You Love Who You Love

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"You Love Who You Love"
Single by Zara Larsson
from the album Venus
Released19 January 2024 (2024-01-19)
Genre Dance-pop
Length3:04
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • MTHR
Zara Larsson singles chronology
"Silent Night"
(2023)
"You Love Who You Love"
(2024)
Music video
"You Love Who You Love" on YouTube

"You Love Who You Love" is a song by Swedish singer Zara Larsson. It was released as the fourth single from her fourth studio album, Venus (2024), on 19 January 2024 through Sommer House and Epic.

In a statement, Larsson said "We started writing over Pride, and began talking about how amazing it is that anyone can love anyone – but that doesn't mean you always should. We've all had that friend, or been that friend, who keeps going back to someone who's bad for them, and 'You Love Who You Love' is saying enough is enough." [1] The song has peaked at number 8 in Sweden.

Charts

Chart performance for "You Love Who You Love"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Estonia Airplay (TopHit) [2] 23
Finland Airplay (Suomen virallinen radiosoittolista) [3] 18
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [4] 22
Norway (VG-lista) [5] 28
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [6] 8
UK Sales (UK OCC)16
UK Downloads (UK OCC)15

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