"Secrets"
Single by Regard and Raye
from the album Euphoric Sad Songs
Released24 April 2020 (2020-04-24)
Genre
Length2:56
LabelMinistry of Sound
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Raye
  • Kennedi Lykken
Producer(s)
  • Regard
  • Johan Lenox
  • John Hill
Regard singles chronology
"Ride It"
(2019) 		"Secrets"
(2020) 		"Say My Name"
(2020)
Raye singles chronology
"Tequila"
(2019) 		"Secrets"
(2020) 		"Natalie Don't"
(2020)
Music video
"Secrets" on YouTube

"Secrets" is a song by Kosovo-Albanian disc jockey Regard and English singer and songwriter Raye from the latter's debut mini-album, Euphoric Sad Songs (2020). The song was written by Regard, Raye, Johan Lenox, John Hill, Jordan Asher Cruz, Kennedi Lykken and Stephen Feigenbaum, and produced by Regard, Hill and Lenox. It was released as a single for digital download and streaming by Ministry of Sound on 24 April 2020. An English-language deep and retro-sounding club, house and R&B song, it touches on the theme of secrets and someone who has something to hide. Upon release, "Secrets" received critical acclaim from music critics, many of whom applauded the music, production and Raye's vocal delivery. At the 2021 Brit Awards, the song received a nomination in the category for the Song of the Year. The song entered the top 10, among others, in Bulgaria, Croatia, Ireland, Poland, Scotland and the United Kingdom, and received multiple gold certifications in various countries as well as platinum in Australia, Poland and the UK. An accompanying music video premiered on 19 June 2020, depicting the journey of masked motorcyclist, who is drawn to a mysterious location before being chased down by an unknown pursuer.

Background and composition

"Secrets" was written by Regard, Raye, Johan Lenox, John Hill, Jordan Asher Cruz, Kennedi Lykken and Stephen Feigenbaum, and produced by Regard, Hill and Lenox.[1][2] The song was released as a single for digital download and streaming by Ministry of Sound in various territories on 24 April 2020.[3] Musically, it is an English-language deep[4] and retro-sounding club,[5] house and R&B song.[6][7] Accompanied by a "catchy" and "calm" melody, it contains a refined production, consisting of a playful, catchy and quiet-described beat with a funky bass line.[7][4][5] Lyrically, the song touches on the theme of secrets, as Raye sings about someone who has something to hide.[7] Regarding their collaboration, Raye stated: "I'd written the top line [of 'Secrets'], to a completely different song, with the same lyrics and melody, and it was a lot slower [...] I sent it to [Regard], and he sped it up, gave it a whole new chord thing, put these instruments in, gave it this crazy drop. He like, reignited what was a slow R&B song and made it into some rejuvenated sexy, pop-dance banger."[2] In a 2021 "#SongwriterSaturday" interview with Kim Taylor Bennett of Spotify, Raye mentioned that she had "so much respect" for Regard for allowing her to have a co-lead artist credit on "Secrets" after feeling overlooked as a featured artist on dance songs in the past.[8]

Reception

Upon release, "Secrets" was met with critical acclaim from music critics. For Songtexte.com, Ramona highlighted Raye's vocal delivery and the song's production, and continued writing that "[the song] will heat up the dance floor at home during Corona and the dance floor in the club after Corona, properly".[7] While Anna Sky Hulton from Planet Radio labelled the song an "amazing dancefloor filler", Ale Mancinelli from EDM Lab wrote that "['Secrets'] keeps some similarities with the sounds of ['Ride It'], however, [it] maintains originality and appeal".[2][9] Writing for Radio FG, Jean-Baptiste Blandin viewed the song as a "powerful track [...] which has everything to become the new hit of the summer".[6] Commercially, "Secrets" reached the top 10 in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),[10] Croatia,[11] Czech Republic,[12] Ireland,[13] Poland,[14] Scotland[15] and the United Kingdom,[16] and also entered the top 50 in Australia,[17] Belgium,[18][19] Canada,[20] Denmark,[21] Hungary,[22] the Netherlands and Slovakia.[23][24] It further reached number eight on the Billboard US Dance/Electronic Songs chart.[25] The song attained gold certifications in Austria,[26] Belgium,[27] France[28] and Mexico[29] as well as platinum in Australia,[30] Poland and the UK.[31][32] The song also appeared on several best songs of 2020 year-end lists, including ones published by Amazon Music and Tidal.[33][34] In 2021, "Secrets" received a nomination in the category for the Song of the Year at the Brit Awards.[35][36]

Promotion

Preceded by the release of a lyric video on 23 April 2020, a music video for "Secrets" was directed by Harry Lindley and uploaded to Regard's YouTube channel on 19 June.[37][38] A computer-generated imagery (CGI) video, it tells the story of a masked motorcyclist who is drawn to a mysterious location, before being chased down by an unknown pursuer.[39][40] The video also features remote appearances from Regard driving through the late-night streets on a motorbike and Raye performing the song on several television screens.[39][41] Rob Ulitski from Promo News commended the video as "slick" and "futuristic" in its style and wrote that "[it] leans into more conceptual territory, and delivers a high-energy, quickfire succession of striking set pieces".[39] Writing for Celeb Mix, Katrina Rees complimented the video as "epic", which according to her "is perfectly suited to the club-ready [song], and [...] will no doubt help it continue [its] growing success over the coming weeks and months".[41]

Track listing

  1. "Secrets" – 2:56
  1. "Secrets" (MOTi Remix) – 2:35
  2. "Secrets" (HUGEL Remix) – 3:16
  3. "Secrets" (Tom Field Remix) – 2:37
  4. "Secrets" (Consoul Trainin Remix) – 2:39

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Secrets"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[30] Platinum 70,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[26] Gold 15,000‡
Belgium (BEA)[27] Gold 20,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[88] Platinum 80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[89] Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP)[28] Gold 100,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[90] Gold 200,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[91] Gold 35,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON)[29] Gold 30,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[31] Platinum 20,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[92] Gold 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum 600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Secrets"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various 24 April 2020
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Ministry of Sound
[3]
Italy 1 May 2020 Radio airplay Sony
[4]

See also

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