Just the Way You Are (Milky song)

"Just the Way You Are" is a song by Italian house music group Milky, released as their debut single in August 2002. Although it did not chart in the band's home country, it was a top-10 hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart, and charted within the top 30 in Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Romania. In the United States, it was the first official number-one single on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart, even though it had already reached number one when it was still an unpublished chart.^[2][3]

"Just the Way You Are"
Single by Milky
from the album Star
Released	19 August 2002 (2002-08-19)
Genre	House[1]
Length	3:30
Label	Motivo
Songwriter(s)	Giordano Trivellato Giuliano Sacchetto
Producer(s)	Giordano Trivellato Giuliano Sacchetto
Milky singles chronology
"Just the Way You Are" (2002) "Be My World" (2003)
Music video
"Just the Way You Are" on YouTube

Content

The track features the vocals of singer Giuditta Gazza, whose lyrical "do-do-do's" make up the song's most chorus line, with an Ibiza-influenced guitar beat, done over a pair of sampled tracks "Streets of Your Town" by the Australian pop group the Go-Betweens^{[citation needed]} and "Listen to What the Man Said" by Paul McCartney & Wings.^[1]

Music video

For the song's video and promotional campaign during its chart run, Egyptian-German model Sabrina Elahl is featured in the music video instead of Giuditta.

Track listings

Italian maxi-CD single[4] "Just the Way You Are" (original FM cut) – 3:28 "Just the Way You Are" (original extended mix) – 6:15 "Just the Way You Are" (Liquid People Manners vocal) – 7:04 "Just the Way You Are" (Full Intention club mix) – 7:31 "Just the Way You Are" (Full Intention radio mix) – 3:11 "Just the Way You Are" (Almighty mix) – 7:08 European CD single[5] "Just the Way You Are" (radio edit) – 3:31 "Just the Way You Are" (Full Intention club mix) – 7:17 UK CD single[6] "Just the Way You Are" (radio edit) – 3:31 "Just the Way You Are" (Full Intention club mix) – 7:17 "Just the Way You Are" (Almighty mix) – 7:08 UK 12-inch single[7] A. "Just the Way You Are" (original mix) – 6:15 B. "Just the Way You Are" (Full Intention club mix) – 7:17 UK cassette single[8] "Just the Way You Are" (radio edit) – 3:31 "Just the Way You Are" (Full Intention club mix) – 7:17

US maxi-CD single[9] "Just the Way You Are" (original FM cut) – 3:30 "Just the Way You Are" (original extended mix) – 6:15 "Just the Way You Are" (Gardeweg mix) – 6:00 "Just the Way You Are" (Almighty mix) – 7:08 "Just the Way You Are" (Full Intention club mix) – 7:32 "Just the Way You Are" (Liquid People main mix) – 7:00 US 12-inch single[10] A1. "Just the Way You Are" (original extended mix) – 6:15 A2. "Just the Way You Are" (Almighty mix) – 7:08 B1. "Just the Way You Are" (Gardeweg mix) – 6:00 B2. "Just the Way You Are" (Liquid People main mix) – 7:00 Australian maxi-CD single[11] "Just the Way You Are" (original FM cut) – 3:28 "Just the Way You Are" (Full Intention radio mix) – 3:11 "Just the Way You Are" (original extended mix) – 6:15 "Just the Way You Are" (Full Intention club mix) – 7:31 "Just the Way You Are" (Almighty mix) – 7:08

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002–2003) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[12] 47 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] 36 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[14] 11 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[15] 40 Ireland (IRMA)[16] 24 Ireland Dance (IRMA)[17] 4 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 18 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] 58 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[20] 29 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[21] 21 Scotland (OCC)[22] 13 UK Singles (OCC)[23] 8 UK Dance (OCC)[24] 1 US Dance Radio Airplay (Billboard)[25] 1 US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[26] 17

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position UK Singles (OCC)[27] 167 UK Airplay (Music Week)[28] 56

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref(s).
United Kingdom	19 August 2002	12-inch vinyl CD cassette	Multiply	[29][30]
Italy	20 September 2002	12-inch vinyl maxi-CD	Motivo	[29]
Australia	14 October 2002	Maxi-CD		[31]
United States	23 June 2003	Rhythmic contemporary radio	Robbins Entertainment	[32]