Carousel (Melanie Martinez song)

"Carousel"
Single by Melanie Martinez
from the album Dollhouse EP and Cry Baby
Released May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)
Format
Genre Indie pop
Length 3:50
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Kinetics & One Love
Melanie Martinez singles chronology
"Dollhouse"
(2014)		 "Carousel"
(2014)		 "Pity Party"
(2015)

"Carousel" is a song by American recording artist Melanie Martinez, featured on her debut EP, Dollhouse and her debut studio album, Cry Baby. A music video was released October 15, 2014.[1] It was used as the theme song for season four of American television show American Horror Story.

Background and composition

This song is featured in a preview for FX's anthology series, American Horror Story: Freak Show, with the theme also being a riff on the song.[2] Melanie told the Huffington Post that American Horror Story is "absolutely, hands down" her favorite show, Martinez contacted FX about the song as soon as she heard this season's theme would be carnival-related. After almost a year of silence, she got the call from the network just two days before the promo aired. "The whole thing was just crazy", Melanie said.[3]

"Carousel" is labeled as indie pop,[4] described by Melanie herself as, "My feeling in love with someone and being stuck on the same ride and trying to grab them but I never reach them".[5]

Music video

Lyndsey Parker of Yahoo Music praises the song and Melanie saying, "Melanie Martinez has moved on from The Voice to American Horror Story. And her new song and video are so good. The two-toned-haired Goth girl wonder, one of the most unique contestants to ever appear on The Voice [...] While her new video for the song, out just in time for Halloween, isn't quite as twisted as anything on AHS, it's still totally creepy-cool, depicting a doomed romance that literally spins out of control at dark, deserted Long Island carnival".[6]

Track listing

Single
No. Title Length
1. "Carousel"   3:50
Total length:
 3:50
Carousel Remixes – EP
No. Title Length
1. "Carousel (Bobby Green Remix)"   4:37
2. "Carousel (Bleep Bloop Remix)"   4:02
3. "Carousel (Eric Sharp Remix)"   5:37
4. "Carousel (SNBRN Remix)"   5:41
Total length:
 19:57

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Alternative Digital Songs (Billboard)[7] 9
Pop Digital Songs (Billboard)[8] 38

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
United States May 19, 2014 Digital download Atlantic [9]

References

External links

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