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{{Infobox song
| name       = Rooting for You
| cover      = Alessia Cara - Rooting for You.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Alessia Cara]]
| EP         = This Summer
| released   = {{start date|2019|8|09}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      =
| length     = {{duration|m=2|s=56}}
| label      = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
| writer     = {{hlist|[[Alessia Cara]]cciolo|[[Jon Levine (musician)|Jon Levine]]}}
| producer   = {{hlist|Jon Levine|Midi Jones}}
| prev_title = [[Ready (Alessia Cara song)|Ready]]
| prev_year  = 2019
| next_title = [[Another Place (Bastille and Alessia Cara song)|Another Place]]
| next_year  = 2019
}}
"'''Rooting for You'''" is a song recorded by Canadian singer and songwriter [[Alessia Cara]]. It was released on August 9, 2019, as the second single from her 2019 EP ''This Summer''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alessia-cara-rooting-for-you-this-summer-ep-869242/|title=Alessia Cara Drops Bouncy, Funky New Song 'Rooting for You'|last=Spanos|first=Brittany |date=August 9, 2019|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref> The song impacted mainstream radio on August 27, 2019.<ref name="HDD">{{Cite web|url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/mediabase_chart_details&fmt=H1|title=HITS Daily Double|website=Hits Daily Double|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
== Background ==
On August 7, 2019, Cara began teasing the song through her social media accounts.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=alessiacara|number=1159512681117868034|title=Rooting For You. Out Tomorrow.pic.twitter.com/y6OuKEjN8u|date=August 8, 2019|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref> She soon revealed that the song would be released on August 9, 2019. Cara stated that "Rooting for You," along with "October," was her favorite song from ''This Summer''.<ref name="NME" />
==Composition==
"Rooting for You" is two minutes and fifty-six seconds long.<ref name="am1">{{cite web |title=Rooting for You - Alessia Cara |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rooting-for-you-mw0003308953/releases |website=AllMusic |publisher=RhythmOne |accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref> The song's introduction is slow and consists of a guitar; the song's chorus, meanwhile, has a "synth-and-drum combo" that lasts until the end of the song.<ref name="rs1">{{cite web |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |title=Alessia Cara Drops Bouncy, Funky New Song 'Rooting for You' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alessia-cara-rooting-for-you-this-summer-ep-869242/ |website=Rolling Stone |accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref> The song has been repeatedly described as "funky."<ref name="rs1" /><ref name="NME">{{cite web |last1=Ramli |first1=Sofiana |title=Listen to Alessia Cara's new song 'Rooting for You' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-alessia-cara-new-song-rooting-for-you-2537095 |website=NME |accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref> The song also features a distorted saxophone.<ref name="CoS">{{cite web |last1=Corcoran |first1=Nina |title=Alessia Cara is "Rooting for You" on new song: Stream |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/08/alessia-cara-rooting-for-you-stream/ |website=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref>
The song's lyrics detail a failed summer romance which Cara deems "cold."<ref name="rs1" />
''Genius Lyrics'' was told by Alessia Cara that this was actually inspired by the iconic clip of [[Tyra Banks]] in [[America’s Next Top Model]] where she screams: "I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you! How Dare You!" She also said that she tried to put that in the beginning and the end
of the song, but Tyra’s crew did not answer her e-mail in time to approve the sample, although some radio stations played the version with the sample in it.
== Music video ==
The music video was released in September 2019 and has surpassed 3 million views as of January 2021.<ref>{{Citation|title=Alessia Cara - Rooting For You|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFIw3fyaw-E|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
== Live performances ==
Cara performed the song live for the first time during her opening gig of [[Shawn Mendes]]' [[Shawn Mendes: The Tour|self-titled tour]] on August 10, 2019. The song was also performed live on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'' on October 7, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alessia Cara: Rooting for You|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpyC4Xm09c|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref> She also performed the single at the [[45th People's Choice Awards]] on November 10, 2019.
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019–2020)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Canada|47|artist=Alessia Cara|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|7|artist=Alessia Cara|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 28, 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|9|artist=Alessia Cara|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 22, 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|6|artist=Alessia Cara|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 17, 2020}}
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2019-09-13|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=August 19, 2019|access-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref>
| 31
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|30|artist=Alessia Cara|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 12, 2019}}
|}
== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Region
! Date
! Format
! Label
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States
| August 9, 2019
| {{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4yp0nH151NPmcakfthQDc9|title=Rooting For You|website=[[Spotify]]|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| August 27, 2019
| [[Contemporary hit radio]]
| <ref name="HDD"/>
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Alessia Cara}}
[[Category:2019 singles]]
[[Category:2019 songs]]
[[Category:Alessia Cara songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jon Levine]]
[[Category:Songs written by Alessia Cara]]
{{2019-single-stub}}