"Sports Car" Single by Tate McRae from the album So Close to What Released January 24, 2025 Genre Pop Label RCA Songwriter(s) Tate McRae/Julia Michaels/Grant Boutin and Ryan Tedder Producer(s) Tedder Boutin
Tate McRae Sports Car
Sports Car is a song by Canadian singer Tate McRae. It was released on January 24, 2025, as the third single from her upcoming third studio album So Close to What. The song was co-written with Julia Michaels, Grant Boutin and Ryan Tedder
In an interview, McRae revealed that "Sports Car" was "such a fun song to write" with the intention to capture the "adrenaline of love, sex, and the excitement of it all
George Griffiths of the OCC thought that "Sports Car" was a "stuttering, hip-hop influenced pop tune", characterized by "breathy melodies" as well as a prominent and addictive "spoken-word" chorus. Griffiths compared the song to tracks from In the Zone (2003) by Britney Spears. Likewise, Aaron Williams at Uproxx thought "Sports Car" was reminiscent of Spears' "I'm a Slave 4 U" (2001) and The Pussycat Dolls' "Buttons" (2006) and called it a continuation of the previous single "2 Hands" (2024)
The music video was directed by Bardia Zeinali of Vogue. It features the singer posing in front of a mirror, wearing twelve outfits, transforming her from a "girl crush" to a "pop star
The singer revealed that the cheetah print corset designed by Roberto Cavalli was her favorite wardrobe amongst the set
"Sports Car"
Lyrics
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Hey, cute jeans Take mine off me Oh, golly gee I can't take no more I'm goin' weak in my knees Where'd you put those keys? We can share one seat We can share one seat
In the alley, in the back In the center of this room With the windows rolled down Boy, don't make me choose In the alley, in the back In the center of this room With the windows rolled down Boy, don't make me choose
I think you know what this is I think you wanna uh No, you ain't got no Mrs Oh, but you got a sports car We can uh-uh in it While you drive it real far Yeah, you know what this is Yeah, you know what this is
Pretty blue streetlights And my hazel eyes And if it feels right We could go again like three, four times So my type Got butterflies So good it hurts Thinkin' 'bout what we did before this verse
On the corner of my bed Oh, and maybe on the beach You could do it on your own While you're lookin' at me
I think you know what this is I think you wanna uh No, you ain't got no Mrs Oh, but you got a sports car We can uh-uh in it While you drive it real far Yeah, you know what this is Yeah, you know what this is I think you know what this is I think you wanna uh No, you ain't got no Mrs Oh, but you got a sports car We can uh-uh in it While you drive it real far Yeah, you know what this is Yeah, you know what this is
Oh my guy You don't wanna waste my time Let's go ride Let's go ride Oh my guy You don't wanna waste my time Let's go ride Let's go ride
I think you wanna, wanna But you got a sports car While you drive it real far Yeah, you know what this is
Writer(s): Grant Boutin, Julia Michaels, Ryan Tedder, Tate McRae
