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Ariana Grande ft Mac Miller 'The Way' Official Lyric Video

"The Way" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter and actress Ariana Grande for her debut studio album Yours Truly (2013). The song features American rapper Mac Miller.[2] The single was released on March 26, 2013 through Republic Records.

"The Way" was released on March 26, 2013 on iTunes and after seven hours of its release, topped the chart. The song also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #10, becoming Ariana Grande's and Mac Miller's first Hot 100 top 10 hit.

Ariana said that the song is about "Loving somebody so much you can't take it. The early stages of being in love and how exciting it is and how much it drives you crazy and how amazing it feels."[3]

"The Way" is the first single off Ariana's album, Yours Truly, the second being "Baby I".

Background and release

The song was recorded in January 2013, with Mac filling in his parts in late January.

On the week of March 18 - 22, Ariana went on Radio tour across America, visiting stations in Tampa, Florida, New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. She also visited Radio Disney on March 22. The song was released in late afternoon on March 25, 2013, although an un-mastered version was leaked against her wishes on to Tumblr and YouTube on March 21.

After being tweeted by Mac Miller in October, the two became friends, and eventually started writing songs together. In December they released a cover of the classic Christmas song "Baby, It's Cold Outside". After a while they wrote more songs. In January 2013 Ariana called Mac and asked him to be in one of her songs, and a music video to go along with it. He agreed to do so after he finished touching up his mixtape. The song samples the background groove from Big Pun "Still Not a Player".

Reception

Critical reception

Digital Spy gave the song a four out of five star rating comparing the song's sound and Ariana's vocals to Mariah Carey, continuing to say Ariana has a "powerful vocal" whilst the song has "bouncy piano riff" and "throwback R&B beats".[4]

Commercial performance

On March 25, the song was released on to iTunes. Within seven hours, the song reached the #1 spot on the iTunes chart.[5] The following day Ariana revealed the official lyric video for the song. Having sold over 219,000 units in its opening week, "The Way" debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the week ending in 5 April 2013, becoming Grande's and Miller's first Hot 100 top 10 hit. This also makes Ariana the first top 10 arrival for a lead female artist making her first Hot 100 appearance since Yael Naim, who launched with "New Soul" back in 2008. "The Way" holds the second best-selling first-week sales figure of 2013 with the Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z collaboration "Suit & Tie" being the top seller & surpassing previous best seller Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack" which debuted with 215,000 units sold in its first week. Along with the lead single's Hot 100 position, it debuted at number 6 on the Digital Songs chart and debuting at number 35 on the newly implemented Streaming Songs chart. It also appeared on 102.7 KIIS FM's top 9 @ 9.

Controversy

Lawsuit

On December 11, 2013, Minder Music filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Grande, Sony/ATV, UMG Recordings and other parties claiming that the line, "What we gotta do right here is go back, back into time." (which was spoken by Mac Miller in the song's intro) is similar to the spoken lyric "what we’re gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time” in the 1972 single "Troglodyte" by The Jimmy Castor Bunch (to which Minder Music holds rights to the group's music); Minder Music alleges that the line was used in the song without obtaining licensing rights beforehand.

The suit argues that "the songs’ phrases are strikingly similar in several ways, including but not limited to: nearly identical lyrics; similar enunciation speed with a fast and consistent pace for 'what we gotta do right' and a slightly slower pace for 'here is go back,' and substantially similar placement at the same places in the respective compositions," alleging that the compositional placement of the line at the beginning of "The Way" (in the same manner as it is heard in "Troglodyte") was a deliberate attempt to copy the composition and evoke "Troglodyte" to the song's fans. Minder Music is seeking a declaration of willful infringement, a permanent injunction, statutory damages of $150,000 per infringement, and to cover legal fees attributed to the suit.[6]

Music video

The music video was filmed on February 10 and 11, 2013. On March 16, 2013, the first teaser for the song was released on to her YouTube page, just Mac and being silly while Ariana hits him with balloons singing part of the song starting from the line "Got a bad boy must admit it". The second teaser was released on Ryan Seacrest's website two days later, and later on Grande's page. It was a teaser of the music video, for 20 seconds. The teaser ended just before Mac started singing. The full video was released on March 28, 2013 at 12/3 am PST/EST. The video consists of Grande, Miller, and a group of dancers. Grande poses for pictures taken by Miller on various cameras, while dancing around a room filled with balloons and their image being projected on the wall. At the end of the video Miller and Grande kiss, and Grande explains it as "quite a statement" of growing up.[7]

Live performances

File:Ariana Grande Performs 'The Way'

Grande performed "The Way" at several Top 40 radio concerts, including KIIS-FM's Wango Tango concert on May 11, 2013 in Los Angeles, 101.3 KDWB's Star Party concert on May 17, 2013 in Minneapolis, Kiss 108's Kiss Concert 2013 event in Boston, 103.3 AMP Radio's Birthday Bash concert on June 30, 2013 also in Boston, and Mix 93.3's Red White & Boom concert on July 5, 2013 in Kansas City. She was scheduled to perform the song at B96's Summer Bash concert on June 15, 2013 in Chicago, but had to cancel due to being sick.

Her first televised performance of the song was aired on May 29, 2013 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Her second televised performance aired on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 14, 2013. Grande performed "The Way" on the Believe Tour on August 8, 2013.[8]

Trivia

  • Ariana announced the name of the single on Twitter on March 5, 2013. [9]
  • Paul Norton and Isaac Calpito starred in the teaser of The Way. [10]
  • Ariana said that this is her favorite song from her album so far. [11]
  • It took two days to film the music video for "The Way".[12]
  • Ariana posted a teaser of the song on March 16, 2013, ten days before the release date.[13]
  • The hashtag #10DaysUntillTheWay trended on Twitter on March 16, 2013.[14]
  • The song trended several times before and after it was released.[15]
  • Ariana wears two different outfits in the music video.[16]
  • Ariana sang the first part of her song live on Z100, which are the lyrics below.[17]
  • The song can be bought off iTunes for $1.29 US dollars.
  • The single was #1 on iTunes.[18]
  • The music video came out on March 28, 2013.
  • #buythewayonitunes trended #1 worldwide for a few days.
  • In Frankie Grande's "OMGrandeGames", "The Way" was one of the categories.
  • Ariana kept mixing up the dates for her 1 year anniversary for 'The Way' saying it was released March 25th.

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Lyrics

What we gotta do right here is go back, back to the top.

I love the way you make me feel
I love it, I love it
I love the way you make me feel
I love it, I love it

Say, I’m thinking ’bout her every second, every hour
Do my singing in the shower
Picking petals off the flowers like
Do she love me, do she love me not? (love me not)
I ain’t a player, I just

You give me that kind of something
Want it all the time, need it everyday
On a scale of one to ten I’m at hundred
Never get enough, I can’t stay away

If you want, I got it, I got it everyday
You can get whatever you need from me
Stay by your side, I’ll never leave you
And I ain’t going nowhere 'cause you’re a keeper

So don’t you worry, baby, you got me

I got a bad boy, I must admit it
You got my heart, don’t know how you did it
And I don’t care who sees it babe
I don’t wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me

I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
Baby, I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
The way you love me

Oh, it's so crazy you get my heart jumping
When you put your lips on mine
And honey it ain’t a question (quick question)
'Cause boy I know just what you like

So If you need it, I got it, I got it everyday
Be your lover, your friend, you’ll find it all in me
Stay by your side, I’ll never leave you
And I ain’t going nowhere 'cause you’re a keeper

So don’t you worry, baby, you got me

I got a bad boy, I must admit it
You got my heart, don’t know how you did it
And I don’t care who sees it babe
I don’t wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me

I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
Baby, I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
The way I love you

Uh, I make you feel so fine, I make you feel so fine
I hope you hit me on my celly when I sneak in your mind
You’re a princess to the public, but a freak when it’s time
Said your bed be feeling lonely,
So you’re sleeping in mine.
You come and watch a movie with me,
“American Beauty” or “Bruce Almighty” that's groovy,
Just come and move closer to me
I got some feelings for you,
I’m not gonna get bored of
But baby you’re an adventure
So please let me come explore you

So don’t you worry, baby you got me

I got a bad boy, I must admit it
You got my heart, don’t know how you did it
And I don’t care who sees it babe
I don’t wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me

I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
Baby, I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)

I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
Baby, I love the way (you make me feel)
I love the way (I love it)
The way I love you

The way I love you
The way I love you, you, you, yeah

I love the way you make me feel
I love it, I love it
I love the way you make me feel
I love it
The way I love you

References

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