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As Long As You Love Me is certified platinum 5x in the US
As Long As You Love Me is certified gold in the UK
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As Long As You Love Me

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“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.' "[3]

"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.[4]

“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.”[5]

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[]

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[]

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

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

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.[6]

Audio[]

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.[7]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Justin Bieber Goes Dubstep with ‘As Long as You Love Me’: Listen". Billboard. June 11, 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Bieber spotlights his grown-up side in flashy new video". Reuters. August 2, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Lindell, Karen (September 27, 2012). "Camarillo songwriter-producer helped create Justin Bieber's latest hit". Ventura County Star. 
  4. ↑ Vena, Jocelyn (June 22, 2012). "Justin Bieber: Six Degrees Of Believe". MTV. 
  5. ↑ della Cava, Marco (June 14, 2012). "Big Sean Talks Justin Bieber Collaboration [Video"]. XXL Magazine. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eells, Josh (August 2, 2012). "Justin Bieber: Mannish Boy". Rolling Stone. 
  7. ↑ Bieber, Justin. "Credits / Believe (Deluxe Edition) / Justin Bieber – TIDAL". Tidal. 
v - e
1 All Around the World feat. Ludacris

2 Boyfriend
3 As Long As You Love Me feat. Big Sean
4 Catching Feelings
5 Take You
6 Right Here feat. Drake
7 Fall
8 Die in Your Arms
9 Thought of You
10 Beauty and a Beat feat. Nicki Minaj
11 One Love
12 Be Alright
13 Believe
14 Out of Town Girl
15 She Don't Like the Lights
16 Maria

Love Me Like You Do
Boyfriend (Vice Remix)
Hey Girl
Fairytale feat. Jaden Smith
Just Like Them

Discography
Albums Believe • Believe Acoustic
EPs Boyfriend (Remixes) • As Long As You Love Me (Remixes) • Beauty and a Beat (Remixes) • The New Age Marvin & Michael
Singles Live My Life • Turn to You (Mother's Day Dedication) • #thatPOWER (with will.i.am)
Features Beautiful (with Carly Rae Jepsen)
Covers Trust Issues (Remix) • How to Love
Freebies Wind It (Remix) (with Tory Lanez) • Ladies Love Me (with Chris Brown) • Make You Believe • Love Me Like You Do (Remix) (with Jaden Smith)
Unreleased songs Actin' Up • Can't Wait (with Diggy Simmons) • Cannonball (with Taylor Swift) • Circles • Happier When We're Together • I Am the Best (Remix) (with 2NE1) • I Just Wanna Be Loved • I Remember • I Want You • Maserati (featuring Jaden Smith) • Move Your Body Girl (featuring Big Sean) • Off My Mind • One Girl (featuring Big Sean) • Over and Over • Slave 2 The Rhythm (with Michael Jackson) • Sunday Morning • Wherever You Are (with Lil Twist) • You and Me (with will.i.am) • You're The One
Events
Tours All Around the World Promo Tour • Believe Tour
Broadcasted Arena di Verona 2012 • Justin Bieber live i Oslo • Justin Bieber: All Around the World • London Live • MTV World Stage: Live in Malaysia 2012 • México Suena Justin Bieber • Justin Bieber: ‘Believe’ – Live + Intimate • Justin Bieber: MTV Live Vibrations • Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2012 • Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2014
Filmography
Movies/series Men in Black 3 • Katy Perry: Part of Me • Bad 25 • The Simpsons • Justin Bieber's Believe
Shows El Hormiguero • The F Word • Waratte Iitomo! • SMAP×SMAP • Oprah's Next Chapter
Talk shows Ellen • Alan Carr: Chatty Man • The View • Late Show with David Letterman • Bethenny • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno • The Jonathan Ross Show
Competition shows The Voice • Germany's Next Topmodel • America's Got Talent • Dancing with the Stars • Australia's Got Talent
Music shows The Today Show • MTV's Bieber Live • 106 & Park • Saturday Night Live
Collectibles
Merchandise Justin Bieber Toys • Cellairis • Girlfriend • Just Getting Started • Panini • InsideHisWorld: Behind The Scenes With Justin Bieber
Entertainment
Magazines Billboard • Bliss • Capricho • Complex • Fabulous • Forbes • Girlfriend • GQ • INROCK • La Onda • Lighting & Sound America • NME • Rollacoaster • Rolling Stone • Seventeen • Sunday Independent Life • Teen Vogue • The Sunday Times Magazine • Tiger Beat • US Weekly • V Magazine • XXL
Awards
2012
2013
2014
Certifications


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