Loud Places

"Loud Places" is a song by English electronic music producer Jamie xx, with featured vocals from Romy Madley Croft, his bandmate in the xx. It is the eighth track on Jamie xx's album In Colour and was released as one of its singles on 27 March 2015. A music video for the song was released on the same day through YouTube. The song peaked at number 55 on the French Singles Chart and number 62 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Loud Places"
Remixes cover
Single by Jamie xx featuring Romy
from the album In Colour
B-side	Remixes (12")
Released	27 March 2015 (2015-03-27)
Studio	Fortress Studios (London, England)
Genre	Post-dubstep future garage deep house alternative R&B
Length	4:43
Label	Young Turks
Songwriter(s)	Romy Madley Croft Rick Nowels Tony Sarafino Jamie Smith David Matthews
Producer(s)	Jamie xx
Jamie xx singles chronology
"All Under One Roof Raving" (2014) "Loud Places" (2015) "Gosh" (2015)
Music video
"Loud Places" on YouTube

Composition

Tracks from In Colour spans across different years in Smith's life, with "Gosh" and "Loud Places" representing where he was at the moment.^[1] The chorus sampled American jazz drummer Idris Muhammad's 1977 song "Could Heaven Ever Be like This".^[2] This use of sample was said by Thump's Angus Harrison as "particularly poignant" when Muhammad's death was less than a year before.^[2]

Release

On 25 March 2015, Smith premiered "Gosh" and "Loud Places" on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show.^[3]

Music video

The official music video for "Loud Places", lasting five minutes and four seconds, was uploaded onto Jamie xx's YouTube channel on 27 March 2015. It was directed by Simon Halsall with JB Babenhausen and produced by Craig Dixon.^[4]

In the video, Smith and Croft can be seen riding skateboards while getting covered in confetti. Smith shared: “Before we made music together, from the age of like 13, Romy and I used to go out and skate."^[1]

Track listing

• Young Turks — YT141^[5]

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Loud Places" (John Talabot's Loud Synths Reconstruction)	7:14
2.	"Loud Places" (Tessela Remix)	5:30

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Loud Places" (Barnt E-Mix)	7:05
2.	"Loud Places" (Herbert's Louder Dub)	5:27

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[6]	103
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[7]	3
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[8]	36
France (SNEP)[9]	55
UK Singles (OCC)[10]	62
UK Indie (OCC)[11]	3

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12]	Gold	40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[13]	Gold	400,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue no.
United Kingdom	27 March 2015	Young Turks	Digital download radio airplay	—
	28 August 2015	Young Turks	12" digital download	YT141[5]