
This was all facilitated by Bay-Shuck, who told HitQuarters that as soon as "Just the Way You Are" was finished they knew they had the first single, saying: Needlz allowed Mars to use the idea for his album. Mars originally sang the hook that Khalil and Needlz wrote for a feature on a Lupe Fiasco record. Mars's A&R, Aaron Bay-Schuck, was responsible for finding the original idea from American record producers and songwriters Khalil Walton and Needlz. I'm just telling a woman she looks beautiful the way she IS – and, let's be honest, what woman doesn't wanna hear those lyrics?!" And to me 'Just The Way You Are' is one of those songs. You know, there's no mind-boggling lyrics or twists in the story – they just come directly from the heart. Get ready to fall in love!" He added, "I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's ' You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton's ' Wonderful Tonight' – songs that go straight to the point. I wasn't thinking of anything deep or poetic.

The song's lyrics compliment a woman's beauty.

The track was released in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2010, as " Just the Way You Are (Amazing)". It was released in the United States to contemporary hit radio on August 10, 2010. The song was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton and Needlz and produced by the former three, under their alias, the Smeezingtons along with Needlz. It is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). " Just the Way You Are" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars.
