"Clumsy" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears. It served as the second promotional single from her ninth full-length studio album, Glory. It was released on August 11, 2016, by RCA Records, appearing as the seventh track on every edition of the album.
Background[]
"Clumsy" was written and produced by Oak and Alex Niceforo, with additional writing from Talay Riley.
The song is listed in the ASCAP repertoire, crediting Spears as a performer.[1]
Composition[]
"Clumsy" is a pop song with elements of electronic and rock, running three minutes and three seconds in length. It is composed in the key of F major with 104 beats per minute, corresponding to 4A in the Camelot system.
Lyrical theme[]
"Clumsy" is about a passionate, messy relationship where the narrator embraces the chaos and intensity of love and physical desire, choosing emotional closeness over playing it safe, even if it leads to pain.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Clumsy
But I love how you go down
Head first and style it out
Again and again
Clumsy
I keep on bumping into you
Bangin' all over this bedroom
Again and again
[Pre-Chorus]
Call me a fool, call me insane
But don’t call it a day
Closer to you, closer to pain
It's better than far away
Whoa
[Chorus]
Whoa, oh-oh (Oh oh)
Oh-oh-oh (ohhh)
Whoa, oh-oh (Oh oh)
Oh-oh-oh
Oops!
[Instrumental Breakdown]
[Post-Chorus]
Hey, clumsy
Hey, clumsy
Whoa
Whoa
[Verse 2]
Clumsy
'Cuz I be slipping out this dress
Fooling around and then we smash
Again and again (Come here, baby)
Clumsy
Never told a soul about what we've done
You let it roll right off your tongue
Again and again
[Pre-Chorus]
Call me a fool, call me insane
But don’t call it a day
Closer to you, closer to pain
It's better than far away
Whoa
[Chorus]
Whoa, oh-oh (Oh oh)
Oh-oh-oh (Ohh)
Whoa, oh-oh (Oh oh)
Oh-oh-oh
Oops!
[Instrumental Breakdown]
[Post-Chorus]
Hey, clumsy
Hey, clumsy
Whoa
Whoa
[Bridge]
Clumsy
Bangin' all over this bedroom
C-clumsy, c-clumsy
Bangin' all over this bedroom
C-clumsy, c-clumsy
Bangin' all over this bedroom
Bangin' all over this bedroom
Again and again and again and again and again and again and-
[Pre-Chorus]
Call me a fool, call me insane
But don’t call it a day
Closer to you, closer to pain
It's better than far away
Whoa
[Chorus]
Whoa, oh-oh (Oh oh)
Oh-oh-oh (Ohh)
Whoa, oh-oh (Oh oh)
Oh-oh-oh
Oops!
[Instrumental Breakdown]
[Post-Chorus]
Hey, clumsy
Hey, clumsy
Whoa
Whoa
Credits and personnel[]
Credit list for "Clumsy":
- Britney Spears - lead vocalist, background vocalist
- Oak - songwriter, producer, background vocalist
- Alex Niceforo - songwriter, producer
- Talay Riley - songwriter, background vocalist
- Mischke - vocal producer, recording engineer, background vocalist
- Trevor Brown - background vocalist
- Zaire Koalo - background vocalist
- Benjamin Rice - recording engineer
- Benny Faccone - assistant recording engineer
- Erik Belz - assistant recording engineer
- Jaycen Joshiua - mixing engineer
- Dave Nakaji - assistant mixing engineer
- Maddox Chimm - assistant mixing engineer
Recorded at 158 Studios in Westlake Village, California, United States and House of Blues Studio in Encino, California. Mixed at Larrabee Studios in North Hollywood, California. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Allegro, Crow's Tree Publishing. Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Alex Niceforo Music.
