Are You Gonna Be My Girl

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"Are You Gonna Be My Girl"

Single by Jet
from the album Get Born
Released	September 2003
Format	CD
Recorded	2003
Genre	Rock
Length	3:33
Label	Elektra
Producer(s)	Dave Sardy
Chart positions
#16 (UK) #20 (Australia) #29 (US)
Jet singles chronology
	"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (2003)	"Rollover DJ" (2003)

"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by the Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2003 album Get Born. It was the first single from the album, released in 2003 in Australia and the UK, and in 2004 in the United States.

1 Chart placings
2 Criticisms
3 Covers and acoustic/live versions
4 Track listing

[edit] Chart placings

The song peaked at #20 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart, while in the UK Singles Chart it first appeared on the charts at #23. The single was re-released in the UK in 2004, after it was featured on advertisements for the Apple iPod, and this time reached #16 on the charts. It also gave the band success in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, peaking at #29.

[edit] Criticisms

The song has been criticised for its similarities to other songs, which can either be construed as plagiarism or cryptomnesia. A commonly-cited similarity is to the riff used in Iggy Pop's 1977 song "Lust for Life" from the album of the same name. The opening has also been compared to The Doors' "Touch Me" (1968). In addition, it draws on musical influences from Rolling Stones songs.

[edit] Covers and acoustic/live versions

An acoustic version of the song features on the bonus CD of Get Born. Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered it in a Vegas Lounge style on his 2004 album I'd Like a Virgin. The original track also appeared in the first episode of the 5th season of the TV show Scrubs. Australian singer Delta Goodrem covered the song on her Visualise Tour in 2005.