When you're a teenage superstar, you don't even get the day off on your 18th birthday, so when Justin turned 18 on March 1, 2012, he devoted part his special day to appearing on The Ellen Degeneres Show. During their conversation, Justin announced this song as the first single from his third album, Believe. It was released on March 26, 2012.
Here's what Justin told Ellen regarding the track's meaning: "The song is basically, I'm talking to this girl and I'm like, 'If I was your boyfriend I'd never let you go.'"
Justin wrote the song with American songwriter Mike Posner, who is best known for his hit single, "Cooler Than Me." Speaking with radio DJ Bootleg Kev before the song's release, Posner said: "I wrote and produced that with him. And wait 'til you hear the beat; you're going to flip. You're going to want to play this song. Yes, it's super hip-hop." Posner went on to explain that Justin raps "a little eight bars" and offers some "crazy" singing afterwards on the track. "That was our whole goal, was to make something that was hater-proof," he said.
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