"Love Me like You Do" was written by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Ali Payami and Tove Lo, with production being done by Martin and Payami; they were also responsible for programming, drums, percussion, keys and bass.
"Love Me like You Do" is a tender electropop power ballad,[REF][REF][REF] with a "synth-filled, '80s-sounding" production [REF].