Perry's vocal range spans over an octave, from B ♭ 3 to D 5. The song is composed in the key of G minor and is set in time signature of common time, with a tempo of 138 beats per minute. "Peacock" is a dance-pop song, with an up-tempo house music beat, that lasts for three minutes and 51 seconds. Problems playing this file? See media help. '" And then she went on to clarify: "It does have the word cock in it, but art is also in fart! It's all in how you look at it." Prior to the release of Teenage Dream, the singer debuted "Peacock" in early August 2010 when she performed it at the MTV World Stage in Malaysia. It's not just like, 'I wanna see your bulge.
"They said, 'We don't see it as a single, we don't want it on the album.' And I was like, 'You guys are idiots'." When asked about "Peacock", Perry stated: "I'm hoping it will be a gay-pride anthem, peacocks represent a lot of individuality. Unhappy with the idea of making her music more family friendly, she insisted on including the songs the label objected to. "They were all a bit worried about the word 'cock' and it gave me déjà vu because they did the exact same thing with ' I Kissed a Girl,'" Perry stated. Originally, the singer's recording label, Capitol Records, was against the inclusion of the song as a track on Teenage Dream as they deemed "Peacock" too controversial. So she then decided to get back into the studio and work with Stargate, a production team co-producing Teenage Dream, during a late-night session and made several more songs, including " Firework" and "Peacock". I really don't have that full-blown presentation". Midway through recording the album, Perry recalled saying to the people she was working with: "Look I've got a lot of jewels, but I really don't have the crown. According to Perry, the whole point of writing "Peacock" was to play with words. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, and Ester Dean assisted Perry in writing "Peacock" for her third studio album, Teenage Dream, released in 2010. When performing the track, the singer usually wears colorful or glittery clothing. Perry has performed "Peacock" on several occasions, including during her 2011 world tour California Dreams Tour. Its least successful charting territory was the United Kingdom, while it performed best in the US, topping the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for a week, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. ĭespite not being released as a single, the song entered several music charts worldwide. On March 26, 2012, a remix version was released as promotional single on iTunes. "Peacock" was panned by music critics and, musically, was compared to the 1980s song " Mickey" by Toni Basil, and Gwen Stefani's " Hollaback Girl" (2005). Similar to what happened with another song of hers – " I Kissed a Girl" (2008) – she refused to withdraw it from the record. Because the song was filled with suggestive lyrics pertaining to male genitalia, Capitol Records initially opposed the idea of including it on her record. " Peacock" is a song by American singer Katy Perry, taken from her third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010). 2010 Roc the Mic Studios ( New York City, New York)
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