Tides by Ellie Goulding Song Info
"Tides" is a song inspired by the dance song of her childhood, and has described wanting to recreate “ the euphoria I created with my track ‘Anything Could Happen’”. She has also described putting in quite childish lyrics on purpose to make a feeling of being wild and forgetting the world. "I had so much fun writing this song. This wasn’t a dance record, but I was listening to people like The Blaze and Jamie xx at the time and wanted to make something that was an anti-dance record. I loved sampling my voice all over the place, and then singing and saying things like ‘Take those elbows off the table’ and shit that your parents used to say to you. And then just talking about my time in New York and telling this fairy-tale story about meeting this person. I also love that sentimental stuff here, like, ‘I want to stay with you tonight. I want to go against the tide. I want to be with you even if it means sacrificing something.’ This song wasn’t really about anyone. I was listening to The Blaze, and they have such empty lyrics, but at the same time, they’re so meaningful. They just sing random lines that you would probably find in old pop songs, like ABBA songs. And then they would just put it over this really simple beat with a really euphoric sense. I love that idea. I’ve had quite a few people tell me that this is their favourite song on this record." –Ellie Goulding via Apple Music
