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Vanessa is a promotional single by Grimes. It is the 2nd track on her split EP with d'Eon, Darkbloom.

Background[]

In 2012, Grimes told Dazed:[1]

I hate 'Vanessa'! I've always hated 'Vanessa'. As soon as I'd made it I was like, I hate this! [Why?] It's an empty song. 'Vanessa' was literally: I'm going to make a pop song. It had nothing to do with emotions

Trivia[]

  • The lyric "I can see space on the radio" previously appears on the song Weregild.
  • The chorus of the song, in Grimes' words, features nonsense lyrics, as she "(..) [I] used to be so crazy that I didn't realize songs had lyrics, like, I thought everyone was just saying nonsense, like, I actually thought that, yeah, I just thought it was okay to just be, like, say bunch of random sh*t and, like, use the word baby a lot."[2]

Media[]

Video[]

Video Credits
Grimes_-_Vanessa_(Official_Video)
Title Vanessa
Premiere 13 Apr 2011
Length 5:48
Director Grimes
DP John Londono

Additional Credits

  • Stylist: Marilis Cardinal
  • Dancers: Ally Mackinnon, Ashley Obscura, Caroline Dutka, Claire Boucher, Emily Kai Bock, Jane Penny, Marilis Cardinal, Ming Lin, Miriam Gallou

Background

Vanessa was made on a $60 budget. John Londono encouraged her to try her hand at directing:[1]

If it wasn't for John, I wouldn't have even thought of making a music video. Until then I hadn't even thought of making an image or anything like that. I hadn't even thought of music as possibly being a career. But when 'Vanessa' came out and that was a thing, I was like... Oh, that's actually a very powerful tool. It was really, really fun and really rewarding. That was a big step in me becoming more mentally powerful. That video changed my mind, my game or whatever. Previous to that it was like running shoes at all times. I've always had crazy hair and s*** but then it was like, why not make everything as beautiful as it can be? Why wouldn't you do that?

Lyrics[]

[Intro]
I've been

[Verse 1]
Oh, I've been waiting destiny
And my heart is here right next to me
And I'm caught waiting in the rain
Oh, I've been waiting destiny
And my heart is here right next to me
And I'm caught waiting in the rain
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know and I need you in the storm
And I oh-oh-oh-I-I, oh-oh-oh-I-I-I-I

[Chorus]
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Baby I would throw you, if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it

[Verse 2]
I hold on, and I don't care what you say
But the way it goes it's happening everyday
I can see space on the radio
I can see space on the radio
I hold on, and I don't care what you say
I can see space on the radio
But the way it goes it's still happening everyday
I can see space on the radio

[Bridge]
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday
Everyday-day-y-day-y-day, everyday-y-day-y-day
Everyday-y-day-y-day

[Chorus]
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Hey, hey, you want to play
Well baby, I can go and go
And every other day you're running off with so and so
Well baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it
Baby, I would throw you if I didn't know you
But I'm paying for it

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