It was written by Arden "Keys" Altino, Eric Bellinger, Peter Brown, John Bruce, Ashanti, "Jerry Wonder" Duplessis, Shama "Sak Pase" Joseph, Rhymes and Alozono Stevenson while Sak Pase, Jerry Wonder and Arden "Keys" Altino produced the song.

With eOne as my distributor, I feel that their innovative and ambitious approach to the music industry, really gives my label a worldwide presence".

"[2] "The Woman You Love" samples elements of Cream's 1968 single "White Room", written by Peter Brown and John Bruce.

[2] Likewise, Trent Fitzgerald of PopCrush described "The Woman You Love" as featuring "a thumping beat and a grooving bass line" with lyrics "about a failed relationship with no reconciliation in sight" and a "cameo" appearance by rapper Busta Rhymes who stars "as the apologetic beau looking for a second chance with ‘Shanti.

The words appear as the camera zooms into a spaceship below the title of the album: As a tortured soul floats into the future, the only way to heal is to accept and let go of the past.

Towards the end of the video we see Ashanti walking up to Patrick (now shirtless) as he tries to reconcile with her before giving them one final kiss as the camera pans out from the spaceship revealing her name and the album title once more.