It's Better If You Don't Understand

It's Better If You Don't Understand
EP by Bruno Mars
Released	May 11, 2010 (2010-05-11)
Genre	Pop
Length	13:32
Label	Elektra Altlantic
Producer	The Smeezingtons
Bruno Mars chronology
It's Better If You Don't Understand (2010) Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)

It's Better If You Don't Understand is the debut extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. The pop EP consists of four tracks and its title comes from the final lyrics of one of its songs, "The Other Side". It was released on May 11, 2010, by Elektra Records in the United States, and on August 11, 2010, by Atlantic Records in France. The song "Count on Me" was not featured on the track list of the latter release. All of the material on the EP was produced by the Smeezingtons, the production team composed by Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine, with the closing track being co-produced by Jeff Bhasker.

It's Better If You Don't Understand received generally positive reviews from music critics – AllMusic's David Jeffries praised the EP as showcasing Mars's songwriting abilities and its music being a genre that "leans towards" pop, while About.com's Bill Lamb stated that it is "music that should be on your radio", and called the release a "pop pleasure". The EP peaked at number 99 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States, and at number 97 on the UK Singles Chart. As of 2011, it has sold 27,000 copies in the United States. To promote the EP, Mars released a home video for "The Other Side". It charted at number 117 on the UK Singles Chart.

All of the songs from It's Better If You Don't Understand were later included on Mars's debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010), and, with the exception of "Somewhere in Brooklyn", were performed on the related concert tour of the same name. The tracks were also included during the co-headline tour with Janelle Monáe, Hooligans in Wondaland Tour (2011). In an interview with Los Angeles Times in 2012, Mars later said regretted having "wasted" the title of this record.^[1]