Interpolating “Cry for You” by September into a UK garage tune, “Beg for You” is the third single from Charli XCX’s fourth album CRASH. It features Japanese-British singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama. The song was first previewed on November 4, 2021, when Charli did a live on TikTok and then again on J...
[Verse 1: Charli XCX]
You know I go insane every time you have to catch a flight (Ah, ah-ah-ah)
Well, can I take you to the airport?
Make out under the bathroom lights (Ah, ah-ah-ah)
[Pre-Chorus: Charli XCX]
Put your lips on my lips
I'll remember your kiss on the nights when I miss you
Somethin' I can't forget when I'm restless in bed
Yeah, you got me obsessed (Mm)
[Chorus: Charli XCX]
Oh, don't you leave me this way
Won't you wait another hour or two?
You know I need you to stay
Don't make me beg for you 'cause I'll beg for you
[Post-Chorus: Charli XCX & Rina Sawayama]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, yeah
Beg for you, beg for you (Yeah)
Bеg for you, beg for you, mmm (Yeah)
Beg for you, bеg for you (Yeah; Rina Sawayama)
So don't you leave me this way (Uh, yeah)
[Verse 2: Rina Sawayama & Charli XCX]
You're like an ocean breeze, comin' and goin' just as you please (Ah, ah-ah-ah)
Separated by a degree, hesitate and I lose you
So far out of reach
(Ah, ah-ah-ah)
[Pre-Chorus: Rina Sawayama]
Oh, put your lips on my lips
I'll remember your kiss on the nights when I miss you
Somethin' I can't forget when I'm restless in bed
Yeah, you got me obsessin' now
[Chorus: Charli XCX]
Oh, don't you leave me this way
Won't you wait another hour or two?
You know I need you to stay
Don't make me beg for you 'cause I'll beg for you
My heart is achin', my breath you've taken
Oh, babe, I just want a taste
Don't you leave me this way
Don't make me beg for you
[Bridge: Charli XCX]
Don't leave me, don't leave me this way
This way, this way
Don't leave me, don't leave me this way
This way, this way
Don't leave me, don't leave me this way (Don't you leave me)
This way (Don't you leave me this way), this way (Don't you leave me)
Don't leave me, don't leave me this way (Don't you leave me)
This way (Don't you leave me this way), this way (Don't you leave me) (Yeah)
Don't you leave me
[Outro: Charli XCX]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Beg For You was written by Alex Soifer & Anoo Bhagavan & Charli XCX & Digital Farm Animals & Jonas von der Burg & Niclas von der Burg & Rina Sawayama & Rollo Spreckley & Sorana.
Beg For You was produced by Digital Farm Animals.
Charli XCX released Beg For You on Thu Jan 27 2022.
This collaboration was a long time coming for us. We’d been speaking on & off for quite a few years about the idea of doing something together and we did actually try a demo a few years ago. This song came about that I got sent a rough sketch of the chorus. I remember I was driving in the car li...
Charli XCX:
Rina wanted to do something uptempo together, and give our fans a bit more of a moment. So when this song idea bubbled up, I called her immediately. She rewrote the second verse, and sounded incredible on it. It’s a very perfect-storm moment, because we’re two artists operating within t...
Yes! The CRASH vinyl included lyrics from an unused verse of the song.