Praising You

 ( 2023 Songs ) 

" Praising You" is a song by English singer Rita Ora featuring English producer Fatboy Slim. The song was released on 19 April 2023 through BMG, as the second single from Ora's third studio album You & I (2023). The song is a re-worked version of Slim's song "Praise You", which itself a sample of Camille Yarbrough's song "Take Yo' Praise".

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Critical reception Emma Harrison of Clash complimented, "Rita’s re-imagining of nineties banger ‘Praise You’ by Fatboy Slim. She’s ebullient, dynamic and triumphant on the gospel-infused house of number, reflecting on how it’s been “a hell of a ride”, reiterating her gratitude for finding enduring love with the lyrics “who knew love would leave me feelin’ this good? / I have to praise you like I should”. Lauren Murphy of the Irish Times called Praising You, "a somewhat baffling reworking of Fatboy Slim’s biggest hit, with input from Norman Cook himself."

Helen Brown of The Independent exclaimed, "It’s a slick evolution of Norman Cook’s original, on which Ora sounds genuinely jubilant – arms aloft and giddy for it." Kate Solomon of The i Paper dismissively noted, "a slick, empty rework of Fatboy Slim’s “Praise You”.

Hannah Mylrea of Rolling Stone UK hailed the tune saying, "the weirdly wonderful reworking of Fatboy Slim’s iconic ‘Praise You’, titled ‘Praising You’, may not trump the original, but is wickedly good fun." Neil Z. Yeung of Allmusic also found, "album highlight "Praising You,"...interpolates Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" to the intended joyous effect."

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Live performances Ora performed "Praising You" as a part of a medley of her songs in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on 9 May.

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Use in media In August 2023, the song was featured in advertisements for BMW. It was also featured at the end of the 2023 animated teen comedy film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken which feature additional orchestrations by Stephanie Economou.

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Music video The music video for "Praising You" was published on YouTube on 28 April 2023. Directed by Ora's husband Taika Waititi, the music video was shot on film and pays homage to Spike Jonze-directed video for "Praise You", and references the musical films, Fame and All That Jazz. The video was nominated for Best Music Video award at 2023 Camerimage.

A second music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, was released on YouTube on 19 May 2023.

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Track listings

• Digital download
• "Praising You" – 2:45

• Digital download Dopamine
• "Praising You" Dopamine – 2:19

• Digital download Fatboy
• "Praising You" Fatboy – 4:20

• Digital download Jodie
• "Praising You" Jodie – 2:31

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Charts

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Weekly charts

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Monthly charts

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Year-end charts

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See also

• List of Billboard number-one dance songs of 2023

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