Cheating (song)

"Cheating"
Single by John Newman
from the album Tribute
Released 6 October 2013
Format Digital download
Recorded 2012–13
Genre
Length 3:42
Label Island
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
John Newman singles chronology
"Love Me Again"
(2013)		 "Cheating"
(2013)		 "Losing Sleep"
(2013)

"Cheating" is a song by English singer John Newman. The song was released on 6 October 2013 as the second single from his debut studio album, Tribute (2013). The song was written by John Newman and Emily Phillips. The song has peaked to number 9 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Cheating" was first released onto YouTube on 22 August 2013 at a total length of three minutes and forty-one seconds.[1] The video shows Newman performing the song at a rooftop gig, before he spots his lover cheating on him through a window in the opposite building. The video also starts with a shot of a newspaper, referencing to Newman's earlier music video, Love Me Again, which had ended with the two main characters encountering a car crash. The newspaper's headline read, "Couple survives Hit-and-Run".[2]

Critical reception

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating:

Despite already having two chart-toppers to his name, John Newman recently told us that he "constantly wants more". It's a necessary determination to have in today's cut-throat music industry and is made slightly easier when there's plenty of talent to back it up with. The last we heard from the Yorkshire crooner he was asking his beau for forgiveness over perky brass and rattling breakbeats, but the tables have seemingly turned on his latest offering. "But if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah/ 'Cause cheating's just the thing you do," Newman coolly notes over spry horns and Italo piano lines, before the sass levels are elevated by a soulful gospel choir by the song's end. It's a classy retaliation to his Shakespearean-styled cuckolding that reinforces his dominance of UK neo soul. And as for wanting that third number one? With this little anthem in his repertoire, we can't see that being too much of a problem. [3]

Track listing

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Cheating"   3:42
Digital download – Remix (EP)
No. Title Length
1. "Cheating" (Freemasons Club Edit) 7:57
2. "Cheating" (DJ Zinc Remix) 4:29
3. "Cheating" (Wookie Remix) 5:03
4. "Cheating" (Wayward Remix) 5:34
5. "Cheating" (William Carl Jr Remix) 4:46

Credits and personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 44
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[5] 4
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[6] 3
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 53
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[8] 2
Hungary (Single Top 40)[9] 14
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 19
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[11] 8
Poland (Dance Top 50)[12] 37
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[13] 7
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[14] 72
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 56
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Hungarian Airplay Chart[17] 26

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 6 October 2013 Digital download Island

References

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