On 10 October 2012, Greg James announced that 'Latch' was at number 39 on The Official Chart Update, officially entering the UK Singles Chart at number 26 on 14 October 2012, climbing 13 places during the course of the week. There’s no such thing as a perfect song, but 'Latch' comes close: it’s economic, beguiling, and precise.' Commercial performance

Jamieson Cox lauded the song in The Verge: 'Latch' is a 'song that remains this decade’s prototypical piece of dance-pop. Michael Cragg of The Guardian wrote of the song: 'it's a slowly unravelling ode to the thrill of wanting to figuratively (and possibly literally) latch on to someone else.' Jon Caramanica of The New York Times viewed the track as one of the duo's 'least characteristic' songs, describing it as 'less relaxed, more ambitious, more blatantly pop-oriented, with full-bodied vocals'.

using jazz chords and interesting melodies instead of boring, stabby EDM triads.' According to the sheet music published at, 'Latch' is composed in the key of F minor with a tempo of 122 beats per minute. Howard has stated that Disclosure is 'trying to bring some soul into the songwriting. The band stated: 'It's in 6/8 time - not even 4/4, the more commonly used time signature for house music.' When first hearing Sam Smith's voice, Disclosure thought they were a woman and later were 'amazed' that they were not. Originally, Disclosure thought that 'Latch' was 'too weird for the radio and not clubby enough for the clubs' because of its time signature.

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