Dark Horse

Track 39 on Katy Perry CATalog (Collector’s Edition Boxset)

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“Dark Horse” is a song by American singer Katy Perry, released as the official third single from her studio album, PRISM. The song was originally released first on… Read More

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Dark Horse Lyrics

[Intro: Juicy J]
Yeah, y'all know what it is
Katy Perry, Juicy J
Uh-huh, let's rage

[Verse 1: Katy Perry]
I knew you were, you were gonna come to me
And here you are, but you better choose carefully
'Cause I, I'm capable of anything
Of anything, and everything

[Pre-Chorus: Katy Perry]
Make me your Aphrodite
Make me your one and only
But don't make me your enemy (Enemy)
Your enemy (Your enemy), your enemy

[Chorus: Katy Perry]
So you wanna play with magic?
Boy, you should know what you're fallin' for
Baby, do you dare to do this?
'Cause I'm comin' at you like a dark horse
Are you ready for, ready for
A perfect storm, perfect storm?
'Cause once you're mine, once you're mine
There's no goin' back

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[Verse 2: Katy Perry]
Mark my words, this love will make you levitate
Like a bird, like a bird without a cage
We're down to earth if you choose to walk away
Don't walk away (Walk away)

[Pre-Chorus: Katy Perry]
It's in the palm of your hand now, baby
It's a yes or a no, no maybe
So just be sure before you give it all to me
All to me, give it all to me

[Chorus: Katy Perry]
So you wanna play with magic?
Boy, you should know what you're fallin' for
Baby, do you dare to do this?
'Cause I'm comin' at you like a dark horse
Are you ready for, ready for
A perfect storm, perfect storm?
'Cause once you're mine, once you're mine
There's no goin' back

[Verse 3: Juicy J]
She's a beast, I call her Karma (Come back)
She eat your heart out like Jeffrey Dahmer (Woo)
Be careful, try not to lead her on
Shawty heart is on steroids 'cause her love is so strong
You may fall in love when you meet her (Meet her)
If you get the chance, you better keep her (Keep her)
She's sweet as pie, but if you break her heart
She turn cold as a freezer (Freezer)
That fairy tale ending with a knight in shining armor
She can be my sleepin' beauty, I'm gon' put her in a coma (Woo)
Damn, I think I love her, shawty so bad, I'm sprung and I don't care
She ride me like a roller coaster, turn the bedroom into a fair (A fair)
Her love is like a drug, I was tryna hit it and quit it
But lil' mama so dope, I messed around and got addicted

[Chorus: Katy Perry]
So you wanna play with magic?
Boy, you should know what you're fallin' for (You should know)
Baby, do you dare to do this?
'Cause I'm comin' at you like a dark horse (Like a dark horse)
Are you ready for, ready for (Ready for)
A perfect storm, perfect storm? (A perfect storm)
'Cause once you're mine, once you're mine (Mine)
There's no goin' back

[Produced by Max Martin and Dr. Luke]
[Video directed by Matthew Cullen]

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“Dark Horse” is a song by American singer Katy Perry, released as the official third single from her studio album, PRISM. The song was originally released first on September 17, 2013, as a promotional single from the album.

Commercially, the song became Perry’s overall ninth number one single on the Billboard Hot 100, and her second from PRISM, as “Roar” reached the top spot months prior.

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Juicy J:

Dr. Luke gave me a call and was like, ‘Hey man, Katy Perry wants you to feature on one of her songs for her album’ and I was like, ‘Wow.’ I couldn’t believe. He sent me the track over, I did the verse and like a week later he called me again and he was like, ‘She wants to meet you she wants you to come to the studio.

–via MTV (2013)

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“Dark Horse” debuted at #17 on the Billlboard Hot 100 for the chart week ending October 5, 2013. During the week ending February 8, 2014 the song peaked at #1, marking Juicy J’s first number one song and Katy Perry’s ninth number one song.

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