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"Just the Way You Are" is the debut solo single recorded by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. It is the lead single from his debut studio album, ''Doo-Wops & Hooligans'' (2010). The song was written by The Smeezingtons, Khalil Walton and Needlz and produced by The Smeezingtons, and Needlz. It was released in the United States to Contemporary hit radio on August 10, 2010. The track was added to BBC Radio 1 A Playlist in the United Kingdom, and was released in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2010 as "Just the Way You Are (Amazing)".〔 The debut single received generally positive reviews from critics, who considered it a stand-out track on ''Doo-Wops & Hooligans'' and praised The Smeezington's production. It won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 2011 ceremony. The song peaked at number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Mainstream Top 40 charts and charted in the top five in other countries. It was certified 6 times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and 6 times by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Worldwide, it was the best selling digital single of 2011 with sales of 12.2 million copies. So far, it has sold over 13.7 million copies worldwide becoming one of the best selling digital singles of all time.〔 In 2012, Dominican musician Karlos Rosé covered the song in bachata as his debut single which peaked at number-one on the ''Billboard'' Tropical Songs chart. The music video, directed by Ethan Lader,〔 was released on September 8, 2010 and features Peruvian born Australian actress Nathalie Kelley. The official remix features rapper Lupe Fiasco and is included on the deluxe edition of ''Doo-Wops & Hooligans''. Mars performed "Just The Way You Are" on The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour (2010–2012) and The Moonshine Jungle Tour (2013-2014), and was also performed at his Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show. The song has been covered by various recording artists. "Just the Way You Are" also inspired Meghan Trainor's debut single "All About That Bass. ==Writing and production== The song was written by The Smeezingtons, Khalil Walton, and Needlz. Bruno said of the song, "It took me months to come up with 'Just the Way You Are'... I wasn't thinking of anything deep or poetic. I was telling a story. Get ready to fall in love!" He added, "I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' - songs that go straight to the point. You know, there's no mind-boggling lyrics or twists in the story - they just come directly from the heart. And to me 'Just The Way You Are' is one of those songs. There's nothing mind-blowing about it. I'm just telling a woman she looks beautiful the way she IS - and, let's be honest, what woman doesn't wanna hear those lyrics?!" Mars' A&R who was responsible for finding songs and songwriters to help in the process of composing the song, Aaron Bay-Schuck, told HitQuarters that as soon as "Just the Way You Are" was finished they knew they had the first single, saying: "It had a massive chorus, an instantly memorable melody and lyric, and was a natural transition from the B.o.B and Travie McCoy songs ... () it didn’t sound like anything else on the radio. It had everything we could want in a first single for Bruno." Ari Levine explains: “Needlz had a track with a melody idea by Khalil Walton that was presented to us by one of the A&R guys. Bruno and Phil came up with the chorus, and then Needlz sent us the files and we replaced a bunch of sounds with our sounds and I programmed drums in the MPC, and we wrote the rest of the song. I never met Needlz or Walton". The song was supposed to be for Lupe Fiasco but at this point Bruno decided to keep it. "Just the Way You Are" was Mixed at Larrabee Sound Studios in Hollywood by Manny Marroquin, while Christian Plata and Erik Madrid served as the assistant mixing.〔 Ari Levine and Bruno Mars played all the instruments on the track and recorded them. Ari was also responsible for engineering the song at Levcon Studios in California.〔 Stephen Marcussen mastered the song at Marcussen Mastering in California.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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