Love Me Harder

Love Me Harder by Ariana Grande
General information
Artists	Ariana Grande, The Weeknd
Release date	September 30, 2014
Recorded	May 22, 2014 - May 25, 2014
Studio	Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles) Wolf Cousins Studio (Stockholm, Sweden) P.S. Studio (Stockholm, Sweden) (Ariana Grande) Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas) (The Weeknd)
Genre	Synth-pop, R&B
Length	3:56
Album	My Everything
Label	Republic Records
Songwriter(s)	Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ali Payami, Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe
Producer(s)	Ali Payami, Peter Svensson
Credits	"Love Me Harder" credits
s chronology
Previous	"Bang Bang"
Current	"Love Me Harder"
Next	"Santa Tell Me"
My Everything track list
"Break Your Heart Right Back"
"Love Me Harder"
"Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart"
Music video

"Love Me Harder" is the fourth single and ninth track from Ariana Grande's sophomore album, My Everything. It is a collaboration with Canadian singer, The Weeknd. The song is also included on the Australia and New Zealand exclusive extended play, Love Me Harder. It was officially released as a single through Republic Records on September 30, 2014

The song debuted at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later peaked at #7. It also peaked at #48 on the UK Singles Chart.

A live version of the song is featured on K Bye For Now (SWT Live), which was released on December 23, 2019.

Background

Grande previewed a snippet of the song on August 4, 2014, to start the 20 day countdown to My Everything. On August 20, Grande released this song to MTV along with "Be My Baby," "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart," and "Why Try."

Live performances

Grande and The Weeknd performed this song live for the first time on the season 40 premiere of Saturday Night Live on September 27, 2014. The song was part of the set list for The Honeymoon Tour (2015). The song was later included on the set list for the Dangerous Woman Tour (2017). Grande also included a shortened version of the song on the set list for the Sweetener World Tour (2019). However, she removed the song during the third leg of her tour.

Music video

On October 1, 2014 Grande and her manager, Scooter Braun, both confirmed that they were working on the music video. It is directed by Hannah Lux Davis. The lyric video premiered on October 17, 2014 which is directed by Alfredo Flores and the music video premiered on November 3, 2014. Big Sean was on the set of the music video.

Videos

Ariana Grande, The Weeknd - Love Me Harder (Lyric Video)-1

Lyric Video

Love Me Harder Behind The Scenes

Behind the scenes

Ariana Grande - Love Me Harder (Live On SNL) ft. The Weeknd

Live performance

Ariana Grande, The Weeknd - Love Me Harder (Acoustic)

Acoustic version

Ariana Grande - Love Me Harder LIVE in Manchester-1

Gallery

“deep breaths, tight chest, life, death” To view the Love Me Harder gallery, click here.

Trivia

• "Love Me Harder" was the last recorded song from the album.
• Grande and The Weeknd are signed to the same label, Republic Records.
• "Love Me Harder" is one of the only three songs to be performed on all three of Ariana Grande's world tours, along with "Break Free" and "One Last Time".

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Ariana Grande]
Tell me something I need to know
Then take my breath and never let it go
If you just let me invade your space
I’ll take the pleasure, take it with the pain
And if in the moment I bite my lip
Baby, in that moment, you’ll know this is
Something bigger than us and beyond bliss
Give me a reason to believe it

[Chorus]
Cause if you want to keep me
You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
Got to love me harder
And if you really need me
You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
Got to love me harder
(Lo-love me harder)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Love me, love me, love me)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Harder, harder, harder)

[Verse 2: The Weeknd]
I know your motives and you know mine
The ones that love me I tend to leave behind
If you know about me and choose to stay
Then take this pleasure and take it with the pain
And if in the moment you bite your lip
When I get you moaning, you know it's real
Can you feel the pressure between your hips?
I’ll make it feel like the first time

[Chorus: Ariana Grande & The Weeknd]
Cause if you want to keep me
You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
Got to love me harder
(I'ma love you harder)
And if you really need me
You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
Got to love me harder
(Lo-love me harder)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Love me, love me, love me)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Harder, harder, harder)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Love me, love me, love me)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Harder, harder, harder)

[Bridge: The Weeknd & Ariana Grande]
So what do I do if I can’t figure it out?
(You got to try, try, try again, yeah)
So what do I do if I can’t figure it out?
(I’m gonna leave, leave, leave again)

[Chorus: Ariana Grande & The Weekend]
Cause if you want to keep me
You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
Got to love me harder
(I'ma love you, love you, love you)
And if you really need me
You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
Got to love me harder
Got to love me, baby
Cause if want to keep me
You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
Got to love me harder, love me harder
And if you really need me
You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
(I'ma do it, do it, do it)
Got to love me harder
(I'ma love you harder)

[Outro: Ariana Grande]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Love me, love me, love me)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Harder, harder, harder)
Boy get love me, love me, baby (Love me, love me, love me)
Just a little bit harder, harder, baby (Harder, harder, harder)

Love Me Harder (EP)

An extended play also titled Love Me Harder was released on November 21, 2014, exclusively in Australia and New Zealand. It consists of three songs from Grande's second studio album My Everything, including the fourth single, "Love Me Harder", with The Weeknd, and the two bonus tracks from the Target and Japanese deluxe editions of the album.

Track listing

Standard Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Me Harder" (with The Weeknd)	Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ali Payami, Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe	Payami, Svensson, Peter Carlsson	3:56
2.	"Cadillac Song"	Ariana Grande, Tommy Brown, Travis Sayles, Victoria McCants, Leon Sylvers	Brown, Sayles, McCants	2:52
3.	"Too Close"	Grande, Harmony Samuels, Helen "Carmen Reece" Culver, Al Sherrod Lambert, Maurice David Wade	Samuels, Jo Blaq	3:35
Total length:				10:23

References

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