“Love You Like a Love Song” was released as the second single from When the Sun Goes Down. It was Selena Gomez & the Scene’s most successful single in the United States, lasting the longest on the Billboard Hot 100 of any of the band’s singles and eventually being certified double-platinum by the RIAA.

In 2011, Gomez revealed the inspiration behind the song to E! News:

This song is fun and I wanted it to be really high fashion and different and I think we have accomplished that. It’s basically talking about how crazy you are about someone whenever it’s the beginning. It’s the honeymoon stage if you will."