Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding, Miracle | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 18^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Miracle” performed by Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding.

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and/or stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 18^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “Miracle” performed by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding. 

“When you hold me / There’s a place I go / It’s a different high / Oh, no.” Oh, no indeed.  So, what happens when Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding collaborate? Sheer magic, of course! The Scottish and English standouts unleashed a “Miracle” in 2023.  “Miracle” runs a respectable three minutes and change in duration. Goulding is accompanied by a warm, instrumental backdrop early on. She sings beautifully,  flaunting her distinct, one-of-a-kind voice. Following the lush, percussion-less opening verse, “Miracle” gets more punch with its hard-hitting beat and electrifying bass line.

Goulding unveils the centerpiece, the chorus:

“Are you too cynical

To believe in a miracle?

Let you slip through my hands

But could you take a chance on me?

Can you forgive it all

To believe in a miracle?

Yeah, I put you through hell

But I’m askin’ you to believe

To believe in a miracle.”

Ooh-wee! Beyond the memorable chorus, there’s an essential part of any dance record – the drop! It drops for sure! During the second verse, Ellie’s vocals are harmonized, further upping the ante.  Also, the groove is intact from the beginning of the ‘second’ verse (which lyrically repeats the first verse). All told, “Miracle” is a lit 🔥 dance track.  It benefits from gorgeous vocals, sweet production and musical cues (Harris and BURNS produce), and tuneful melodies.  Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding put in work on this dance banger!

Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding // Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited // 2023

Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding, Miracle: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 18 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]