The Girls (song)
| "The Girls" |
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| 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) |
| Format |
CD/12"/Download |
| Recorded |
2006 |
| Genre |
Electropop, electro house, Nu-disco |
| Length |
3:52 (Radio Edit) |
| Label |
Sony/Columbia |
| Calvin Harris singles chronology |
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| Music video |
| The Girls on YouTube |
| I Created Disco track listing |
- "Merrymaking At My Place"
- "Colours"
- "This Is The Industry"
- "The Girls"
- "Acceptable In The 80s"
- "Neon Rocks"
- "Traffic Cops"
- "Vegas"
- "I Created Disco"
- "Disco Heat"
- "Vault Character"
- "Certified"
- "Electro Man"
- "Love Souvenir"
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"The Girls" is the second single of Scottish electropop artist Calvin Harris. It was released on 4 June 2007, prior to the release of his debut album, I Created Disco. "The Girls" was Harris' highest charting single on the Official UK Top 40, as of 10 June 2007, "The Girls" has reached a peak of #3. 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".
Music video
The video features a group of women in brightly coloured wigs and underwear performing a dance routine around Harris.
Track listing
| 1. |
"The Girls" (Radio Edit) |
3:52 |
| 2. |
"Rock N Roll Attitude" |
3:19 |
| 3. |
"The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix) |
8:04 |
| 4. |
"The Girls" (Micky Slim's Bomb Squad Mix) |
7:09 |
| 1. |
"The Girls" (Album Version) |
5:15 |
| 2. |
"Rock N Roll Attitude" |
3:19 |
| 3. |
"The Girls" (Micky Slim's Bomb Squad Mix) |
7:09 |
| 1. |
"The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix) |
8:04 |
| 2. |
"The Girls" (Groove Armada Dub) |
7:47 |
| 1. |
"The Girls" (Pete Tong Radio 1 Session) |
5:11 |
Chart performance
Official versions and remixes
- Acapella Version (3:15)
- Album Version / Original Mix (5:15)
- Acoustic Version (3:27)
- D La Rock & Niels Von Geyer Remix (5:41)
- Groove Armada Dub (7:47)
- Groove Armada Remix (8:04)
- Molella Remix (6:16)
- Micky Slim's Bomb Squad Mix (7:09)
- Napster Live Session (4:05)
- Pete Tong Radio 1 Session (5:11)
- Pornocult Remix (7:42)
- Pornocult Remix Edit (3:33)
- Q Live Session (3:17)
- Radio Edit (3:52)
- Samuele Sartini Radio Edit (3:51)
- Samuele Sartini Remix (6:04)
- Stonebridge Remix (6:39)
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. The song was also used in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 production of The Taming Of The Shrew to introduce the play. It has also been used in Jean Paul Gaultier's fashion show for his Fall/ Winter Collection of 2009. The song was used in a 2009 series of adverts for Two and a Half Men on Comedy Central in the UK. It was also used in the soundtrack for Top Spin 3.