"The Way I Am" is a pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 song written by Ana Johnsson

Ana Johnsson

Anna Lovisa Johnsson better known by her stage name Ana Johnsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Her first longplay disc titled Cuz I Can was released in April 2004 in Sweden. The international version was retitled The Way I Am and was released some months later...

, Leif Larson and Marcus Black. It is the debut single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 singer Ana Johnsson

Ana Johnsson

Anna Lovisa Johnsson better known by her stage name Ana Johnsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Her first longplay disc titled Cuz I Can was released in April 2004 in Sweden. The international version was retitled The Way I Am and was released some months later...

 (as Ana) released from her (officially) first studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 Cuz I Can

Cuz I Can

-Credits:*Vocals, Backing Vocals: Ana Johnsson*Producer, Mixer, Instruments: Leif Larson*Producer, Mixer, Instruments: Marcus Black*Producer, Mixer, Instruments: Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé...

, which was only released in Sweden. Released in late autumn 2003, it picked up some radio airplay. The track is also feautured on the german movie Autobahnraser - A2 Racer.

Track listing

CD single (Germany only - Pock it!)

1. "The Way I Am" – 3:29
2. "Playing with Fire" – 3:10

CD single

1. "The Way I Am" [album version] – 3:29
2. "Playing with Fire" – 3:10
3. "The Way I Am" [acoustic version] – 3:29
4. "The Way I Am" [video]

Music video

In the music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

, Johnsson is performing with her band in a cinema, driving a car, singing innear the Los Angeles River

Los Angeles River

The Los Angeles River is a river that starts in the San Fernando Valley, in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and flows through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the western end of the San Fernando Valley, nearly southeast to its mouth in Long Beach...

and surfing at a beach.