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The Girls (Calvin Harris song)

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"The Girls"
Single by Calvin Harris
from the album I Created Disco
B-side"Rock N Roll Attitude"
Released4 June 2007
Recorded2006
Length
  • 3:52 (radio edit)
  • 5:15 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Calvin Harris
Producer(s)Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"Acceptable in the 80s"
(2007) 		"The Girls"
(2007) 		"Merrymaking at My Place"
(2007)

"The Girls" is a song by Scottish musician Calvin Harris. It was released as the second single from his debut studio album, I Created Disco (2007), on 4 June 2007. "The Girls" was Harris' highest charting single on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 3 on 10 June 2007. A "bootleg" version of the song leaked on file sharing 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".

The track is often related to fictional EastEnders characters Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell.

Music video

The video features a group of women in brightly coloured wigs and underwear performing a dance routine around Harris.

Track listings

UK 12-inch vinyl (FLYEYE 006)[1]
No.TitleLength
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
UK 12-inch vinyl (Groove Armada remixes) (FLYEYE 009)[2]
No.TitleLength
1."The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix)8:04
2."The Girls" (Groove Armada Dub)7:47
Australian maxi-CD (FLYEYE 005)[3]
No.TitleLength
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
Digital download EP[4]
No.TitleLength
1."The Girls"5:18
2."The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix)8:05
3."The Girls" (Micky Slim's Bomb Squad Mix)7:11
4."The Girls" (Groove Armada Dub)7:48

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ The Girls (UK 12-inch vinyl sleeve). Calvin Harris. Fly Eye Records. 2007. FLYEYE 006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ The Girls (UK 12-inch vinyl sleeve). Calvin Harris. Fly Eye Records. 2007. FLYEYE 009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ The Girls (Australian maxi-CD liner notes). Calvin Harris. Sony BMG, Fly Eye Records, Red Label, Columbia Records. 2007. FLYEYE 005, 88697072212.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "The Girls – EP". Apple Music. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Calvin Harris – The Girls". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Hits of the World – Eurocharts" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 119, no. 25. 23 June 2007. p. 87. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Girls". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  11. ^ "End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2007". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  12. ^ "British single certifications – Calvin Harris – The Girls". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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