She also co-produced it with Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Footage of the performance appeared on the Internet, and positive response encouraged her to include the song on her setlist for The Monster Ball Tour.
On August 23, , Interscope Records released the song as the fourth single from the album. The song received critical acclaim, with reviewers listing it as one of the highlights from Born This Way.
After the release of the parent album, "You and I" charted in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, due to digital downloads from the parent album. After being released as a single, "You and I" reached the top ten in the US, Japan, and seven additional countries. The song was also certified Triple Platinum in the US for selling three million units. Her studio recording was released to the iTunes Store as a single, and appeared on the compilation album , American Idol Top 5 Season The accompanying music video for "You and I" was also met with a positive response.
It was shot by Gaga's long-time collaborator Laurieann Gibson in Springfield, Nebraska, and it was released on August 16, The song has subsequently been performed on the singer's concert tours and residencies. Gaga said she wrote the song in New York , while she was busy playing her old piano.
She said that it "is very dear" to her heart. The other image is of Jo Calderone in silhouette exhaling a cloud of smoke. A writer for Australia's The Daily Telegraph described the images as having a moody and scruffy look, and felt that Gaga had become "bored with being an outrageous woman and has decided to switch gender instead. Olle Romo did additional recording and programming. Gaga later recalled: "I had about 30 cigarettes and a couple of glasses of Jameson and just put on a click track and sang my face off, thinking we'd redo the vocals.
