It received acclaim from music critics, who praised Goulding's soft vocals and the song for being sultry and grandiose.
Lyrically, similar to the film's theme, the song talks about the uncontrollable feeling of falling in love and being seduced by someone whose touch leaves her begging for more, even when it hurts. "Love Me like You Do" is a mid-tempo electropop power ballad, with instrumentation consisting of massive synths and crushing drums. It was included on Goulding's fourth studio album, Brightest Blue (2020).
It was premiered by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 as the 'Hottest Record in the World'.
The song was also included on Goulding's third studio album, Delirium (2015). Close To Me is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding and American record producer Diplo featuring American singer Swae Lee, released on 24 October 2018. It was released on 7 January 2015 as the second single from the soundtrack. Close to me (Yee) Close to me Break: Ellie Goulding & Swae Lee Close to me (Woo) Yeah Bridge: Ellie Goulding Animal, animal-al Like animal, like you Chorus: Ellie Goulding & Swae Lee And I dont wanna be somebody without your body (Yeah) Close to me And if it wasnt you, I wouldnt want anybody Close to me (Yeah, yeah) Because Im an. Goulding was selected to provide vocals to the track. The song was written by Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Tove Lo, Max Martin and Ali Payami the latter two also produced it. "Love Me like You Do" is a song recorded by English singer Ellie Goulding for the soundtrack to the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).