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Primary artist

Bruno Mars

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Album

Unorthodox Jukebox

Release date

December 7, 2012

Duration

3:33

Genres

Pop

Label

Atlantic

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Songwriters / credits

Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars, Andrew Wyatt

Sourced context

"When I Was Your Man" is a song by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars from his second studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012). Atlantic Records released the song as the third promotional single and as the second official single, taken from the album, to mainstream radio in the United States on January 15, 2013. "When I Was Your Man" was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Andrew Wyatt. The former three produced the track under the name the Smeezingtons.

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