Girls & Boys (Good Charlotte song)

"Girls & Boys"
Single by Good Charlotte
from the album The Young and the Hopeless
Released July 4, 2003
Format CD single
Recorded 2001 - 2002
Genre Pop punk
Length 3:01
Label Epic/Daylight
Writer(s) Benji Madden, Joel Madden
Producer(s) Eric Valentine
Good Charlotte singles chronology
"The Anthem"
(2003)		 "Girls & Boys"
(2003)		 "The Young & the Hopeless"
(2003)

"Girls & Boys" is the third single taken from Good Charlotte's second studio album, The Young and the Hopeless, released on July 4, 2003. The theme of the song is that girls do not like boys and only use them to acquire money and material goods. The music video for the song predominantly shows geriatric people dressed and acting like young people. The various members of the band are shown interacting with the older characters (for example playing video games and giving massages). At the end of the video Benji Madden wakes up to find an old woman wearing one of his shirts and offering him a bowl of cereal.

Music video

The video for "Girls & Boys" was shot in the suburb of Ellerslie in Auckland, New Zealand. The longer version includes dialogue of a senior woman and the band, a parodying reference to Avril Lavigne's video "Complicated".

Chart performance

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[1] 33
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 45
German Singles Chart[3] 47
Irish Singles Chart[4] 36
New Zealand Singles Chart[5] 25
Swedish Singles Chart[6] 44
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 84
UK Singles Chart[8] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 48

Track listing

  1. "Girls & Boys"
  2. "Riot Girl" (Acoustic)
  3. "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (Acoustic)
  4. "The Young and the Hopeless" (Acoustic)
  5. "Girls & Boys" (Video)

References

  1. ↑ ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. ARIA Charts. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  2. ↑ Austrian Top 75 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  3. ↑ German Top 100 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  4. ↑ Irish Top 50 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  5. ↑ New Zealand Top 40 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  6. ↑ Swedish Top 60 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  7. ↑ Swiss Top 100 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  8. ↑ UK Top 75 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  9. ↑ Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.

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