Elevate is the second studio album by American boy band Big Time Rush. It was released on November 21, 2011 by Columbia Records in association with Nickelodeon. The band worked with accomplished songwriters and producers for the album. These include those that assisted with the material from their debut album, such as Emanuel Kiriakou, Lindy Robbins, Nicholas RAS Furlong, Damon Sharpe, Eric Sanicola and Lucas Secon, along with other notable songwriters and producers, such as JR Rotem, Christopher Stewart, The-Dream, Jay Sean, and Ryan Tedder. The production process of the album took place between nine months to a year, most of which was during their touring process.
The album acts as the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon television series of the same name, which features songs that appeared in the series' second season and the upcoming television movie, Big Time Movie. Following the success of their first release, the band was inspired to be more involved in the writing process for this album, writing together or separately a total of eight songs. Elevate is mainly a pop and dance album, which incorporates elements of several musical genres such as electropop, urban pop, synthpop and rock with an Europop vibe in some tracks. The first single from Elevate, "Music Sounds Better with U", was released on November 1, 2011. The single was a Top 30 hit on the US Billboard Pop Songs chart.
Better with you, yeah
I tried to write this down
The words just don't come out
It's hard to say how you feel
Been down the longest road
Said yes when I meant no
I lost control of the wheel
Cause you know that
Things get so bad
You've got my back
Make me wanna sing, and girl I'll sing about ya
No sweeter sound than what I've found
No perfect love could be more perfect than us
Oooo baby
It feels like
It feels like
Music sounds better with you
Baby
It feels right
It feels right
Everything's better with you
I used to think that love
Was something fools made up
Cause all I knew was heartbreak
Oh, I couldn't help myself
Let this heart go through hell
There's only so much a heart can take
Cause you know that
Things get so bad
You've got my back
Make me wanna sing, and girl I'll sing about ya
No sweeter sound than what I've found
No perfect love could be more perfect than us
Oooo baby
It feels like
It feels like
Music sounds better with you
Baby
It feels right
It feels right
Everything's better with you
Every song
Every rhyme
Every word
is better with you(Music sounds better with you)
Every day (every day)
All of the time (All of the time)
Every way
Music sound better with you
She's my music enhancer
When the music plays she's my dancer
When I'm around her everything's faster
Every question I have she's the answer
I'm head over heels
Can't explain that this all so real
When I'm around you baby you make me feel like
Everything's better with you
Oooo baby
It feels like
It feels like
Music sounds better with you
Baby
It feels right
It feels right
Everything's better with you
Oooo baby
It feels like
It feels like
Music sounds better with you
Baby
It feels right
It feels right
Everything's better with you
The music sounds better with you
Music sounds better with you