It was written by Smith with Jimmy Napes, who also produced the song along with Steve Fitzmaurice. 5.'I'm Not the Only One' is a song recorded by English singer Sam Smith from their debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour (2014). Here are his five most tear-inducing ballads, ranked by how much they each made me want to curl up into a ball and weep. So much so that it's kinda hard to rank his songs according to the saddest. Over the past three years, Sam Smith has masterfully crooned his way into a corner of our hearts (and also, it would seem, onto everyone's breakup playlist). 'And I was in such a lonely, sad place when I was writing this album that sometimes I would literally, just, I'd have to choose.' 'There was like a crossroads and one road would lead to gay clubs I used to go out to, and then the other road would go home,' Smith told Lowe. The lyrics focus on reaching a crossroads when Smith took a taxi home from the studio. The song's debut precedes the November 6 release of In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition, a two-disc re-releasing of his 2014 hit In The Lonely Hour, which sold nine million copies, according to the Rap Up. As Smith himself said to Beats 1 host Zane Lowe this morning, 'Brace yourself: this is going to be really depressing, okay?' (Oh man guys, aren't you psyched for all the depression and crying into your pillow that's about to ensue?) Smith debuted 'Drowning Shadows' today on Beats 1, and to say it's a strong addition to his canon of tearful tunes might be an understatement.

But more like a you-better-get-the-tissues-ready kinda warning. Even Sam Smith thinks his new song should come with a warning.

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