![]() ![]() When the idea of the video was being processed, Carpenter thought of a subway because it's where different people would be found the line "Somewhere in the world" represents those people. The video features Carpenter singing the song with several bored people inside the subway on a typical big-city daily commute. The video is set in a New York City Subway car and is shot in one take. The music video, which was directed by Hayley Young, was uploaded to her Vevo account on YouTube on February 10, 2017. The chorus' lyric "They gonna keep on twiddling them thumbs" is a metaphor for wasting time doing pointless things and making no real progress. Lyrically, the song talks about embracing individuality and rising above mediocrity. Carpenter's vocal range spans from the low note F3 to the high note of G5, giving the song two octave and one note of range. The song follows the chord progression of Cm-Csus-C5-Csus-Cm–A ♭-Fm/A ♭-A ♭-Fm/A ♭-A ♭-Fsus7-F7-B ♭sus-B ♭. In terms of music notation, "Thumbs" was composed using 4Ĥ common time in the key of C minor, with a moderately fast tempo of 135 beats per minute. Musically, "Thumbs" is a three minutes and thirty-six seconds electropop song with pop and house elements. ![]() Carpenter describes the other songs on the album as "children" of "Thumbs".Ĭomposition and lyrical interpretation She says that if people are falling into the same mistakes they are going to continue 'twiddling them thumbs', thus continuing to live in the mediocrity. "We'd finish the album, I then heard "Thumbs" which gave me these vibes of fame and black and gold and just like some of my favorite soulful songs." The song talks about embracing individuality and escaping mediocrity. The song was the last recorded for the album, Carpenter says. The song was written by Steve Mac and Priscilla Renea and was the only song in the album without Carpenter's writing credit. It was released initially as a promotional single and later released as a single. It was certified Platinum by United States ( RIAA) and Norway ( IFPI). It was the first song by Carpenter with a chart impact and it peaked at number one on Billboard 's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. Carpenter promoted "Thumbs" with several live performances, including on Radio Disney Music Awards 2017, on Today and on The Late Late Show. It was accompanied by a music video directed by Hayley Young premiered on her Vevo channel on February 10, 2017. "Thumbs" is an up-tempo electropop song with house and pop elements. ![]() It was later released as the album's second single on January 3, 2017. The song was originally released by Hollywood Records as the third promotional single from Evolution on October 7, 2016, a week before the album's release. The track was written by Priscilla Renea and its producer Steve Mac. She also performed the song on the Apepisode of The Late Late Show with James Corden as well as the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards." Thumbs" is a song recorded by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her second studio album Evolution (2016), included as the third track of the album. Skiddly-dee-da-dum (They keep on, keep on)Ĭarpenter performed "Thumbs" on the Today Show, and at every show on the EVOLution Tour. (Skiddly-dee-da-da-da, da-dum-dum-dum-dum)Īnd so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (They keep on, keep on) They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (Oh, la) It never ends 'til the end, and then you start again Let it go through your left and right earĭon't just march to the beat of that drumĭon't be one of them people just twiddlin' them thumbs 'Cause they're all just workin' to get paid the very same Somewhere in the world you got a robber and a bankĪnd the bank robbed the people so the people rob the bankĪnd the police came to get him but they let him get away They get up every day to go to work for someone elseĪnd somebody works for them and so they think they've got it madeīut they're all just working to get paid the very sameĪnd so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs Somewhere in the world they think they're working for themselves ![]() It never ends 'til the end, then you start again The mother has a daughter who gets married to the brother of a motherĪnd they all just tryna multiply with one another Somewhere in the world there is a father and a mother ![]()
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