Sunroof

Album

Single

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Indie pop

Composer(s)

Nicholas Ur;eDazy

Entered Chart

Jun 11, 2022

Peak Date

Sep 10, 2022

Released

December 3, 2021

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Columbia

Orange County, California native Nicky Youre became interested in music through his guitar-playing older brother. After four years of making his own music in his bedroom, Youre released his debut single, "Sex And Lemonade," in June 2021. It garnered plenty of attention, amassing over 1 million Spotify streams. This feel-good track is his second single. In this free-feeling summer bop, Youre sings of driving down the California freeway at night. He's got the sunroof down, the radio on, and his new love interest by his side. Life couldn't be any better. Youre is the sole songwriter. He set out to write a tune that captures "the feeling of excitement you get when you meet someone that you can't stop thinking about." He wanted it to be fun and energetic but still easy to listen to. "When I meet someone like this, the thought of them is like an itch in my brain that I can't scratch," he added. "So I wanted the song to be catchy so it sticks in your head just like when you're stuck thinking about someone." Singer-songwriter/producer Dazy produced the track. The two followed each other on Instagram and Youre DM'd Dazy and sent him the song's lyrics and melody. He also gave him a list of musical touchstones including Tai Verdes "A-O-K" and Benee's "Supalonely" for the song's sonics. "I wanted the guitars to sound super-full and bright - that was something we talked about," Dazy told Billboard. "That was a new lane for me to try in terms of making pop music. I had mostly done a lot of electronic stuff." After releasing "Sunroof" on November 26, 2021, it became a viral sensation on TikTok, catapulting the track into the Hot 100. Nicky Youre penned the song in spring 2021 while studying international business at the University of California in San Diego. He enjoyed the student life but wrote the song on a bad night when he was feeling sick. Youre wanted to return to that feel-good feeling he had in his senior year. "So I wrote this song," he told Billboard, "and then 30 minutes into writing, I was [singing], 'I got my head out the sunroof!' And I was like, 'Whoa, that's kind of sick. A sunroof.'"

La da la da da, la da da da
La da la da di da da, la da da da da
La da la da da, la da da
La da la da di da

I got my head out the sunroof
I'm blasting our favorite tunes
I only got one thing on my mind
You got me stuck on the thought of you
You're making me feel brand new
You're more than the sunshine in my eyes

You got those pretty eyes in your head, you know it
You got me dancing in my bed so let me show it
You are exactly what I want, kinda cool and kinda not
Wanna give myself to you

Yeah, we're driving down the freeway at night
I only got one thing in the back of my mind (you got me stuck on the thought of you)
I'm feeling like this might be my time to shine
With you, with you, with you

I got my head out the sunroof
I'm blasting our favorite tunes
I only got one thing on my mind
You got me stuck on the thought of you
You're making me feel brand new
You're more than the sunshine in my eyes

I got my head out the sunroof
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, ooh
You got me stuck on the thought of you
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, ooh

Yeah, we're driving down the freeway at night
I only got one thing in the back of my mind (you got me stuck on the thought of you)
I'm feeling like this might be my time to shine
With you, with you, with you

I got my head out the sunroof
I'm blasting our favorite tunes
I only got one thing on my mind
You got me stuck on the thought of you
You're making me feel brand new
You're more than the sunshine in my eyes

La da la da da, la da da da
La da la da di da da, la da da da da
La da la da da, la da da da
La da la da di da da da

La da la da da, la da da da
La da la da di da da, la da da da da
La da la da da, la da da da