The Girls (song)

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“The Girls”
“The Girls” cover
Single by Calvin Harris
from the album I Created Disco
B-side "Rock N Roll Attitude"
Released June 4, 2007 (UK)
June 5, 2007 (US)
Genre Dance, Disco, Pop, New Wave, Rave
Length 5:31
Label Sony/Columbia
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"Acceptable in the 80s"
(2007)
"The Girls"
(2007)
"Merrymaking at My Place"
(2007)

"The Girls" is the second single of Scottish-born electronica musician Calvin Harris. It was released on June 4, 2007, and precedes the release of his debut album, I Created Disco. "The Girls" is Harris's highest charting single on the Official UK Top 40 and has currently peaked at #2 on iTunes UK. The track has received huge airplay on BBC Radio 1. As of 10 June 2007, "The Girls" has reached a peak of #3 on the Official UK Top 40. A "bootleg" version of this song leaked on file sharing a several months before I Created Disco was released. The song has been covered by electropop outfit Dragonette, who changed the main lyric to "The Boys".

Contents

[edit] Music video

The music features a group of women in brightly coloured wigs and underwear performing a dance routine around Harris.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Maxi CD

  1. "The Girls" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Rock N Roll Attitude"
  3. "The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix)
  4. "The Girls" (Micky Slim's Bomb Squad Mix)

[edit] 12" Vinyl 1

  1. "The Girls" (Album Version)
  2. "Rock N Roll Attitude"
  3. "The Girls" (Micky Slim's Bomb Squad Mix)

[edit] 12" Vinyl 2

  1. "The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix)
  2. "The Girls" (Groove Armada Dub)

[edit] Uses in Media

The song is used to advertise for America's Next Top Model on Channel 10, Australia; to advertise the addition of the two Mitchell sisters, Ronnie and Roxy on Eastenders, BBC 1, United Kingdom; and in Episode 13 of ABC's Ugly Betty.