Both singles received a fair amount of play on both terrestrial and satellite radio. The album produced singles like " Redlights" and "Wasted" featuring Matthew Koma and peaked at No. The Dutch DJ released his sixth LP last year, A Town Called Paradise on Casablanca Records. While Lay Me Down was originally a solo track from In The Lonely Hour, it eventually received a single release with a remix featuring John Legend, which is the most popular version of the track on Spotify. He reworked Charli XCX's " Break the Rules" into something fit for a mainroom last year. He did an official remix for Icona Pop's breakout single " I Love It" before collaborating with the duo on his album A Town Called Paradise.
Tiësto has been busy recently making his foray into the pop world, making records with radio appeal and remixing major pop acts. The Tiësto remix comes on the heels of Australian Flume's quirky and glitched-out remix of "Lay Me Down." Capitol Records is putting together an all-star cast of DJs to get their hands on Sam Smith's recent single to take it apart and make it their own, and the two who have revealed their work so far have done an excellent job. It follows the same type of sound as his version of John Legend's " All of Me," which secured the DJ his first ever Grammy win this past year.
Trivia After the re-release of the song as part of In the Lonely Hour, a third version of the song featuring John Legend was recorded for the British charity. Sam Smith's soaring and emotive vocals are treated with a soft piano and an easygoing bass line that would make this an ideal fit as the finale for a festival set this summer for the world-traveling Dutchman. Lead single from the debut album of Sam Smith which was initially included as part of an EP called Nirvana which also included the notable tracks 'Safe With Me' and 'Latch' (Acoustic). After hearing the Flume remix recently, Dutch powerhouse DJ Tiësto has unveiled his remix for Sam Smith's hit single " Lay Me Down." Known in recent years for his uptempo progressive house tracks, the " Wasted" DJ and his production team takes a more mellow approach with this remix, ditching the festival-driven sound for something befitting Sam Smith's voice and aesthetic. Lay Me Down is the debut single by English singer and songwriter Sam Smith and the lead single from his debut studio album In the Lonely Hour (2014).