"To Be Loved" is a song by English singer Adele (pictured) from her fourth studio album, 30 (2021). Adele wrote the song with Tobias Jesso Jr., who produced it with Shawn Everett. It was released by Columbia Records as the album's 11th track on 19 November 2021. A torch ballad, "To Be Loved" has piano instrumentation and sets Adele's echoey vocals over minimalistic production. The song is about the sacrifices one must make upon falling in love and addresses Adele's divorce from Simon Konecki, attempting to justify to her son why their marriage did not succeed. It received universal acclaim from music critics, who compared Adele's vocal performance to those of Whitney Houston and highlighted it as her all-time best. Several publications included "To Be Loved" in their lists of the best songs of 2021. The song reached the top 40 in Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the United States and entered the charts in some other countries. Adele vowed never to perform it live due to its emotional nature.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1921:
Rioting broke out in Bombay, India, during the visit of Edward, Prince of Wales, leading to at least 58 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_riots
1933:
The Union of the Right, a coalition of right-wing parties, won the majority of seats in the 1933 Spanish general election, the first election in the country with suffrage extended to women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Spanish_general_election
1985:
The first of five summits between Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. president Ronald Reagan began in Geneva. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Summit_%281985%29
2013:
A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 23 people and injured at least 160 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Iranian_embassy_bombing_in_Beirut
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
to a man: Including every person; without exception; unanimously. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/to_a_man
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Nothing is more uncertain than the result of any one throw; few things more certain than the result of many throws. When applied to human life, the law of averages exhibits many striking results. --James A. Garfield https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield