Adore (Cashmere Cat song)
"Adore" | ||||
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Single by Cashmere Cat featuring Ariana Grande | ||||
from the album 9 (Japanese deluxe) | ||||
Released | March 3, 2015 | |||
Recorded | 23 January 2015 | |||
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Length | 3:35 | |||
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"Adore" on YouTube |
"Adore" is a song recorded by Norwegian DJ and record producer Cashmere Cat, featuring vocals by American singer Ariana Grande. It was written and produced by Cashmere along with Benny Blanco and Lido, and co-written by Ammar Malik, Jeremih Felton, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Darryl Simmons. "Adore" was digitally released on March 3, 2015 by Friends Keep Secrets and Interscope Records.
Background and composition
"Adore" is the second collaboration between Cashmere Cat and Grande, the first being the song "Be My Baby", from Grande's second studio album, My Everything (2014). The song features a heavy dose of breathy, falsetto vocals, atmospheric elements, subtle dance beats and punches of clattering percussion, and a vocal interpolation of Johnny Gill's classic R&B hit "My, My, My".
Live performances
The song was first presented on Grande's The Honeymoon Tour where Cashmere Cat performed the song with Grande during his opening act.
Critical reception
USA Today ranked the song as one of the 50 best in 2015, writing, "Grande’s towering vocals have never sounded better than on this offbeat R&B track."
Charts performance
Commercially, the song peaked at number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cashmere Cat's first appearance on that chart.
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders) | 27 |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 93 |
- 2015 songs
- 2015 singles
- Ariana Grande songs
- Interscope Records singles
- Norwegian electronic songs
- Songs written by Benny Blanco
- Songs written by Ammar Malik
- Songs written by Babyface (musician)
- Songs written by Daryl Simmons
- Songs written by Jeremih
- Song recordings produced by Benny Blanco
- Song recordings produced by Cashmere Cat
- Torch songs
- Songs written by Cashmere Cat
- Cashmere Cat songs
- Songs written by Lido (musician)