Genre: Pop
DON’T START NOW
Dua Lipa
Caroline Ailin & Ian Kirkpatrick, producers; Josh Gudwin, Drew Jurecka & Ian Kirkpatrick, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
If you haven’t heard “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa there is a chance you have been living under a rock, which for 2020 is an excusable decision. The single from the album Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa’s second studio album, is an instant classic that will likely be played by every wedding DJ for the next 30 years.
The pop sensible tune is groove bass and has an under current of Daft Punk with the melodic sensibility of a band like Two Door Cinema Club. The production work nods to the pop tunes of the 1980’s in a way that grabs the listeners attention from the start. The development of Dua Lipa as a vocalist has really taken this song and the album to the next level for Lipa. That growth is apparent in the success of “Don’t Start Now” and has earned Dua Lipa Grammy Nominations for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Reaching number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Charts has become Lipa most notable accomplishment as she had not previously reached that level in any chart. In the US the top 10 success lasted for 20 weeks, and reached the top 10 in 40 countries.
Lyrics:
If you don’t wanna see me
Did a full 180, crazy
Thinking ’bout the way I was
Did the heartbreak change me? Maybe
But look at where I ended up
I’m all good already
So moved on, it’s scary
I’m not where you left me at all, so
If you don’t wanna see me dancing with somebody
If you wanna believe that anything could stop me
Don’t show up, don’t come out
Don’t start caring about me now
Walk away, you know how
Don’t start caring about me now
Aren’t you the guy who tried to
Hurt me with the word “goodbye”?
Though it took some time to survive you
I’m better on the other side
I’m all good already
So moved on, it’s scary
I’m not where you left me at all, so
If you don’t wanna see me dancing with somebody
If you wanna believe that anything could stop me
Don’t show up, don’t come out
Don’t start caring about me now
Walk away, you know how
Don’t start caring about me now (’bout me now, ’bout me)
Oh, oh
Don’t come out, out, out
Don’t show up, up, up
Don’t start now (oh)
Oh, oh
Don’t come out, out
I’m not where you left me at all, so
If you don’t wanna see me dancing with somebody
If you wanna believe that anything could stop me
Don’t show up (don’t show up), don’t come out (don’t come out)
Don’t start caring about me now (’bout me now)
Walk away (walk away), you know how (you know how)
Don’t start caring about me now (so)
Oh, oh
Don’t come out, out, out
Don’t show up, up, up
Walk away, walk away (so)
Oh, oh
Don’t come out, out, out
Don’t show up, up, up
Walk away, walk away, oh
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