Blame It on Me (George Ezra song)

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"Blame It on Me"
Single by George Ezra
from the album Wanted on Voyage
Released 11 August 2014
Format
Recorded 2013
Genre
Length 3:15
Label Columbia
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Cam Blackwood
George Ezra singles chronology
"Cassy O'"
(2014)		 "Blame It on Me"
(2014)		 "Listen to the Man"
(2014)

"Blame It on Me" is a song by British singer-songwriter George Ezra. It was released as the fourth single from his debut studio album, Wanted on Voyage (2014). The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 11 August 2014 through Columbia Records. It debuted at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, marking Ezra's second consecutive top 10 hit.

The accompanying music video features Ezra having a very bad day, including getting tackled by a rugby team, hit with a rubber bullet fired from a toy gun by a child, defecated on by a bird and winding up in the middle of a gunfight between police officers and criminals.

Music video

An official lyric video to accompany the release of "Blame It on Me" was also issued on 20 June, with Ezra holding an old fashioned TV with the lyrics appearing on it; at the same time, he is sitting on the seat of a dunk tank while several tennis balls are thrown towards it from off-screen. At the end of the bridge, a ball hits the button and Ezra falls into the water. Ezra then holds the TV above his head for a while, whilst his face is barely visible. As the song ends, tennis balls start being thrown towards the TV, which finally falls out of Ezra's hands and into the water. The video then ends with him laughing.[1]

The official music video for "Blame It on Me" was directed by Rob Brandon. It was first released onto YouTube on 11 August 2014 at a total length of three minutes and forty-four seconds. The video begins with a land rover full of criminals driving past Ezra, who is carrying his guitar in its case, and a Japanese man. The man asks Ezra in Japanese, "Are you sure you want to follow the yellow brick road?" and then walks away without Ezra giving a response. The rest of the video features Ezra having a very bad day, including his guitar case blowing open and his guitar falling out in the middle of the road before getting ran over by a police car, getting tackled by a rugby team, hit with a rubber bullet fired from a toy gun by a child, defecated on by a bird and winding up in the middle of a gunfight between police officers and the aforementioned criminals. The video has over 32 million views as of March 2016.[2]

Track listing

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Blame It on Me"   3:15
CD single[3]
No. Title Length
1. "Blame It on Me"   3:20
2. "Get Lonely With Me"   3:05

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[19] Platinum 70,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[20] Gold 7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Platinum 600,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 11 August 2014 Digital download Columbia
Germany 28 November 2014 CD single Columbia

References

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  4. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – George Ezra – Blame It On Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – George Ezra – Blame It On Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert {{{year}}}{{{week}}} into search. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – George Ezra – Blame It On Me" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – George Ezra – Blame It On Me" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – George Ezra – Blame It On Me". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 40, 2014". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – George Ezra – Blame It On Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2014-10-04". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "EMA Top 10 Airplay: Week Ending 2015-01-20". Entertainment Monitoring Africa. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – George Ezra – Blame It On Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2014-10-11" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "George Ezra – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for George Ezra. Retrieved April 9th, 2015.
  17. ↑ "George Ezra – Chart history" Billboard Rock Airplay for George Ezra. Retrieved July 28th, 2015.
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