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|filename = Carly Rae Jepsen - Tonight I'm Getting Over You.ogg

|title = "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" (2013)

|description = A 19-second sample of the chorus, where the instrumentation incorporates a [[LMFAO]]-style beat and we hear Jepsen repetitively chanting, "Tonight I'm getting over you".<ref name=lyrics/><ref name=popjustice>{{cite web|url=http://www.popjustice.com/briefing/hey-weve-listened-to-some-songs-from-the-carly-rae-jepsen-album-and-this-is-a-precis/99645/|title=Hey, we’vewe've listened to some songs from the Carly Rae Jepsen album, and this is a précis|publisher=[[Popjustice]]|date=August 31, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref>

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[[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 A Break]]'-esque Top 40 lollipop into a noisy, crunchy rave-a-thon."<ref name=idol/> Melinda Newman of [[Hitfix]] thought "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" was as risque as Jepsen's previous single, "[[This Kiss (Carly Rae Jepsen song)|This Kiss]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/news/album-review-carly-rae-jepsens-kiss-smacks-of-sweet-pop-romance#7lZI8ERyJIiwj4bf.99|title=Album Review: Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Kiss' smacks of sweet, pop romance|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=[[Hitfix]]|last=Newman|first=Melinda}}</ref> Adam Markovitz of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' selected "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" and "[[Call Me Maybe]]" as the best songs on ''Kiss''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20627130,00.html|title=Kiss - review - Carly Rae Jepsen|last=Markovitz|first=Adam|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=[[Time Warner]]|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> A negative review came from Carolline Sullivan of ''[[The Guardian]]'', who wrote that "set against Dallas Austin and Max Martin's overprocessed beats, [the singer] can't help but fail, as Canadian Idol would put it, to 'own' the songs."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/20/carly-rae-jepsen-kiss-review|title=Carly Rae Jepsen: Kiss – review|date=September 20, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]}}</ref> ''Candy'' wrote that while the theme of Jepsen's new single changed with "Tonight I'm Getting Over You", the upbeat tempo remains, making the track a ''bona fide'' party anthem.<ref name=candymag/> Music reviewer Sam Lansky noted that the success of "Call Me Maybe" would leave "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" without much mainstream recognition, calling it the "scientifically-engineered-to-be-perfect pop song".<ref name=idol>{{cite web|last=Lanksy|first=Sam|title=Carly Rae Jepsen’sJepsen's "Tonight I’mI'm Getting Over You" Video: Watch Her Get Over (And Under) A Hot Dude|url=http://idolator.com/7442990/carly-rae-jepsen-tonight-im-getting-over-you-video|work=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]|publisher=[[Buzz Media]]|access-date=April 3, 2013|date=February 22, 2013}}</ref> Commenting on the Nicki Minaj remix, Jeff Benjamin of [[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]] said that while the rapper's addition was silly, it had the potential to rescue Jepsen from becoming a [[one-hit wonder]].<ref name=fuseremix/>

==Chart performance==

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===Music video===

On January 27, 2013, Jepsen revealed through her [[Facebook]] account that she would film the music video for "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" in Los Angeles the following weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Carlyraejepsen/posts/10151228913246048|title=Big News! I am in...|last=Jepsen|first=Carly Rae|author-link=Carly Rae Jepsen|date=January 27, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> Three days later, the singer revealed the filming was already done shooting the music video for the single before heading to Japan for her headlining ''Kiss Tour''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/carlyraejepsen/status/296714586655162369|title=Video for "Tonight I'm Getting ...|last=Jepsen|first=Carly Rae|author-link=Carly Rae Jepsen|date=January 30, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2013|publisher=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> The video premiered through VEVO on February 22, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gossipcop.com/tonight-im-getting-over-you-music-video-carly-rae-jepsen-watch-vevo-youtube-tigoy/|title=Carly Rae Jepsen "Tonight I’mI'm Getting Over You" Music Video – Watch Here!|publisher=Gossip Cop|access-date=February 22, 2013|date=February 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303171805/http://www.gossipcop.com/tonight-im-getting-over-you-music-video-carly-rae-jepsen-watch-vevo-youtube-tigoy/|archive-date=March 3, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jepsen's lover in the music video is [[Fashion model|model]] Brandon Gray.<ref name=E!>{{cite web|last=Finn|first=Natalie|title=Carly Rae Jepsen's "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" Video: Watch Kissing Practice and More Behind-the-Scenes Action|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/392764/carly-rae-jepsen-s-quot-tonight-i-m-getting-over-you-quot-video-watch-kissing-practice-and-more-behind-the-scenes-action|work=[[E!]]|access-date=March 5, 2013|date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> The video follows Jepsen as she cavorts with a male model and jumps transcendently before a gray background.<ref name=idol/> [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] blogged: "That part doesn’t totally make sense, but visually, it's a nice motif, sort of."<ref name=idol/> Brittany Galla of [[AOL Music]] wrote that the video for "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" was more mature and emotional than the one for "[[Call Me Maybe]]".<ref name=aolmusic>{{cite web|last=Galla|first=Brittany|title=Carly Rae Jepsen, 'Tonight I'm Getting Over You' Music Video Premiere|url=http://blog.music.aol.com/2013/02/23/carly-rae-jepsen-tonight-im-getting-over-you-music-video/|work=AOL Music Blog|publisher=[[AOL]]|access-date=April 3, 2013|date=February 23, 2013}}</ref>

===Live performance===