Black Light

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**Black Light** is an unreleased song from Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen. It leaked in full on March 22nd 2019.

The song was recorded in 2014 during the studio sessions for Emotion, though was ultimately never released.

## **Lyrics**

**Verse 1**

She says, "kisses taste like strawberry,

Strawberry fields forever"

And she knows what this is doing to you, yeah

He says he don’t wanna know, get into nothing else

Too complicated and she knows you waited

**Pre-Chorus**

You say, "do me up" *(Do me up)*

Do me up *(Do me up)*

Save her if you dare now

Let me let your hair down

**Chorus**

She's living it up, she's letting it go

Under the lights, she's losing control *(Oh, oh)*

She's living it up, she's letting it go *(Letting it go)*

Under the lights, she's out of control

**Post-Chorus**

Lights flash

Red light, black light, go

Lights flash

Red light, black light, go

Lights flash

Red light, black light, go

Lights flash

She's out of control

**Verse 2**

He says, "do you wanna dance?"

Oh, baby, she wants to dance forever

And she knows what this is doing to you, yeah

She says she don’t wanna know, get into nothing but

Fun, light conversations and she knows you hate it

**Pre-Chorus**

You say, "do me up"

Do me up

Save her if you dare now

Let me let your hair down

**Chorus**

She's living it up, she's letting it go *(Oh, oh)*

Under the lights, she's losing control

She's living it up, she's letting it go

Under the lights, she's out of control

**Post-Chorus**

Lights flash

Red light, black light, go

Lights flash

Red light, black light, go

Lights flash

Red light, black light, go

Lights flash

She's out of control

**Bridge**

One, two, three, four

Give you room and give you more

Barefoot, dancing

Bring the band in

One, two, three, four

Give you room and give you more

Barefoot, dancing

Bring the band in

She says, he says, she says

*(She says, he says, she says)*

She says, he says, she says

*(She says, he says, she says)*

She says, he says, she says

She says, he says, she says

She says, "kisses taste like strawberry, strawberry fields forever"

**Chorus**

She's living it up, she's letting it go *(Letting it go)*

Under the lights, she's losing control *(Oh, oh)*

She's living it up, she's letting it go

Under the lights, she's out of control *(She’s out of control)*

**Post-Chorus**

Lights flash

Red light, black light, go

Lights flash

Red light, black light, go *(She’s out of control)*

Lights flash

Red light, black light, go

Lights flash

She's out of control

## **Song credits**

#### **Writing and production**

* **Written by:** Carly Rae Jepsen • Toby Gad • Samantha Ronson
* **Produced by:** Toby Gad

## **Writing and development**

### **Writing for Curiosity**

Elements of Black Light date back to as early as July 2010, during the development of Curiosity. Jepsen posted to lyrics to the song to Twitter - "she says that kisses taste like strawberries, strawberry fields forever."  Jepsen reposted the same lyrics to Twitter in September 2011, suggesting she was still playing around with the idea. It's unclear if these lyrics were ever written into a song prior to Black Light.

### **Development for Emotion**

Black Light was written and recorded in July 2014 during the development of Emotion, by Jepsen, alongside Toby Gad and Samantha Ronson.  Later that month, Black Light was registered to ASCAP alongside Body Talk.  The Emotion demo of the track leaked online on March 23rd 2019.

## **Alternative versions**

* **Unknown** - Curiosity version (2010-11)
	+ Original song written between 2010 and 2011 for Curiosity

* **Black Light** - Emotion version (2014) - 2:59
	+ Leaked version of the song intended for Emotion, recorded in July 2014

## **References**

1. ↑ @carlyraejepsen She says that kisses taste like strawberries.... strawberry fields forever. June 16th, 2010 - via Twitter
2. ↑ @carlyraejepsen "Strawberry fields forever...." September 27th, 2011. Retrieved April 4th, 2021. - Via Twitter
3. ↑ @carlyraejepsen Kisses taste like strawberries September 27th 2011 - via Twitter
4. ↑ @hamadamedia "A new song title has been revealed from Carly Rae Jepsen's upcoming album. "Black Light" is slotted for inclusion..." July 22nd 2014, Retrieved April 4th 2021. - via Instagram
5. ↑ @jepsieboy\_ "Confirmed tracks: Black Light | Carly Rae Jepsen, Tobias Gad, Samantha J Ronson..." September 6th 2014, Retrieved April 4th 2021 - via Twitter