When I Was Your Man
Bruno Mars
2013
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2012
Release: 2012Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original recording is documented in the 2012 release history of Unorthodox Jukebox. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release. The earlier supplied year 2013 is retained in the attribute-change audit.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2013.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Unorthodox Jukebox - original Atlantic album
The original December 2012 album includes Treasure and When I Was Your Man, with Locked Out of Heaven preceding it in 2012. The 2013 single/chart years are later events. Accompanying context identifies the Smeezingtons production role.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Mars wrote the song based on personal experiences of regret and lost love.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2013.html, position 8
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2013.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
Browse by year
1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.