Give You What You Like

"Give You What You Like"
Single by Avril Lavigne
from the album Avril Lavigne
ReleasedMarch 30, 2015[1]
Recorded2013
GenreFolk pop
Length3:45
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
  • Avril Lavigne
  • Chad Kroeger
  • David Hodges
Producer(s)
Avril Lavigne singles chronology
"Hello Kitty"
(2014)
"Give You What You Like"
(2015)
"Fly"
(2015)

"Give You What You Like" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne from her self-titled fifth studio album released in 2013. It was written by Lavigne with her then husband Chad Kroeger and David Hodges. The song has been praised by critics for expanding Lavigne's musical diversity and exposing her to new genres of music and is the sixth track on the album. Musically, "Give You What You Like" is a folk-pop song with lyrics that describe pretending one-night stand/casual sex is love and a way to feel loved. Throughout the song she describes a trade: if you act like you love me to help me forget about the loneliness I'll give you what you want which in this case is sex. As the song progress she loses interest in it and wants to forget everything that happened.

On 30 March 2014, Lavigne confirmed that "Give You What You Like" would be released as the album's fifth single. It would be released exclusively to North America and Europe, while "Hello Kitty" was released as the album's fourth single exclusively to Asia.[2] After nearly one year, Lavigne posted the song's single artwork on Twitter and confirmed that it would be featured in the Lifetime TV movie Babysitter's Black Book.[3] The song was released to the radio by Epic Records on 30 March 2015 as the album's fifth single.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015.
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  3. ^ "Avril Lavigne Teases New Music Video Following Undisclosed Illness". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2015.