Charli XCX
1999 lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:10
I just wanna go back, back to 1999
Take a ride to my old neighborhood
I just wanna go back, sing, "Hit me baby, one more time"
Wanna go back, wanna go
Yeah, I just wanna go back
Nike Airs, All That
CD, old Mercedes
Drive 'round listening to Shady like, oh
Never under pressure, oh
Those days, it was so much better, oh
Feelin' cool in my youth, relaxin'
No money, no problem
It was easy back then
Ooh, wish that we could go back in time, uh
Got memories
Ooh, maybe we could do it tonight
Tonight's the night
I just wanna go back, back to 1999
Take a ride to my old neighborhood
I just wanna go back
Sing, "Hit me baby, one more time"
Wanna go back, wanna go
Yeah, I remember back home
Best friends, all night, no phone
No cares, I was dumb and so young
My room singing Michael Jackson (hee, hee)
Never under pressure, oh
Those days it was so much better, oh
Feelin' cool in my youth, I'm askin'
"Does anyone remember how we did it back then?"
Ooh, wish that we could go back in time, uh
Got memories
Ooh, maybe we could do it tonight
Tonight's the night
Ah, yeah
I just wanna go back, back to 1999
Take a ride to my old neighborhood
I just wanna go back
Sing, "Hit me baby, one more time"
Wanna go back, wanna go
(Back) Back to where we came from
Playin' air guitar on the roof
In the kitchen, up on the table
Like we had a beautiful view
I wanna go
I just wanna go back, back to 1999
Ah, yeah
(Back to 1999)
I know those days are over but a boy can fantasize
'Bout JTT on MTV and when I close my e-e-eyes
And I'm right there, right there
And he's right there, right there
And we're right there, right there
(Ah, ah, ah) I wanna go back
I just wanna go back (yeah), back to 1999
Take a ride to my (to my) old neighborhood
I just wanna go back
Sing, "Hit me baby, one more time"
Wanna go back, I wanna go (back)
Back to where we came from (came from)
Playin' air guitar on the roof, oh
In the kitchen, up on the table
Like we had a beautiful view (had a beautiful view)
I wanna go
I just wanna go back (go back), back to 1999
Go back, yeah, yeah
I just wanna go back, back to 1999 (yeah, back to 1999)
(Yeah) Take me back to '99
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Key vocabulary
- drive
- go by carA1
- easy
- not difficultA1
- friends
- people you likeA1
- guitar
- six-string instrumentA1
- how
- in what wayA1
- kitchen
- room for cookingA1
- know
- have understandingA1
- listening
- paying attention to soundA1
- maybe
- perhapsA1
- money
- coins and banknotesA1
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About this song
Charli XCX is an English pop and hyperpop artist, born in 1992 in Essex, and known for writing and producing much of her own material as well as collaborating across mainstream and underground dance scenes. She is particularly associated with early breakthrough singles like "I Love It" and later left-field work such as the hyperpop-leaning Vroom Vroom era and the 2024 album BRAT.