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Too Nervous to Ask Someone Out? All You Need Are These 3 Pop Songs To Guarantee a Date

When your own words fail, let Carly Rae Jepsen ask your crush out on a date for you.

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So, here’s the situation. You have a crush on someone and are thinking of asking them out. But every time you try to tell them, you get too nervous and chicken out. The words get stuck, you can’t speak, maybe you start sweating uncontrollably. You’re making a fool of yourself, is what’s happening. But don’t fret, because these three pop songs will do the work for you. Just, maybe work on those social skills in the meantime, huh?

“Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand released “Take Me Out” on their 2004 self-titled debut, and it became one of their biggest hits. Vocalist Alex Kapranos once described being inspired by a sniper standoff in the war movie Enemy at the Gates, which led to “Take Me Out”. Now you’re wondering how this song could guarantee a date, right?

Well, that standoff scene called to mind what occurs when two........

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