Calm Down (Remix) Lyrics

[Intro: Rema & Selena Gomez]
Vibez
Oh, no
Another banger

[Chorus: Rema]
Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put in my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh, lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta, ooh, Fanta, ooh
If I tell you say, "I love you", you no dey form yanga-oh, oh, yanga-oh
No, tell me no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah, woah
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love
You got me like woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love, hmm

[Verse 1: Rema & Selena Gomez]
I see this fine girl, for my party, she wear yellow
Every other girl they dey do too much, but this girl mellow

Naim, I dey find situation, I go use take tell am "Hello"
Finally, I find way to talk to the girl, but she no wan' follow
Who you come dey form for? Woah (Mhmm)
Why you no wan' conform? Woah (Mhmm)
Then I start to feel her bum-bum, woah (Mhmm)
But she dey gimme small, small, woah
I know say shе sabi pass that one, one (Mhmm)
But she feeling insеcure, woah
'Cause her friends go dey gum her like chewing gum, woah (Mhmm)
Go dey gum her like chewing gum, oh-woah
[Verse 2: Selena Gomez]
Yeah, I know I look shy but for you I get down, oh, woah
And my hips make you cry when I'm moving around you (Yeah)
Do it once, do it twice (Do it twice)
I push back, you hold me tight
Get a taste for a night

[Chorus: Selena Gomez, Selena Gomez & Rema]
Baby, show me you can calm down, calm down
Dance with me and take the lead now, lead now (Lead now)
Got you so high that you can't come down, come down
Don't you ask, you know you're allowed, allowed (Oh, no)
When it's you, I can't say no-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Baby, give me lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love
You got me like woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love, mm-hmm


[Verse 3: Rema & Selena Gomez]
As I reach my house, I say make a rest small, oh-woah (Make a rest small, oh-woah)
As me I wake up na she dey my mind, oh-woah (Na she dey my mind, oh-woah)
Day one, day two-wo, I no fit foc-o-us (I no fit focus)
Na so me I call am, say "Make we link up", oh-woah (I say make we link up, oh-woah)
Got my hand on your heart, now, I can feel it race
If I leave then you say you can never love again
Wanna give you it all but can't promise that I'll stay
And that's the risk you take (You take)

[Chorus: Rema, Rema & Selena Gomez, Selena Gomez]
Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put in my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh, lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta, ooh, Fanta, ooh
If I tell you say, "I love you", you no dey form yanga, oh, oh, yanga, oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah, woah
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
(Your love, your love)
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love
You got me like woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love
(Oh, woah), hmm

[Outro: Selena Gomez]
Your love

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Genius Annotation

In “Calm Down,” Rema talks about his attraction to a certain female despite his reluctance to approach her, while Selena Gomez provides the feminine perspective, as she also discusses the influence she has on her significant other.

Following the success of “Calm Down,” which peaked at #57 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Chart, Rema enlists Gomez for the remix version. Gomez teased it via a video in which she and Rema are seen backstage during his Rave & Roses album Tour while articulating her appreciation of being featured on the Remix. On August 17, 2022, Gomez posted a snapshot in her Instagram story of herself, and Rema in what looked to be as if they were in the studio, as she wrote the phrase “coming soon.”

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Genius Answer

How did the song perform on the Billboard charts?
Genius Answer

“Calm Down (Remix)” originally debuted at #91 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart week ending of September 17, 2022. It’s Rema’s first career entry on the chart.

During the tracking week ending June 17, 2023, the song reached a new peak of #3 on the Hot 100.

During the tracking week ending October 21, 2023, the song dropped off the Hot 100 after spending 57 weeks on the chart, marking Rema and Selena Gomez' longest running Hot 100 single.

Have the artists collaborated before?
Genius Answer

No! The song marks their first collaboration together.

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