Cut to the Feeling

"Cut to the Feeling"
Single by Carly Rae Jepsen
from the album Emotion: Side B+
Released May 26, 2017
Format Digital download
Recorded 2015
Genre
Length 3:28
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Sir Nolan
Carly Rae Jepsen singles chronology
"It Takes Two"
(2017)		 "Cut to the Feeling"
(2017)
Music video
"Cut to the Feeling" on YouTube

"Cut to the Feeling" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, from the soundtrack for the Canadian-French film Ballerina (2016). It was released as a single on May 26, 2017, to promote the film's release under the title Leap! in the United States. The song was written by Jepsen, Simon Wilcox, and Nolan Lambroza, and produced by Lambroza.

The song was used as the theme song for the MTV reality television show Siesta Key. The track also received a music video. "Cut to the Feeling" was critically acclaimed, with Billboard, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair naming it one of the best songs of 2017 in their respective year end lists.

Background and composition

"Cut to the Feeling" was written during the creation of Jepsen's third studio album, Emotion (2015), but was not included on the album because it was too "cinematic and theatrical". It was later intended for the album's follow-up EP, Emotion: Side B, but was then slated for release with Leap! after Jepsen signed on for the film and felt the song was fitting for the story.[1] "Cut to the Feeling" was included on the re-release of Emotion: Side B+ released exclusively in Japan on September 13, 2017. The track is one of two songs, along with "Runaways", that Jepsen contributed to the film.[2]

"Cut to the Feeling" is a power pop and synth-pop song.[3][4]

The song is written in the key of A Major, with Jepsen's vocals spanning two octaves, from A3 to A5.[5]

Critical reception

Upon its release, "Cut to the Feeling" received critical acclaim:

  • It was featured as Pitchfork's "Best New Track", with Laura Snapes describing it as "bombastic and gaudy" while praising it for being "distinctly Jepsen, her coaxing vocal creakiness convincing her paramour to stop denying what they want and just fucking go for it with her".[6]
  • Spin praised the song for deemphasizing Emotion's "explicit '80s posing, using that well-worn synth-pop chug for something brighter, bigger, and more bombastic."[4]
  • Slant Magazine said the single is her best since "Call Me Maybe", adding that it "delivers breathless, syncopated vocals over a measured handclap beat before the whole thing erupts into its euphoric hook."[7]
  • J. Lynch of Billboard called the song "flawlessly constructed", and said it is "the closest we'll get to Whitney Houston's late-'80s dancefloor euphoria in 2017".[8]
  • Rolling Stone said Jepsen "saved 2017 with her bracing rejoinder to Xanax-pop malaise", and that her "boisterous vocal [sic] adds extra urgency to this jump-along anthem's much-needed e•mo•tional rescue".[9]
  • DJ Louie XIV of Vanity Fair praised Jepsen's directness, as she "cuts straight through the crap...No artifice. No posturing". He described the song as an ecstatic celebration of "diving in headfirst with a new guy (or girl)", providing "the smile we all needed in 2017".[10]

Year-end lists

Publication Year Accolade Rank Ref.
Billboard 2017 50 Best Songs of 2017, So Far
23
Esquire 50 Best Songs of 2017
N/A
The Guardian The Top 100 Tracks of 2017
N/A
The Line of Best Fit The Best Fifty Songs of 2017 Ranked
44
Noisey The 100 Best Songs of 2017
100
Nylon The Best Songs Of 2017, So Far
3
Popjustice The Top 45 Singles of 2017
2
Pitchfork The 100 Best Songs Of 2017
30
Rolling Stone 50 Best Songs of 2017
44
Slant Magazine The 25 Best Singles of 2017
4
Spin 50 Best Songs of 2017, So Far
1
Vanity Fair 17 Best Songs of 2017
N/A

Charts

Chart (2017–18) Peak
position
Canada Digital Songs (Billboard)[21] 33
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[22] 23
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[23] 13
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard)[24] 3
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[25] 55
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[26] 54
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[27] 42

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Japan (RIAJ)[28] Gold 100,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Worldwide May 26, 2017 Digital download Universal Music

References

  1. ↑ "Hear Carly Rae Jepsen's new music from Canadian film Leap!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Helman, Peter (April 9, 2017). "Carly Rae Jepsen – "Cut To The Feeling"". Stereogum. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Spanos, Brittany (May 26, 2017). "Hear Carly Rae Jepsen's Assertive, Unearthed Song 'Cut to the Feeling'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Sargent, Jordan (May 26, 2017). "Carly Rae Jepsen's "Cut to the Feeling" Is as Good as Everyone Is Saying". Spin. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cut to the Feeling By Carly Rae Jepsen - Digital Sheet Music". Musicnotes. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  6. ↑ Snapes, Laura (May 26, 2017). ""Cut to the Feeling" by Carly Rae Jepsen Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Review: "Cut to the Feeling" Is Carly Rae Jepsen's Best Single Since "Call Me Maybe"". www.slantmagazine.com.
  8. ↑ Lynch, J. (June 5, 2017). "50 Best Songs of 2017 So Far: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  9. 1 2 Christopher R. Weingarten, Brittany Spanos, Charles Aaron, Simon Vozick-Levinson, Maura Johnston, Will Hermes, Rob Sheffield (November 29, 2017). "50 Best Songs of 2017". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  10. 1 2 DJ Louie XIV (December 4, 2017). "The 17 Best Pop Songs of 2017". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  11. ↑ Lynch, J. (June 5, 2017). "50 Best Songs of 2017 So Far". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  12. ↑ Matt Miller (December 4, 2017). "The 50 Best Songs of 2017". Esquire.
  13. ↑ Ben Beaumont-Thomas (December 4, 2017). "The top 100 tracks of 2017". The Guardian.
  14. ↑ "The Best Fifty Songs of 2017 Ranked". The Line of Best Fit. December 8, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  15. ↑ Noisey Staff (December 7, 2017). "The 100 Best Songs of 2017". Vice Media. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  16. ↑ Manders, Hayden (July 3, 2017). "The Best Songs Of 2017, So Far". Nylon. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  17. ↑ "The Top 45 Singles of 2017". Popjustice. December 21, 2017. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  18. ↑ Pelly, Jenn (December 11, 2017). "The 100 Best Songs of 2017". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  19. ↑ Staff (December 5, 2017). "The 25 Best Singles of 2017". Slant Magazine.
  20. ↑ SPIN Staff (June 21, 2017). "50 Best Songs of 2017 So Far". Spin Magazine.
  21. ↑ "Carly Rae Jepsen – Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Japan Hot 100 – Billboard". Billboard. September 30, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Carly Rae Jepsen Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Digital Song Sales – Billboard", Billboard, retrieved February 2, 2018
  28. ↑ "有料音楽配信認定 月次認定作品" (in Japanese). RIAJ. August 20, 2018. 2018年7月. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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