"2U" is a song by French DJ and record producer David Guetta, featuring vocals from Canadian singer Justin Bieber. The song has

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elements. It was written by Justin Bieber, Poo Bear,

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and its producer Guetta and Giorgio Tuinfort. It was released on 9 June 2017 by What a Music, as the lead single from Guetta's seventh studio album, '' 7'' (2018).

Background

"2U" is the third collaborative single for Bieber in 2017 following " I'm the One" and " Despacito", both of which topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and other national charts. A thirteen-second teaser was revealed by Victoria's Secret's models Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes,

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and Sara Sampaio. The cover art was revealed by Guetta on 8 June 2017. Guetta told

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that the song was "just very romantic".

Music video

Guetta announced that there would be two music videos for the single; the Victoria's Secret version and another version which he calls "not branded". The first version features Victoria's Secret models Sara Sampaio,

, Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes,

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and

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lip-syncing the song while on-set of a photo shoot for the lingerie brand. The second music video was released on 29 September 2017 on

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Track listing

*Digital download #"2U" – 3:15 *Digital download –

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remix #"2U" (Robin Schulz remix) – 5:21 *Digital download – GLOWINTHEDARK remix #"2U" (GLOWINTHEDARK remix) – 3:30 *Digital download –

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remix #"2U" (MORTEN remix) – 3:49 *Digital download –

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remix #"2U" (R3hab remix) – 2:36 *Digital download – FRNDS remix #"2U" (FRNDS remix) – 3:09 *Digital download –

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remix #"2U" (Seeb remix) – 3:34

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * David Guetta – songwriting, producer * Justin Bieber – songwriting * Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd – songwriting, vocal production * Giorgio Tuinfort – songwriting, producer, pianist * Daniel "Cesqeaux" Tuparia – additional producer and programming *

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– mastering engineer, mixer * Henry Sarmiento III – engineer * Chris "TEK" O'Ryan – vocoder, recorder * The Pianoman – talk box * Monsieur Georges – talk box * Josh Gudwin – recorder

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* {{authority control 2017 singles 2017 songs Justin Bieber songs David Guetta songs Songs written by Poo Bear Songs written by Giorgio Tuinfort Songs written by David Guetta Songs written by Justin Bieber Song recordings produced by David Guetta