Girl's Not Grey
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| Single by AFI | ||||
| from the album Sing the Sorrow | ||||
| Released | 2003 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, punk rock | |||
| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | DreamWorks | |||
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"Girl's Not Grey" is a song by AFI, the song is released as the first single from their sixth album Sing the Sorrow. Its video won an MTV Video Music Award for Best MTV2 Video in 2003.[1].
This song is featured in the video games Rock Band 2 and Rock Band for iPhone and is available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero 5.
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[edit] Music video
The video begins with the band playing in an alley. From the alley, a cloud of mist rises. As the band continues to play, a girl with a blue bob haircut walks down the street. She then sees an odd-looking, pink, plush toy-like rabbit look around the corner at her. It then waddles down the alley and literally walks into Jade Puget and disappears. The girl follows the rabbit through the alley and into Jade Puget. The girl and rabbit wind up in a strange world where everything is pink and all the trees have flowers in bloom. Strangely, the girl's appearance changes from real-world to anime-like (though still live action) and the rabbit turns blue. Some have commented that the girl looks like Rei Ayanami. The girl looks forward through very tall grass and spots the rabbit waving to her. The girl continues to follow the rabbit until the rabbit shows the girl a cliff which the band is playing on and then winds up standing on it. The girl is devastated to see that she is separated from the rabbit. As she turns her back on the rabbit on the cliff, a swirling mass of flower petals begins to encircle her, causing her pain. As she struggles desperately to free herself from the petals, the band plays on, and soon she disappears into the whirlwind of petals, leaving nothing but her pair of golden ballet slippers amidst other people's ballet slippers. The band is back in the alley and a flurry of petals come flying out of Davey Havok's chest as the song ends. The video could also be referring to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland novel in which a little girl follows a rabbit into an alternate reality.
There is also an alternate video in which shows each member of the band covered entirely in black paint, and they are playing the song in the alley. There are no images of the girl, rabbit, or the alternate world.
[edit] Track listing
UK 7"
- "Girl's Not Grey" – 3:10
- "The Hanging Garden" (live at BBC) – 3:45
Europe
- "Girl's Not Grey" – 3:10
- "This Celluloid Dream" (Demo) – 4:18
- "Synesthesia" (Demo) – 4:35
- "Girl's Not Grey" (Final) Clip – 3:11
Germany
- "Girl's Not Grey" – 3:10
- "This Celluloid Dream" (Demo) – 4:18
UK CD 1
- "Girl's Not Grey" - 3:10
- "The Hanging Garden" (live at BBC) - 3:45
- "Synesthesia" (Demo) - 4:35
- "Girl's Not Grey" (Final) Clip - 3:11
UK CD 2
- "Girl's Not Grey" - 3:10
- "Reiver's Music" (336 Sessions) - 3:23
- "Now The World" (336 Sessions) - 4:01
- "Girl's Not Grey" (Prelude) Clip - 3:11
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart | Position |
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| Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 7 |
| Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 33 |
| Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 14 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 114 |
| UK Singles | 22 |
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