As Long As You Love Me

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• As Long As You Love Me
• As Long As You Love Me (Remixes)
• As Long As You Love Me (Acoustic Version)

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• Single
• International version
• Demo

As Long As You Love Me
Released	June 11, 2012
Album	Believe
Recorded	February 21, 2012; 2nd Floor Studios, Los Angeles, CA Westlake Studios, West Hollywood, CA Record One Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA
Genre	Electropop / Dubstep
Length	3:49
Written by	Rodney Jerkins / Andre Lindal / Nasri Atweh / Justin Bieber / Sean Anderson
Produced by	Darkchild / Andre Lindal
Label
Additional information
Vocal production	Kuk Harrell
Engineer(s)	Josh Gudwin / TEK / Matt Champlin / Rob Kinelski / Brandon N. Caddell (assistant) / Anna Ugarte (assistant) / Daniela Rivera (additional/assistant)
Mixed by	Phil Tan / Matt Champlin (co-mixer) / Rodney Jerkins (co-mixer)
A&R Consultant	Corey Gamble / Kim Lumpkin
Background vocals	Justin Bieber / Nasri Atweh
Singles Chronology
← Previous	“Turn To You”
Next →	“Beauty and a Beat”

“As Long as You Love Me” is a song by Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean, from his third studio album, Believe. It was first released on June 11, 2012, as a promotional single from the album, and one month later it was released as the album's second single.

Background

In September 2011, Andre Lindal said, Jerkins "puts me in a room and says, 'OK, the focus today is Cody Simpson and Justin Bieber. He gives me a little information about generally what he thinks they should sound like. So I go in there and play with some sounds, and come across this one simple eight-bar thing that I did in 2007 and started adding things to it," with Jenkins tossing ideas in, too. Eventually, Jerkins sent the R&B tune to Scooter Braun, Bieber's manager, "and within 10 minutes," Lindal said, "Scooter replied, 'We want this song.' "

"Kanye was like, 'You should get Big Sean on that record.' And we're close with Sean, and Sean just jumped on there. It was very natural," Braun recalled.

“Bieber called me like ‘Yo, I really want you on my album. Let’s vibe, let’s work’ and that’s what we did.” “I did what I did. They didn’t have to tell me to keep it clean,” Big Sean explained. “I kept it clean. I wanted to keep it clean because you don’t always have to curse.”

Composition and lyrical interpretation

“I’ll be your soldier… I’ll be your Hova. You could be my Destiny’s Child on the scene, girl.” Destiny’s Child has a song called “Soldier” which Beyoncé was a member of and Hova is Jay-Z’ nickname.

Music video

As Long As You Love Me
Recorded	July 6, 2012
Released	August 1, 2012
Director	Anthony Mandler
Length	5:52
Cinematography by	David Devlin
Editor	Jacquelyn London
Location	Los Angeles, CA

The full video was premiered on Justin's official YouTube page on July 12, 2012. Justin very rarely referred to the video as a music video, but rather as a short film. The video was Bieber's longest music video at five minutes and fifty-two seconds, before being surpassed by "Confident" at six minutes and six seconds. It featured guest appearances by Michael Madsen and Big Sean, the latter of which performs the rapping on the track. The girl in the music video is Chanel Celaya. Synopsis

The video starts off with some flashbacks foreshadowing of what's going to be shown or happen in the video. Then presently, at a mansion gate, Justin appears as a loyal-but-trouble-making boyfriend to the daughter of an overprotective father, played by Madsen. In what can be seen as a prelude to the main events of the video, Madsen finds the words "You r so sexy" written on his daughter's neck, which later her whole make-up got removed at the time Justin Bieber climbed to her bedroom window and brought her away.

Outside their house, Madsen threatens Justin to stay away from his daughter, despite Justin's insistence that he loves her. Justin and his love interest secretly plan to meet at a train station late at night, to escape the clutches of her father. However, their plans are foiled when Madsen finds his daughter's bedroom empty and races off, only to catch up with them in the middle of the street. During the remaining part of the song and music video, Justin is assaulted by Madsen multiple times, only to rise to his feet and stand up again as the daughter watches and screams in horror.

As the video fades, representing that Justin is passing out from the pain, Madsen drags his daughter to their car. Throughout the video, scenes of Justin and his love interest spending quality times in various scenes (such as on her bed, at the park and on a rooftop) are shown, displaying their love.

Trivia

• As Long As You Love Me is part of the movie "Love, Simon" (2018) soundtrack. Appears in a karaoke scene.

Performances

• Believe
• Tours

Date	Event	City	Notes
May 30, 2012	Justin Bieber live i Oslo	Oslo
May 31, 2012	Live@Home	Paris
June 1, 2012	NRJ Music Tour
June 2, 2012	Believe Party	Milan	Acoustic
June 10, 2012	London Live	London
June 11, 2012	México Suena Justin Bieber	Mexico City
June 15, 2012	The Today Show	New York City	(with Big Sean)
June 18, 2012	Justin Bieber: All Around the World - Presented by Macy's	New York City
July 14, 2012	MTV World Stage: Live in Malaysia 2012	Kuala Lumpur
July 16, 2012	Australia's Got Talent	Melbourne
July 17, 2012	Justin Bieber: ‘Believe’ – Live + Intimate	Sydney	Acoustic
July 18, 2012	Sunrise		Acoustic
July 19, 2012	Acoustic Live!	Auckland	Acoustic
July 22, 2012	Teen Choice Awards 2012	Universal City	(with Big Sean)
September 10, 2012	America's Got Talent	Newark	(with Big Sean)
September 11, 2012	The Squaire	Frankfurt	Acoustic
September 12, 2012	Radio 1's Teen Awards 2012	London	Acoustic
September 13, 2012	Daybreak		Acoustic
September 24, 2012	Dancing with the Stars	Los Angelees

Tour	Date	Performances
Believe Tour	2012-2013 (All dates)	162

• 2012 American Music Awards (November 18, 2012)
• KIIS FM's Jingle Ball (December 2, 2012)
• 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (acoustic) (aired on December 4)
• Q102's Jingle Ball2 (December 5, 2012)
• Kiss 108's Jungle Ball2 (December 6, 2012)
• 2012 Z100 Jingle Ball (December 7, 2012)
• FLZ Jingle Ball (December 9, 2012)
• Hot 99.5 Jingle Ball (December 11, 2012)
• Power 96.1's Jingle Ball (December 12, 2012)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (acoustic) (December 13, 2012)
• B96 JIngle Bash (December 15, 2012)
• Saturday Night Live (acoustic) (February 9, 2013)
• 2013 Z Festival Argentina (Believe Tour) (November 9, 2013)
• 2013 Z Festival Argentina (Believe Tour) (November 10, 2013)
• Dick Clark's New Year Rockin' Eve (December 31, 2013)
• The Nice Guy (March 13, 2015)
• The Hooneymoon Tour (March 28, 2015)
• The Hooneymoon Tour (w/ Ariana Grande) (April 8, 2015)
• 2015 Wango Tango (May 9, 2015)
• Calvin Klein Live (June 11, 2015)
• 2015 Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival (August 23, 2015)
• The Today Show (September 10, 2015)
• World Famous Rooftop (acoustic) (September 28, 2015)
• Bieber Island Event (September 30, 2015)
• The Edge Nz (October 1, 2015)
• Senkveld med Thomas og Harald (acoustic) (October 29, 2015)
• 2015 Jingle Bell Ball (December 6, 2015)
• An Evening with Justin Bieber - Toronto (acoustic) (December 7, 2015)
• Purpose World Tour (2016 - 2017)

Lyrics

Album version

[Intro: Justin Bieber]
As long as you love me
As long as you love me
As long as you love me

[Verse 1: Justin Bieber]
We’re under pressure,
seven billion people in the world trying to fit in.
Keep it together,
smile on your face even though your heart is frowning
But hey now, you know girl
We both know it’s a cruel world
But I will take my chances

[Chorus: Justin Bieber]
As long as you love me
We could be starving, we could be homeless, we could be broke
As long as you love me
I’ll be your platinum, I’ll be your silver, I’ll be your gold
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me

[Verse 2: Justin Bieber]
I’ll be your soldier
Fighting every second of the day for your dreams girl
I’ll be your Hova
You can be my Destiny’s Child on a scene girl
So don’t stress, don’t cry
We don’t need no wings to fly
Just take, my hand

[Chorus: Justin Bieber]
As you love me
We could be starving, we could be homeless, we could be broke
As long as you love me
I’ll be your platinum, I’ll be your silver, I’ll be your gold
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me

[Verse 3: Big Sean]
Yo, B.I.G
I don’t know if this makes sense but,you’re my Hallelujah
Give me a time and place, I’ll rendezvous it, I’ll fly you to it,
I’ll beat you there
Girl you know I got you
Us, trust...
A couple of things I can’t spell without you
Now we are on top of the world, ‘cause that’s just how we do (do)
Used to tell me sky’s the limit, now the sky’s is our point of view (view)
Man now we stepping out like whoa! (Oh God)
Camera’s point and shoot,
Ask me what’s my best side, I stand back and point at you you you
The one that I’ve argue with, I feel like I need a new girl to be bother with,
But the grass ain’t always greener on the other side,
It’s green where you water it
So I know, we got issues baby true true true
But I’d rather work on this with you
Than go ahead and start with someone new
As long as you love me

[Chorus: Justin Bieber]
As long as you love me
We could be starving, we could be homeless, we could be broke
As long as you love me
I’ll be your platinum, I’ll be your silver, I’ll be your gold
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me
I’ll be your silver, I’ll be your gold
love me, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love me

Billboard Hot 100

"As Long As You Love Me" debuted at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and spent 29 weeks on chart.

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Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nomination	Result
2012	J-14 Teen Icon Awards	Iconic Music Video	Won
2013	ASCAP Pop Music Awards	Most Performance Song	Won
	MuchMusic Video Awards	International Video of the Year by a Canadian	Nominated

As Long As You Love Me (International Version)
Recorded	February 21, 2012; 2nd Floor Studios, Los Angeles, CA Westlake Studios, West Hollywood, CA Record One Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA June 2012
Genre	Electropop / Dubstep
Length	3:21
Written by	Rodney Jerkins / Andre Lindal / Nasri Atweh / Justin Bieber / Sean Anderson
Produced by	Darkchild / Andre Lindal
Label
Additional information
Vocal production	Kuk Harrell
Engineer(s)	Josh Gudwin / TEK / Matt Champlin / Rob Kinelski / Brandon N. Caddell (assistant) / Anna Ugarte (assistant) / Daniela Rivera (additional/assistant)
Mixed by	Phil Tan / Matt Champlin (co-mixer) / Rodney Jerkins (co-mixer)
A&R Consultant	Corey Gamble / Kim Lumpkin
Background vocals	Justin Bieber / Nasri Atweh

Justin did a revised version of his single for international radio. "It usually has a rapper on it," Justin explained, "but a lot of countries don't play rappers, so we have to do a version without." Instead, he recorded vocals for a bridge.

Audio

As Long As You Love Me International Version ) EXCLUSIF !

Lyrics

As long as you love me
As long as you love me
As long as you love me

We’re under pressure,
seven billion people in the world trying to fit in.
Keep it together,
smile on your face even though your heart is frowning
But hey now, you know girl
We both know it’s a cruel world
But I will take my chances

As long as you love me
We could be starving, we could be homeless, we could be broke
As long as you love me
I’ll be your platinum, I’ll be your silver, I’ll be your gold
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me

I’ll be your soldier, fighting every second of the day for your dreams girl
I’ll be your Hova, you can be my Destiny’s Child on a scene girl
So don’t stress, don’t cry, we don’t need no wings to fly
Just take, my hand

As you love me we could be starving, we could be homeless, we could be broke
As long as you love me
I’ll be your platinum, I’ll be your silver, I’ll be your gold
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me

I don’t need money
I don’t need cars no
I don’t need to shine if I got your heart
Beating right here
Here with me
Baby that’s all I need

As long as you love me
We could be starving, we could be homeless, we could be broke
As long as you love me
I’ll be your platinum, I’ll be your silver, I’ll be your gold
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me
I’ll be your silver, I’ll be your gold
love me, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love, love me, love me
As long as you love me

Justin did a rap before they put Big Sean in it. He didn't write it but freestyled.

Audio

Lyrics

In a world so cold, here's the path that I've chosen
Here's a heart that ain't frozen
Do you feel the tears from my soul
See the pain it explains man
I'd (?)
Hold it in like it ain't no thing
I just want you to know that I want us to be amazing

Credits

Credits adapted from Tidal.

• Producer: Andre Lindal / Rodney Jerkins
• Composer: Andre Lindal / Justin Bieber / Nasri Atweh / Rodney Jerkins / Sean Anderson
• Lyricist: Andre Lindal / Justin Bieber / Nasri Atweh / Rodney Jerkins / Sean Anderson
• Assistant Mixer: Daniela Rivera
• Associated Performer: Justin Bieber / Nasri Atweh
• Asst. Recording Engineer: Anna Ugarte / Brandon N. Caddell
• Background Vocalist: Justin Bieber / Nasri Atweh
• Featured Artist: Big Sean
• Mixer: Matt Champlin / Phil Tan / Rodney Jerkins
• Recording Engineer: Chris 'TEK' O'Ryan / Josh Gudwin / Matt Champlin / Rob Kinelski
• Studio Personnel: Anna Ugarte / Brandon N. Caddell / Chris 'TEK' O' Ryan / Daniela Rivera / Josh Gudwin / Matt Champlin / Phil Tan / Rob Kinelski / Rodney Jerkins
• Vocal Arranger: Nasri Atweh