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Addicted by Jorja Smith

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Jorja Smith

Addicted

Release date: 13th May 2021

From Be Right Back
Track 1
3:24
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About This Track

'Addicted' opens Jorja Smith's 'Be Right Back' with a rock-inflected production built from wispy keyboards, a stuttering snare drum and smoky guitars. The song sits at the emotional centre of the project: a meditation on dependency and the ways we cling to people and habits when we know they're harming us. Smith's soulful voice drifts across the instrumental, lending the track a laid-back restraint that belies the intensity of what she's describing. The lyrics trace the logic of addiction with precision, moving between the voice of someone watching a loved one spiral and the voice of someone caught in that spiral themselves. There's a selflessness here that reads as complicity, a willingness to be needed that mirrors the subject's inability to quit. The chorus loops the central tension: "you should be addicted to me" becomes both plea and indictment, a statement of desire twisted into something darker. A Dork four-star record.

"Addicted" is a single by Jorja Smith, from the album Be Right Back, released 13th May 2021. The track is 3:24 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Jorja Smith.

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Jorja Smith

Jorja Smith

Lyrics

Addicted

Too far in it, too far gone
She knows what's in it, she knows what's wrong
She just can't quit it, her heart's so numb
Hurts to live it, but worse to run

Waits for the nighttime, day's no fun
Got a call from her brother, said he's concerned
You lied about your work, and I haven't seen you in months
There's no light in your eyes, and she won't open them

The hardest thing
You are not addicted to me
I'm the only thing you should need
You should be addicted to me
The hardest thing
I am too selfless to leave
You're the only thing that I need
You should be addicted to me

What life are you living? It can't really be real
Pushing over limits you can't even feel
Can we drink just not to care, not care just to drink?
Can't that be enough and not take too much?

The hardest thing
You are not addicted to me
I'm the only thing you should need
You should be addicted to me
The hardest thing
I am too selfless to leave
You're the only thing that I need
You should be addicted to me

You don't see what I do
I try to defend you
It's hard not to offend you
But you're not mine to tend to
You don't see what I do
I try to defend you
It's hard not to offend you
But you're not mine to tend to

The hardest thing
You are not addicted to me
I'm the only thing you should need
You should be addicted to me
The hardest thing
I am too selfless to leave
You're the only thing that I need
You should be addicted to me

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From Be Right Back

3:242021Single
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Be Right Back
Jorja Smith
13th May 2021
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  1. 1Addicted
    3:24
  2. 2Gone
    3:15
  3. 3Bussdown (feat. Shaybo)
    3:22
  4. 4Time
    1:55
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Amane, Benjamin Totten, Compass, Femi Koleoso, Jorja Smith, Mutale Chashi
    Producer
    Compass, Riccardo Damian
    Bass
    Mutale Chashi
    Drums
    Femi Koleoso
    Guitar
    Benjamin Totten
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Anthony Vilchis, Chris Galland, Zach Pereyra
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Fiona Roberts, Matt Jaggar, Oliver Middleton
    Mastering Engineer
    Gianni Versacci
    Mixing Engineer
    Jeremie Inhaber, Manny Marroquin
    Programmer
    Compass
    Recording Engineer
    Riccardo Damian
    Synthesizer
    Amane
    Video Art Department
    Amy Murgatroyd, Saskia Wickins
    Video Assistant Director
    Eva-Grace Bor
    Video Camera Operator
    Jorja Smith
    Video Colorist
    Luke Morrison
    Video Director
    Jorja Smith, Savanah Leaf
    Video Gaffer
    Bernie Prentice
    Video Hair Stylist
    Montre Alleyne, Zateesha Harbour
    Video Makeup Artist
    Carol Anne Reid
    Video Nail Technician
    Pria Bhamra
    Video Producer
    Georgina Smith
    Video Production Assistant
    Alice Hayes, Alice Kavanagh Ellis, Colum Ewart
    Video Production Company
    ACADEMY
    Video SFX Department
    The Machine Shop
    Video Sound Designer
    Pyroheadz Fireworks
    Video Unit Production Manager
    Skye Goulding
    Video Wardrobe Stylist
    Jess Doolan, Toni-Blaze Ibekwe
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