Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)

"Just The Way You Are (Drunk At The Bar)"
Single by Brian McFadden
from the album TBA
B-side The Smile Song
Released 24 February 2011
Format Digital download, CD single
Recorded 2010
Genre Synthpop, Pop rock, Electropop, Dance-pop, Pop
Length 3:46
Label Universal Music Australia
Writer(s) Robert Conley, Brian McFadden
Producer McFadden, Robert Conley
Brian McFadden singles chronology
"Mistakes"
(2010)		 "Just The Way You Are (Drunk At The Bar)"
(2011)		 "Come Party / That's How Life Goes"
(2011)

"Just The Way You Are (Drunk At The Bar)" is the lead single released from Irish singer Brian McFadden's upcoming fourth studio album. The song was written and produced by McFadden and Robert Conley. The single was released on February 24, 2011,[1] peaking at #49 on the ARIA Singles Chart. A video for the song has not yet been released.

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Criticism

The song has been criticised as a glorification of date rape.[2] McFadden's cancelled the shooting of a proposal pop video for the song; McFadden asked that the song not be played on the radio and pledged via his Twitter account to donate all proceeds from the song to rape victims.[3] "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number sixty-one on 8 March 2011, and peaked at number forty-nine the next week.[4][5]

Track listing

Australian Digital Download
No. Title Length
1. "Just The Way You Are (Drunk At The Bar)"   3:46

Chart performance

Chart (2010) Peak
position
ARIA Singles Chart 49[6]
Australian Singles Chart 6[7]

References

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhft4WmMJeM
  2. ^ Clem Bastow, Some Days I Love My Job More Than Others Inpress Magazine, 2 March 2011
  3. ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/universal-grounds-mcfadden-clip/story-e6frf96x-1226015615785 Universal grounds Brian McFadden video clip], Herald Sun, 4 March 2011
  4. ^ "Chartifacts – Week Commencing: 7th March 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5x1mVaHrl. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 
  5. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50
  6. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  7. ^ Top 20 Australian Singles Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
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