Carly Rae Jepsen

Released: May 21, 2020

Songwriter: Pontus Winnberg Patrik Berger Noonie Bao Markus Krunegård Carly Rae Jepsen

Producer: Pontus Winnberg Patrik Berger

[Verse 1]
My lover don't mind if
I follow him 'round
I'm high as a kite when I'm with him
All of the time

[Pre-Chorus]
He gives me the holiday I needed all the time (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Maybe this is temporary, I don't even mind (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Now I don't hate California after all
Now I don't hate California after all

[Chorus]
Love on the beach and the tide is high
Ooh, ooh
Moon in the water and the open sky
Ooh, ooh

[Verse 2]
And now that he noticed
I follow him 'round
He's all kinds of hardness and heartless
But I know he's down

[Pre-Chorus]
He gives me the holiday I needed all the time (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Maybe this is temporary, I don't even mind (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Now I don't hate California after all
Now I don't hate California after all

[Chorus]
Love on the beach and the tide is high
Ooh, ooh
Moon in the water and the open sky
Ooh, ooh

[Bridge]
I just wanna stay
Another night, another day
We could wash the world away
We could play like children play

[Chorus]
Love on the beach and the tide is high
(Love on the beach and the tide is high)
Ooh, ooh
Moon in the water and the open sky
(Moon in the water and the open sky)
Ooh, ooh
Love on the beach and the tide is high
(Love on the beach and the tide is high)
Ooh, ooh
Moon in the water and the open sky
(Moon in the water and the open sky)
Ooh, ooh

[Outro]
Ooh, ooh

Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born in 1985, she first came to fame by finishing in third place on the TV show Canadian Idol. Shortly afterwards, she released her debut album, Tug Of War, including the Canadian top 40 singles “Tug Of War” and “Bucket.”

Three years later, she released the single “Call Me Maybe” and planned to follow it with what would have been her second album, Curiosity. However, after the song caught the ear of fellow Canadian, Justin Bieber, he referred her to his manager, Scooter Braun, which led to her signing an international deal with Interscope Records. Before long, it became one of 2012’s most enduring hits, racking up over a billion YouTube views and topping the charts in 21 countries, including the US and Canada. The aforementioned Curiosity album was cut down to EP length, and work continued on her eventual sophomore LP, Kiss. Released in September 2012, it also featured the Owl City collaboration “Good Time”, which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Jepsen returned in March 2015 with “I Really Like You,” the lead single from her third studio album. The song received a more muted reception than her breakout hit–although it did reach #2 in the United Kingdom–and consequently, the album, E•MO•TION, failed to make a substantial impact chartwise. Despite this, the album drew in a new wave of fans with its more experimental and mature sound; such was the amount of praise among both the public and critics that a follow-up EP of album outtakes–E•MO• Side B–was released on the album’s first anniversary.

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