Bruno Mars performed the song at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on August 25 , 2010 , with him and his four-piece band dressed in blue tuxedos and black skinny ties . John Macdonald for '' Spin '' said " Despite a couple pitch problems here and there , Mars proved to be nearly as good a performer as he is a songwriter " . Mars performed the song on '' Saturday Night Live '' on October 9 , 2010 . The song was performed at '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show '' , on October 14 , 2010 . A soulful arrangement of the song was sung for a '' Billboard '' Tastemakers video session , on October 22 , 2010 . An acoustic version of the song was performed at '' Grammy Nominations '' concert in 2010 for the 53rd Grammy Awards . Mars also performed it at the '' NBA All-Star Tip Off Pre-Show '' in February 2011 . The song was also performed on '' NBC 's Today Show '' on June 24 , 2011 . A live performance was also done on the French '' X Factor '' during the finale of the second season . Carolina Frost for the Huffington Post said that Mars at the 2012 Brit Awards " took his poptastic song Just the Way You Are , and gave it a fresh jazzy arrangement . " While Tweeter David Quantick summed up his opinion , asking if " someone came as a spare Osmond " . Others praised Mars ' vocality and confidence with his soulful rendition . It was the twelfth song of his debut worldwide tour , The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour ( 2010 – 12 ) and was fourteenth on the set list of his second worldwide tour , The Moonshine Jungle Tour ( 2013 – 14 ) . The single was performed as the last song in his set list for his performance at Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show as a Tribute to the United States Armed Forces . In 2017 , the singer participated in the " Somos Una Voz " relief initiative concert by singing a Spanish version of " Just the Way You Are " . On his third worldwide tour , the 24K Magic World Tour ( 2017 – 18 ) , the track was the fourteenth or fifteenth track of the setlist
2012 Brit Awards
2012 Brit Awards
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars song)