Just the Way You Are (Milky song)

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"Just the Way You Are"
Milky - Way You Are single.jpg
Single by Milky
from the album Star
Released19 August 2002 (2002-08-19)
Genre House [1]
Length3:30
Label Motivo
Songwriter(s)
  • Giordano Trivellato
  • Giuliano Sacchetto
Producer(s)
  • Giordano Trivellato
  • Giuliano Sacchetto
Milky singles chronology
"Just the Way You Are"
(2002)
"Be My World"
(2003)
Music video
"Just the Way You Are" on YouTube

"Just the Way You Are" is the debut single of Italian house music group Milky. Although it did not chart in the band's home country, it was a top-10 hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart, and charted within the top 30 in Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Romania. In the United States, it was the first song to make its official debut at number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart dated 25 October 2003, even though it reached number one on 11 October, when it was an unpublished chart. [2] [3]

Contents

Content

The track features the vocals of singer Giuditta Gazza, whose lyrical "do-do-do's" make up the song's most chorus line, with an Ibiza-influenced guitar beat, done over a pair of sampled tracks "Streets of Your Town" by the Australian pop group the Go-Betweens [ citation needed ] and "Listen to What the Man Said" by Paul McCartney & Wings. [1]

Music video

For the song's video and promotional campaign during its chart run, Egyptian-German model Sabrina Elahl is featured in the music video instead of Giuditta.

Track listings

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United Kingdom19 August 2002
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Multiply [29] [30]
Italy20 September 2002
Motivo [29]
Australia14 October 2002Maxi-CD [31]
United States23 June 2003 Rhythmic contemporary radio Robbins Entertainment [32]

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