Rather Be

“Rather Be” is a song by British electronic group Clean Bandit, featuring vocals from Jess Glynne. The track was released on 17 January 2014 as the fourth single from the group’s debut studio album, New Eyes (2014). The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and is the fastest-selling single of 2014 so far, and the highest selling January single since “Spaceman” by Babylon Zoo, which reached number one in 1996. The song has spent four weeks at number one, selling over 977,000 copies since release. The song was written by Jack Patterson (a member of Clean Bandit), James Napier, and Nicole Marshall, and produced by Grace Chatto (another member of Clean Bandit) and Jack Patterson. It reached #1 in Australia (dance charts), Austria, Belgium (digital sales charts), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It peaked at #2 in Australia, the Flanders region of Belgium, the Wallonia region of Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg (digital sales charts), New Zealand, and Switzerland, #3 in the Wallonia region of Belgium and Slovakia, #4 in Portugal (digital sales charts), #5 in Denmark and Spain, #7 in South Africa, #8 in Lebanon, #16 in Romania, #40 in Brazil, #44 in Japan, #51 in the United States, and #78 in Canada.

[Intro: Jess Glynne] Ooh, oh-oh [Verse 1: Jess Glynne] We're a thousand miles from comfort We have travelled land and sea But as long as you are with me There's no place I'd rather be I would wait forever Exalted in the scene As long as I am with you My heart continues to beat [Pre-Chorus: Jess Glynne] With every step we take, Kyoto to The Bay Strollin' so casually We're different and the same, gave you another name Switch up the batteries [Chorus: Jess Glynne] If you gave me a chance, I would take it It's a shot in the dark, but I'll make it Know with all of your heart, you can't shame me When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be (Oh) [Verse 2: Jess Glynne] We staked out on a mission, to find our inner peace Make it everlasting So nothing's incomplete It's easy being with you, sacred simplicity As long as we're together There's no place I'd rather be [Pre-Chorus: Jess Glynne] With every step we take, Kyoto to The Bay Strollin' so casually We're different and the same, gave you another name Switch up the batteries [Chorus: Jess Glynne] If you gave me a chance, I would take it It's a shot in the dark, but I'll make it Know with all of your heart, you can't shame me When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be, yeah [Bridge: Jess Glynne] Be (Oh) Be, be, be, be, be, be, be, be, be Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus: Jess Glynne] If you gave me a chance, I would take it It's a shot in the dark, but I'll make it Know with all of your heart, you can't shame me When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be N-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be N-n-no (No), no, no, no place I'd rather be When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be