Clean Bandit
Mar 9, 2014
"Rather Be" is a song by British electronic group Clean Bandit, featuring vocals from Jess Glynne. The track was released on January 17th as the fourth single from the group's upcoming debut studio album New Eyes (2014). The song was written and produced by Clean Bandit, with co-writer Jimmy Napes (frequent collaborator of Disclosure).
The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and is the fastest-selling single of 2014 so far, and the highest selling January single since "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo, which reached number one in 1996. The song has, so far, spent four weeks at number one, selling in excess of 404,000 copies since release.
In addition, "Rather Be" holds the record for the most streams in a single week on Spotify in the United Kingdom. The track received 1.09 million plays over seven days in February 2014, surpassing the record previously held by Daft Punk's "Get Lucky".