2013Released
4:09

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Interesting facts and trivia about Who You Love (feat. Katy Perry). By Songfacts®.

This folk-flavored soft ballad finds Mayer duetting with Katy Perry. The pair had been dating on and off since the summer of 2012 and it finds the twosome trading verses about their love for each other. This was the first musical collaboration between the couple.

Perry sings, "You're the one I love," to close the track before bursting into a giggle. "I think that's just a love giggle," she explained to SiriusXM Hits 1. "It's like the ones that Mariah Carey had in 1990 and stuff like that. Yeah, I think I was going for that, I think I was just so happy, I love that song."

John Mayer told Billboard magazine that he wanted to write a melodic and confessional song about accepting who you love. "I started singing 'And my girl, she ain't the one I saw coming. Sometimes I don't know which way to go. And I tried to run before, but I'm not running anymore.' In 2013, modern-day times that's sweet. Because there's so many other things to occupy your time that you can do for yourself. That to say, I tried to be alone but I can't. This is sort of our generation."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Who You Love (feat. Katy Perry).
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
146BPM

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Released By

The record label that has released Who You Love (feat. Katy Perry).
Columbia
(P) 2013 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

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