The Way You Like It

Infobox Single
Name = The Way You Like It


Artist = Adema
from Album = Adema
Recorded = 2000 - 2001 in Los Angeles, CA
Released = 2002
Genre = Nu metal
Length = 3:40
Label = Arista Records
Writer = Adema
Producer = Bill Appleberry, Tobias Miller
Chart position =
Last single = "Giving In" (2001)
This single = "The Way You Like It" (2001)
Next single = "Freaking Out" (2002)

"The Way You Like It" is the second single from Adema's self-titled debut album, Adema.

Success

The song was the second most successful song taken from the self-titled albumFact|date=June 2007. It is also Adema's third most successful song of all timeFact|date=June 2007, trailing behind Unstable. It, along with "Giving In", helped the bands debut album sell over 600,000 copiesFact|date=June 2007, and catapulted Adema into mainstream success.

Lyrical Meaning

The song is about how fame changes people, how it can control people, and how it changes people into something they're not. Mark Chavez uses his regular lyrical style to put his message across, however this song is known for being slightly faster and bouncier than other Adema singles, perhaps making it the single with the most airplay for Adema.

Music Video

The music video, directed by Gregory Dark, depicts Adema playing to a large crowd of people in what appears to be an underground style moshpit. As the band plays, the video cuts away to Adema driving around town, with various scenarios along the way. As the band drives through town:
*Mark Chavez leaves the group and goes off with two bikini-clad women.
*Guitarist Tim Fluckey falls asleep and the group cover him in ketchup.
*Bassist Dave DeRoo tries to enter a VIP club, but is stopped at the door. He tries to sneak through the back but is apprehended and thrown out. He then buys a fake pass from a hustler.
*Drummer Kris Kohls desperately needs the bathroom, but is thrown out of the men's room. He then runs into a womans bathroom and relieves himself in the sink, next to a girl that is putting lip stick on, who smiles at him.

In the end of the video, the band members try to get into the club, but are stopped by a large guard. Chester Bennington, and Joe Hahn of the nu metal band Linkin Park make a guest appearance, and tell the guard to stand down, allowing Adema access to the club.