"You" is a song by American DJs/record producers

Benny Blanco Benjamin Joseph Levin (born March 8, 1988), known professionally as Benny Blanco (stylized in all lowercase), is an American record producer. He is the recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is als ...

Marshmello Christopher Comstock (born May 19, 1992), known professionally as Marshmello, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. His songs "Silence", "Wolves", "Friends", " Happier", and " Alone" have been certified multi-platinum in several ...

and Australian singer Vance Joy. It was released through Interscope Records, Blanco's Friends Keep Secrets and Mello's Joytime Collective on January 29, 2021. It was written alongside

Caroline Pennell Caroline Pennell is an American singer-songwriter. She was a contestant on the fifth season of the United States version of the reality singing competition ''The Voice''. Since 2021, she has been releasing music under the name Carol Ades. On ...

and Blake Slatkin, the latter producing the song with the DJs. The song was included on the 2021 reissue of Blanco's debut studio album ''

Friends Keep Secrets ''Friends Keep Secrets'' (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American record producer Benny Blanco, released on December 7, 2018. It shares its name with Blanco's imprint of Interscope Records, which it was released through. It was ...

''. At the APRA Music Awards of 2022, the song was nominated for Most Performed Pop Work.

Background

The song was announced on January 22. In a statement Blanco said that he has been friends with Vance Joy and Marshmello for a long time and that it was the right time to do something together. Marshmello added that "Benny showed me this demo in his studio one day" and "I was instantly drawn to the song and knew I had to try something a little different with it. I sent my initial idea to Benny and from there we went back and forth until we created what everyone can hear right now".

Critical reception

"You" received positive criticism from music critics. Alexander Costello of ''We Rave You'' opined that the song "is a refreshing track that embodies soft melodies and a charming character .. With Joy's vocals .. the track discharges a delightful mid-section and chorus that gets better and better with every listen". ''uDiscoverMusic'' critic Sam Armstrong described that "this collaboration brings out the best in each artist, fusing Blanco's easy popcraft, Marshmello's slick production, and Joy's buoyant vocals".

Music video

The video, directed by William Child, shows an animation made of clay of the three artists at a picnic until Marshmello and Vance Joy are kidnapped by a green monster. Blanco tracks them down, but when he confronts the kidnapper, he hugs the monster instead, and they all end up hanging out together and enjoying joints in the hot tub and playing some pool, and then say goodbye to him.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Vance Joy – lead vocals, songwriter *

– producer, songwriter, keyboard, programming, recording engineer *

– producer, songwriter, keyboard, programming * Blake Slatkin – songwriter, guitar, keyboard, programming, recording engineer *

– songwriter *

Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggin ...

– baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone * Sean Hurley – bass guitar * John Hanes – engineer *

Serban Ghenea Șerban Ghenea (born October 13, 1969) is a Grammy award-winning Romanian-Canadian audio engineer and mixer. Early life and education Ghenea was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1969. In 1976 he moved to Montreal with his family. He later attended ...

– engineer, mixer *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', '' Rock with You'' ...

– horn arranger *

Chris Gehringer Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered recordings such as Gwen Stefani's '' Love. Angel. Music. Baby.'' (2004), Rihanna's '' Loud'' (2010), Lady Gaga's '' Born This Way'' (2011) and Drake' ...

– mastering *

Bill Reichenbach Jr. William Frank Reichenbach Jr. (born November 30, 1949) is an American jazz trombonist and composer. He is the son of Bill Reichenbach, who was the drummer for Charlie Byrd from 1962 to 1973. He is best known as a session musician for television, ...

– trombone *

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– trumpet

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Release history

References

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