Next to You (Chris Brown song)

"Next to You"
Single by Chris Brown featuring Justin Bieber
from the album F.A.M.E.
Released	June 21, 2011
Recorded	December 2010
Studio	Westlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California)
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	4:25
Label	Jive
Lyricist(s)	Chris Brown Sevyn Streeter Azeem Alam
Producer(s)	The Messengers
Chris Brown singles chronology
"She Ain't You" (2011) "Next to You" (2011) "Pot of Gold" (2011)
Justin Bieber singles chronology
"Pray" (2010) "Next to You" (2011) "Mistletoe" (2011)
Music video
"Next To You" on YouTube

"Next to You" is a song by American singer Chris Brown, featuring Canadian singer Justin Bieber included as a track on the former's fourth studio album, F.A.M.E., released on June 21, 2011. Brown co-wrote the song with frequent collaborator Sevyn Streeter of American girl group RichGirl. The track is one of the four tracks Brown and Bieber worked together on, the others being a remix of Bieber's "Up" (2011), "Ladies Love Me" contained in Brown's mixtape Boy in Detention (2011), and "Don't Check on Me" from Brown's 2019 album Indigo.

Musically, "Next to You" is a pop and R&B number, with lyrics pertaining to the love between two people in a relationship, and how their deep feeling helps them to overcome difficulties. Music critics reviewed the song positively, complimenting its musicality and lyrics, finding it to be one of the most "pop" moments on F.A.M.E.. After the release of the album, the song appeared on the music charts of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It was released for digital download on June 24, 2011, as the album's fifth single.