Back to You (Selena Gomez song)
{{short description|2018 single by Selena Gomez}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2020}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Back to You
| cover = Selena Gomez - Back to You (Artwork).jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Selena Gomez
| album = 13 Reasons Why: Season 2 (Music from the Original TV Series)
| released = {{Start date|2018|5|10}}
| recorded =
| studio =
- Zenseven Studios (Tarzana, CA)
- Westlake Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA)
- Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
| genre =
| length = 3:30
| label = Interscope
| writer =
- Parrish Warrington
- Diederik Van Elsas
- Amy Allen
- Micah Premnath
- Selena Gomez
| producer =
- Trackside
- Ian Kirkpatrick
| prev_title = Wolves
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Taki Taki
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|VY1eFxgRR-k|"Back to You"}}}}
}}
"Back to You" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez from the second season soundtrack to 13 Reasons Why (2018), a TV adaptation of the eponymous book. It appears as an international bonus track on her third studio album Rare (2020) and was written by Gomez, Parrish Warrington, Diederik Van Elsas, Amy Allen, and Micah Premnath. The production was handled by Ian Kirkpatrick and Trackside. It was released on May 10, 2018, as the second single from the soundtrack following the release of Lovely by Billie Eilish and Khalid.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/05/10/selena-gomez-continues-her-latest-easy-electro-pop-era-with-new-single-back-to-you/#63e1b19c1842|title=Selena Gomez Continues Her Latest Era With New EDM-Pop Single 'Back To You'|work=Forbes|author=Hugh McIntyre|date=May 10, 2018}}
Commercially, the song reached number one in Israel, the top five in Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Singapore and Slovakia; the top ten in Belgium, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Scotland; as well as the top 20 in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. In the US, the song also became Gomez's 15th consecutive top 40 entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 18.
Background and release
Before its official announcement, the song was registered in ASCAP and teased by various US radio stations such as 104.7 KISS FM.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/nxnhw1/selena-gomez-appears-to-start-teasing-her-next-single|title=Selena Gomez Appears to Start Teasing Her Next Single|work=MTV UK|author=Sam Prance|date=May 1, 2018}} Gomez finally confirmed the release through social media on May 1, as well as its inclusion on the soundtrack of the second season of the Netflix's original series 13 Reasons Why, in which she takes part as an executive producer.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8423245/selena-gomez-announces-new-song-back-to-you|title=Selena Gomez Announces New Song 'Back To You': 'I'm So Excited'|magazine=Billboard|author=Shanté Honeycutt|date=May 1, 2018}} The song premiered on May 10 in Zane Lowe's Apple Music radio show Beats 1 as the release day's "World Record". She was also interviewed by Lowe and confirmed that her third solo studio album was being completed.{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/05/selena-gomez-back-to-you/|title=Selena Gomez shares new song "Back to You": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|author=Ben Kaye|date=May 10, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7679466/selena-gomez-back-to-you-review|title=Selena Gomez's "Back To You" Is A Deeply Emotional (Post) Breakup Song|work=Idolator|author=Mike Wass|date=May 10, 2018}}
Composition
"Back to You" was written by Parrish Warrington, Diederik Van Elsas, Amy Allen, Micah Premnath, and Selena Gomez. The production was handled by Trackside and Ian Kirkpatrick, the latter also working on Gomez's previous single "Bad Liar". The track has been described as an emotional{{cite web|url=http://popcrush.com/selena-gomez-back-to-you-listen/|title=Selena Gomez Drops Country-Hued New Single 'Back to You'|work=PopCrush|author=Erica Russell|date=May 10, 2018}} acoustic midtempo with country influences, being also called a "dance-pop anthem", as well as an electropop{{cite web |last1=Pollard |first1=Alexandra |title=Selena Gomez review, Rare: Moments of ecstasy and pathos never quite live up to the singer's gold standards |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/selena-gomez-rare-album-review-lose-you-to-love-me-a9277171.html |website=The Independent |access-date=14 January 2020 |date=January 10, 2020 |quote=In the five years since 2015's Revival, the 27-year-old has released no end of smart, strutting songs: [...] the EDM ballad "Back to You" to name a few.}} ballad. Gomez said that it was a "very special record" and that she wanted it to be "a beautiful message in a really complicated way but really fun".{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/selena-gomez-released-a-new-single-for-the-13-reasons-why-soundtrack|title=Selena Gomez Released a New Single for the "13 Reasons Why" Soundtrack|work=Teen Vogue|author=Claire Dodson|date=May 10, 2018}}
The song is performed in the key of F{{sharp}} major with a tempo of 102 beats per minute in 4/4 time and follows a chord progression of D{{sharp}}m–B–F{{sharp}}. Gomez's vocal range spans two octaves, from C{{sharp}}3 to C{{sharp}}5.{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0184262|title=Selena Gomez "Back to You" Sheet Music in F{{sharp}} Major|publisher=Musicnotes LLC|last=Gomez|first=Selena|date=May 25, 2018 |access-date=2018-06-10}}
Music video
A lyric video with scenes of the second season of 13 Reasons Why was released on May 10, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulNswX3If6U|title=Selena Gomez – Back to You (Lyric Video)|publisher=YouTube|date=May 10, 2018|access-date=June 4, 2018}}
=Release and synopsis=
The official music video was directed by Scott Cudmore.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY1eFxgRR-k|title=Selena Gomez – Back to You|publisher=YouTube|date=June 8, 2018}} The imagery for the music video is inspired from the 1965 French New Wave film Pierrot le Fou. The music video starts at a party with Gomez, dressed in a vintage feather-trimmed green sequined high-neck dress, locking eyes with a sharply suited man (Andrey Kupchenko), and they steal a convertible and end up frolicking in a bucolic pasture. Gomez wears an ensemble fit for the French countryside: a vintage white skirt and a sleeveless orange-and-yellow crop top. and take Gomez's twist on iconic ’60s French-girl style as some summer style inspiration.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/selena-gomez-justin-bieber-13-reasons-why-netflix-french-new-wave-jean-luc-godard-back-to-you-new-music-video|title= Watch Selena Gomez Dress Like a '60s New Wave French Muse in Her New Music Video|publisher=Vogue.com|date=June 8, 2018}}
Nevertheless, Gomez's video, is saturated with Godard's quintessential filmmaking quirks: fragmented editing; characters breaking the fourth wall; melodramatic dialogue; a garish, primary color-focused palette; and cartoonish neorealism. Cinemaphiles will immediately notice parallels, as the music video's opening visual directly mirrors the famous party scene in "Pierrot le Fou," both doused in deep, ever-changing colors. The inane dialogue from side characters serves to highlight the shallow, bourgeois lifestyle that Pierrot wants to escape from. The two find they are wanted and burn their car to destroy the evidence. The video returns to the party from the start and despite everything, Gomez cycles back, locks eyes with the sharply dressed man and asks: "Do you want to steal a car?".{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/selena-gomez-back-to-you-music-video-french-film-2018-6|title=Selena Gomez's New Music Video Parallels a French Film — And Fans Can't Decide If It's an Homage Or Rip-Off|publisher=uk.businessinsider.com.com|date=June 8, 2018}}
Accolades
Track listing
- "Back to You" – 3:30
- "Back to You" (Riton and Kah-Lo remix) – 3:27
- "Back to You" (Joey Pecoraro remix) – 3:46
- "Back to You" (Anki remix) – 4:41
Credits and personnel
Credits and personnel adapted from Rare album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|others=Selena Gomez|title=Rare|type=booklet|year=2020|publisher=Interscope|id=B0031541-02}}
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- Selena Gomez – lead vocals, songwriting
- Amy Allen – background vocals, songwriting
- Micah Premnath – background vocals, songwriting
- Parrish Warrington – songwriting
- Diederik Van Elsas – songwriting
- Ian Kirkpatrick – production
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- Trackside – production
- Benjamin Rice – vocal production
- Tony Maserati – mixing
- Tyler Scott – mix engineering assistance
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"| Argentina Anglo (Monitor Latino){{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/argentina/anglo/20180618|title=Top 20 Anglo Argentina – Del 18 al 24 de Junio, 2018|access-date=July 12, 2018|language=es}}
| 8 |
| {{single chart|Australia|4|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Austria|8|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|10|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 31, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia|37|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2018}} |
| scope="row"| Bolivia (Monitor Latino){{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/bolivia/general/20180709|title=Bolivia General|language=es|publisher=Monitor Latino|access-date=July 17, 2019}}
| 18 |
| {{single chart|Canada|4|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 19, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|8|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|7|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 11, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|CIS|137|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|songid=89437|rowheader=true|access-date=April 18, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Czech Republic|4|year=2018|week=35|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 3, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Czechdigital|3|year=2018|week=23|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 12, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Denmark|12|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Finland|8|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2018}} |
| scope="row"| France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-megafusion/?ye=2018&we=24|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles – SNEP (Week 24, 2018)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=June 22, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| 51 |
| {{single chart|Germany|19|songid=1760386|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2018}} |
| scope="row"| Greece International Digital (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|title=Greece Official IFPI Charts: Digital Singles Chart (International) – Εβδομάδα: 22/2018|work=IFPI Charts|access-date=June 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923175934/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|archive-date=September 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}
| 5 |
| {{single chart|Hungary|5|year=2018|week=51|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 28, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Hungarysingle|22|year=2018|week=24|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 21, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Hungarystream|3|year=2018|week=23|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Ireland3|4|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} |
| scope="row" | Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay){{cite web|url=http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/#/international_tab3|title=מדיה פורסט – לדעת שאתה באוויר|publisher=Mediaforest.biz|access-date=1 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316183730/http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/#/international_tab3|archive-date=16 March 2017|url-status=dead}}
| 1 |
| {{single chart|Italy|49|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardjapanhot100|90|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 2, 2019}} |
| scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2018&month=06&day=25|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas|language=ja|publisher=Billboard Japan|date=June 25, 2017|access-date=June 22, 2017}}
| 8 |
| scope="row"| Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20){{cite web|url=http://www.olt20.com/Selena-Gomez#fragment-2&panel1-3|title=The Official Lebanese Top 20 - Selena Gomez|publisher=The Official Lebanese Top 20|date=June 10, 2018|access-date=June 20, 2018}}
| 7 |
| scope="row"| Lithuania (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi/|title=Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)|language=lt|publisher=AGATA|date=September 21, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2018}}
| 73 |
| scope="row"| Malaysia (RIM){{cite web|url=http://www.rim.org.my/main/images/stories/RIM/Chart%202018/21_i_dm.pdf|title=Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles in Malaysia : Week 21 (18/05/18 – 24/05/18)|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Malaysia|access-date=June 2, 2018}}
| 3 |
| scope="row"| Mexico (Mexico Airplay){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/mex/|title=Selena Gomez Chart History (Mexico Airplay)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 18, 2020}}
| 21 |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|5|year=2018|week=24|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|5|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|8|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Norway|10|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 23, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Poland|5|chartid=2773|year=2018|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 30, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Portugal|8|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 18, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|9|date=20180622|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 23, 2018}} |
| scope="row"| Singapore (RIAS){{cite web|url=http://www.rias.org.sg/chart.pdf|title="Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart Week 26"|publisher=Recording Industry Association (Singapore) |archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1531419102TWRJOROVYM?url=http://www.rias.org.sg/chart.pdf|archive-date=July 12, 2018}}
| 3 |
| {{single chart|Slovakia2|53|year=2018|week=35|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 4, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Slovakdigital2|2|year=2018|week=23|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 11, 2018}} |
| scope="row"| Slovenia (SloTop50){{cite web|url=https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2018&week=44|title=SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart|publisher=slotop50.si|access-date=5 November 2018|archive-date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160705/https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2018&week=44|url-status=dead}}
| 12 |
| {{single chart|Spain|44|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Sweden|14|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|20|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Back to You|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 18, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|UK|13|date=20180615|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|18|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 25, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|14|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 30, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|5|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 9, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboarddanceairplay|9|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 8, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|4|artist=Selena Gomez|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 18, 2018}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=5|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|access-date=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|access-date=November 21, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2018|relmonth=05|certyear=2018|certmonth=10|access-date=December 14, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|award=Diamond|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|artist=Selena Gomes|title=Back to You|access-date=April 12, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|id=9725|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|access-date=November 18, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|access-date=September 18, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|id=5904|access-date=October 1, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|access-date=October 25, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Back to You|artist=Selena Gomez|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|source=radioscope|access-date=January 10, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2021|access-date=October 29, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|access-date=December 17, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|id=file_2020-03-31-16-40-51.pdf|access-date=August 11, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|certweek=1|access-date=January 1, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|id=14513-4123-1|access-date=August 7, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|access-date=September 21, 2019}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Back to You|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|certweek=39|position=88|access-date=September 29, 2018}}
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Release history
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| scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Version ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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| scope="row"| Various
| May 10, 2018 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | rowspan="2"| Original | rowspan="3"| Interscope | {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/back-to-you/1381914023?i=1381915969|title=13 Reasons Why: Season 2 (Music from the Original TV Series) by Selena Gomez, OneRepublic & YUNGBLUD|work=iTunes (US)|date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=May 10, 2018}} |
| scope="row"| United States
| May 15, 2018 |
| scope="row"| Various
| August 10, 2018 | Digital download | Remixes | {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/helix-vol-2/1414535578|title=Helix, Vol. 2 by Various Artists|work=iTunes (US), Apple Music|date=July 27, 2018}}All remixes of "Back to You" released on August 10, 2018:
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