It replaced the previously-released "Massive Attack" featuring Sean Garrett as the lead single of the album, after its underwhelming commercial performance a month earlier.

The first version of "Your Love" appeared on Nicki Minaj's unofficial mixtape Barbie World (2010), with different lyrics included in the pre-chorus along with a faster pace.

The song underwent minor lyrical adjustments and mixing before being sent to mainstream radio, as the first official single from Minaj's debut album Pink Friday (2010).

Nicki was horrified at how the public might have reacted to her Auto-Tune quality, hoping the leak would be forgotten; instead, it went on to surpass the initial single "Massive Attack", which had been a commercial flop.

[8] The official remix (featuring Cash Money labelmate Jay Sean) was also leaked via the internet on August 2, 2010, and later made available for purchase in Australia via iTunes.

[1] Coined as a "new brand of hood majesty", the song is accompanied by a simple beat, which includes finger snaps and "xylophone clings".

[14] Lean Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly commented: "Rap's spitfire explores her softer side, sampling Annie Lennox on her honey-tongued ode to a good man."

[15] Minaj makes several references in her lines to well known people, which includes Bruce Willis in Die Hard, as well as Adam and Eve.

"[1][14] Rap-Up stated that Minaj "slows down her rapid-fire verses on the sticky and sweet "Your Love" ... with a sprinkling of Auto-Tune to top it off.

"[6] Robbie Daw of Idolator gave the song a positive review, while complimented Minaj's dual rapping and singing, as well as the use of the sample.

[21] Margaret Wappler of the Los Angeles Times gave a mixed review of the song, stating, "It's just another fantasy clattering around the head of this Queens-bred imagineer of urban music whose sense of identity is so whimsically schizoid that she makes Lady Gaga seem as fixed as Barbara Bush.

[25] The song was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) denoting sales of over one million copies.

[32] Minaj was interviewed on the set of "Your Love" by MTV News while wearing a pink and purple kimono as a geisha for the video.

[31] This is intercut with scenes with Minaj donning a blonde wig and black bodysuit and in front of a green flowing backdrop.

According to MTV News, the scenes pay homage to Uma Thurman as The Bride and Lucy Liu as Cottonmouth in Kill Bill.

[31] Robbie Daw of Idolator appreciated the plot twist of the video, commenting, "We really expected Nicki to waste that other warrior-in-training hater.

[34] Nicole Sia of MTV Buzzworthy stated that the video resembles Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in its fight scene.

Sia also commented on Minaj's appearance stating "the camera cuts to Ms. Young Money soloing in front of billowing one-million-thread-count satin sheets, just to remind us how damn FINE she is.

"[35] Tray Hova of Vibe gave a list of the best and worst parts of the music video, stating the best were Minaj chopped through the blocks of cement, her crazy faces, silk sheets and headgear, and that the worst part was the "melodramatic ending" and "the return of those Freddy Krueger fingers".