability to firmly get ingrained within the listener's head without becoming monotonous.
As the most streamed song in a single week in the UK at the time, "Love Me like You Do" topped the UK Singles Chart and kept that place for four weeks. "Love Me like You Do" became Goulding's most popular single outside of the United Kingdom and her first number-one single in a number of other nations, including Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. It peaked within the top 30 in over 30 official charts worldwide.
Lyrics of Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding
You're the light, you're the night
You're the colour of my blood
You're the cure, you're the pain
You're the only thing I wanna touch
Never knew that it could mean so much, so much
You're the fear, I don't care
'Cause I've never been so high
Follow me to the dark
Let me take you past our satellites
You can see the world you brought to life, to life
So love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
Fading in, fading out
On the edge of paradise
Every inch of your skin is a holy grail I've got to find
Only you can set my heart on fire, on fire
Yeah, I'll let you set the pace
'Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head's spinning around I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
I'll let you set the pace
'Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head's spinning around I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (oh)
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
