I Know You're Hurting

"I Know You're Hurting"
Cover art of "Where Is My Husband! / I Know You're Hurting - Live at Montreux" 12-inch vinyl
Promotional single by Raye
from the album This Music May Contain Hope.
Released26 December 2025 (2025-12-26) (live at Montreux)
27 March 2026 (2026-03-27) (original)
Genre
Length6:17
LabelHuman Re Sources
Songwriters
  • Raye
  • Pete Clements
  • Matt Brooks
  • Jordan Riley
  • Tom Richards
  • Paul Murray
  • Chris Hill
  • Graeme Blevins
  • Augie Haas
  • Oscar Stieler
Producers
  • Raye
  • Pete Clements
  • Jordan Riley
Licensed audio
"I Know You're Hurting" on YouTube

"I Know You're Hurting"[a] is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter Raye from her second studio album This Music May Contain Hope. (2026). Raye co-wrote and co-produced the track with Pete Clements and Jordan Riley, with additional writing from Matt Brooks, Tom Richards, Paul Murray, Chris Hill, Graeme Blevins, Augie Haas, and Oscar Stieler. "I Know You're Hurting" is a ballad that features elements of arena rock and soul. Lyrically, it is about reaching out to someone who is struggling and offering them a helping hand.[3]

The song debuted at number 22 on the UK singles chart following the release of This Music May Contain Hope. Raye performed "I Know You're Hurting" during multiple festival and concert appearances in 2025, including at the Glastonbury Festival in June, which marked her live debut of the song.

Background and release

"I Know You're Hurting" was one of the first songs that Raye recorded for This Music May Contain Hope. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music in March 2026, she revealed that the song was initially recorded and conceptualised during a trip she took for her 26th birthday in October 2023. During the trip, she had a conversation with her band about mental health, specifically in men, after which she "got on a piano and said a little prayer" asking for a song to tell the conversation "really beautifully". The result was the band recording the song in live time, and ending up with a twelve-minute demo. Later, Raye decided to address the song as a "letter" to her friend, who was experiencing a difficult time, and hoped that the song would allow people to "grieve and feel and hopefully come out the other side".[4]

The song is included as track seven on Raye's second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope, which was released on 27 March 2026.[5] Prior to the song's standard release, a live version of the track performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival was released as a B-side to "Where Is My Husband! - Live at Montreux" on 12-inch vinyl through Raye's official store, on 26 December 2025.[6] On 29 March 2026, a live performance of "I Know You're Hurting" at Abbey Road Studios in London was released to YouTube.[7]

Live performances

Raye performed "I Know You're Hurting" at multiple concerts and festivals before the song's official release, including at the Glastonbury Festival 2025,[8] the Lowlands Festival 2025,[9] the All Points East Festival 2025,[10] the Montreux Jazz Festival 2025,[11] the Newport Jazz Festival 2025,[12] and at the 2025 Capital Jingle Bell Ball.[3] She has performed the song as part of the setlist for her concert tour, This Tour May Contain New Music (2026), beginning with the tour's first stop in Łódź, Poland, on 22 January 2026.[13]

Commercial performance

In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 22 on the UK singles chart following the release of This Music May Contain Hope, becoming the fourth top forty entry from the album in the country.[14]

Charts

Chart performance for "I Know You're Hurting"
Chart (2026) Peak
position
Global Excl. US (Billboard)[15] 179
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 53
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] 55
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[18] 4
Norway (IFPI Norge)[19] 96
Portugal (AFP)[20] 125
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 40
UK Singles (OCC)[23] 22
UK Indie (OCC)[24] 4

Release history

List of release dates and formats
Region Date Format(s) Version(s) Label Ref.
Various 26 December 2025
Live at Montreux Human Re Sources [25]
27 March 2026
Original [26]

Notes

  1. ^ Stylised as "I Know You're Hurting." (with a full stop).

References

  1. ^ Petridis, Alexis (23 March 2026). "Raye: This Music May Contain Hope review – a wildly ambitious epic of unbridled self-expression". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  2. ^ Hill, Andy (26 March 2026). "Raye – This Music May Contain Hope". Clash. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  3. ^ a b Prance, Sam (27 March 2026). "Raye Explains Moving Meaning Behind Her 'I Know You're Hurting.' Lyrics". Capital UK. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  4. ^ Lowe, Zane (2026). "Raye: The Zane Lowe Interview". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  5. ^ This Music May Contain Hope. by Raye, Apple Music, 27 March 2026, retrieved 4 April 2026
  6. ^ "'Where Is My Husband! & I Know You're Hurting' - Live at Montreux 12" Vinyl". Raye Website. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  7. ^ Raye - I Know You’re Hurting. (Live at Abbey Road Studios). 29 March 2026. Retrieved 4 April 2026 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "BBC Music - Glastonbury, 2025, Raye - I Know You're Hurting". BBC Music. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  9. ^ Raye - I Know You're Hurting (Live at Lowlands 2025). 2 September 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ Devlin, Caitlin (23 August 2025). "Raye Plays An Extraordinary Headline Set At All Points East". Ticketmaster UK. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  11. ^ Raye - I Know You're Hurting (Live) | Montreux Jazz Festival 2025. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ "RAYE Setlist at Newport Jazz Festival 2025". setlist.fm. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  13. ^ Cunningham, Ed (2 March 2026). "Raye At London's O2 Arena: Timings, Set list, Last-minute Tickets And Everything You Need to Know". Time Out. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  14. ^ "I Know You're Hurting - Raye". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  15. ^ "Raye Chart History (Global Excl. US)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  16. ^ "IRMA – Irish Charts (Week 14, 2026)". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  17. ^ "Raye – I Know You're Hurting." (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  18. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 3 April 2026. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  19. ^ "Singel 2026 uke 14". IFPI Norge. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  20. ^ "Top 200 Singles Semana 14 de 2026" (PDF) (in European Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. p. 10. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  21. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 14, 2026" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  22. ^ "Raye – I Know You're Hurting.". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  23. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 3/4/2026 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  24. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart on 3/4/2026 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  25. ^ "'Where Is My Husband! & I Know You're Hurting' - Live at Montreux 12" Vinyl". Raye Website. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  26. ^ "I Know You're Hurting - Raye". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
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