The insistence of the tonic in the melody keeps your ears' eyes fixed on the destination, but the song never arrives there. The video features images of Perry in a car with a boyfriend, then, Perry is shown in a party with her friends, and the closing scene shows Perry kissing her boyfriend under the water. As of August 2020, the song has been certified 8 times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) [35] and sold 5 million copies in the United States.

This song is all about suspension—not in the voice-leading 4–3 sense, but in the emotional sense, which listeners often associate with 'exhilaration,' being on the road, being on a roller coaster, travel," he explained. On the issue dated September 18, 2010, the song topped the chart becoming her second consecutive number one-single and her third overall number one-single. While it's still as saccharine sweet as her previous hits, there's also a rather, well, mature quality to it (despite the title). Perry performed the song with actor Darren Criss for the first time on the Trevor Project Live on December 5, 2010.this poster is made of good paper material which is durable too,The colors of pictures are heartwarming and it will give you positive effect whenever u see and observe them closely. For her 2014–15 The Prismatic World Tour [60] and her 2017-2018 Witness: The Tour, "Teenage Dream" was included on the setlist. In 2018, NPR listed "Teenage Dream" at number 63 on their list of the 200 Greatest Songs by Women of the 21st Century. The clip showed Perry in a montage of locations around Santa Barbara including riding a late 1960s white BMW New Class convertible, kissing her love interest on the bed as well as the pool scene at the Sandman Inn on State Street in Santa Barbara, and dancing on the beach with her friends. uDiscover Music ranked "Teenage Dream" at number eight in the list of 20 Katy Perry songs that shaped 21st-century pop music.

Criss covered the song again on Glee 's season four episode, " The Break-Up", on October 4, 2012, with a slower, piano-only version. It went to number one in New Zealand on the August 30 chart making it her third number one in New Zealand that year, preceded by " If We Ever Meet Again" with Timbaland in early 2010 and "California Gurls". Following the airing of the episode in the US on November 9, 2010, the track was released as a single credited to the Glee cast; the recording is also featured on Glee: The Music, Volume 4.Music video [ edit ] Background and concept [ edit ] Perry during a beach party in the music video for "Teenage Dream". Selling 214,000 copies over the week, the song debuted at the eighth position on the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing " Don't Stop Believin'" for the highest first-week sales of any Glee song, and first top ten by Glee Cast on the chart since "Don't Stop Believin'". Pallett notes other classic pop songs, such as Fleetwood Mac's " Dreams" and Coldplay's " Viva la Vida", that employ the same device. After the first few lines, the B ♭ tonic chord that repeats throughout the song is offset by bass notes that give it a more dominant 7th feel.