Calm Down (Remix)

Album

Rave & Roses

Label

Mavin Records

Genre

Afrobeats

Composer(s)

Divine Ikubor

Entered Chart

Sep 17, 2022

Peak Date

Jul 8, 2023

Released

11 February 2022

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Jonzing World

Rema is a singer-songwriter from Nigeria who calls his music "Afrorave," a type of Afrobeats sprinkled with Arabian and Indian sounds. In 2019, Rema signed a record deal with Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records owned by record producer Don Jazzy. He released his self-titled debut EP Rema in 2019, and the following year MTV Europe nominated him for an award for Best African Act. This song is the second single from Rema's debut album, Rave & Roses. Rema sings the song in a mixture of English and Pidgin English. He recounts a true love story of his, which started with him meeting a girl at a party. Rema was immediately attracted to her and they chatted and danced, but she felt insecure and preferred to stick with her friends. The singer told her to "calm down," but her trust issues killed the vibe. However, they stayed in touch and later hit it off. The song originated when Rema was vibing and chilling with some folks from his Mavin label. They went into a studio where they hooked up with Andre Vibez, one of the in-house music producers signed under Don Jazzy's label imprint. "Vibez saw that our energy was up, and we just wanted to freestyle on beats," Rema recalled. "The next day, I recorded and brought up my experience where I met a girl at a party." Rema released "Calm Down" on February 11, 2022. It charted throughout Europe, reaching #1 in Belgium, The Netherlands and Switzerland. Selena Gomez hooked up with Rema for the song's remix, which the Nigerian released on August 26, 2022. Gomez sings from the perspective of Rema's love interest.

(Vibez)
(Oh, no)
Another banger

Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put my heart for lockdown
For lockdown, oh, lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta o
Fanta o
If I tell you say I love you
No dey form yanga o, oh, yanga o
No tell me no, no, no, no
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love
You got me like whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love, hmm

I see this fine girl, for my party, she wear yellow
Every other girl they dey do too much, but this girl mellow
Naim I dey find situation I go use take tell am hello
Finally, I find way to talk to the girl but she no wan' follow

Who you come dey form for? (Uhum)
Why you no wan' conform? (Uhum)
Then I start to feel her bum-bum, whoa (uhum)
But she dey gimme small-small, whoa
I know say she sabi pass Don Juan (uhum)
But she feeling insecure
'Cause her friends go dey gum her like chewing gum (uhum)
Go dey gum her like chewing gum

Yeah, I know I look shy but for you I get down, oh, woah
And my hips make you cry when I'm moving around you (yeah)
Do it once, do it twice (do it twice)
I push back, you hold me tight
Get a taste for a night

Baby, show me you can calm down, calm down
Dance with me and take the lead now, lead now (lead now)
Got you so high that you can't come down, come down
Don't you ask, you know you're allowed, allowed (oh no)
When it's you I can't say no-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Baby, gimme lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love
You got me like whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love, hmm

As I reach my house I say make I rest small (make I rest small)
As me I wake up na she dey my mind o (na she dey my mind o)
Day one, day two, I no fit focus (I no fit focus)
Na so me I call am, say make we link up (say make we link up)
Got my hand on your heart now, I can feel it race
If I leave then you say you can never love again
Wanna give you it all but can't promise that I'll stay
And that's the risk you take (you take)

Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put my heart for lockdown
For lockdown, oh, lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta o
Fanta o
If I tell you say I love you
No dey form yanga o, oh, yanga o
No tell me no, no, no, no
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (your love, your love)

Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love
You got me like whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love, hmm (oh, whoa)

Your love