Who Owns My Heart

The song was written by Cyrus in collaboration with Antonina Armato, Tim James, and Devrim Karaoglu.{{cite AV media notes|title=Can't Be Tamed|others=Miley Cyrus|year=2010|publisher=Hollywood Records}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/529718/miley-cyrus-excited-about-her-mtv-live-stream.jhtml#id=1641934|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623024139/http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/529718/miley-cyrus-excited-about-her-mtv-live-stream.jhtml#id=1641934|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 23, 2010|title=Miley Cyrus Excited About Her MTV Live Stream|date=June 19, 2010|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom|access-date=October 16, 2010}} 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?"

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"Who Owns My Heart" is an electropop song with a length of three minutes and 35 seconds.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1565558/miley-cyrus-top-10-best-singles-so-far|title=Miley Cyrus' Top 10 Best Singles (So Far)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 December 2014}}

It is an uptempo and predominantly club-oriented number that is inspired by 1980s music.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/arts/music/30miley.html|title=Miley Cyrus, Growing Up, Tests Identities|first=Jon|last=Caramanica|date=June 29, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 16, 2010}} The song is set in common time and has a driving dance tempo of 136 beats per minute. It is written in the key of A minor and Cyrus' vocals span two octaves, from G₃ to C₅. It follows the chord progression Am–F–Dm–E.{{cite web|title=Digital sheet music – Miley Cyrus – Who Owns My Heart|access-date=April 16, 2010|work=Musicnotes.com|publisher=Alfred Publishing |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0089092}} "Who Owns My Heart" is heavy in rubbery and bubbling disco synths.{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2010/06/22/20100622miley-cyrus-cant-tamed-review.html#ixzz12Ydgp4do|title=Miley Cyrus: 'Can't Be Tamed'|first=Ed|last=Masley|date=June 22, 2010|work=The Arizona Republic|publisher=Gannett Company|access-date=October 15, 2010}} Keyboard riffs also drive the song's instrumentation.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958051/miley-cyrus-summer-album-preview-2010|title=Miley Cyrus: Summer Album Preview|first=Anne|last=Donahue|date=May 26, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=May 27, 2010}} Lyrically, "Who Owns My Heart" speaks of the thrill of meeting a potential love interest on the dance floor.{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/music/reviews/2010/canttamed.html|title=Can't Be Tamed (Hollywood)|first=Robert|last=Ham|work=Christianity Today|date=June 23, 2010 |publisher=Christianity Today International|access-date=October 15, 2010}} Verses and the bridge describe the setting using comparisons to numerous things, including tsunamis and rodeos.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/albumreviews/a235442/miley-cyrus-cant-be-tamed.html|title=Music - Album Review - Miley Cyrus: 'Can't Be Tamed'|first=Nick|last=Levine|date=June 21, 2010|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Ltd|access-date=October 16, 2010}} The song's refrains proceed to question, "Who owns my heart? Is it love or is it art?"{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/jun/24/miley-cyrus-cant-be-tamed-review|title=Miley Cyrus: Can't Be Tamed|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|date=June 24, 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=October 15, 2010|location=London}}

Tanner Stransky of Entertainment Weekly stated, "This song is a pulsy, possibly club-ready jam that deserves single status."{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/10/08/miley-cyrus-who-owns-my-heart-video/|title=Miley Cyrus' video for latest single 'Who Owns My Heart': Watch her vamp here!|first=Tanner|last=Stransky|date=October 8, 2010|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Warner|access-date=October 15, 2010}} Heather Phares of AllMusic used "Who Owns My Heart" as an example of, according to her, a recurring problem on Can't Be Tamed: "too often, Cyrus equates grown-up with joyless".{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=cant-be-tamed-r1809537/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=Can't Be Tamed - Miley cyrus|first=Heather|last=Phares|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=October 15, 2010}} Alexis Petridis of the United Kingdom magazine The Guardian felt the song was a gamely attempt at Lady Gaga. He said the chorus invites the answer: "probably that creepy bloke from the Disney Channel who went on about violating your godliness." Evan Sawdey of PopMatters also found an alternate answer to the song's chorus. "It’s commerce that owns your heart, Miley, and it always has been", he wrote.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/128152-miley-cyrus-cant-be-tamed/|title=Miley Cyrus: Can't Be Tamed|first=Evan|last=Sawdey|date=July 16, 2010|magazine=PopMatters|access-date=October 15, 2010}} Mikael Wood of Billboard compared "Who Owns My Heart" to 2010 singles released by The Black Eyed Peas.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1068953/miley-cyrus-cant-be-tamed|title=Miley Cyrus, "Can't Be Tamed"|first=Mikael|last=Wood|date=July 23, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=October 15, 2010}} 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. 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". 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."

The song debuted at number 35 on the Austrian Singles Chart, on the week ending November 19, 2010. The following week, "Who Owns My Heart" descended to number 50 and, later, number 54 before completely falling from the chart. On the week ending November 22, 2010, "Who Owns My Heart" debuted and peaked at number 24 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=18&titul=146293&sec=6fd5185884352a293caae1cd660af840|title=Who Owns My Heart – Radio Top100 Oficiálna|work=IFPIcr.sk|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=November 6, 2010}}{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=miley cyrus|chart=all}}|title=Who Owns My Heart - Miley Cyrus|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=February 2, 2011}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://oaklandpostonline.com/2010/10/26/perspectives/miley-cyrus-desecrates-meadow-brook-hall/ |title=Miley Cyrus desecrates Meadow Brook Hall |first=Jamie |last=Gasper |date=October 26, 2010 |work=The Oakland Post |publisher=The Oakland Sail, Inc |access-date=March 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714223231/http://oaklandpostonline.com/2010/10/26/perspectives/miley-cyrus-desecrates-meadow-brook-hall/ |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }} 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.

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The video for "Who Owns My Heart" was premiered in MSN Spain on October 8, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://video.es.msn.com/watch/video/exclusiva-mundial-miley-cyrus-who-owns-my-heart/77597bro|title=Exclusiva Mundial: Miley Cyrus - "Who owns my heart"|date=October 8, 2010|work=MSN|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=October 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011100358/http://video.es.msn.com/watch/video/exclusiva-mundial-miley-cyrus-who-owns-my-heart/77597bro|archive-date=October 11, 2010|url-status=dead}} Jocelyn Vena of MTV News wrote, "There comes a time in every pop princess' career when she must throw a sexy dance party and proclaim her womanhood. Back in 2001 Britney Spears did as much in 'I'm a Slave 4 U,' and this week, Miley Cyrus is doing the same in the video for her club-ready track 'Who Owns My Heart.'"{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1649579/20101008/cyrus__miley.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011002511/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1649579/20101008/cyrus__miley.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2010|title=Miley Cyrus Wonders 'Who Owns My Heart' In Sexy Dance Video|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena|date=October 8, 2010|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|access-date=October 15, 2010}} Tanner Stransky of Entertainment Weekly assumed the theme of the video were the divergent hairstyles, but acclaimed the video for its fun. Stransky further wrote that the sultry aspect of the video added to its frothy, "thumpa-thumpa deliciousness". Edith Zimmerman of New York magazine viewed it as "awkward".{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/10/watch_miley_cyruss_awkward_new.html?mid=partnerfeed|title=Watch Miley Cyrus's Awkward New Video, 'Who Owns My Heart'|first=Edith|last=Zimmerman|work=New York|date=October 8, 2010 |publisher=New York Media Holdings|access-date=October 15, 2010}} Megan Vick of Billboard thought the video followed the same steps as the video for "Can't Be Tamed" — dark lighting, many bare Cyrus parts and writhing around on flat surfaces. Vick recalled Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" video when seeing the bathroom scene and viewed the ending as a relief.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/954643/miley-cyrus-hits-the-club-in-who-owns-my-heart-clip|title=Miley Cyrus Hits the Club in 'Who Owns My Heart' Clip|first=Megan|last=Vick|date=October 8, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=October 15, 2010}} Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council, criticized the video for its suggestiveness and sexual elements.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1649660/20101009/cyrus__miley.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011121614/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1649660/20101009/cyrus__miley.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2010|title=Miley Cyrus 'Who Owns My Heart' Video Blasted By Parents Television Council|first=Mawuse|last=Ziegbe|date=October 9, 2010|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|access-date=October 15, 2010}} 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."

Cyrus performed "Who Owns My Hearts" for the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2020.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Emily|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-09-19-miley-cyrus-covers-blondie-performs-midnight-sky-at-iheart-festival/|title=Miley Cyrus Covers Blondie, Performs 'Midnight Sky' at iHeart Festival|date=September 20, 2020|access-date=October 20, 2020|publisher=iHeart Radio}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LguzIK5Fn24| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211116/LguzIK5Fn24| archive-date=2021-11-16 | url-status=live|title=Miley Cyrus - Who Owns My Heart - iHeartRadio Festival 2020 Visual| website=YouTube| date=September 23, 2020}}{{cbignore}}

Miley Cyrus first performed "Who Owns My Heart" at a concert at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, California, which was streamed across over thirty websites owned by MTV Networks.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1641649/20100616/cyrus__miley.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618060334/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1641649/20100616/cyrus__miley.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2010|title=Miley Cyrus To Perform Can't Be Tamed Show For MTV Live Stream|date=June 16, 2010|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|access-date=July 2, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1642041/20100621/cyrus__miley.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625134047/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1642041/20100621/cyrus__miley.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2010|title=Miley Cyrus' MTV Live-Stream Show: The Good Girl Grows Up|first=James|last=Montgomery|date=June 22, 2010|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|access-date=July 2, 2010}} Dressed in a cut-out leotard that and black, leather pants, she single-handedly roamed throughout the stage to perform the song.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/528982/who-owns-my-heart-live.jhtml#artist=2408193|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625134212/http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/528982/who-owns-my-heart-live.jhtml#artist=2408193|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2010|title=Who Owns My Heart (Live)|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom|access-date=October 15, 2010}} Cyrus embarked on a European promotional tour for the single in October 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b199572_miley_cyrus_still_single_despite.html|title=Miley Cyrus Still Single Despite Costar's "Crush"|first=Ted|last=Casablanca|author2=Taryn Ryder |date=September 9, 2010|work=E! News|publisher=Comcast|access-date=October 15, 2010}} On November 6, 2010, Cyrus performed the track on the German television program Wetten, dass..?. On November 7, 2010, Cyrus performed "Who Owns My Heart" at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards at the Caja Mágica in 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651704/miley-cyrus-turns-up-sex-appeal-ema-performance.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228054005/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651704/miley-cyrus-turns-up-sex-appeal-ema-performance.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2011|title=Miley Cyrus Turns Up Sex Appeal For EMA Performance|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena|date=November 7, 2010|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|access-date=February 2, 2011}} challenging dance routines, and symbolism. Cyrus explained,

{{quote|"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."{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651642/miley-cyrus-promises-angels-demons-2010-ema-performance.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303051529/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651642/miley-cyrus-promises-angels-demons-2010-ema-performance.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2011|title=Miley Cyrus Promises 'Angels And Demons' For 2010 EMA Performance|first=James|last=Montgomery|date=November 5, 2010|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|access-date=February 3, 2011}}}}

The song was the closing number of Cyrus' Gypsy Heart Tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=18MNVZHWLe4= |title=Miley Cyrus thrills 20,000 fans in Peru |date=May 2, 2011 |work=Agencia ANDINA |publisher=Editora Perú |access-date=May 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319194939/http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=18MNVZHWLe4%3D |archive-date=March 19, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.livinginperu.com/news-14738-arts-entertainment-miley-cyrus-puts-sensual-show-adoring-peruvian-crowd |title=Miley Cyrus puts on sensual show for adoring Peruvian crowd |author=Gardner, Elie |date=May 2, 2011 |work=LivinginPeru|publisher=Peru Experience, S.A.C. |access-date=May 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504232229/http://www.livinginperu.com/news-14738-arts-entertainment-miley-cyrus-puts-sensual-show-adoring-peruvian-crowd |archive-date=May 4, 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://tablet.terra.com.pe/article/getArticleHtml/articleId/b1ab485a5deaf210VgnVCM3000009af154d0RCRD |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727195633/http://tablet.terra.com.pe/article/getArticleHtml/articleId/b1ab485a5deaf210VgnVCM3000009af154d0RCRD |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 27, 2012 |title=Entradas para concierto de Miley Cyrus bordean los mil soles |trans-title=Concert tickets for Miley Cyrus bordering the thousands |author=Ruiz, Melvyn Arce |date=April 26, 2011 |work=Terra Networks |publisher=Telefónica, S.A. |access-date=May 3, 2011 |language=es }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2098772/miley-cyrus-blondie-heart-of-glass-cover-performance/news/|title = Watch Miley Cyrus Cover Blondie's "Heart of Glass" at iHeartRadio Festival|date = 20 September 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/russia/weekly/2011-02-21/all/all|title=Official Russia Top 100 Airplay Chart (week 24)|publisher=Tophit|access-date=June 15, 2017}} Cyrus performed "Who Owns My Heart" for the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2020.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Emily|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-09-19-miley-cyrus-covers-blondie-performs-midnight-sky-at-iheart-festival/|title=Miley Cyrus Covers Blondie, Performs 'Midnight Sky' at iHeart Festival|date=September 20, 2020|access-date=October 20, 2020|publisher=iHeart Radio}}

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