Blame It on Me (George Ezra song)

"Blame It on Me"
Single by George Ezra
from the album Wanted on Voyage
Released	11 August 2014
Format	CD digital download
Recorded	2013
Genre	Folk blues rock
Length	3:15
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	George Ezra Joel Pott
Producer(s)	Cam Blackwood
George Ezra singles chronology
"Cassy O'" (2014) "Blame It on Me" (2014) "Listen to the Man" (2014)

"Blame It on Me" is a song by British singer-songwriter George Ezra. It was released as the fourth single from his debut studio album, Wanted on Voyage (2014). The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 11 August 2014 through Columbia Records. It debuted at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, marking Ezra's second consecutive top 10 hit.

The accompanying music video features Ezra having a very bad day, including getting tackled by a rugby team, hit with a rubber bullet fired from a toy gun by a child, defecated on by a bird and winding up in the middle of a gunfight between police officers and criminals.

Music video

An official lyric video to accompany the release of "Blame It on Me" was also issued on 20 June, with Ezra holding an old fashioned TV with the lyrics appearing on it; at the same time, he is sitting on the seat of a dunk tank while several tennis balls are thrown towards it from off-screen. At the end of the bridge, a ball hits the button and Ezra falls into the water. Ezra then holds the TV above his head for a while, whilst his face is barely visible. As the song ends, tennis balls start being thrown towards the TV, which finally falls out of Ezra's hands and into the water. The video then ends with him laughing.^[1]

The official music video for "Blame It on Me" was directed by Rob Brandon. It was first released onto YouTube on 11 August 2014 at a total length of three minutes and forty-four seconds. The video begins with a land rover full of criminals driving past Ezra, who is carrying his guitar in its case, and a Japanese man. The man asks Ezra in Japanese, "Are you sure you want to follow the yellow brick road?" and then walks away without Ezra giving a response. The rest of the video features Ezra having a very bad day, including his guitar case blowing open and his guitar falling out in the middle of the road before getting ran over by a police car, getting tackled by a rugby team, hit with a rubber bullet fired from a toy gun by a child, defecated on by a bird and winding up in the middle of a gunfight between police officers and the aforementioned criminals. The video has over 38 million views as of July 2016.^[2]

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blame It on Me"	3:15

CD single[3]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blame It on Me"	3:20
2.	"Get Lonely With Me"	3:05

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2014–15) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[4] 10 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 11 Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[6] 80 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[7] 6 Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[8] 21 Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 27 Ireland (IRMA)[10] 17 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 8 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[12] 5 South Africa (EMA)[13] 6 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 16 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[15] 6 US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[16] 23 US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[17] 32

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[18] 38

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[19]	Platinum	70,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[20]	Gold	7,500^*
United Kingdom (BPI)[21]	Platinum	600,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	11 August 2014	Digital download	Columbia
Germany	28 November 2014	CD single	Columbia

References

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5. "Austriancharts.at – George Ezra – Blame It On Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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10. "Chart Track: Week 40, 2014". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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12. "Archive Chart: 2014-10-04". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
13. "EMA Top 10 Airplay: Week Ending 2015-01-20". Entertainment Monitoring Africa. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
14. "Swisscharts.com – George Ezra – Blame It On Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
15. "Archive Chart: 2014-10-11" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
16. "George Ezra – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for George Ezra. Retrieved April 9th, 2015.
17. "George Ezra – Chart history" Billboard Rock Airplay for George Ezra. Retrieved July 28th, 2015.
18. Copsey, Rob (31 December 2014). "The Official Top 100 Biggest Songs of 2014 revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
19. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
20. "New Zealand single certifications – George Ezra – Blame it on Me". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
21. "British single certifications – George Ezra – Blame it on Me". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 May 2015. Enter Blame it on Me in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search