Click Clack Symphony
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Click Clack Symphony
"Click Clack Symphony" is a song by British singer-songwriter Raye featuring the German film composer Hans Zimmer. The song was released through Human Re Sources on 20 March 2026 as the third single from her second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope. (2026).
The release of "Click Clack Symphony" was accompanied by a music video, which sees Raye experience a journey of liberation as she flies over streets and runs through plains. Commercially, the song reached the top twenty in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and the top forty in Ireland and the Netherlands.
Background and release
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According to Raye, on 1 May 2024 she sent a text message to Zimmer, which ultimately resulted in the song's fruition. The message read:
'Hi Hans, this is a very rough demo of a song that I want to make on my album. I was wondering if you wanted to work with me on it. No worries if you don't feel any connection from it.'
Zimmer ended up agreeing and they recorded the song later that month with a live orchestra.
Raye debuted the song on the first stop of her tour, This Tour May Contain New Music, in Łódź, Poland, on 22 January 2026. The song was released on the 20 March 2026 for digital download and onto streaming services a week prior to the album, and was serviced to radio in Italy that same day. Upon release, the track was met by positive critical reception, with Liberty Dunworth of NME branding it as an 'empowering new single', and Nmesoma Okechukwu of Europhia. describing it as a "masterpiece".
Composition
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Raye wrote "Click Clack Symphony" with Zimmer and her frequent collaborator Mike Sabath. It was produced by RAYE, Zimmer, Sabath, Hendric Buenck & Russell Emanuel for Bleeding Fingers Music According to New Wave Magazine, the song features "contemporary pop elements" and "symphonic arrangements", with "cinematic" orchestration from Zimmer. The beat of the song is repeated click-clacking of high heels. There are also several spoken-word interludes. Lyrically, the song is about "[getting] out of the house and [starting] living again". Writing for the BBC, Mark Savage described the track as a "spiritual sequel" to Raye's "2022 smash Escapism)", that "ushers in the light".
Music video
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Raye recorded the music video for the song on 9 January 2026 in East London. The music video was directed by Dave Meyers and follows Raye dancing around a house, transitioning onto a street in East London, and being whisked up into the air by a piano note before flying around over houses and streets. The ending of the video sees Raye running around carelessly through vast plains, declaring that "The cold never lasts my darling, it just teaches the heart how to burn".
Commercial performance
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In the United Kingdom, "Click Clack Symphony" debuted at number 18 on the UK singles chart for the week ending 27 March 2026, with 20,286 sales. In doing so, it became Raye's third top twenty entry from This Music May Contain Hope in the country, and Zimmer's first top twenty entry on the UK singles chart.
Charts
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<table><thead><tr><th>Chart (2026)</th><th>Peak position</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Australia (ARIA)</td><td>87</td></tr><tr><td>Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>Canada Hot 100 (Billboard)</td><td>79</td></tr><tr><td>France (SNEP)</td><td>153</td></tr><tr><td>Germany (GfK)</td><td>74</td></tr><tr><td>Global 200 (Billboard)</td><td>102</td></tr><tr><td>Greece International (IFPI)</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>Ireland (IRMA)</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Netherlands (Single Top 100)</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)</td><td>59</td></tr><tr><td>Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>UK Singles (OCC)</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>UK Indie (OCC)</td><td>3</td></tr></tbody></table>
Release history
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<table><thead><tr><th>Region</th><th>Date</th><th>Format</th><th>Label</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Various</td><td>March 20, 2026</td><td></td><td>Human Re Sources</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>