It depicts Grande and Miller dancing inside a room covered in balloons, as Miller takes several photographs of Grande. An accompanying music video was directed by Jones Crow, and released on March 28, 2013.
'The Way' was eventually certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over three million units in the United States. The song was also Grande's first top-10 appearance on the Hot 100 for a lead female artist since Yael Naim's song ' New Soul' charted in 2008. 'The Way' peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, which became Grande and Miller's first top 10 song on the chart. The song's backing track is based on the piano melody from Russell's 1979 song ' A Little Bit of Love', and is melodically and lyrically similar to Big Pun's 1998 song ' Still Not a Player', which also samples 'A Little Bit of Love'. It was released by Republic Records on March 26, 2013, as the first single from the album. The song was written by Amber Streeter, Al Sherrod Lambert, Jordin Sparks, Brenda Russell, Miller, and the producer Harmony Samuels. ' The Way' is a song by American singer Ariana Grande, featuring American rapper Mac Miller, from Grande's debut studio album Yours Truly (2013).
