Love Me like You Do

"Love Me Like You Do"
"Love Me Like You Do"
Single by Ellie Goulding
from the album Fifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Released	7 January 2015
Recorded	2014
Studio	MXM (Los Angeles and Stockholm); Wolf Cousins (Stockholm); The RedRoom (Gothenburg);
Genre	Electropop
Length	4:10
Label	Cherrytree; Interscope; Republic;
Songwriter(s)	Max Martin; Savan Kotecha; Ilya Salmanzadeh; Ali Payami; Tove Nilsson;
Producer(s)	Max Martin; Ali Payami;
Ellie Goulding singles chronology
Fifty Shades soundtrack singles chronology
Music video
	"Love Me Like You Do" on YouTube

"Love Me like You Do" is a song recorded by English singer Ellie Goulding for the soundtrack to the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). The song was written by Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Tove Lo, Max Martin and Ali Payami; the latter two also produced it. Goulding was selected to provide vocals to the track. It was released on 7 January 2015 as the second single from the soundtrack. The song was also included on Goulding's third studio album, Delirium (2015).

"Love Me like You Do" is a mid-tempo electropop power ballad, with instrumentation consisting of massive synths and crushing drums. Lyrically, similar to the film's theme, the song talks about the uncontrollable feeling of falling in love and being seduced by someone whose touch leaves her begging for more, even when it hurts. It received acclaim from music critics, who praised Goulding's soft vocals and the song for being sultry and grandiose. The song earned Goulding her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance, while the songwriters were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song.

"Love Me like You Do" topped the UK Singles Chart, a position it maintained for four weeks and held the record for the most-streamed track in a single week in the United Kingdom at the time. Outside the United Kingdom, "Love Me like You Do" became Goulding's most successful single as well as becoming her first chart-topper in various countries, going number one in over 30 official charts worldwide, including Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland and peaking within the top ten of the charts in various countries, including Belgium, Colombia and the United States. Its accompanying music video, which features scenes of the film and Goulding dancing with her partner in a ballroom, received a nomination at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video, and in 2016 became the 21st video to receive one billion views on YouTube.