Teenage Dream (Acoustic Version)

This article is about the acoustic version. You may be looking for the Warblers version.

Teenage Dream by Katy Perry is featured in The Break-Up, the fourth episode of Season Four. It is an emotional acoustic rendition of an earlier performance of the same song, in Season Two. The song is sung by Blaine, however this performance does not include The Warblers on backup.

Blaine performs it at Callbacks, a NYADA Karaoke Bar, to Kurt, as he is upset about him and Kurt being so far apart for so long that Blaine cheated on him.

Lyrics[]

Blaine:
You think I'm pretty
Without any makeup on
You think I'm funny
When I tell the punchline wrong
I know you get me
So I let my walls come down, down

Before you met me
I was alright but things
Were kinda heavy
You brought me to life
Now every February
You'll be my Valentine, Valentine

Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance, until we die
You and I,
Will be young forever

You make me feel
Like I'm livin' a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's run away and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back

We drove to Cali
And got drunk on the beach
Got a motel and
Built a fort out of sheets
I finally found you
My missing puzzle piece
I'm complete

Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance, until we die
You and I,
Will be young forever

Cause you make me feel
Like I'm livin' a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's run away and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don't ever look back
Don't ever look

I'm a get your heart racing
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight

You make me feel
Like a, teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's run away and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So, oh oh
Don't ever look back, no

I'm a get your heart racing
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight

Trivia[]

Teenage Dream has been covered twice on Glee, the first time was in Never Been Kissed.
- The acoustic version in The Break-Up marks the second time they have officially released the same song twice but with different arrangements (The first being Don't Stop Believin').
- It marks the first time that the same song has been released twice with the same singer singing the same parts.
- Marks the first time we see Blaine play a full song at the piano rather than playing smaller sections. Darren taught himself how to play piano while he was in school along with many other instruments including guitar and drums. The only instrument he has ever had lessons for is the violin, for which he was classically trained for 15 years.
This version was arranged by Darren Criss.
The acoustic version heard in the episode wasn't pre-recorded for the show, both vocals and piano were performed live for the taping of the episode.
This is one out of four songs Darren Criss sang live on the show. The other three songs were Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) in Guilty Pleasures, Not While I'm Around in Bash and Suddenly Seymour in Loser Like Me.
This is the third out of seven songs that were sung live on the show. The first two were Le Freak and Ride wit Me, and the last four being The First Noel, Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), Not While I'm Around and Suddenly Seymour respectively.