Tonight I'm Getting Over You
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{{Infobox song
| name = Tonight I'm Getting Over You
| cover = Carly Rae Jepsen - Tonight I'm Getting Over You.png
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| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Carly Rae Jepsen
| album = Kiss
| released = {{start date|2013|1|21}}
| recorded = 2012
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| genre = Dance-pop, Electro house
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=39}}
| label = {{flatlist|
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| writer = {{flatlist|
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Lukas Hilbert
- Max Martin
- Clarence Coffee Jr.
- Shiloh
- Katerina Loules
}}
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Max Martin
- Lukas Hilbert
}}
| prev_title = This Kiss
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Take a Picture
| next_year = 2013
}}
"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" is a song by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, taken from her second studio album and debut international release, Kiss (2012). It was released in the United States as a single on February 19, 2013, as the international fourth single from the album. An official remix featuring rapper Nicki Minaj was released on May 6, 2013. The song was written by Jepsen, Lukas Hilbert, Max Martin, Clarence Coffee Jr., Shiloh, and Katerina Loules. Thematically, the track centers around a break-up, with lyrics about getting over her ex-boyfriend by dancing with someone new. The song has some dubstep aspects. "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" received mostly positive reviews from music critics; some deemed it one of the best tracks on Kiss, as they did with "Call Me Maybe".
Charting across Europe, the song became a top ten hit in Belgium. The song peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 and achieved modest success on the Mainstream Top 40 and dance club airplay charts.
Background and composition
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"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" was written by Jepsen, Lukas Hilbert, Max Martin, Clarence Coffee Jr, Shiloh, and Katerina Loules.Kiss liner notes. 604 Records. The song is primarily electro house,{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/cd%20review/article/1257982--album-review-carly-rae-jepsen-s-kiss-will-linger |title=Carly Rae Jepsen's Kiss album will linger |first=Ben |last=Raynee |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Star Media Group |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=September 17, 2012 }} Jepsen's vocal spans to high note F5 and opens with her singing, "I wanna smash your fears and get drunken off your tears / Don't you share your smile with anyone else but me".{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Jepsen addresses her post-breakup feelings, as she gets tired of her boyfriend's lies and broken promises: "I wanna touch your heart, I wanna crush it in my hands / Make you plead and cry as you give up all the lies".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066858/carly-rae-jepsen-kiss-track-by-track-review|title=Carly Rae Jepsen, 'Kiss': Track-By-Track Review|date=September 13, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media}} Sam Lansky of Idolator wrote that "the tremor in Jepsen's voice in the pre-chorus one of the year's most heartbreaking pop moments". As she closes the pre-chorus singing, "No more crying to get me through / I'll keep dancing till the morning with somebody new", the instrumentation incorporates a LMFAO-style beat as we hear Jepsen repetitively chanting, "Tonight I'm getting over you". According to Candy, the song's message is one of trying to get over a lover, but eventually getting back with them.{{cite web|last=Santiago|first=Melanie|title=Now Playing: Carly Rae Jepsen's "Tonight, I'm Getting Over You"|url=http://www.candymag.com/lifestyle/entertainment/now-playing-carly-rae-jepsen-s-tonight-i-m-getting-over-you|work=Candy|access-date=March 5, 2013|date=March 3, 2013}} Of the lyrics, Jepsen told People: "I think it's important to have a bit of a connection to a song that you sing, and there's going to be some grittiness behind it, because otherwise it doesn't come across as sincere. So I do think I tap into those memories in a certain way, but it doesn't make me feel sad. It just makes me feel a little contemplative and in the moment."{{cite web|last=Shira|first=Dahvi|title=Carly Rae Jepsen Reveals Why She's Heartbroken on New Single 'Tonight I'm Getting Over You'|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20673530,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215072136/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20673530,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2013|work=People|access-date=March 5, 2013|date=February 13, 2013}} Jepsen herself spoke out about the song's theme, saying that despite the highs and lows of a relationship, sometimes it's better to move on. Neglecting to reveal the identity of the man who inspired the lyrics, she said, "it's probably better he didn't know it was about him." The official remix of "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" features a rap verse from Nicki Minaj; over a dubstep beat, Minaj raps: "Tonight I'm getting over / Meditating through my yog-er."{{cite web|last=Benjamin|first=Jeff|title=Nicki Minaj Jumps on Remix to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Tonight I'm Getting Over You"|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2013/05/nicki-minaj-carly-rae-jepsen-tonight-im-getting-over-you-remix|work=Fuse|publisher=Viacom|access-date=May 8, 2013|date=May 3, 2013}}
Critical reception
File:Nicki Minaj - Live Femme Fatale 7.jpg was featured on the official remix of "Tonight I'm Getting Over You".]]
"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Jessica Sager of Pop Crush wrote that, if released as a single, the song would likely become a "club staple".{{cite web|url=http://popcrush.com/carly-rae-jepsen-kiss-album-review/|title=Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss - Album Review|last=Sager|first=Jessica|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=Pop Crush}} Billboard Sam Lansky of Idolator praised the chorus, where he noted the song's transformation from "a 'Give Your Heart A Break'-esque Top 40 lollipop into a noisy, crunchy rave-a-thon." Melinda Newman of Hitfix thought "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" was as risque as Jepsen's previous single, "This Kiss".{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/news/album-review-carly-rae-jepsens-kiss-smacks-of-sweet-pop-romance#7lZI8ERyJIiwj4bf.99|title=Album Review: Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Kiss' smacks of sweet, pop romance|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|work=Hitfix|last=Newman|first=Melinda}} Adam Markovitz of Entertainment Weekly selected "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" and "Call Me Maybe" as the best songs on Kiss.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/09/19/kiss-review-carly-rae-jepsen/|title=Kiss - review - Carly Rae Jepsen|last=Markovitz|first=Adam|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=Time Warner|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} A negative review came from Carolline Sullivan of The Guardian, who wrote that "set against Dallas Austin and Max Martin's overprocessed beats, [the singer] can't help but fail, as Canadian Idol would put it, to 'own' the songs."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/20/carly-rae-jepsen-kiss-review|title=Carly Rae Jepsen: Kiss – review|date=September 20, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|work=The Guardian}} Candy wrote that while the theme of Jepsen's new single changed with "Tonight I'm Getting Over You", the upbeat tempo remains, making the track a bona fide party anthem. Music reviewer Sam Lansky noted that the success of "Call Me Maybe" would leave "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" without much mainstream recognition, calling it the "scientifically-engineered-to-be-perfect pop song".{{cite web|last=Lanksy|first=Sam|title=Carly Rae Jepsen's "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" Video: Watch Her Get Over (And Under) A Hot Dude|url=http://idolator.com/7442990/carly-rae-jepsen-tonight-im-getting-over-you-video|work=Idolator|publisher=Buzz Media|access-date=April 3, 2013|date=February 22, 2013}} Commenting on the Nicki Minaj remix, Jeff Benjamin of Fuse said that while the rapper's addition was silly, it had the potential to rescue Jepsen from becoming a one-hit wonder.
Chart performance
The song remix version with Nicki Minaj debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart of May 25, 2013, at number 90, before falling off the chart the following week.[http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2013-05-25 Billboard Hot 100 Week of May 25, 2013]
Promotion
[[File:Carly Rae Jepson-DSC 0207-10.20.12 (8107384656).jpg|thumb|upright|Jepsen performing "Tonight I'm Getting
Over You" during Believe Tour in Minneapolis on October 20, 2012]]
=Music video=
On January 27, 2013, Jepsen revealed through her Facebook account that she would film the music video for "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" in Los Angeles the following weekend.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Carlyraejepsen/posts/10151228913246048|title=Big News! I am in...|last=Jepsen|first=Carly Rae|author-link=Carly Rae Jepsen|date=January 27, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=Facebook}} Three days later, the singer revealed the filming was already done shooting the music video for the single before heading to Japan for her headlining Kiss Tour.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/carlyraejepsen/status/296714586655162369|title=Video for "Tonight I'm Getting ...|last=Jepsen|first=Carly Rae|author-link=Carly Rae Jepsen|date=January 30, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=Twitter}} The video premiered through VEVO on February 22, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.gossipcop.com/tonight-im-getting-over-you-music-video-carly-rae-jepsen-watch-vevo-youtube-tigoy/|title=Carly Rae Jepsen "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" Music Video – Watch Here!|publisher=Gossip Cop|access-date=February 22, 2013|date=February 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303171805/http://www.gossipcop.com/tonight-im-getting-over-you-music-video-carly-rae-jepsen-watch-vevo-youtube-tigoy/|archive-date=March 3, 2013|url-status=dead}} Jepsen's lover in the music video is model Brandon Gray.{{cite web|last=Finn|first=Natalie|title=Carly Rae Jepsen's "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" Video: Watch Kissing Practice and More Behind-the-Scenes Action|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/392764/carly-rae-jepsen-s-quot-tonight-i-m-getting-over-you-quot-video-watch-kissing-practice-and-more-behind-the-scenes-action|work=E!|access-date=March 5, 2013|date=February 27, 2013}} The video follows Jepsen as she cavorts with a male model and jumps transcendently before a gray background. Idolator blogged: "That part doesn’t totally make sense, but visually, it's a nice motif, sort of." Brittany Galla of AOL Music wrote that the video for "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" was more mature and emotional than the one for "Call Me Maybe".{{cite web|last=Galla|first=Brittany|title=Carly Rae Jepsen, 'Tonight I'm Getting Over You' Music Video Premiere|url=http://blog.music.aol.com/2013/02/23/carly-rae-jepsen-tonight-im-getting-over-you-music-video/|work=AOL Music Blog|publisher=AOL|access-date=April 3, 2013|date=February 23, 2013}}
=Live performance=
Jepsen performed "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" on the Believe Tour and The Summer Kiss Tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtqtTtvVi1U|title=Tonight I'm Getting Over You - Carly Rae Jepsen Live|last=Baker|first=Abbie|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=YouTube}}
On January 26, 2013, the singer performed it at the NRJ Music Awards.{{cite web|url=http://music.uk.msn.com/features/nrj-music-awards-harry-styles-and-taylor-swift-cross-paths?page=11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411101716/http://music.uk.msn.com/features/nrj-music-awards-harry-styles-and-taylor-swift-cross-paths?page=11|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|title=NRJ 2013 Awards: Carly Rae Jepsen performs|date=January 27, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=MSN. Microsoft|last=Roberts|first=Emma}} She also performed the song live with starting verses from her former single, "Call Me Maybe" on Juno Awards.[http://poponandon.com/pop-live-carly-rae-jepsen-call-me-maybetonight-im-getting-over-you-juno-awards/ POP Live: Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe/Tonight I’m Getting Over You (Juno Awards) « POP On And On] Also in 2013, she performed the song at grand launching of NET.
Formats and track listings
- Digital download
- "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" — 3:39
- Digital EP — remixes[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BYI6HJA/ref=dm_att_alb2 Amazon.com: Tonight I'm Getting Over You: Carly Rae Jepsen: Official Music]
- "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" (Showtek Remix) — 5:18
- "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" (Twice As Nice Remix) — 3:40
- "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" (Reid Stefan Remix) — 6:06
- "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" (Wayne G & LFB Club Mix) — 7:07
- "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" (KoKo Club Mix) — 4:53
- Digital download – remix single
Charts
=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (2013)
! Peak |
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| {{single chart|Australia|38|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders Tip|6|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|6|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Canada|88|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|artistid={{BillboardID|Carly Rae Jepsen}}|access-date=May 5, 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Denmark|27|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|France|82|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|access-date=24 February 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Ireland|32|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|year=2013|week=12|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|29|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|year=2013|week=13|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|44|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|40|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Polishdance|49|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|chartid=949|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|20|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|date=2013-05-18|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Slovakia|25|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|year=2013|week=14|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|74|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|UK|33|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|song=Tonight I'm Getting Over You|date=2013-05-11|access-date=5 May 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|90|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|artistid=298709}} |
| {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|23|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|artistid={{BillboardID|Carly Rae Jepsen}}|access-date=May 5, 2013}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|32|artist=Carly Rae Jepsen|artistid={{BillboardID|Carly Rae Jepsen}}|access-date=May 5, 2013}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| Chart (2013)
! Position |
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| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr2013.html|title=Jaarlijsten 2013|language=nl|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=May 11, 2022}}
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Certifications
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Radio and release history
References
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