Listen:    • Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me  
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In this month's case study, I analyze 'Run Away With Me' by Carly Rae Jepsen, best known for 'Call Me Maybe' and her 2015 album EMOTION. Turns out it's the best pop song of the decade (if not the century), but there are some really interesting reasons as to why. Enjoy!

Do you agree? Do you disagree? Do you think Crazy Frog's 'Axel F' is better? Let me know why in the comments!

(P.S. I meant to say "F# major" instead of F when discussing the chords, apologies to all offended key signatures.)

(P.P.S The minor 2nd harmony in the last chorus is actually a major 2nd between F# and G# - sorry for misspeaking!)

Sources:

Carly Rae Jepsen. “Run Away With Me.” E•MO•TION, Wolf Cousins Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

Ellis, Shaun, and Tom Engelhardt. “Visualizing a Hit - InfoVis Final Project.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/visualizingahit/home.

Jepsen, Carly Rae, et al. “Carly Rae Jepsen ‘Run Away With Me’ Sheet Music in F# Major.” Musicnotes.com, www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0153258.

Jepsen, Carly Rae. “Lyrics to ‘Run Away with Me.’” Genius, 17 July 2015, genius.com/Carly-rae-jepsen-run-away-with-me-lyrics.

Landis, Max. “A Scar No One Else Can See | Max Landis.” A Scar No One Else Can See, 12 Sept. 2017, www.ascarnooneelsecansee.com/.

Macdougall, Hamish G., and Steven T. Moore. “Marching to the Beat of the Same Drummer: the Spontaneous Tempo of Human Locomotion.” Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 99, no. 3, 2005, pp. 1164–1173., doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00138.2005.

Sioros, George, et al. “Syncopation Creates the Sensation of Groove in Synthesized Music Examples.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 5, 2014, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01036.

(NOTE: The transcription shown in the vid is my own, but it's based on the one cited from Musicnotes.)