Worry About Me

"Worry About Me"
"Worry About Me"
Single by Ellie Goulding featuring Blackbear
from the album Brightest Blue
Released	13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)
Genre	Pop; hip-hop;
Length	2:59
Label	Polydor
Songwriters	Ellie Goulding; Ilya Salmanzadeh; Matthew Musto; Peter Svensson; Savan Kotecha;
Producer	Ilya
Ellie Goulding singles chronology
Blackbear singles chronology
Music video
	"Worry About Me" on YouTube

2020 single by Ellie Goulding featuring Blackbear

"Worry About Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding featuring American rapper and singer Blackbear, released as the lead single from Goulding's fourth studio album Brightest Blue, through Polydor Records on 13 March 2020.

Critical reception

Writing for Idolator, Mike Wass opined that Goulding "asserts her independence" on the track, "telling Mr. Clingy to stop sniffing around her business because she's bus[y] having fun [...] over Ilya's thunderous beats", concluding that it is a "banger".^[1] Caian Nunes of Popline wrote that Goulding finds "great inspiration in hip-hop" on the track "without losing her pop [sound]".^[2]

Music video

The music video for "Worry About Me" was directed by Emil Nava and was released on Goulding's YouTube channel a few hours after the release of the single.^[3] A Director's Cut of the video featuring the instrumental "Overture" was released on 30 April 2020.^[4]

Track listing

Digital download and streaming — Single^[5]

"Worry About Me" — 2:59

Digital download and streaming — (Remixes)^[6]

"Worry About Me" (Lost Frequencies remix) — 4:11
"Worry About Me" (MK remix) — 3:33
"Worry About Me" (Maya Jane Coles remix) — 4:13
"Worry About Me" (Krystal Klear remix) — 6:01

Personnel

Credits were adapted from Apple Music.^[5]

Ellie Goulding — vocals, background vocals, songwriter
Ilya Salmanzadeh — producer, songwriter, keyboard arranger, engineer, programming, drums, percussion, bass guitar
Blackbear (a.k.a. Matthew Musto) — vocals, songwriter
Jason Elliott — recording engineer
Serban Ghenea — mixing engineer
John Hanes — assistant mixing engineer
Randy Merrill — mastering engineer
Peter Svensson — guitar
Savan Kotecha — piano
Leo Kotecha — background vocals
Mylo Kotecha — background vocals

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Israel (Media Forest)^[7]	5
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)^[8]	16
Romania (Airplay 100)^[9]	80
Scotland Singles (OCC)^[10]	69
UK Singles (OCC)^[11]	78
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)^[12]	50
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)^[13]	33

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	13 March 2020	Digital download streaming	Polydor	^[5]
Various	15 March 2020	Digital download streaming	Polydor	^[6]
Australia	16 March 2020	Contemporary hit radio	Universal	^[14]
Italy	20 March 2020		Universal	^[15]
United States	24 March 2020		Interscope	^[16]

References

^ Wass, Mike (March 13, 2020). "Ellie Goulding Asserts Her Independence On "Worry About Me"". Idolator. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
^ Nunes, Caian (March 13, 2020). "Escute "Worry About Me", novo single de Ellie Goulding em parceria com Blackbear". Popline. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
^ Goulding, Ellie (March 13, 2020). Ellie Goulding, blackbear - Worry About Me (Official Video) (video). Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2025 – via YouTube.
^ Goulding, Ellie (April 30, 2020). Ellie Goulding, blackbear - Worry About Me (Director's Cut) (video). Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2025 – via YouTube.
^ a b c "Worry About Me – Single by Ellie Goulding & blackbear". Apple Music. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
^ a b "Worry About Me (Remixes) - EP by Ellie Goulding & blackbear". Apple Music. March 15, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
^ "Media Forest Charts - Israel - International". Media Forest Israel. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
^ Arvunescu, Victor (July 13, 2020). "Top Airplay 100 - Cea mai bună piesă a verii rămâne pe primul loc" [Top Airplay 100 – The best song of the summer stays at number one] (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 20/3/2020 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ "Official Singles Chart on 20/3/2020 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ "Ellie Goulding Chart History: Digital Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
^ "Ellie Goulding Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "Singles To Radio". The Music Network. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
^ "Ellie Goulding "Worry About Me" | (Radio Date: 20/03/2020)". Radio Date. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
^ "Top 40/M Future Releases | Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates". AllAccess. Archived from the original on March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

[1] Wass, Mike (March 13, 2020). "Ellie Goulding Asserts Her Independence On "Worry About Me"". Idolator. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.

[2] Nunes, Caian (March 13, 2020). "Escute "Worry About Me", novo single de Ellie Goulding em parceria com Blackbear". Popline. Retrieved March 13, 2020.

[3] Goulding, Ellie (March 13, 2020). Ellie Goulding, blackbear - Worry About Me (Official Video) (video). Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2025 – via YouTube.

[4] Goulding, Ellie (April 30, 2020). Ellie Goulding, blackbear - Worry About Me (Director's Cut) (video). Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2025 – via YouTube.

[AppleMusic-5] "Worry About Me – Single by Ellie Goulding & blackbear". Apple Music. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

[:0-6] "Worry About Me (Remixes) - EP by Ellie Goulding & blackbear". Apple Music. March 15, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

[israelchart-7] "Media Forest Charts - Israel - International". Media Forest Israel. Retrieved April 7, 2020.

[8] "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.

[9] Arvunescu, Victor (July 13, 2020). "Top Airplay 100 - Cea mai bună piesă a verii rămâne pe primul loc" [Top Airplay 100 – The best song of the summer stays at number one] (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Retrieved July 13, 2020.

[sc_Scotland_-10] "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 20/3/2020 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

[sc_UK_-11] "Official Singles Chart on 20/3/2020 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

[12] "Ellie Goulding Chart History: Digital Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2020.

[sc_Billboardpopsongs_Ellie_Goulding-13] "Ellie Goulding Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[14] "Singles To Radio". The Music Network. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

[15] "Ellie Goulding "Worry About Me" | (Radio Date: 20/03/2020)". Radio Date. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

[16] "Top 40/M Future Releases | Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates". AllAccess. Archived from the original on March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.