Girl (Davy Jones song)

"Girl"

2012 US re-release
Single by Davy Jones
from the album Davy Jones
B-side "Take My Love"
Released November 1971
Format 7"
Recorded 1970-1971
Genre Pop rock
Length 2:40
Label The Bell
Davy Jones singles chronology
"I Really Love You"
(1971)		 "Girl"
(1971)		 "I'll Believe in You"
(1972)

"Girl" is the 8th single by British singer/actor Davy Jones, written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. It is not Jones' most successful single ("Rainy Jane", peaking at 52 on Billboard Hot 100), but his most remembered one, appearing in the Brady Bunch episode "Getting Davy Jones" and again in The Brady Bunch Movie.

Brady Bunch TV appearance

In the Brady Bunch episode "Getting Davy Jones", Jones is singing the song in a local recording studio when Marcia Brady comes in and asks if she can talk with Jones to ask him to perform at the high school prom. Jones responds by coming to her house later that evening and accepting personally.

Near the end credits, all the Brady children are sitting on the steps and singing the song before Marcia comes home from the prom.

Brady Bunch Movie appearance

In The Brady Bunch Movie, Marcia Brady introduces Jones at the school prom. Jones gets a huge reception from the teachers, while the students give him a cold one. Jones starts singing "Girl", much to the dismay of the students. The band in the background gets a little edgy and starts to back him with grunge. Jones blends in seems cool with it, but looks nervous, confused, and / or overwhelmed at certain points in the song. Jones then finishes the song and receives wild applause from the teachers and (due to the grunge band's backing efforts) the students.

The original version of "Girl" can also be heard playing in the background at different points of the movie, most notably the car jack scene. Jones himself also makes an appearance as a judge along with Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork in the talent show scene.

Availability

Due to the fact that it was a poorly received single and only a bonus track on his 1971 album, the original version of "Girl" is very hard to find. It can, however, can be viewed on YouTube and bought on Amazon as a bonus track on Davy Jones (in audio CD format).

The grunge version, however, can be viewed on YouTube and downloaded as an mp3 on iTunes, Amazon and other internet stores under "The Brady Bunch Movie Soundtrack". The grunge version is actually very popular and currently stands as Jones' best selling song on iTunes.

The "Very Brady Sequel" soundtrack features the original 1971 version.

Three other versions, two live and one rerecorded, can also be found on iTunes.

It also appears, in a slightly different version, as the main-title theme for the 1971 movie Star Spangled Girl starring Sandy Duncan.

In June 2012, Friday Music issued "Davy Jones: The Bell Recordings (1971-72)" on compact disc, and also issued a limited-edition green vinyl 45 (on the Bell label, but showing the Friday Music logo) of the original version of "Girl", backed with Jones' biggest single hit, "Rainy Jane". In September 2012 it was issued again on red vinyl.

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