"I Kissed a Girl" is a song performed by Katy Perry.
Background[]
According to Perry, "the chorus actually popped into my head when I woke up. It was one of those moments where you hear artists talking about songs they get in dreams or in the middle of the night. I was like 'wow, what an interesting subject matter to kind of pop into the head' and I didn't do anything with it for about a year-and-a-half. Then all of a sudden at the very, very end of making my album, I literally had two days left in the recording studio with my producer, Dr Luke. We just said, 'we're gonna finish it—it's so catchy because it won't get out of our heads.'"
Music video[]
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Released | May 16, 2008 |
| Length | 3:05 | |
| Director | Kinga Burza | |
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| Vevo views | 185,796,981 | |
The music video premiered on Katy Perry's personal website and MySpace on May 16, 2008; and later on YouTube on June 10, 2008.
Background[]
Despite the song's title, there is no depiction of same-sex kissing. Perry features her real life friend and DJ, Mia Moretti, Markus Molinari's cat Bella and a then unknown Kesha in the music video.
Synopsis[]
The video has a very Moulin Rouge and burlesque-type setting with scenes of Perry, along with many other flamboyantly-dressed women, dancing to the song. During the video, the women and Perry have pillow fights and just enjoying being girls. Towards the end of the video, she wakes up next to her boyfriend and she goes back to sleep.
Lyrics[]
This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I got so brave, drink in hand
Lost my discretion
It's not what I'm used to
Just wanna try you on
I'm curious for you
Caught my attention
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong, it felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it, I liked it
No, I don't even know your name
It doesn't matter
You're my experimental game
Just human nature
It's not what good girls do
Not how they should behave
My head gets so confused
Hard to obey
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong, it felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it, I liked it
Us girls we are so magical
Soft skin, red lips, so kissable
Hard to resist, so touchable
Too good to deny it
Ain't no big deal, it's innocent
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong, it felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it, I liked it
Videos[]
Credits[]
| Writer(s) | Benjamin Levin, Cathy Dennis, Katheryn Hudson, Lukasz Gottwald |
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| Recorded at | Dr. Luke's NYC, Conway Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA and Legacy Recording Studio, New York, NY |
| Engineered by | Aniela Gottwald, Emily Wright, Nick Banns, Mike Caffrey, Sam Holland, and Tina Kennedy |
| Mixed by | Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA |
| Engineer for mix by | John Hanes, and Tim Roberts |
| Background vocals by | Cathy Dennis |
| Lead vocals by | Katy Perry |
| Guitars by | Dr. Luke |
| Bass by | Dr. Luke |
| Drums by | Benny Blanco, Dr. Luke |
| Programming by | Benny Blanco, Dr. Luke |
| Live Drums by | Steven Wolf |
| Drum recording by | Mike Caffrey at Monster Island, NYC |
| Drum production by | Mike Caffrey at Monster Island, NYC |
| Production coordinated by | Gary 'G' Silver |