The Girls (song)

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"The Girls"
File:The girls c harris.jpg
Single by Calvin Harris
from the album I Created Disco
B-side "Rock N Roll Attitude"
Released 4 June 2007
Format
  • CD single
  • 12" single
  • digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre
Length
  • 3:52 (radio edit)
  • 5:15 (album version)
Label
  • Sony
  • Columbia
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"Acceptable in the 80s"
(2007)
"The Girls"
(2007)
"Merrymaking at My Place"
(2007)

"The Girls" is a song by Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris. It was released on 4 June 2007 as the second single from his debut studio album, I Created Disco (2007).

"The Girls" was Harris' highest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart, on 10 June 2007, "The Girls" reached a peak of number 3. A "bootleg" version of the 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

Maxi CD (FLYEYE 005)
No. Title Length
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


12" Vinyl 1 (FLYEYE 006)
No. Title Length
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


12" Vinyl 2 (FLYEYE 009)
No. Title Length
1. "The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix) 8:04
2. "The Girls" (Groove Armada Dub) 7:47


iTunes Exclusive
No. Title Length
1. "The Girls" (Pete Tong Radio 1 Session) 5:11

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 33
Ireland (IRMA) 23
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[1] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[2] 3

Official versions and remixes

  • A cappella 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)

References

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