Your Type

"Your Type"
Single by Carly Rae Jepsen
from the album Emotion
Released	November 9, 2015[1]
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2015
Genre	Synthpop electropop
Length	3:20
Label	604 Records Interscope School Boy
Writer(s)	Carly Rae Jepsen Rami Yacoub Carl Falk Wayne Hector Tavish Crowe
Producer(s)	Carl Falk Rami Yacoub
Carly Rae Jepsen singles chronology
"Run Away with Me" (2015) "Your Type" (2015) "Last Christmas" (2015)

"Your Type" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen for her third studio album, Emotion (2015). It was written by Jepsen, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Wayne Hector, and Tavish Crowe and was produced by Falk and Yacoub. Initially released to digital retailers August 14, 2015 as the fourth and final promotional single leading up to the album's release, it was re-issued as the third official single on November 9, 2015.^[1][2] An official remix package debuted December 11, 2015.^[3]

"Your Type" is a 1980s-inspired synthpop song about unrequited love. An accompanying music video was released on November 3, 2015. The song generated renewed interest in the spring of 2016 and entered the Canada AC airplay chart dated May 14, 2016.

Composition

"Your Type" is a midtempo synthpop and electropop love song influenced by 1980s music.^[4][5][6] The ballad finds Jepsen expressing her interest in pursuing a romantic relationship with someone despite her belief that she is not their "type" and explores the concept of unrequited love.^[6][7] During live performances, she revealed that the song was about a guy whom she fell for who she later finds out was gay, similar to what her single Call Me Maybe's video was about.^[8]

Music video

The video for "Your Type" was filmed in October 2015 under the direction of Gia Coppola and premiered November 3, 2015.^[7][9] It begins with a voiceover introducing the story of Jepsen's character ("There was once a girl…") and then follows Jepsen as she gets mugged on a park bench, enters a nightclub, and performs karaoke.^[9][10] During her performance, the video alternates between shots of a large, excited crowd and a nearly-empty bar, suggesting the former is Jepsen's fantasy of how the scene played out.^[11] The video's plot has been described as a pseudo-Cinderella story.^[9][10]

Track listings

Digital download - single^[1]

1. "Your Type" – 3:20

Digital download - remixes^[3]

1. "Your Type (Young Bombs Remix)" – 4:22
2. "Your Type (Skylar Spence Remix)" – 3:50

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[12]	50
Canada AC (Billboard)[13]	21
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[14]	32
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[15]	23

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Canada	August 14, 2015	Digital download (promotional)	604	[16]
United States			Interscope School Boy	[17]
Europe	November 9, 2015	Digital download		[1]
	December 11, 2015	Digital download – Remixes EP		[3][18][19]
Oceania				[20][21]
Canada	December 18, 2015		604	[22]
United States			Interscope School Boy	[23]

References

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3. ""Your Type (Remixes) - Single" von Carly Rae Jepsen". iTunes Store (Germany). Apple Inc. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
4. Nolan Feeney. "Carly Rae Jepsen 'Your Type' Video - Watch". TIME.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
5. "Carly Rae Jepsen drops Your Type, seventh (!) song from new album". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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7. Wass, Mike (October 12, 2015). "Carly Rae Jepsen's Next Single Is "Your Type": See A Still From The Video". Idolator. Spin Media. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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