Take a Picture (Carly Rae Jepsen song)

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"Take a Picture"
Carly Rae Jepsen - Take a Picture.png
Single by Carly Rae Jepsen
Released21 May 2013
Recorded2012/13
Genre Pop
Length3:24
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Edmund Thomas Dunne
  • Andrew Lawrence Bloch
Carly Rae Jepsen singles chronology
"Picture"
(2013)
"Take a Picture"
(2013)
"I Really Like You"
(2015)

"Take a Picture" is a song by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen. It was released on 21 May 2013 as a digital download through School Boy and Interscope Records. [1] The song was created through a partnership with Coca-Cola. [2]

Contents

Background

Carly Rae Jepsen teamed up with Coca-Cola and American Idol to help her finish writing the song. [3]

Live performances

On 15 May 2013, Carly Rae Jepsen performed the song live during the Top 2 Performance Show on American singing competition series American Idol . [2] The song was part of the setlist of The Summer Kiss Tour.

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Take a Picture"3:24

Commercial performance

The song debuted atop South Korea International Singles with 35,704 downloads. [4] [5]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
South Korea International Singles (Digital and Downloads) (Gaon)1

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United States21 May 2013 [6] Digital download

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Watch: Carly Rae Jepsen Debuts New Single 'Take A Picture' Live on 'American Idol'". Direct Lyrics. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  3. "Carly Rae Jepsen Teams With 'American Idol,' Coke, You for New Single". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  4. "Gaon 국외 (Foreign) Digital Chart 2013년 6월 2주차 (2013.05.26~2013.06.01)". Korea Music Content Industry Association. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  5. "Gaon 국외 (Foreign) Download Chart 2013년 6월 2주차 (2013.05.26~2013.06.01)". Korea Music Content Industry Association. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. iTunes - Music - Take a Picture - Single by Carly Rae Jepsen