2017Released
3:09

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Interesting facts and trivia about Carolina. By Songfacts®.

This bluesy stomper finds Harry Styles smitten and singing about a "good girl" who "feels so good!" The song's title comes from its opening line, where he sings about the girl having roots in the Carolinas (the US states of North and South Carolina).

While talking about "Carolina," in the documentary Harry Styles: Behind the Album, the interviewer asked the One Direction star if he's seen the girl since he wrote it. He answered with a sly smile, "I have." When asked if she knows it's about her, Styles replied, "She does not. But her name's in it, so I'm a bit f--ked with that one."

She never saw herself as a West Coaster (woo, oh yeah) Moved all the way 'cause her grandma told her: (woo, oh yeah) "Townes, better swim before you drown" (woo, oh yeah) After Styles stated the subject of the song's name is included in the lyrics, the media reported it was most likely a fan named Townes, originally from South Carolina who the star was photographed with once in 2016.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Carolina.
EKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
122BPM

Album

The album Carolina is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Carolina.
Columbia
(P) 2017 Erskine Records Limited, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

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