Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwrit… Read Full Bio ↴Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. They rose to prominence in October 2012 after being featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. Smith was subsequently featured on Naughty Boy's "La La La", which became a number one single in May 2013. In December 2013, they were nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll, winning both.

Smith's debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, was released in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK. The album's lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". The album's second single, "Money on My Mind", became Smith's second number one single in the UK. The third single, "Stay with Me", was an international success, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, while their singles "I'm Not the Only One" and "Like I Can" reached the top ten in the UK. The album won four awards, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

For Smith's and Jimmy Napes's song "Writing's on the Wall", the theme for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), Smith won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Smith's second studio album, The Thrill of It All, was released in November 2017 and debuted atop the UK and US album charts. The lead single, "Too Good at Goodbyes", reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US. They released the single "Promises" with Calvin Harris, which peaked at number one in the UK. Smith released "Dancing with a Stranger" with Normani in 2019, which reached the top ten in the UK and the US and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards, and followed it by releasing a string of commercially successful singles "How Do You Sleep?", "To Die For" and "I'm Ready" with Demi Lovato; all of which feature on Smith's third album, Love Goes.

Smith has won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, and an American Music Award, as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award through their career. Smith has been publicly gay since 2014, genderqueer since 2017, and has used they/them pronouns since 2019.

Bad Day
Sam Smith Lyrics

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Ou take me over hither ? to meet your ex-lover
You let me out of your box every other day
Once upon a month I used to be a lover
In love with you
Now I'm in chains
Now, I'm just here
And I'm happier than you could ever imagine
Now, I'm here,

And I'm happy for being a dreamer
Hey!
Nobody told me it would be like this!
Hey!

Something's gotta be like this!
Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes,
Had a bad day all week (but I guess you knew about it)
Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes
Had a bad day all week
Had a bad day all week
A-a-a-oh

You don't deserve to be written about you're so boring,
I can't bring myself to say your name,
I stopped calling you long ago
And I'm so happy now you'd never know
Now, I'm just here,
And I'm happier than you could ever imagine
Now, I'm here,
And I'm happy for being a dreamer
Hey!
Some things will never be the same
Hey!

I'm sick and tired of your singing, singing,
Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes,
Had a bad day all week (but I guess you knew about it)
Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes
Had a bad day all week
Had a bad day all week
A-a-a-oh

Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes,
Had a bad day all week (but I guess you knew about it)
Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes
Had a bad day all week

Had a bad day all week
A-a-a-oh

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Bad Day All Week" by Sam Smith reveal a complicated and painful relationship dynamic. The first verse uses metaphoric language to describe the singer's feeling of being taken on a journey towards the person's ex-lover, despite being trapped and chained in the relationship. The singer acknowledges their past love for the person but admits to being confined now. The second verse implies that the person is unremarkable and the singer is happier without them, even if the person is unaware of it. The chorus repeats, emphasizing the feeling of being stuck in a rut, with nothing ever changing or improving. The bridge highlights the singer's frustration with the person's singing and reiterates the overall feeling of having a bad day all week.

Overall, the song appears to be about a toxic and unfulfilling relationship that the singer realizes they need to break free from. The metaphors and vivid language used in the lyrics demonstrate the intensity of the singer's emotions towards this person and the difficulty of leaving them behind.

Line by Line Meaning

Ou take me over hither ? to meet your ex-lover
You bring me along with you to meet your former partner

You let me out of your box every other day
You let me free from your control occasionally

Once upon a month I used to be a lover
In the past, I used to love you deeply

In love with you Now I'm in chains
I'm trapped and feel imprisoned to loving you

Now, I'm just here And I'm happier than you could ever imagine
I'm currently present, and I'm experiencing joy greater than you can comprehend

Now, I'm here, And I'm happy for being a dreamer
Now, I'm glad to be an imaginative person

Hey! Nobody told me it would be like this! Hey!
Hey, no one warned me that it would be like this

Something's gotta be like this!
There must be a reason why this is happening

Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes, Had a bad day all week (but I guess you knew about it) Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes Had a bad day all week Had a bad day all week A-a-a-oh
Things aren't improving, and I'm experiencing a terrible week, but you probably already knew that

You don't deserve to be written about you're so boring, I can't bring myself to say your name, I stopped calling you long ago And I'm so happy now you'd never know
You're not interesting enough for me to write about, and I can't even say your name. I stopped calling you a long time ago, and I'm now delighted, and you wouldn't even know how much.

Hey! Some things will never be the same Hey!
Hey, some things will never go back to how they used to be

I'm sick and tired of your singing, singing, Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes, Had a bad day all week (but I guess you knew about it) Nothing's getting better and nothing ever changes Had a bad day all week Had a bad day all week A-a-a-oh
I'm frustrated with your constant singing. Plus, things aren't improving, and I'm having a terrible week that you probably knew about.

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