"Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" | ||||
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Single by Brian McFadden | ||||
B-side | The Smile Song | |||
Released | 24 February 2011 | |||
Format | Digital download, CD single | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Electropop, folktronica | |||
Length | 3:46 | |||
Label | Universal Music Australia | |||
Writer(s) | Robert Conley, Brian McFadden | |||
Producer(s) | McFadden, Robert Conley | |||
Brian McFadden singles chronology | ||||
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"Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" is a song by Irish singer Brian McFadden. The song was written and produced by McFadden and Robert Conley. The single was released on 24 February 2011, peaking at #49 on the ARIA Singles Chart. A video for the song was not released, as it was cancelled.
The song has been criticised as a glorification of date rape. McFadden cancelled the shooting of a proposal pop video for the song; McFadden asked that the song not be played on the radio and pledged via his Twitter account to donate all proceeds from the song to rape victims.
"Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number sixty-one on 8 March 2011, and peaked at number forty-nine the next week.