Kelsey

Album: Metro Station (2007)
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Songfacts®:

  • Metro Station is best known for the hyperkinetic banger "Shake It," but the more mellow "Kelsey" was their first single in the US. Blake Healy (Synthesizer/Beats) told Independentmusic.com about the meaning: "Mason (Musso Vocals/Guitar) wrote that about a girl named Chelsea. The second time that Trace (Cyrus Guitar/Vocals), Mason, and I got together to write, Trace played me this song called 'Chelsea' on the drive to Mason's. I loved it, but Trace said Mason wouldn't record it as a Metro Station song because it was too personal for him. We had to beg Mason to let us record it, and he agreed on the condition that we change the name to Kelsey."
  • Josh Cain and Justin Pierre from Motion City Soundtrack produced this song.

Comments: 2

  • Ashleigh from ?????, MoThe world needs more guys who write love songs like this.
  • Kelsey from Rustburg, VaI'm glad they changed the name. My name is kelsey so i love this song.
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