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* [[604 Records|604]]
* [[School Boy Records|School Boy]]
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
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* Carly Rae Jepsen
* [[Lukas Hilbert]]
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* [[Shiloh (singer)|Shiloh]]
* Katerina Loules
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* Max Martin
* Lukas Hilbert
| prev_title = [[This Kiss (Carly Rae Jepsen song)|This Kiss]]
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = [[Take a Picture (Carly Rae Jepsen song)|Take a Picture]]
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|cBOE1aUNZVo|"Tonight I'm Getting Over You"}}}}
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"'''Tonight I'm Getting Over You'''" is a song by Canadian singer [[Carly Rae Jepsen]], taken from her second studio album and debut international release, ''[[Kiss (Carly Rae Jepsen album)|Kiss]]'' (2012). It was released in the [[United States]] as a single on February 19, 2013, as the international fourth single from the album. An official remix featuring rapper [[Nicki Minaj]] was released on May 6, 2013. The song was written by Jepsen, [[Lukas Hilbert]], [[Max Martin]], [[The Monsters & Strangerz|Clarence Coffee Jr.]], [[Shiloh (singer)|Shiloh]], and Katerina Loules. Thematically, the track centers around a break-up, with lyrics about getting over her ex-boyfriend by dancing with someone new. The song has some [[dubstep]] aspects. "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" received mostly positive reviews from [[music critics]]; some deemed it one of the best tracks on ''Kiss'', as they did
Charting across Europe, the song became a top ten hit in Belgium. The song peaked at number 90 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and achieved modest success on the [[Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)|Mainstream Top 40]] and [[Hot Dance Club Songs|dance club airplay]] charts.
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"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" was written by Jepsen, [[Lukas Hilbert]], [[Max Martin]], [[The Monsters & Strangerz|Clarence Coffee Jr]], [[Shiloh (singer)|Shiloh]], and Katerina Loules.<ref name=liner>''[[Kiss (Carly Rae Jepsen album)|Kiss]]'' liner notes. [[604 Records]].</ref> The song is primarily [[electro house]],<ref name=disco>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/cd%20review/article/1257982--album-review-carly-rae-jepsen-s-kiss-will-linger |title=Carly Rae Jepsen's Kiss album will linger |first=Ben |last=Raynee |work=[[Toronto Star]] |publisher=[[Star Media Group]] |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=September 17, 2012 }}</ref> Jepsen's vocal spans to high note F5 and opens with her singing, "I wanna smash your fears and get drunken off your tears / Don't you share your smile with anyone else but me".{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Jepsen addresses her post-breakup feelings, as she gets tired of her boyfriend's lies and broken promises: "I wanna touch your heart, I wanna crush it in my hands / Make you plead and cry as you give up all the lies".<ref name=billboard>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066858/carly-rae-jepsen-kiss-track-by-track-review|title=Carly Rae Jepsen, 'Kiss': Track-By-Track Review|date=September 13, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> Sam Lansky of [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] wrote that "the tremor in Jepsen's voice in the pre-chorus one of the year's most heartbreaking pop moments".<ref name=idol/> As she closes the pre-chorus singing, "No more crying to get me through / I'll keep dancing till the morning with somebody new", the instrumentation incorporates a [[LMFAO]]-style beat as we hear Jepsen repetitively chanting, "Tonight I'm getting over you".<ref name=popjustice/> According to ''Candy'', the song's message is one of trying to get over a lover, but eventually getting back with them.<ref name=candymag>{{cite web|last=Santiago|first=Melanie|title=Now Playing: Carly Rae Jepsen's "Tonight, I'm Getting Over You"|url=http://www.candymag.com/lifestyle/entertainment/now-playing-carly-rae-jepsen-s-tonight-i-m-getting-over-you|work=Candy|access-date=March 5, 2013|date=March 3, 2013}}</ref> Of the lyrics, Jepsen told ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'': "I think it's important to have a bit of a connection to a song that you sing, and there's going to be some grittiness behind it, because otherwise it doesn't come across as sincere. So I do think I tap into those memories in a certain way, but it doesn't make me feel sad. It just makes me feel a little contemplative and in the moment."<ref name=candymag/><ref name=peoplemag>{{cite web|last=Shira|first=Dahvi|title=Carly Rae Jepsen Reveals Why She's Heartbroken on New Single 'Tonight I'm Getting Over You'|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20673530,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215072136/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20673530,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2013|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=March 5, 2013|date=February 13, 2013}}</ref> Jepsen herself spoke out about the song's theme, saying that despite the highs and lows of a relationship, sometimes it's better to move on.<ref name=peoplemag/> Neglecting to reveal the identity of the man who inspired the lyrics, she said, "it's probably better he didn't know it was about him."<ref name=peoplemag/> The official [[remix]] of "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" features a [[Rapping|rap verse]] from [[Nicki Minaj]]; over a [[dubstep]] beat, Minaj raps: "Tonight I'm getting over / [[Meditation|Meditating]] through my [[Yoga|yog-er]]."<ref name=fuseremix>{{cite web|last=Benjamin|first=Jeff|title=Nicki Minaj Jumps on Remix to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Tonight I'm Getting Over You"|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2013/05/nicki-minaj-carly-rae-jepsen-tonight-im-getting-over-you-remix|work=[[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]]|publisher=Viacom|access-date=May 8, 2013|date=May 3, 2013}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
[[File:Nicki Minaj - Live Femme Fatale 7.jpg|thumb|left|140px|[[Nicki Minaj]] was featured on the official remix of "Tonight I'm Getting Over You".]]
"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" received mostly positive reviews from [[music critics]]. Jessica Sager of Pop Crush wrote that, if released as a single, the song would likely become a "club staple".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popcrush.com/carly-rae-jepsen-kiss-album-review/|title=Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss - Album Review|last=Sager|first=Jessica|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=Pop Crush}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Sam Lansky of Idolator praised the chorus, where he noted the song's transformation from "a '[[Give Your Heart
==Chart performance==
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| rowspan="2"| United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|title=Top 40/Mainstream - Impacting Songs - February 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121224853/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archive-date=January 21, 2013|publisher=All Access Music Group|access-date=January 29, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://
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