Only You (Cheat Codes and Little Mix song)
"Only You" is a song by American DJs Cheat Codes and British girl group Little Mix. It was written by Pablo Bowman, Trevor Dahl, Kevin Ford, Matthew Russell, Nicholas Gale and Richard Boardman, with production by Digital Farm Animals, along with Maegan Cottone and Trevor Dahl. It was released on June 22, 2018 as a single, and first appeared on the Ministry of Sound compilation album "The Pool Party", released on July 6, 2018. The song peaked at number fifteen on the UK Singles Chart, and charted in twelve other countries including  Australia, Ireland, and Scotland. It has since been certified platinum in the United Kingdom and Brazil, and certified gold in Poland and Mexico. The song was later included on the deluxe version of Little Mix's fifth studio album, "LM5" (2018). Background. The song was written by Pablo Bowman, Nicholas Gale and Richard Boardman, with production by Digital Farm Animals, Maegan Cottone. The song was revealed in June 2018 with its inclusion on "The Pool Party" album, which accompanied the television series "Love Island". Snippets of the song were teased by Cheat Codes and Little Mix prior to the song 's release. Cheat Codes and Little Mix announced on Twitter that the song would be released on June 22, 2018. The song's picture cover was released a day later along with some leaked lyrics. Composition. "Only You" is a midtempo EDM song, backed by an acoustic guitar, that runs for three-minutes and nine seconds. It includes elements of electronic, tropical house and ambient. It contains backing vocals by the members of Cheat Codes. All the lyrics are structured in verse–pre-chorus–chorus which contain no vocals but instead an instrumental. Lyrically it is about love and post -breakup phase of a relationship. Music video. The music video for the song was released on July 12, 2018 on Little Mix's official YouTube channel. The video features an LGBTQ+ storyline between two girls (played by Lisa Starrett and Peyton List) at a house party, one of whom turns out to be a mermaid. The video was directed by Frank Borin. Synopsis. The plot shows a girl (played by Lisa), picking clothes for a party and it later shows her arriving and has trouble interacting with the others and she decides to sit on the couch. Meanwhile, a mysterious  girl (played by Peyton) is seen hiding in the bushes and runs and takes a nearby yellow jacket and runs off and enters the party and Lisa and Peyton lock eyes and decide to dance and seen having fun together at the party, such as conversations, games and dancing. Then a group of other girls show up interrupting the two. One specific girl notices Peyton has her jacket. Angry, she pushes Peyton in the pool and she doesn't show up for a while. Worried, Lisa jumps in the pool to save her and find out she is okay and  they kiss. It then shows the two kissing on the party while also showing the shocking discovery of Peyton being the mermaid. It then shows Lisa carrying Peyton to the ocean while also showing scenes of their greatest times and Lisa kneels on the beach sunrise where Peyton is, having to let her go. Critical reception. MTV called the song a "pop-dance crossover" and a "sun-tinged tune". They also said that it was "so good" to finally have the girls back again. Rob Copsey from Official Charts said that it was a "pool party song" and that it  is the correct song to add to the "Love Island" CD. Michael Ko from "Billboard" said: "It's most certainly a summer-made single, dripping in youthful romantic sentiments with an acoustic foundation". Live performances. The band made a televised debut of the song at 2018 BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards, where they also won the Best British Group award for a second year in a row. Credits and personnel. Credits adapted from Tidal. Personnel