Who Owns My Heart

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"Who Owns My Heart"
Single by Miley Cyrus
from the album Can't Be Tamed
B-side"Forgiveness and Love"
ReleasedOctober 22, 2010 (2010-10-22)
GenreElectropop
Length3:34
LabelHollywood
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Antonina Armato
  • Tim James
Miley Cyrus singles chronology
"Can't Be Tamed"
(2010) 		"Who Owns My Heart"
(2010) 		"Decisions"
(2012)
Music video
"Who Owns My Heart" on
YouTube

"Who Owns My Heart" is a song by American singer

synths
. Lyrically, the song speaks of meeting a potential love interest at a nightclub.

The song garnered mixed reception from music critics; some argued it was dull and faceless, while others deemed it one of the best tracks on Can't Be Tamed. It reached the top 40 in Austria, Germany, and Russia. A corresponding

Parents Television Council
for its sexual elements.

Background

The song was written by Cyrus in collaboration with

Tim James, and Devrim Karaoglu.[1] Cyrus described it as a "total dance track" with a cool concept. "Who Owns My Heart" was written about the feelings a club's environment can lead one to believe.[2] Cyrus depicted the club scene to be very sexy, which she thought was primarily composed by the music playing and intense lighting, and thought that it might trigger fake emotions with the person one is dancing with. She stated, "If you're out, dancing at a club, the way the whole vibe is [...] Do you actually like the person you're dancing with or is just the whole ambiance of what's going on?"[2]

Composition

"Who Owns My Heart" (2010)
Cyrus' "Who Owns My Heart" is a
club-oriented
song that speaks of meeting a potential love on the dance floor.
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"Who Owns My Heart" is an electropop song with a length of three minutes and 35 seconds.[3] It is an uptempo and predominantly

Verses and the bridge describe the setting using comparisons to numerous things, including tsunamis and rodeos.[9] The song's refrains proceed to question, "Who owns my heart? Is it love or is it art?"[10]

Critical reception

Tanner Stransky of

The Black Eyed Peas.[14] Nick Levine of Digital Spy said it was a post-GaGa Hi-NRG track inclined to the generic. However, he said lyrical references were a large reminder Cyrus sung the track.[9] Ed Masley of The Arizona Republic deemed "Who Owns My Heart" to be one of the best tracks from Can't Be Tamed, despite containing a "cheesy ABBA-worthy chorus".[6] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times also perceived the song to be "in the vein of Cascada" and one of the most "exciting" on Can't Be Tamed. He said it was a sound "Ms. Cyrus hasn’t previously shown any affinity for and may never again. Still, it’s a timely and sharp sound."[4]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 35 on the

German Singles Chart. In the succeeding week, the song dropped to number 39. The track continued to descend in positions until spending its last week on the German Singles Chart on the week ending January 10, 2011. The song spent a total of seven weeks on the chart.[16][17][18]

Music video

The music video for "Who Owns My Heart" was directed by Robert Hales, who previously directed the video for "Can't Be Tamed", and filmed on August 6–7, 2010 at the Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills, Michigan.[19] The video commences with Cyrus asleep, blindfolded on a mattress in a bedroom. She awakens and writhes on the mattress. Following, Cyrus proceeds to a bathroom, her attire is composed of a white tank top, white boy shorts, a fishnet hair wrap, rollers, and heavy metal jewelry. While in the bathroom scenes, Cyrus sings as she sits on the edge of a bathtub and prepares herself for an upcoming party. With the arrival of the song's refrains, Cyrus appears writhing in the backseat of a limousine, costumed in a low-cut gold halter top, black hot pants, a black jacket with shoulder pads, and big hair. Once arrived at the mansion party, she is first seen dancing atop a big, wooden table. In the continuation of the video, Cyrus dances with multiple people on the dance floor. Cut-scenes feature Cyrus in all prior scenes or dancing with others in the mansion's study. The video concludes with Cyrus back in her bedroom, once again waking up.

Cyrus performing "Who Owns My Heart" on her Gypsy Heart Tour

The video for "Who Owns My Heart" was premiered in

Parents Television Council, criticized the video for its suggestiveness and sexual elements.[24] Winter continued, "It is unfortunate that she would participate in such a sexualized video like this one. It sends messages to her fanbase that are diametrically opposed to everything she has done up to this point. Miley built her fame and fortune entirely on the backs of young girls, and it saddens us that she seems so eager to distance herself from that fanbase so rapidly."[24]

Cyrus performed "Who Owns My Hearts" for the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2020.[25] She created visual content for the 2020 "iHeartRadio Music Festival". The backdrop music video was released on Cyrus's YouTube account due to high demand by fans.[26]

Live performances

Miley Cyrus first performed "Who Owns My Heart" at a concert at the

Madrid, Spain. The performance featured elaborate costuming that had Cyrus bearing white bodysuit with a turtle neck while female dancers in lingerie and male dancers in suits,[31]
challenging dance routines, and symbolism. Cyrus explained,

"We actually came up with this concept because I wanted it to kinda be Angels & Demons (2000), but it's not a Tom Hanks reference. It's [about the idea] that during this world, you're always going to have temptation; basically that's kind of the whole vibe. It's a little more Victorian. There's a lot of lace. The girls are dressed all in white, and the guys are in black... The girls will know what I'm talking about."[32]

The song was the closing number of Cyrus' Gypsy Heart Tour.[33][34][35][36][37] Cyrus performed "Who Owns My Hearts" for the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2020.[38]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Who Owns My Heart"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[47] Gold 35,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

"Who Owns My Heart" release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Germany October 22, 2010 Digital download Hollywood [48]
November 5, 2010 CD [49]

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