Instead, there’s something of a British Grimes about this, albeit an ultra-melodic take that gets a bit corny with vamping piano but wins through with devastating catches (“Letting darkness grow”, “the wreck of ’86”) that shiver the spine, and a lot of yelling. Ellie Goulding Burn Video Lyrics.'Burn' LyricsWe, we don't have to worry 'bout nothing'Cause we got the fire, and we're burning one hell of a somethingThey. The tabloids were aflame with reports about her relationship with Skrillex, but Goulding didn’t get all post-dubstep on our asses. ‘Love Me Like You Do’ pulls a classic delay-and-release trick, its choruses getting bigger and bigger until you’re flattened, possibly manacled. What was a nice girl like Ellie Goulding doing getting involved with 50 Shades of Grey? Making pots of cash and hitting No.1 across the globe with a gargantuan power-ballad penned by pop alchemist Max Martin and Swedish singer Tove Lo, among others. Bad move, Leona – it could’ve been you in your bra, slapping drums at Glastonbury. Believe it or not, this was originally recorded by Leona Lewis, who ditched it for another sappy ballad. Greg Kurstin was involved here too – along with OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder – as Goulding renewed her rave chops from recent Calvin Harris single ‘I Need Your Love’ and announced herself as a dance-pop superstar. Goulding’s breathy voice is made for the multi-track, and her close performance sounds somehow more tangible than the Bon Iver version, the a cappella passages particularly affecting. One of a scoop of covers Goulding recorded before breaking through in 2010, this take on Bon Iver’s ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ track actually dials back on Justin Vernon’s original, and is all the more pretty for it. Only an iTunes bonus track on the original release of Goulding’s debut of the same name, it shifts from a low bassy thrum – think Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Since U Been Gone’ – to a big, drivetime soft-rock chorus, adding some welcome muscle to Goulding’s feathery sound for the first time. This is the one that broke America, making it to No.2 on the Billboard chart in 2011, and you can kind of see why.

Whirring clicks give way to polka synths and Soweto-style call-and-response on a song that’s supposed to be about kicking yourself for repeated mistakes, but ends up life-affirming.

‘Halcyon Days’, one of those fashionable deluxe reissues of recent albums, served up three more singles in 2013, including this collaboration with Lily Allen songwriter/producer Greg Kurstin and fun.

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