The track was mixed at Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles by Manny Marroquin, while Christian Plata and Erik Madrid served as mixing assistants. Levine was also responsible for engineering the song at Levcon Studios in California. Levine, Needlz, and Mars played all the instruments on the track and recorded them. 'Just the Way You Are' was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Levine, Walton, and Needlz, while production was handled by the Smeezingtons along with Needlz. The song was offered to Lupe Fiasco and CeeLo Green, but at that point, Mars decided to keep it. 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. It had everything we could want in a first single for Bruno.' ДЄri Levine explained: ' Needlz had a track with a melody idea by Khalil Walton that was presented to us by one of the A&R guys. it didn't sound like anything else on the radio. '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. This was all facilitated by Bay-Shuck, who told HitQuarters that as soon as 'Just the Way You Are' was finished they knew they had the first single, saying: Needlz allowed Mars to use the idea for his album. Mars originally sang the hook that Khalil and Needlz wrote for a feature on a Lupe Fiasco record. Mars's A&R, Aaron Bay-Schuck, was responsible for finding the original idea from producers/songwriters Khalil Walton and Needlz. I'm just telling a woman she looks beautiful the way she IS вЂ“ and, let's be honest, what woman doesn't wanna hear those lyrics?!' And to me 'Just The Way You Are' is one of those songs. You know, there's no mind-boggling lyrics or twists in the story вЂ“ they just come directly from the heart. 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' вЂ“ songs that go straight to the point. I wasn't thinking of anything deep or poetic. 8 Cover versions and usage on other mediaД«runo Mars said of the song, 'It took me months to come up with 'Just the Way You Are'.3 Composition and lyrical interpretation.The song has been covered by various recording artists and it inspired Meghan Trainor's debut single ' All About That Bass' (2014). He has sang 'Just the Way You Are' on all his tours since 2010, usually as an encore, and included it during his performance at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show.

Mars performed 'Just The Way You Are' at Saturday Night Live and at The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The music video, directed by Ethan Lader, was released on September 8, 2010, and features Peruvian born Australian actress Nathalie Kelley. 'Just the Way You Are' was the best-selling digital single of 2011, selling more than 12.5 million copies, thus joining an elite group of best-selling singles worldwide. It was certified thirteen times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), seven times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and diamond by Music Canada (MC). The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and in the United Kingdom charts and peaked in the top five in other countries. It won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. The debut single received mixed reviews from music critics, who praised the Smeezingtons' production but dubbed its lyrics as sappy and corny. The song's lyrics compliment a woman's beauty. The track was released in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2010, as ' Just the Way You Are (Amazing)'. It was released in the United States to contemporary hit radio on August 10, 2010. The song was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton and Needlz and produced by the former three, under their alias, the Smeezingtons along with Needlz. It is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010).

' Just the Way You Are' is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars.

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