KATY PERRY - FIREWORK
Do You Ever Feel, Like A Plastic Bag?
Drifting Through The Wind, Wanting To Start Again?
Do You Ever Feel, Feel So Paper Thin?
Like A House Of Cards, One Blow From Caving In?
Do You Ever Feel, Already Buried Deep?
Six Feet Under Screams When No One Seems To Hear A Thing?
Do You Know That There's Still A Chance For You?
'Cause There's A Spark In You
You Just Gotta Ignite
The Light And Let It Shine
Just Own The Night
Like The Fourth Of July
'Cause Baby You're A Firework
Come On Show 'Em What You're Worth
Make 'Em Go, Oh, Oh, Oh
As You Shoot Across The Sky
Baby You're A Firwork
Come And Let Your Colours Burst
Make 'Em Go Oh, Oh, Oh
You're Gonna Leave Before They Know, Oh Oh
You Don't Have To Feel Like A Waste Of Space
You're Original Cannot Be Replaced
If You Only Knew, What The Future Holds
After A Hurricane Comes A Rainbow
Maybe A Reason Why All The Doors Are Closed
So You Could Open One That Leads You To The Perfect Road
Like A Lightning Bolt, Your Heart Will Glow
And When It's Time You'll Know
You Just Gotta Ignite
The Light And Let It Shine
Just Own The Night
Like The Fourth Of July
'Cause Baby You're A Firework
Come On Show 'Em What You're Worth
Make 'Em Go, Oh, Oh, Oh
As You Shoot Across The Sky
Baby You're A Firwork
Come And Let Your Colours Burst
Make 'Em Go Oh, Oh, Oh
You're Gonna Leave Before They Know, Oh Oh
Boom Boom Boom
Even Brighter Than The Moon Moon Moon
It's Always Been Inside Of You You You
And Now It's Time To Let Through Ooh Ooh
'Cause Baby You're A Firework
Come On Show 'Em What You're Worth
Make 'Em Go, Oh, Oh, Oh
As You Shoot Across The Sky
Baby You're A Firwork
Come And Let Your Colours Burst
Make 'Em Go Oh, Oh, Oh
You're Gonna Leave Before They Know, Oh Oh
Boom Boom Boom
Even Brighter Than The Moon Moon Moon
Boom Boom Boom
Even Brighter Than The Moon Moon Moon
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Katy Perry, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, Ester Dean
Producer(s): Stargate, Sandy Vee
This Inspirational Dance Jam Is The Third Single From American Singer-Songwriter Katy Perry's Third Studio Album, Teenage Dream. Perry Calls The Song Her "Epitaph." She Told Entertainment Weekly In 2013: "Its Message Has Been Really Profound. I Still Love Singing The Song Because It's Not Cheesy But It Does Its Job. I Feel Like That Song Has Legs."
Perry Told Billboard Magazine That The Inspiration For The Song Came From An Unlikely Source. "Basically I Have This Very Morbid Idea... When I Pass, I Want To Be Put Into A Firework And Shot Across The Sky Over The Santa Barbara Ocean As My Last Hurrah," She Said.
Like Several Other Tracks On Teenage Dream, This Was Inspired By Perry's Love For Her English FiancÉ, The Comedian Russell Brand. The Couple Married In 2010 But Divorced A Little Over A Year Later.
Perry Told Mtv News That This Is Her Favorite Song On Teenage Dream. "People Are Coming Back And Almost Adopting It As Their Own Anthem, And It's Hard, I Think, To Write An Anthem That's Not Cheesy," She Explained. "And I Hope That This Could Be Something In That Category. I Hope This Could Be One Of Those Things Where It's Like, 'Yeah, I Want To Put My Fist Up And Feel Proud And Feel Strong.'
The Song's Music Video Was Filmed In Budapest, Hungary And Finds Perry At The Center Of A Merry Outdoor Dance Party Among Fans. The Clip's Theme Is Personal Acceptance And The Singer Dedicated It Via Twitter To The It Gets Better Campaign, Which Rallies Against Harassment In The LGBT Community, "Because Everyone Has The Spark To Be A Firework."
The Girl In The Video Isn't Actually A Sick Girl, But We Got Her To Shave Her Head, And, If You're An 11-Year-Old, That's A Massive Commitment. The People's Commitment To It Was Really Beautiful," He Continued. "And Then In The Last Scene, That Wasn't 250 Extras, That Was 250 Hardcore Katy Perry Fans. Those People Were Jumping Because They Were Loving Life."
When This Blasted To #1 On The Billboard Hot 100 Dated December 16, 2010, Perry Became The First Female Artist In 11 Years To Take Three Straight Radio Singles From An Album To The Top Of The Charts. Her Previous Two Singles Taken From Teenage Dream That Reached The Summit Were "California Gurls" And The Title Track. Monica Was The Previous Female To Reach The Hot 100 Peak Position With Three Consecutive Radio Cuts From One Album, When Title Track "The Boy Is Mine," Featuring Brandy, "The First Night" And "Angel Of Mine" All Hit #1 Between June 1998 And February 1999.
On The Week That This Song Sizzled Its Way To #1, The Billboard Hot 100 Included Two Other Songs With Explosive Titles - Bruno Mars' "Grenade," (#5) And Taio Cruz's "Dynamite," (#13).
The Visual Won The Video Of The Year Award At The 2011 Mtv Vmas. It Also Received A Prize For Its Special Effects.
Perry Ended Her Performance At The 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show With This Song, Which She Sang While Airborne, Gliding Around The Stadium On A Platform Designed To Look Like A Shooting Star. Of Course, Fireworks Went Off All Around As The Show Came To A Close.
Perry Closed Out Joe Biden's Inauguration Celebration On January 20, 2021 By Performing "Firework" On The National Mall In Washington With A Grand Fireworks Display In The Background. There Were None Of The Traditional Balls This Year Because Of The Coronavirus Pandemic, So All The Performances Were Socially Distanced.