Instrumentation: Voice, Choral female singers, electric guitar, bass, drums. All these instruments were played and edited to sound very electronic, synthesized and edgy. The guitar slides a lot and is very synthesized and muted. In the background there is this running beat on the drums and is very contrasting to Lauper's high and loud voice. Lauper's voice has good range moving from mid Soprano to Soprano. Lauper tended to scream the very high notes to add to the tone of the song. The volume of the song is consistently loud and only quiets at the end when Lauper whispers to her ex-boyfriend.
Tempo is very upbeat and fast. 4:4 time and is steady throughout the song.
Texture: The song is homophonic. The beat mixer is constant, and doesn’t add much texture. Slight thickening of the song comes from the chorus girls who sing at a different pitch.
Lyrics and Performance: Despite the songs upbeat attitude and structure, the lyrics clearly illustrate a break up song. Lauper is singing about her ex boyfriend who is with another girl yet she is still in deep love with him. I found this disempowering to women since she played the attached ex girlfriend. Only during the whisper section towards the end did I find any trace of sadness in her voice. The beat is so overwhelmingly upbeat that it drowns out the message of her losing the love of her life, and her inability to get him back cause he is with someone else.
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