"Gonna Get Over You" is a song written and recorded by American singer Sara Bareilles. It was released as the third and final single from her second studio album Kaleidoscope Heart (2010). On September 20, a new version featuring Ryan Tedder was released exclusively on iTunes. Lyrically, the song speaks about getting over an ex-lover and is a "doo-wop pop song." It received a positive reception from most music critics, who noted it as one of the album's highlights and a "harmony post-breakup track." A music video, directed by actor Jonah Hill, was released on September 20, 2010. The video features Bareilles, wearing a leather jacket and a thick layer of black eyeliner, dancing through a supermarket aisle. Later in the video, Bareilles is joined by a group of identical leather jacket-wearing dancers who dance with her as she moves through the produce section.
| "Gonna Get Over You" | ||||
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| Single by Sara Bareilles | ||||
| from the album Kaleidoscope Heart | ||||
| Released | September 16, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–2010 | |||
| Genre | [1][2] | |||
| Length | 4:16 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Producer(s) | Neal Avron | |||
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| Ryan Tedder singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Sara Bareilles - Gonna Get Over You (Official Video)" on YouTube | ||||
Background and reception
edit"Gonna Get Over You" was written by Bareilles and Sam Farrar, who is the bass guitar player for rock band Phantom Planet.[3] Bareilles recorded a new version featuring additional vocals from OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder. The new version was released as a single on September 20, 2011 exclusively on iTunes.[3] Jon Pareles wrote for The New York Times that "the "post-breakup ballad" is a "finger-snapping, modernized doo-wop concoction" and has "swooping harmonized lines, nonsense-syllable backups, antiphonal choirs and a chorus that revolves around a nugget of self-reliance: 'I’ll be all right, just not tonight/But someday'."[2] Jim Farber of New York Daily News perceived that the track "strikes a marching beat, making a heartbreak song sound like a victory lap."[4] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone considered it the best track on the album, writing that the song is "a playfully sexy bit of doo-wop pop."[1] Allison Stewart of Washington Post called it a "rollicking, harmony-heavy pop song."[5] Megan Vick wrote for Billboard that the song is a "mid-century piano parlor ditty."[6] BBC Music's Mark Beaumont believed that the "hooks that intensify on Gonna Get Over You, which might as well be called Man, I Feel Like Shania."[7]
Music video
editA music video for the song was released on September 20, 2011 and was directed by comedian Jonah Hill. Driving up to a Latino supermarket, Sara sports a pompadour and a rad jacket, bent upon converting daily shoppers into a gang of leather-clad dancers.[8]
Background
editBareilles told AOL Music that the clip is, "a mash-up of Grease meets West Side Story meets a little market in East LA." She added: "Jonah and I both wanted it to be a combination of fantasy and reality. Silly, over the top moments that are anchored with authenticity."[3]
Storyline
editRocking a leather jacket and wearing her hair in a ponytail and pompadour, Bareilles is romping around a grocery store. She's dancing from one aisle to another, creating a flash mob with some customers. The surreal scene, however, exists only in her daydream. Instead of being a cool girl who spreads toe-tapping fever to people around her, she's just a nerd who sings and dances awkwardly by herself. None of the customers and the patrons give any indication that they enjoy her impromptu performance. In fact, a security informs her that she makes the other people uncomfortable and tells her to leave the store.[9]
Reception
editMTV Buzzworthly Blog's Jenna Hally Rubenstein praised the video, writing that "Sara is rocking out HARD on the dance front and unsurprisingly, girlfriend can move." Hally also said that "her dance moves are amazing."[9]
Chart performance
editThe song's first appearance was on the Billboard's Adult Pop Songs chart at number thirty-nine.[10] It fell out to number thirty-nine, the next week and it climbed to number thirty-five, so far.[11]
Live performances
editSara has performed the song at Walmart Soundcheck, on September 12, 2010.[12] She also performed it alongside Cee Lo Green's hit "Forget You" on VEVO at The Warfield in San Francisco, on February 17, 2011.[13]
Charts
edit| Chart (2011–12) | Peak position |
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| South Korea International Singles (Gaon)[14] | 181 |
| US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[15] | 27 |
References
edit- ^ a b Hermes, Will (7 September 2011). "Kaleidoscope Heart - Album Reviews - Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ a b Pareles, Jon (5 September 2011). "Critic's Choice - New CDs - NYTimes.com". New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ a b c "Gonna Get Over You by Sara Bareilles - Songfacts". Songfacts. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ Farber, Jim (30 August 2011). "Sara Bareilles' 'Kaleidoscope Heart' review: 'Love Song' singer opens others' veins, not her own". Daily News (New York). Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ Stewart, Allison (7 September 2010). "Click Track - Album review: Sara Bareilles, "Kaleidoscope Heart"". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ Vick, Megan (September 17, 2010). "Sara Bareilles, "Kaleidoscope Heart"". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ Beaumont, Mark (2 September 2011). "BBC - Music - Review of Sara Bareilles - Kaleidoscope Heart". BBC Music. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ Matthews, Cameron (22 September 2011). "Sara Bareilles Collaborates With 'A-Hole' Actor Jonah Hill in 'Gonna Get Over You' Video -- Exclusive Q&A". AOL Music. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ a b Rubenstein, Hally Jenna (21 September 2011). "New Video: Sara Bareilles, 'Gonna Get Over You'". MTV News. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Chart Highlights: Sara Bareilles Bows On Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. October 3, 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Sara Bareilles Music News & Info - Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "Sara Bareilles - Gonna Get Over You (Live @ Walmart Soundcheck)". YouTube. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ VEVO (17 February 2011). "Sara Bareilles - Forget You/Gonna Get Over You (VEVO Presents)". YouTube/VEVO. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: February 12, 2012 to February 18, 2012)". Gaon Chart. January 5, 2013. Archived from the original on December 19, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ "Sara Bareilles Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.