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from their second studio album, '' Elevate''. The song features American rapper

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. "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

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, and

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members

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& 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 "

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" by Stardust.

Chart performance

"Music Sounds 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

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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

References

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