Get Ugly

Album: Everything Is 4 (2015)
Charted: 12 52
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Songfacts®:

  • This song finds Jason DeRulo talking dirty as he sings of a girl so beautiful she can only get uglier. He fancies her so much he wants to be with her even as she "gets ugly."
  • The track was produced by Ricky "Wallpaper," Reed, the guy behind "Talk Dirty" and another song where he sings of his admiration for a female's body, "Wiggle." Reed gets a gets a shout out from Derulo: "Hey Ricky, this beat gives me that ugly face, man!"

Comments: 2

  • Miles Morales from Earth 1610As a Spider-Man I love Jason Derulo
  • Siahara Shyne Carter from United States– I have this song in my USB.

    Just one Question, What if they're already ugly?

    lol hahahah Excuses
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