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I Know You Have a GirlfriendCarly Rae Jepsen

Released: September 14, 2012

Songwriter: Matthew Koma Carly Rae Jepsen

Producer: Matthew Koma

[Verse 1]
Baby, I don't need to look far
Everywhere I turn, there, there you are
Somebody should sound the alarm
'Cause when you try to get me alone, you

[Pre-Chorus]
Talk to me in riddles
You treat me like a crime

[Chorus 1]
I know you have a girlfriend (So don't kiss me on the lips)
I know you have a girlfriend (Oh, don't you tell me what I did)
I know you have a girlfriend
And every time you speak
You're lying through your te-te-te-teeth
I know you have a girlfriend (And I hear she's kinda nice)
I know you have a girlfriend (So don't give me those eyes)
I know you have a girlfriend (Oh, won't you let me be?)
I'm begging you, stop begging me
(I'm begging you, stop begging me)

[Verse 2]
Tiptoeing around all the facts
Tease me 'til I laugh and I relax
I know there's a reason for that
'Cause you've been trying to get me alone

[Pre-Chorus]
And talk to me in riddles
You cover me in rhymes

[Chorus 1]
I know you have a girlfriend (So don't kiss me on the lips)
I know you have a girlfriend (Oh, don't you tell me what I did)
I know you have a girlfriend
And every time you speak
You're lying through your te-te-te-teeth
I know you have a girlfriend (And I hear she's kinda nice)
I know you have a girlfriend (So don't give me those eyes)
I know you have a girlfriend (Oh, won't you let me be?)
I'm begging you, stop begging me
(I'm begging you, stop begging me)

[Bridge]
You're sick with dreams about it
Didn't I, didn't I blush?
I think, I think, I think I want it way too much

[Chorus 2]
I know you have a girlfriend (And it cuts me like a knife)
I know you have a girlfriend (Is she gonna be your wife?)
I know you have a girlfriend
And every time you speak
You're lying through your te-te-teeth
I know you have a girlfriend (Tell me, where is she tonight?)
I know you have a girlfriend ('Cause I heard you had a fight)
I know you have a girlfriend
Oh, won't you let me be?
I'm begging you, stop begging me

[Outro]
I know you have (I'm begging you, stop begging me)
I know you have
I know you have a girlfriend

Carly Rae Jepsen

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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