| "Just Give Me a Reason" | ||||
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| Single by Pink featuring Nate Ruess | ||||
| from the album The Truth About Love | ||||
| Released | February 26, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:02 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Jeff Bhasker | |||
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| "Just Give Me a Reason" on YouTube | ||||
"Just Give Me a Reason" is a song recorded by American singer Pink featuring Nate Ruess of the band Fun. The song was chosen as the third single from Pink's sixth studio album, The Truth About Love (2012). Written alongside producer Jeff Bhasker, "Just Give Me a Reason" is a pop ballad about the desire to hold on to a relationship even when it appears to be breaking down.[1]
The song received critical acclaim, with many critics deeming the song as the best track on the album. Prior to its release, the song charted in many regions due to strong digital sales, which was the reason for its release. The song attained worldwide success, topping the charts in twenty-one countries including the United States, Austria, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Ireland, Lebanon, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, as well as peaking within the top five in more than ten countries as United Kingdom, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel, Norway, Switzerland and Spain. In the US, it became Pink's fourth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became her third number-one on the Billboard Digital Songs chart after "So What" (2008) and "Raise Your Glass" (2010).[2] "Just Give Me a Reason" has sold more than 4 million digital downloads in the United States.[3]
"Just Give Me a Reason" won the Billboard Mid-Year Award for Favorite Hot 100 No. Single,[4] and garnered two Grammy Award nominations for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Song of the Year at the 2014 Grammy Awards, where Pink and Nate Ruess performed the song after a trapeze-accompanied rendition of "Try".
The music video for "Just Give Me a Reason" featured Nate Ruess as well as Pink's husband, off-road truck and former motocross racer Carey Hart, in a romantic setting which resembles an artificial marsh. The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration in 2013.
- ^ Just Give Me a Reason by Pink - Songfacts (accessed March 12, 2013)
- ^ Trust, Gary (March 27, 2013). "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Return To Top Of Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
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