Example
Mar 12, 2012
"Changed the Way You Kiss Me" is a song by British recording artist Example from his third studio album, Playing in the Shadows. It was released in June, 2011 as the album's lead single, after it had premiered on BBC Radio 1 as Zane Lowe's 'Hottest Record In The World' on March 24, 2011. The trance influenced song was written by Example with Michael Woods, who also produced it.
The song debuted at number-one in the United Kingdom selling over 115,000 copies. With 582,000 copies sold in 2011 alone, the track finished as the year's sixteenth biggest seller and in January 2012 was nominated at the 2012 BRIT Awards. This marks Example's most successful single to date.
"Changed the Way You Kiss Me" saw great success in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number-one of 11 June - the first of Example's releases to achieve this feat - and remained at the top for two weeks. The single made its chart debut in Ireland on 9 June 2011, when it entered at number 6. On its second week on the chart, the single climbed a single place to number 5. On its fifth week, it reached number 3; marking Example's highest charting single in the country. The song also charted in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Slovakia, Switzerland and Poland.
In a chart climate dominated with emotional balladry from Adele one minute and thumping feel-good club-pop from LMFAO the next, an artist can be forgiven for feeling a little confused about where the current music scene is headed and thus how to create a bona-fide hit that will send them straight to the top. That said, Fulham-born Example may just have the answer with this single from his forthcoming LP.