Are You Gonna Be My Girl
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| "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" | ||
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| Single by Jet | ||
| from the album Get Born | ||
| Released | September 2003 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 2003 | |
| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Length | 3:33 | |
| Label | Elektra | |
| Producer(s) | Dave Sardy | |
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| Jet singles chronology | ||
| "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (2003) |
"Rollover DJ" (2003) |
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"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.
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[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. The song also reached #1 on Australian youth radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2003.
[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 fifth season of the TV show Scrubs. Australian singer Delta Goodrem covered the song on her Visualise Tour in 2005. The song also featured in the trailers for the animated movie Flushed Away. In addition, the song features a very similar riff and drum beat to Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life"
[edit] Music video
The music video is shot in black and white, and shows Jet performing in a blank studio. As they play, black ink starts pouring out of their equipment and forms a landscape.
[edit] Track listing
- "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
- "Last Chance"
- "Hey Kids"
- "You Were Right"
| Preceded by Queens of the Stone Age No One Knows |
Triple J Hottest 100 #1s 2003 |
Succeeded by Franz Ferdinand Take Me Out |
