Love You Like a Love Song

"Love You Like a Love Song" is a song by American recording group Selena Gomez & the Scene recorded for their third studio album When the Sun Goes Down (2011). It was released as the second single from the album internationally. The song was released for digital download on June 17, 2011 and serviced to mainstream radios on August 17, 2011 in the United States, through Hollywood Records. It was written by Antonina Armato and Tim James while both receive production credits under the stage-name Rock Mafia, The song, according to Gomez, was meant to sound different from her previous material, achieving a "high fashion" sound. "Love You like a Love Song" is a midtempo electropop song with a Euro disco rhythm. The lyrics deal with a relationship in its primary stage. "Love You Like a Love Song" was a success in North America, peaking at number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number ten on the Canadian Hot 100. It stands as the band's most successful single in the United States, lasting the longest on the chart, selling more than two million copies and earning a double-platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song failed to mimic that success in international territories, peaking inside the lower end of the top fifty on several singles charts. It however peaked at number fourteen in Belgium and earned gold certifications in Australia and Sweden. The music video for "Love You Like a Love Song" was directed by Geremy Jasper and Georgie Greville. It features Gomez performing the song at a Japanese karaoke bar while scenes of the band performing in different settings are intercut through the video. The video received controversy for the use of paint, later proven to be non-toxic, on the horse, pointed out by American singer Pink. Despite the use of non-toxic paint and supervision by the Humane Society, the scenes with the horses were removed in the final edit.