If you're still calling Sam Smith the "Male Adele" or "that guy who sings on Disclosure's "Latch"," then you're out of the loop for real as the British singer/songwriter is currently cleaning it up in the success department making him an unknown name no more. He's already scored the highest first-week sales for a debut album by a UK male artist in SoundScan's 23-year history, and his singles, "Stay With Me" and "Lay Me Down" are already primed to be soul-pop ballad treasures, plus we're already pooling bets at SBHQ that our former Bounce-Worthy almuni will be scooping up some GRAMMY Awards next year seeing as after Smith made a stellar first impression on Saturday Night Live back in March, he scored some top 5 hits across the pond as well.
But before we get ahead of ourselves, Smith is still on track as he has recently released his now fourth single from In the Lonely Hour, the punchy guitar gospel of "Like I Can." While Sam Smith is waxing heartfelt romantics and declaring love like no other right now, if you're a little tired of the saccharine down-tempos, Swedish mix man Jonas Rathsman spices up "Like I Can" for the club kid set. Rathaman transforms the track into seven minutes in hypnotic house and electronic heaven that aids at breaking up the mainstream sound of the original, and gives it a little nocturnal edge. Clear some dance floor space wherever you are and press play.
