A Little Bit Yours

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"A Little Bit Yours"
Single by JP Saxe
from the album Dangerous Levels of Introspection
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2020 (2020-09-02)
Genre Pop
Length3:45
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ryan Marrone
  • Benjamin Rice
JP Saxe singles chronology
"Hey Stupid, I Love You"
(2020)
"A Little Bit Yours"
(2020)
"Kissin' in the Cold"
(2020)

"A Little Bit Yours" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter JP Saxe for his debut studio album, Dangerous Levels of Introspection (2021). Saxe co-wrote the song with its producers, Ryan Marrone and Benjamin Rice. It was released September 2, 2020 and serves as the lead single off the album. [1] The song explores the difficulty of moving on after a breakup. [2]

Contents

Composition

"A Little Bit Yours" is a piano-driven pop ballad written by JP Saxe, Ryan Marrone, and Benjamin Rice. [3] The song was written approximately two years before it was released due to a pause in production cause by Saxe's insecurity about being able to perform in the composed octave on the second and third chorus. [4] According to the sheet music published by Sony Music Publishing, the song was originally composed in the key of D major and set to a "moderate" tempo of 90 BPM. [5] Saxe's vocals range from G3 to A5. [5] Lyrically, the song describes struggling to let go of a former lover and move on after a break up. "I think it was a song I needed to write to get over the feeling that I wrote it about," Saxe commented to Elicit Magazine. [4]

Music video

An accompanying music video directed by Nick Leopold premiered September 16, 2020. [6] The clip has a science fiction theme. [2]

Live performances

Saxe performed "A Little Bit Yours" and "If the World Was Ending" with Julia Michaels in Los Angeles, California as part of the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve broadcast that aired December 31, 2020. [7] Saxe performed "A Little Bit Yours" during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on January 13, 2021. [8]

Charts

Chart (2020-2021)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [9] 86
Canada AC ( Billboard ) [10] 22
Canada CHR/Top 40 ( Billboard ) [11] 28
Canada Hot AC ( Billboard ) [12] 38
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [13] 26

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [14] Platinum80,000
United States (RIAA) [15] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
VariousSeptember 2, 2020Original Arista Records [1]
United StatesOctober 26, 2020 Hot adult contemporary [16]

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