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}}'''Dangerous Woman''' is the title track of [[Ariana Grande]]'s third album, ''[[Dangerous Woman (album)|Dangerous Woman]]''. It is also confirmed as the second single off the album, following [[Focus|''Focus'']].
  
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|label = [[Republic Records]]
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|writer = Johan Carlsson, Ross Golan, [[Max Martin]]
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|creditslink = Credits and personnel#Dangerous Woman 2
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|performance = Dangerous Woman 2
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|previous = Over And Over Again
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|next = Into You
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"'''Dangerous Woman'''" is the lead single and second track from [[Ariana Grande]]'s third studio album, ''[[Dangerous Woman (album)|Dangerous Woman]]''. It was released through [[Republic Records]] on March 11, 2016.
   
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The song debuted at No. 10 on the ''Billboard ''Hot 100. This makes Grande the first artist in the chart's 57-year history to debut in the top 10 with the lead single from each of her first three albums. "Dangerous Woman" marks Grande's seventh ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 10 (and fifth to debut in the top 10).<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7263992/rihanna-hot-100-no-1-fifth-week-ariana-grande-debuts "Dangerous Woman" debut in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.]</ref>
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==Background==
  
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In January 2016, Ariana told fans she might change the name of her album from ''Moonlight''. Through February, she hinted at the title "Dangerous Woman" before confirming it on the 22nd.
  
   
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Ariana will perform this song for the first time on ''Saturday Night Live'' on March 12, 2016.
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A live version of the song is featured on ''[[K Bye For Now (SWT Live)]]'', which was released on December 23, 2019.
   
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== Lyrics ==
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== Background ==
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On January 17, 2016, Grande teased lyrics from the song on Twitter.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/688942337532145664 ''Twitter'' - New lyrics]</ref> On March 1, 2016, she released the first snippet of "Dangerous Woman" onto her website of the same name. It was an a cappella clip.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/2748195/ariana-grande-dangerous-woman-snippet/ ''MTV'' - Hear The First Snippet of Ariana Grande's 'Dangerous Woman']</ref><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6897237/ariana-grande-dangerous-woman-song-live-preview ''Billboard'' - Ariana Grande Shares 'Dangerous Woman' Live Preview]</ref> She later shared an instrumental snippet of the song to her Snapchat and Instagram with the caption reading "6 Days till Dangerous Woman".<ref>[https://twitter.com/arianaexplicits/status/706910315888447489?lang=es Ariana Grande's Status] </ref> On March 7, 2016, Grande shared on her Snapchat a snippet of the song with the caption '3'.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BCjweQ0yWQ5/?taken-by=arianagrande&hl=pl Ariana Grande's Instagram Status]</ref> On March 9, 2016, a preview of the song was featured in the Victoria's Secret Swim Special. It played for about a minute.
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Dangerous woman
  
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Something bout, something bout, something bout you
  
   
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Grande debuted the song on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on March 12, 2016. She released a recorded a cappella version of the full on March 21, 2016.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-ariana-grande-sing-dangerous-woman-a-cappella-20160321 ''RollingStone'' - Watch Ariana Grande Sing 'Dangerous Woman' A Cappella]</ref> Grande performed this song at the MTV Movie Awards with Jason Robert Brown on April 10, 2016. Her brother, Frankie, made a reaction video while watching her performance.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jZdnIquJA4 Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman MTV Movie Awards Reaction Video]
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Makes me want to things I should dare
  
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</ref> On April 25, 2016, Grande also performed the song on ''[[Jimmy Fallon|The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon]]''. On April 30, 2016, Grande performed the song at the ''Radio Disney Music Awards'' (''RDMAs''), though a large portion of it had to be censored because of Disney's largely-young audience. ''"Locked and loaded"'', ''"skin to skin"'' and ''"bulletproof"'' were all left out, and ''"bad girls underneath like that"'' was replaced with a second ''"all girls wanna be like that"''.
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Something bout, something bout, something bout you
  
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</poem>
  
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== Live performances ==
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Grande debuted the song on ''Saturday Night Live'' on March 12, 2016. She released a recorded a cappella version of the full on March 21, 2016.<sup>[7]</sup> Grande performed this song at the MTV Movie Awards with Jason Robert Brown on April 10, 2016. Her brother, Frankie, made a reaction video while watching her performance.<sup>[8]</sup>On April 25, 2016, Grande also performed the song on ''The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon''. On April 30, 2016, Grande performed the song at the ''Radio Disney Music Awards'' (''RDMAs''). Grande performed the song at Wango Tango 2016.
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Grande added the song to Grande's [[Dangerous Woman Tour]] setlist in 2017.
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It is a regular part of the setlist of Grande's [[Sweetener World Tour]], which began on March 18, 2019.
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== Music video ==
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The music video was filmed on March 20, 2016. It was released on March 31, 2016, at midnight on Vevo. The video is directed by The Young Astronauts and produced by Peter Williams and Jona Ward. Grande initially planned to release two music videos, because the song makes her feel two different emotions, for which she feels two videos are needed to portray. Visual 1 is more slow and sexy, whereas Visual 2 had to be more "cinematic".<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/video/2864608/ariana-grande-movie-awards-interview/?xrs=_s.tw_news ''MTV'' - Ariana Grande Spills About Her 'Weird' Second Video for 'Dangerous Woman']</ref> She later confirmed that Visual 2 had been canceled.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ArianaTodayNet/status/730035997271011328 Ariana cancelled Visual 2 for 'Dangerous Woman']</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ArianaTodayNet/status/729962647580385280 Ariana cancelled Visual for Visual 2 for 'Dangerous Woman' via Snapchat]</ref>
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== Trivia ==
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* "Dangerous Woman" is the title track of the [[Dangerous Woman (album)|album]].
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* Visual 2 was canceled. Before it was canceled, she said she wanted more of a "cinematic vibe".
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** In a Q&A, Grande explained that the cancellation of Visual 2 was because she didn't have time.
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* The song makes Grande feel two different emotions.
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* After recording this song, she chose the title of this track for the album because she said it "suited her a little more"
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* The song was nominated for a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for 'Best Pop Vocal Performance'.
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* Grande used lube to get in the Dangerous Woman bunny outfit.
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* Charlie Puth did beatbox on the song but he was not credited in any form.
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* The song appears in the trailer of the upcoming 2019 film, ''[[wikipedia:After (2019 film)|After]]''.
   
 
== Videos ==
  
== Videos ==
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[[File:Dangerous Woman Snippet - Ariana Grande|thumb|196x196px|left]]
  
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Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (Audio)
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Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (A Cappella)
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Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (Vevo Presents)
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</gallery>
   
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== Lyrics ==
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{{Lyrics|lyrics = <poem>
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'''[Verse 1]'''
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Oh, yeah
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Don't need permission, made my decision, to test my limits
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Cause it's my business, God as my witness, stop what I finished
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Don't need no hold up, taking control of, this kind of moment
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I'm locked and loaded, completely focused, my mind is open
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'''[Pre-Chorus]'''
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All that you got
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Skin to skin
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Oh my God
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Don't you stop, boy
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'''[Chorus]'''
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Somethin' bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman
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Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you
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Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't
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Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout
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'''[Verse 2]'''
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Nothing to prove and, I'm bulletproof and, know what I'm doing
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The way we're moving, like introducing, us to a new thing
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I wanna savour, save it for later
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The taste of flavour, cause I'm a taker
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Cause I'm a giver, it's only nature, I live for danger
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'''[Pre-Chorus]'''
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All that you got
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Skin to skin
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Oh my God
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Don't you stop, boy ('''Oh, yeah''')
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'''[Chorus]'''
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Somethin' bout you ('''Somethin' bout you''') makes me feel like a dangerous woman
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Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you
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Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't ('''Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't''')
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Somethin' bout, somethin' bout ('''Somethin' bout'''), somethin' bout ('''Somethin' bout you''')
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'''[Post-Chorus]'''
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All girls wanna be like that
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Bad girls underneath, like that
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You know how I'm feeling inside
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(Somethin' bout, somethin' bout) ('''Somethin' bout''')
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All girls wanna be like that
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Bad girls underneath, like that ('''Bad girls underneath, like that''')
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You know how I'm feeling inside
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(Somethin' bout, somethin' bout)
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'''[Instrumental Bridge]'''
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Mmmm, oh
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'''[Chorus]'''
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Somethin' bout you ('''Somethin' bout you''') makes me feel like a dangerous woman ('''Feel like a dangerous woman''')
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Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you
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Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't ('''Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't, babe''')
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Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout ('''Somethin' bout you''')
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'''[Post-Chorus]'''
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All girls wanna be like that ('''Mmmm''')
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Bad girls underneath, like that
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You know how I'm feeling inside ('''You know how I'm feeling inside, babe''')
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(Somethin' bout, somethin' bout)
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All girls wanna be like that ('''Like that''')
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Bad girls underneath, like that ('''-neath like that''')
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You know how I'm feeling inside
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(Somethin' bout, somethin' bout)
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'''[Outro]'''
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Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ('''Ah''')
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Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ('''Oh, yeah''')
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Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy
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Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you ('''Somethin' bout you''')
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Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy
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Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ('''Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy''')
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Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ('''Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy''')
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Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you ('''Somethin' bout you''')
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</poem>}}
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== Gallery ==
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{{Gallery|link = Dangerous Woman|name = Dangerous Woman}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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{{Disambig|[[Dangerous Woman (album)|the album]]}}
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{{Language|spanish alternate title= Dangerous Woman (canción)|italian alternate title= Dangerous Woman (singolo)}}
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== References ==
  
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# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK9sCupIXJc ↑ Youtube - DW Snippet #1]
  

Revision as of 18:58, 21 March 2020

This article is about the song. For the album of the same name, see Dangerous Woman (album).

"Dangerous Woman" is the lead single and second track from Ariana Grande's third studio album, Dangerous Woman. It was released through Republic Records on March 11, 2016.

The song debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. This makes Grande the first artist in the chart's 57-year history to debut in the top 10 with the lead single from each of her first three albums. "Dangerous Woman" marks Grande's seventh Billboard Hot 100 top 10 (and fifth to debut in the top 10).[1]

A live version of the song is featured on K Bye For Now (SWT Live), which was released on December 23, 2019.

Background

On January 17, 2016, Grande teased lyrics from the song on Twitter.[2] On March 1, 2016, she released the first snippet of "Dangerous Woman" onto her website of the same name. It was an a cappella clip.[3][4] She later shared an instrumental snippet of the song to her Snapchat and Instagram with the caption reading "6 Days till Dangerous Woman".[5] On March 7, 2016, Grande shared on her Snapchat a snippet of the song with the caption '3'.[6] On March 9, 2016, a preview of the song was featured in the Victoria's Secret Swim Special. It played for about a minute.

Grande debuted the song on Saturday Night Live on March 12, 2016. She released a recorded a cappella version of the full on March 21, 2016.[7] Grande performed this song at the MTV Movie Awards with Jason Robert Brown on April 10, 2016. Her brother, Frankie, made a reaction video while watching her performance.[8] On April 25, 2016, Grande also performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. On April 30, 2016, Grande performed the song at the Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMAs), though a large portion of it had to be censored because of Disney's largely-young audience. "Locked and loaded", "skin to skin" and "bulletproof" were all left out, and "bad girls underneath like that" was replaced with a second "all girls wanna be like that".

Live performances

Grande debuted the song on Saturday Night Live on March 12, 2016. She released a recorded a cappella version of the full on March 21, 2016.[7] Grande performed this song at the MTV Movie Awards with Jason Robert Brown on April 10, 2016. Her brother, Frankie, made a reaction video while watching her performance.[8]On April 25, 2016, Grande also performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. On April 30, 2016, Grande performed the song at the Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMAs). Grande performed the song at Wango Tango 2016.

Grande added the song to Grande's Dangerous Woman Tour setlist in 2017.

It is a regular part of the setlist of Grande's Sweetener World Tour, which began on March 18, 2019.

Music video

The music video was filmed on March 20, 2016. It was released on March 31, 2016, at midnight on Vevo. The video is directed by The Young Astronauts and produced by Peter Williams and Jona Ward. Grande initially planned to release two music videos, because the song makes her feel two different emotions, for which she feels two videos are needed to portray. Visual 1 is more slow and sexy, whereas Visual 2 had to be more "cinematic".[9] She later confirmed that Visual 2 had been canceled.[10][11]

Trivia

  • "Dangerous Woman" is the title track of the album.
  • Visual 2 was canceled. Before it was canceled, she said she wanted more of a "cinematic vibe".
    • In a Q&A, Grande explained that the cancellation of Visual 2 was because she didn't have time.
  • The song makes Grande feel two different emotions.
  • After recording this song, she chose the title of this track for the album because she said it "suited her a little more"
  • The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for 'Best Pop Vocal Performance'.
  • Grande used lube to get in the Dangerous Woman bunny outfit.
  • Charlie Puth did beatbox on the song but he was not credited in any form.
  • The song appears in the trailer of the upcoming 2019 film, After.

Videos

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh, yeah
Don't need permission, made my decision, to test my limits
Cause it's my business, God as my witness, stop what I finished
Don't need no hold up, taking control of, this kind of moment
I'm locked and loaded, completely focused, my mind is open

[Pre-Chorus]
All that you got
Skin to skin
Oh my God
Don't you stop, boy

[Chorus]
Somethin' bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman
Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you
Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't
Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout

[Verse 2]
Nothing to prove and, I'm bulletproof and, know what I'm doing
The way we're moving, like introducing, us to a new thing
I wanna savour, save it for later
The taste of flavour, cause I'm a taker
Cause I'm a giver, it's only nature, I live for danger

[Pre-Chorus]
All that you got
Skin to skin
Oh my God
Don't you stop, boy (Oh, yeah)

[Chorus]
Somethin' bout you (Somethin' bout you) makes me feel like a dangerous woman
Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you
Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't (Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't)
Somethin' bout, somethin' bout (Somethin' bout), somethin' bout (Somethin' bout you)

[Post-Chorus]
All girls wanna be like that
Bad girls underneath, like that
You know how I'm feeling inside
(Somethin' bout, somethin' bout) (Somethin' bout)
All girls wanna be like that
Bad girls underneath, like that (Bad girls underneath, like that)
You know how I'm feeling inside
(Somethin' bout, somethin' bout)

[Instrumental Bridge]
Mmmm, oh

[Chorus]
Somethin' bout you (Somethin' bout you) makes me feel like a dangerous woman (Feel like a dangerous woman)
Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you
Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't (Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't, babe)
Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout (Somethin' bout you)

[Post-Chorus]
All girls wanna be like that (Mmmm)
Bad girls underneath, like that
You know how I'm feeling inside (You know how I'm feeling inside, babe)
(Somethin' bout, somethin' bout)
All girls wanna be like that (Like that)
Bad girls underneath, like that (-neath like that)
You know how I'm feeling inside
(Somethin' bout, somethin' bout)

[Outro]
Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy (Ah)
Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy (Oh, yeah)
Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy
Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you (Somethin' bout you)
Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy
Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy (Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy)
Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy (Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy)
Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you (Somethin' bout you)

Gallery

“deep breaths, tight chest, life, death”

To view the Dangerous Woman gallery, click here.

References

Dangerous Woman
May 20, 2016 • 39:31 • Republic Records
Songs
Released Bad Decisions • Be Alright • Dangerous Woman • Everyday • Focus • Greedy • I Don't Care • Into You • Jason's Song (Gave It Away) • Knew Better / Forever Boy • Leave Me Lonely • Let Me Love You • Moonlight • Side To Side • Sometimes • Step On Up • Thinking Bout You • Touch It
Unreleased 1st Unknown Dangerous Woman Outtake • All That • Ariana Beat • Baby Loves • Control • Got Her Own • Hi • Hourglass • How You Feel • Knew Better Part Two • Leave Me Lonely (Reprise) • Monster • Oh, Yeah • On & On • Xanadu
Artists
Ariana Grande • Future • Jamie Foxx • Lil Wayne • Macy Gray • Nicki Minaj • Quavo • Takeoff • Tayla Parx • Victoria Monét
Tour
Dangerous Woman Tour
"Nobody got me the way that you did."
Not to be confused with the album.

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