Just the Way You Are (compilation edit)
~ Recording by Billy Joel
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Just the Way You Are | 3:27 | Billy Joel | Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel | Single |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | S CBS 5872 |
| 1.8 | 素顔のままで Just the Way You Are | 3:37 | Billy Joel | ビリー・ザ・ベスト | ビリー・ジョエル | Album + Compilation |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 50DP 241/2 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 88666 |
| 1.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:34 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 40‐88666 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Longer edit of Captain Jack) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 88666 |
| 1.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:34 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2 40121 |
| 1.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:34 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2T 40121, C2T40121 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 01-088666-10, CDCBS 88666 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Family Productions | CK 40122, CK 40123, G2K-40121 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G2K-40121 |
| 1.5 | Just the Way You Are | ?:?? | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Family Productions | C2T-40121 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (BMG club edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Family Productions | D205443, G2K 40121 |
| 1.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:34 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 88666 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Family Productions | G2K 40121 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDCBS 88666 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (disc made in Japan) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G2K 40121 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:39 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CD 88666 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (club edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 541672T, CG2K 40121, G2K 40121 |
| 1.10 | Just the Way You Are | 3:28 | Billy Joel | Cheek to Cheek | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | MOODC 6 |
| 1.10 | Just the Way You Are | 3:28 | Billy Joel | Cheek to Cheek | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | MOOD6 |
| 1.10 | Just the Way You Are | 3:28 | Billy Joel | Cheek to Cheek | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | MOODCD6 |
| 1.12 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Love Album, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | ARC 14553-2 |
| 1.2 | Just the Way You Are | 3:27 | Billy Joel | We Didn't Start the Fire | Billy Joel | Single |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 655300 6 |
| 1.3 | Just the Way You Are | 3:33 | Billy Joel | We Didn’t Start the Fire | Billy Joel | Single |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 655300 3 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music Entertainment Venezuela, C.A. | 2.11.0064 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 88666 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 88666 |
| 2.14 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Kuschelrock 11 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH (not for release label use! for © & ℗ or distributor only, defunct since 2005/03/09), Sony Music Media | 07-487444-10, 487444 2, SMM 487444 2 |
| 2.14 | Just the Way You Are | 3:30 | Billy Joel | Knuffelrock 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 488924-2 |
| 2.13 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Knuffelrock 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 488972 2 |
| 2.14 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Kuschelrock 11 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM CL 66627 8 (Club Edition) |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (enhanced with bonus CD-Extra video clips) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 69391 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Collection Volume I, II & III - 1998 Australian Tour Commemorative Edition | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 489523.2 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Collection Volume I, II & III - 1998 UK Tour Commemorative Edition | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 491274 2 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (BMG club edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | C2K 69391, D 226820 |
| 2.14 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | KuschelRock 11 (Gold-Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 487444 9 |
| 1.4 | Just the Way You Are | 3:32 | Billy Joel | Romeo & Julia, Volume 3: Die schönsten Love Songs aller Zeiten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Marketing (Germany) | 9548-36790-2 |
| 1.6 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976–1999 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | J2K 65794 |
| 25.6 | Just the Way You Are | 3:30 | Billy Joel | Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.) | JXK 65750 |
| 1.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:30 | Billy Joel | Das Jahrhundert Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 496517 2 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:32 | Billy Joel | Simply the Best 70s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Gallo Record Company | CDESP 034 |
| 2.14 | Just the Way You Are | 3:30 | Billy Joel | The All Time Greatest Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | MOODCD68 |
| 1.4 | Just the Way You Are | 3:29 | Billy Joel | Walk On: Hits From the Last 2 Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TV | SONYTV71CD |
| 1.4 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | The All Time Greatest Pop Hits of the Last 3 Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 500541 2 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.7 | Just the Way You Are | 3:40 | Billy Joel | Sentimental Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | |
| 2.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:29 | Billy Joel | Love: Eternal Lovesongs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | |
| 1.6 | Just the Way You Are | 3:30 | Billy Joel | Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976–1999 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) | |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:30 | Billy Joel | Always & Forever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | STVCD163 |
| 1.12 | Just the Way You Are | 3:38 | Billy Joel | Kisses | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 5050467-3774-2-4 |
| 2.14 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Kuschelrock 11 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 487444 0, SMM 487444 0 |
| 1.2 | Just the Way You Are | 3:38 | Billy Joel | My Heart Will Go On | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | STVCD173 |
| 1.1 | Just the Way You Are | 3:30 | Billy Joel | Worlds Best Mum | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876682152 |
| 1.13 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Voices: From the Fifa World Cup 2006 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Syco Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876845032, SB30150C |
| 1.14 | Just the Way You Are | 3:29 | Billy Joel | Voices From the FIFA World Cup | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.15 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Voices From the FIFA World Cup | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 84498 2 |
| 1.9 | Just the Way You Are (radio edit) | 3:32 | Billy Joel | Voices From the FIFA World Cup | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.14 | Just the Way You Are | 3:29 | Billy Joel | Voices From the FIFA World Cup | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008), Syco Music | 82876845262 |
| 1.18 | Just the Way You Are | 3:20 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel (2006 ressue) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697142962 |
| 1.15 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Radio City Love Songs 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 4890882 |
| 2.13 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Kuschelrock 11 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 27177 2 |
| 4.10 | Just the Way You Are | 3:38 | Billy Joel | Love Stories | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 2.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:32 | Billy Joel | Kuschelrock Always & Forever (Kate & William Hochzeitsedition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 87664 2 |
| 1.6 | Just the Way You Are | 3:29 | Billy Joel | Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976–1999 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 2.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Now! That’s What I Call a Singer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Now That’s What I Call Music LLP (British holding company) | CDNNNOW33 |
| 2.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:30 | Billy Joel | Now! That’s What I Call a Singer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Now That’s What I Call Music LLP (British holding company) | |
| 1.2 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Seventies Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| DMG TV | DMGTV068 |
| 1.2 | Just the Way You Are | 3:32 | Billy Joel | Japanese Singles Collection: Greatest Hits | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP 31510~2 |
| 2.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:29 | Billy Joel | Now That’s What I Call Gold: The Ultimate Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 019802843522, CDNNNOW155 |
| 1.3 | Just the Way You Are | 3:38 | Billy Joel | Best | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Buena Suerte Industrias Musicales Inc. | BS-013 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Columbia House edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G2K 40121 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (Sony Springfield pressing) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G2K 40121 |
| 1.6 | Just the Way You Are | 3:31 | Billy Joel | Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976–1999 (BMG Direct) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 65794, D 232664, J2K 65794 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.5 | Just the Way You Are | 3:34 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 40AP 3060~61 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Souvenir, The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 001013 2, 001013 3, 001013 8, 465658 2, CDCBS 88666 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.6 | Just the Way You Are | 3:40 | Billy Joel | Lady in Red: A Collection of Great Ballads, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | WH 1996101-D |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 88666 |
| 1.8 | Just the Way You Are | 3:32 | Billy Joel | Simply the Best - 70's Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| engineer: | Jim Boyer (producer/engineer) Phil Ramone |
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| producer: | Phil Ramone |
| 12 string guitar and guitar [High String Guitar]: | Steve Khan |
| acoustic guitar: | Steve Burgh Steve Khan Hugh McCracken |
| alto saxophone: | Phil Woods (US jazz woodwind player) |
| bass: | Doug Stegmeyer (bass player, aka Slug Douglas) |
| clarinet, flute, organ, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone: | Richie Cannata |
| drums (drum set): | Liberty DeVitto (US drummer) |
| electric guitar: | Hiram Bullock Steve Khan |
| keyboard, piano, synthesizer and lead vocals: | Billy Joel (American singer‐songwriter and pianist) |
| percussion: | Ralph MacDonald |
| orchestrator: | Patrick Williams (composer, arranger) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1977) CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1977) |
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| edit of: | Just the Way You Are |
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| recording of: | Just the Way You Are |
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Related works
Just the Way You Are
| lyricist and composer: | Billy Joel (American singer‐songwriter and pianist) |
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| publisher: | April Music Inc. EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) EMI Songs Ltd. Joelsongs (from 1977 to present) CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1977) Impulsive Music (in 1977) |
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| sub-publisher: | Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division Yamaha Music EH(CM) |
| later translated versions: | Ich lieb' Dich immer wie Du bist Ik hou van jou zoals je bent Slik du engang er Zoals je bent 可會有明天 |
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