Music Review: Selena Gomez "Love You Like A Love Song"

Selena Gomez

Love You Like A Love Song

Album: When The Sun Goes Down

Year:  2011

       Selena Gomez appreciates her boyfriend in the  demonstrative “Love You Like A Love Song.”

                  She’s heard multiple people – friends, family members, even strangers – rave about their significant others. They move people with their declarations of love, like a tender love song that everybody knows, wiping away tears with every listen. She says she’s now among them. When she talks about her boyfriend, people will remember her praise. He’s all she ever wanted and she’s lucky to have him in her life. He believed in her as she went to  job interviews, encouraging her every step of the way. The support helped and she found a job. (“It's been said and done/Every beautiful thought's been already sung/And I guess right now here's another one/So your melody will play on and on, with the best of 'em/You are beautiful, like a dream come alive, incredible/A sinful, miracle, lyrical/You've saved my life again/And I want you to know baby.”)

             In the chorus, she says he’s romantic and giving,   Every time she hears a love song on the radio, she thinks of him.  She plans on staying on with him and hopes for marriage.  (“I, I love you like a love song, baby/I, I love you like a love song, baby/I, I love you like a love song, baby/And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat/I, I love you like a love song, baby/I, I love you like a love song, baby/I, I love you like a love song, baby/And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat.”)

                 While she’s at work, she can still hear her him whisper goodbye in her ear as she leaving for the day. He looks at her a certain way and she melts. She’s found her best friend and someone she really loves. Everytime he looks into her eyes, she can picture their future wedding and children. He belongs with her.. (“Constantly, boy you play through my mind like a symphony/There's no way to describe what you do to me/You just do to me, what you do/And it feels like I've been rescued/I've been set free/I am hypnotized by your destiny/You are magical, lyrical, beautiful/You are... And I want you to know baby.”)

            The chorus is sung again.

           In the bridge, he’s one in a million. He’s the standard for what she looks for in a partner. (“No one compares/You stand alone, to every record I own/Music to my heart that's what you are/A song that goes on and on.”)

  The chorus is sung again to end the single.

Gomez’s breathless,  affectionate vocals  stroke with a seductive touch. It’s a passionate love she has with her boyfriend. Intense and emotional, their love goes beyond words.

The enamored “Love Like You Like A Song” swoons, cooing sweet nothings anyone would fall for instantly.