Chemical
By: Beck Hansen, Pharrell Williams
Written by: Beck Hansen, Pharrell Williams

Version Of: Chemical

This Version:
  • Chemical
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    Credits
    Pharrell Williams: Drums, keyboards, Producer
    Brent Paschke: Guitar
    Randy Merrill: Mastering
    David Greenbaum: Mix
    Beck Hansen: Producer, Vocals
    Roger Joseph Manning Jr.: Vocals (Background)
 
Lyrics:
They say love is a chemical
Anodyne to the soul
What I really really want to know
Is if a mind's in control

I'm so high
And love is a chemical
I'm so high
And love is a chemical
Start it
Start it again

A random thought, a memory
A tidal wave of energy
I'm on my knees
A sudden change in everything
Don't know what I would even feel when I'm free
Found love, just a fantasy
Beautiful and ugly as a life could be
I don't lose any sleep honestly

I'm so high
And love is a chemical
I'm so high
And love is a chemical
Start it
Start it again

I can feel it minute by minute by day
I don't want to get it all night this way
Finally gonna get it on my mind this way

Saying what I feel
What can I tell you don't know?
Why you have to be like that?
Alligator teardrops fall
Love is a... love is a chemical
Love, it wears off like a miracle
I don't need anyone to turn me on
I don't need anyone, no

And when the feeling is over
There's no explanation
Shock to the system
Infatuation
Shake like a flower
Strange revelation
Cruel love illusion
Start it
Start it again

(I'm so high)
Saying what I feel
What can I tell you don't know?
Why you have to be like that?
Alligator teardrops fall
Love is a... love is a chemical
Love, it wears off like a miracle
I don't need anyone to turn me on
I don't need anyone no
(Start it again)
 
Live:

Played live 8 times:
Earliest known live version: June 5, 2022
Latest known live version: April 16, 2023