"When You Look at Me" is a song by American singer Christina Milian

Christina Milian

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. It was written by Milian, Christin Karlsson, Nina Woodford

Nina Woodford

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, Fredrik Odesio and Henrik Jonback, and produced by Bloodshy & Avant

Bloodshy & Avant

Bloodshy and Avant are a music production and songwriting team from Sweden made up of Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg...

 for her self-titled debut album

Christina Milian (album)

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. The song served as the album's second single outside the United States, and became a major hit throughout Australia

Australia

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 and Europe

Europe

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, reaching the top 10 in Australia, Belgium

Belgium

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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.

Writing

Milian used her school days as inspiration when writing the song. Milian said that "when I was growing up, I found people were always trying to label me. The first day of school it would be like 'Here comes this girl all dressed up. She thinks she's all that' and they didn't even know me. The message behind 'When You Look at Me' is never judge a book by its cover."

Music video

The video was shot on March 2, 2002, in Los Angeles and was directed by Billie Woodruff. In the video, Milian dances in four different costumes and in different rooms. One costume is a white, short sleeved blouse with a pink mini-skirt and is featured in an area with pink and white walls. She is then seen in a blue room, with some jean material on the wall as wallpaper, dancing in with some background dancers. She is wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt. Next, she is shown in an orange room, wearing an orange camisole and orange pants, with a lot of male background dancers in white behind her. After this, she is seen in a small red room, sitting on a couch, wearing a red and black pashmina with her hair long and straight. The music video ends with a reprisal of the chorus, and switching between all four rooms.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "When You Look at Me."
CD maxi - Europe

1. "When You Look at Me" (radio edit) — 3:45
2. "When You Look at Me" (Bloodshy remix) — 2:58
3. "AM to PM
   AM to PM
   "AM to PM" is a dance-pop/R&B song recorded by American singer Christina Milian. Written by Milian, Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, and produced by Bloodshy & Avant for her self-titled debut album , it served as the album's leading single....
   
   " (Groove Chronicles main mix) — 5:36
4. "When You Look at Me" (music video)

CD single - Promo

1. "When You Look at Me" (radio edit) — 3:45

Peak positions

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Chart (2001/02)	Peak position

End of year charts

End of year chart (2002)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	26
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	46
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	93
Dutch Top 40	35
French Singles Chart	60
Swiss Singles Chart	99

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Australia	Gold	2002	35,000
France	Silver	February 19, 2003	125,000