"Leave Before You Love Me" is a song by American record producer

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and American group

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. It was released through

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and Joytime Collective as a single on May 21, 2021. Produced by Marshmello and co-produced by

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, and Heavy Mellow, the producers wrote the song alongside

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and Pablo Bowman of the songwriting collective the Six,

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, and William Vaughan. Christian Arnold, David Martin and Geoff Morrow of the band

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are also credited as songwriters, due to an

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of their song " Can't Smile Without You" in the chorus of "Leave Before You Love Me". Programming was solely handled by Marshmello and mixing and mastering was handled by

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. Of the Jonas Brothers' members individual contributions to the song, brothers

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and

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share vocals and brother

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plays guitar and background vocals. The song serves as the Jonas Brothers' first release of 2021.

Background

The song is a "sweet hooky

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" that features "handclaps, a groove and the type of vibe that should break hearts all over the globe". The song was announced on May 20, 2021, one day prior to the release of the song, in which a snippet of the song would be able to be heard if the song is pre-saved. A lyric video was published to the Jonas Brothers

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channel on the same day as its release.

Music video

The official music video of the song, directed by Christian Breslauer was released to Marshmello's

channel on May 24, 2021. He and the Jonas Brothers perform in a subway and on a roof at night. The visuals open with

from the brother band sitting alone on a subway train before he joins his bandmates/brothers and Marshmello on the subway platform and later on a roof. He and his older brother

sing about regret and moving on before further heartbreak ensues.

Live performances

Marshmello and the Jonas Brothers performed the song at the 2021 ''Billboard'' Music Awards on May 23, 2021, two days after the song's release. The group also performed "

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", " Only Human", " Remember This", and "

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". The Jonas Brothers performed the song at

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, on November 24, 2022— American Thanksgiving Day—at the halftime of the

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’ NFL Thanksgiving game against the

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, alongside other songs of theirs.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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