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Music Sounds Better with U
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Music Sounds Better with U
| cover = Big Time Rush "Music Sounds Better with U".jpg
| alt = A image of the four members of American band Big Time Rush; from left to right: James Maslow, Logan Henderson, Kendall Schmidt, and Carlos PenaVega. Above them reads "Music Sounds Better with U" in all-caps and a white font, followed by "Feat Mann" in a smaller, all-caps and black font. In the bottom right corner is the band's official logo in black and white.
| type = single
| artist = Big Time Rush featuring Mann
| album = Elevate
| B-side = Epic
| released = November 1, 2011
| recorded = 2011
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:09
| label =
* Nickelodeon
* Columbia
| writer = Ryan Tedder, Thomas Bangalter, Benjamin Cohen, Brent Kutzle, Eric Bellinger, Frank Musker, Noel Zancanella, Alain Qume, Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, Carlos PenaVega, Dominic Bugatti
| producer = Ryan Tedder
| chronology = Big Time Rush
| prev_title = Worldwide
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Windows Down
| next_year = 2012
| misc =
}}
"'Music Sounds Better with U'" is a song by American boy band Big Time Rush from their second studio album, 'Elevate'. The song features American rapper Mann. "Music Sounds Better With U" was leaked two weeks before its official release, which was on November 1, 2011, as the first single from 'Elevate'.
Writing
The band co-wrote "Music Sounds Better with U" with Noel Zancanella, Eric Bellinger, and OneRepublic members Ryan Tedder & Brent Kutzle. Production of the song was also handled by Tedder. On Big Time Radio, it was announced that before the final cut, there were around "nine or ten versions of the song". The track covers the chorus from the 1998 single "Music Sounds Better with You" by Stardust.
Chart performance
"Music Sound Better with U" peaked at number 26 on the 'Billboard' Mainstream Top 40 chart during a ten weeks chart run.
Music video
An accompanying music video premiered on Nickelodeon on November 12, 2011.
Track listing
*'Digital download'
#"Music Sounds Better with U" 3:09
*'UK CD single'
#"Music Sounds Better with U" 3:09
#"Epic" 3:27
#"Music Sounds Better with U" (instrumental) 3:02
*'UK digital download'
#"Music Sounds Better with U" 3:09
#"Music Sounds Better with U" (instrumental) 3:02
Charts
Release history
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! scope="row" | Austria
| rowspan="7" | November 1, 2011
| rowspan="7" | Digital download
| rowspan="10" | Columbia
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! scope="row" | Canada
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! scope="row" | Cyprus
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! scope="row" | Germany
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! scope="row" | New Zealand
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! scope="row" | Switzerland
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! rowspan="2" scope="row" | United States
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| November 15, 2011
| Contemporary hit radio
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! rowspan="2" scope="row" | United Kingdom
| December 9, 2011
| CD
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| January 20, 2012
| Digital download
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|}
References
Category:2011 songs
Category:2011 singles
Category:Big Time Rush songs
Category:Songs written by Ryan Tedder
Category:Songs written by Brent Kutzle
Category:Song recordings produced by Ryan Tedder
Category:Songs written by Noel Zancanella
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Songs written by Eric Bellinger
Category:Songs written by Thomas Bangalter
Category:Songs written by Frank Musker
Category:Songs about music
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