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Released 10/25/2011.
Duration: 2:08.

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Also released as:

• (20202/16/2020; about 8 years, 4 months later) Carefree Action (Paths)

Tracks that reference Carefree Action:

From Official Discography:

• Carefree Victory by Andrew Huo and Toby Fox
• Carefree Princess Berryboo by Alex Rosetti
• Umbral Ultimatum by Toby Fox
• Pink Cat by Ryan Ames
• A Taste for Adventure by Seth Peelle
• Creata by Seth Peelle
• Ascend by Tensei
• Carefree Victory (REMIX) ft. Spell-n-Speak by James Roach

From Fandom:

• Carefree Perigee by Toby Fox
• Good Dog (Best Friend) by Catboss
• Irradiated by Thomas Ibarra
• Doghead by Willow Ascenzo and D. Crystal
• Dogfight (Dirtiest's Dubstep Remix) by David Dycus
• Happy Hospital by ostrichlittledungeon
• Learning to Stack-Modus by Caldw3ll
• Beat Mesa Boogie by Tee-vee
• Carefree Consternation by GhostElevator
• Spritely Gardener by Rainy
• Victory! by YoItsCro
• Stargazing with Gods by Joshua Gray
• Falling off the Planet (Jade's Theme) by Pascal van den Bos and GITGOT

Flashes & games that feature Carefree Action:

• [S] ARADIA: Wrap up.

Artist commentary:

Mark J. Hadley: (composer, via early commentary collection)

Back when we knew Jade as just GG, I wrote the first part of Carefree Action as a possible upbeat strife theme for her. It never ended up getting used, but other people liked it, and eventually a remix of it (Carefree Victory) made it into the comic. The original was pretty short, so I lengthened it so that I could eventually get it onto an album. Like Sburban Reversal, I recommended it as a bonus track.

8bitkitten: (track artist, Tumblr)

Days before the release of Homestuck Volume 8, I lucked out and was offered the opportunity to make track art. I chose “Carefree Action” and wound up with a cute 8-bit tune. It’s a lighter version of “Carefree Victory” from Volume 4. The 8-bit sound and peppiness of the song gave me the idea of Jade and Dave collecting frogs as they would coins in a video game.

I have a hi-res image, but this is all I can post for now.