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“Latch” by Disclosure featuring Sam Smith
From the EP The Singles (2013) Featuring Sam Smith
“Latch” by Disclosure featuring Sam Smith appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2012 and 2020. It was first released in 2013 on the EP The Singles. Its best result is #21 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #179 alternative song of 2012.
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"Latch" was the first taste of Settle, the debut album from English electronic duo Disclosure, arriving on PMR in October 2012 with Sam Smith's voice out front. Guy and Howard Lawrence produced and mixed it themselves and wrote it with Smith and Jimmy Napes, and the whole thing runs on tension: a jittery, skittering electronic pulse underneath and Smith soaring over the top like a lovesick flare.
It crept rather than exploded. In the UK it stalled at 11, but America caught up slowly, and by August 2014 the sleeper had climbed to number seven on the Hot 100. In 2022 Rolling Stone put it 10th on a list of the greatest dance songs of all time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 40 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
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