Carly Rae Jepsen

Released: May 21, 2020

Songwriter: Jack Antonoff Carly Rae Jepsen

Producer: Jack Antonoff

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
For some time, I've been
Waiting for your star to shine so bright
I should say that it's your right to hurt me, baby
If you wanted to, oh, but love isn't cruel
And for some time, I've been
Singing you a lullaby each night
Whispering that it's your right to hurt me, baby
If you wanted to, oh, but love isn't cruel

[Chorus]
That's why we got to hold on, baby
We could believe that this love isn't crazy
This loving could save me
This love isn't crazy (This love, it isn't crazy)
You gotta stand where (Stand where) I stand
Who could believe that you're holding my hand now?
This loving could save me
This love isn't crazy (This love isn't crazy)

[Post-Chorus]
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[Verse 2]
For some time, I've been
Pillow-talking in my head, my heart's vulnerable
But in my bed, I want you, baby
And all you put me through, oh, but love isn't cruel
Another night I swear I saw you in my dream, dream
We didn't say too much, but I understood everything
That you could hurt me, baby, and I could hurt you too
Oh, but love isn't cruel (Hold on, hold on)

[Chorus]
That's why we got to hold on, baby
We could believe that this love isn't crazy
This loving could save me
This love isn't crazy (This love, it isn't crazy)
You gotta stand where (Stand where) I stand
Gimme the seasons, I'm holding your hand now
This loving could save me
This love isn't crazy (This love, it isn't crazy)

[Bridge]
(I know it) And I want you bad
(I feel it) And I feel it bad
(I know it and I feel it and) Every day, want you more
We were so insecure
(This love, it isn't crazy) Every day, learning more
We were so immature
(I know it) I want you bad
(I feel it) And I feel it bad
(I know it and I feel it and) Every day, want you more
We were so insecure
(This love, it isn't crazy) Every day, learning more
We were so immature (Hold on, hold on)

[Chorus]
That's why we got to hold on, baby (I know it)
I can believe that this love isn't crazy (I feel it)
This loving could save me (I know it and I feel it and)
This love isn't crazy (This love, it isn't crazy, hold on, hold on)
You gotta stand where (Stand where) I stand (I know it)
I can believe that you're holding my hand now (I feel it)
This loving could save me (I know it and I feel it and)
This love isn't crazy (This love, it isn't crazy)

[Outro]
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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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Dedicated Side B

From the albums

Dedicated Side B (2020)
Dedicated Side B (Japan Exclusive) (2020)

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Dedicated Side B