Task 4:Task Four – Analyse the track

For this Task I am going to Analyse the track, explain how long the song is and what the meaning behind the lyrics are and what tempo the track goes to and why it is important to have a good beat to match the style and meaning to the words in the song. 


Here is the Lyrics to the song below:

I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
Won't you settle down with me?
Settle down

We can settle at a table
A table for two
Won't you wine and dine with me?
Settle down

I wanna raise a child
I wanna raise a child
Won't you raise a child with me?
Raise a child

We'll call her Nebraska
Nebraska Jones
She'll have your nose
Just so you know

I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
Won't you settle down with me?
Settle down

Run from Angela Vickers
I saw her with you
Monday morning small talking on the avenue
She's got a fancy car
She wants to take you far
From the city lights and sounds deep into the dark

Star so light and star so bright
First star I see tonight!
Star so light and star so bright
Keep him by side!

I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
Baby there's no need to run
I'll love you well
I wanna settle down
It's time to bring you down
On just one knee for now
Let's make our vows

Star so light and star so bright
First star I see tonight!
Star so light and star so bright
Keep him by side! 

This song was released in 2011 on the 1st of November the single reached Number 37 on the New Zealand singles chart. The Music video to this hit was released online on youtube on the 6th July 2010, and today has over 23 million views alone.

There can be many meanings to this song. Depending on the way the listener hears it. Some think that the message that Kimbra is sending out is that people rush into marriage to quickly and the mannequin in the music video implies that the man does not care who he settles down with but as long as they do.

Kimbra in this Music video seems a little wild, not the typical , classy female represented by the young females in the music video. In the video it is implying that she's never going to be cool and calm, settling down and having children, and that she just really wants to live, and don't care what people think. Also in the music video there are a lot of fake dolls, and by this she is probably telling us how ridiculous it is to hold onto something which is not even real.


It could also mean that you should hold onto what you've got when you have it, and only when you loose it, thats when you realise what you had. In one scene of the music video, pictured above you can see the couple together in the room, but when the man leaves and she leaves him, the camera goes back to that position with the girl in the same place but the man has gone.