Just the Way You Are

"Just the Way You Are" won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, a prize the debut single picked up within a year of its release. It had already reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and it finished as the best-selling digital single of 2011 with more than 12.5 million copies sold. The Recording Industry Association of America eventually certified it twenty-one times platinum, making it the highest certified single in that body's history.

Bruno Mars spent months writing the song with Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine, the trio known as the Smeezingtons, alongside Khalil Walton and Needlz. The idea began with a track and melody from Walton and Needlz that had been intended for a Lupe Fiasco record, and Mars originally sang the hook for that purpose. The song was also offered to CeeLo Green, but Mars chose to keep it for himself. He cited Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" and Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" as inspiration, saying he wanted a song that went straight to the point.

Critics were divided. Some praised the Smeezingtons' production, while others called the lyrics sappy and corny. Ethan Lader directed the music video, released on September 8, 2010, featuring Peruvian-Australian actress Nathalie Kelley. Mars performed the song on Saturday Night Live and at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, and it later inspired Meghan Trainor's debut single "All About That Bass".