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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 10, 2017 0:28:08 GMT -5
The second single off 2013's Prism, it underperformed, missing the top 10 in the US and the top 20 in the UK.
I get why it wasn't big looking back, but it really grew on me after underwhelming at first, especially the backing music.
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Dec 10, 2017 1:31:09 GMT -5
I very lowkey stan this song. Donโt tell anyone.
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Post by MilesW1998 on Dec 10, 2017 2:11:04 GMT -5
Meh, it's one of the better songs on Prism, but it kind of fades into the background for me. I think Legendary Lovers or International Smile would have been a much better choice for the second single if I'm honest.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 12:03:22 GMT -5
One of the better songs on Prism but ideally not the best pick for a 2nd single
Especially when you have Legendary Lovers, Birthday, Dark Horse,Walking On Air, & International Smile on the same album
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Post by Dylan :) on Dec 10, 2017 12:09:41 GMT -5
This song is amazing  Vocals, lyrics, instrumental, video.. I get why it didn't perform well but I wish it had done better :/ |
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Post by Envoirment on Dec 10, 2017 12:17:27 GMT -5
Really like this. The music video is great and the despite missing the top 20 in the UK, it went silver (200k+ sales) and regularly gets used as background music on TV shows in the UK.
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Post by Kologne on Dec 10, 2017 12:43:47 GMT -5
The music video is stunning, the song itself was quite good, but just as good as many tracks in PRISM indeed.
I get why PRISM is overlooked in comparison to Teenage Dream, but I think that tracks like Unconditionally, Ghost, Double Rainbow, Walking On Air and Legendary Lovers were wayyyy stronger than Teenage Dream album fillers.
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Post by Dammn Baby on Dec 10, 2017 13:25:22 GMT -5
Uncle De SHAAAAAWN ALIIIIII.
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Post by Choco on Dec 10, 2017 13:35:27 GMT -5
Not a great single choice. OK song though.
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Post by upsidedown on Dec 10, 2017 14:31:08 GMT -5
LOVE this. One of my favorites she's ever put out.
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Post by Bwol on Dec 10, 2017 14:37:17 GMT -5
I like this...Not a good 2nd single. (as others have mentioned)
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 10, 2017 17:32:52 GMT -5
The chrous is so lazy! I get why it flopped.
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Post by harvie on Dec 13, 2017 0:43:20 GMT -5
Urghhh awful single choice! ANY other song on Prism would have been a better option.
It's just such a bore. If they wanted a ballad It Takes Two was miles better. I'm sure most disagree...I Just hate the chorus so much.
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Post by born on Dec 16, 2017 9:54:38 GMT -5
Without a second thought, my favorite Katy Perry song ever. Also, the only song since 2013 that I absolutely loved from the first listen and I knew it was going to be one of my all time favorites.
PS: It is the third longest-running #1 song on my chart ever with 14 weeks at #1! Just wanted to say this lol.
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Post by Positive Tension on Dec 16, 2017 17:30:05 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion, but I loved this when it came out and was glad it was chosen as the second single. I thought it would've been another number 1 for Katy.
I especially love the production- it's beautiful.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Dec 23, 2017 1:46:56 GMT -5
Glad to see this actually get some love here. This song is gorgeous and might be the last Katy single I truly loved.
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Post by Live Your Life on Dec 29, 2017 15:03:42 GMT -5
This was an awful single choice. It was such a misstep in her career.
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 13, 2018 4:56:26 GMT -5
Terrible follow up
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Post by โจ ๐๐ โจ on Apr 13, 2018 5:00:10 GMT -5
The chorus was beautiful
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Post by Ling-Ling on Apr 13, 2018 6:19:50 GMT -5
Terrible single choice. Pretty video though. But once someone started the Uncle Deshawn Ali joke, I could never seriously listen to it again.
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Post by ur local neighborhood dbender on Apr 15, 2018 19:44:21 GMT -5
Eh. Good video, not good music.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Aug 4, 2019 21:44:39 GMT -5
This is one of the weirdest cases where I didn't care about a song when it was released, but I ended up liking it (and growing on me) after a longer period of time. I guess the reason of this was because I went straight to "Dark Horse" and I didn't give "Unconditionally" a chance because of the aforementioned, although I wish I would have to.
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Post by Caviar on Aug 6, 2019 9:32:11 GMT -5
"Unconditionally" was sandwiched in between two huge hits so it's easy to forget it. The public wanted DH after "Roar" and the label had no choice but to sever ties with this gem.
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Post by Choco on Aug 17, 2019 21:59:48 GMT -5
This was Katy's personal choice for a follow-up, which she had earned at that point... but "Roar" then "Dark Horse" then this would have been a much better path.
Tbh that era was full of wasted potential.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Jan 9, 2021 2:23:42 GMT -5
This is such a gem in her catalogue. It feels weird to say because it felt out of date based on radio trends at the time, but 7 years later, I personally think it's aged better than most of her big hits.
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Post by dbhmr on Jan 9, 2021 16:30:20 GMT -5
This song is just...lame.
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Post by annoymous1 on Jan 11, 2021 22:26:37 GMT -5
This song was missing something. Good video tho.
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Post by bat1990 on Jan 11, 2021 22:40:41 GMT -5
I have so many lovely memories of this song. At the time, I had to walk half a mile from the bus station to my office and this song fit so well with walking through the brightly colored autumn leaves in the park I would walk through.
But I do agree that they should have waited to send this third after DH did its thing. I think that would've set up the Prism era to do better, but somehow they just couldn't recapture lightning in a bottle with the single choices despite many strong tracks on Prism.
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