About Your Song

"Your Song" is a song by British singer Rita Ora. It was released to digital retailers on 26 May 2017 as the lead single from her second studio album, Phoenix (2018). The song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Ora's ninth single to reach the top 10 in the UK. It also reached the top twenty in more than fifteen countries, including Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.

"Your Song" received generally favourable reviews from music critics. Douglas Greenwood of NME regarded the song as "such a modest comeback single that feels so refreshing in an age of proudly confrontational, 'fuck you' pop penned for women." In The Times, Ed Potton deemed it "a gloriously stripped-down love song". The Line of Best Fit said the track "captures what's now become Rita's new calling card of emotionally apprehensive pop blasts." Financial Times critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney called the song "charming, fleet-footed romantic pop". Jason Lipshutz of Billboard commented that Ora exuded confidence and found the track "light, great" and "well-designed". Clash reviewer Malvika Padin wrote that "Your Song" will "leave you reaching for the replay button". In a negative review, Jon Pareles of The New York Times referred to the track as "manufactured passion", noting its "clinical precision" and Sheeran's involvement to "summon sincerity". PopMatters writer Robert Loss compared the song's riff to a generic cell phone ringtone, saying, "It doesn't get more synthesized with 'lived experience' than that." In The Guardian, Michael Cragg said Sheeran's "frugal facade reaches its apex" with the line, "And then we make love right there on your best friend's couch".