My Girls

My Girls
"My Girls"
Single by Animal Collective
from the album Merriweather Post Pavilion
Released March 23, 2009
Format Promo CD
Recorded February 2008
Genre Neo-psychedelia, Electronica
Length 5:44
Label Domino
Writer(s) Animal Collective
Producer Ben H. Allen, Animal Collective
Animal Collective singles chronology
"Fireworks"
(2007)
"My Girls"
(2009)
"Summertime Clothes"
(2009)

"My Girls" is a song by Animal Collective, released as the first single from their critically acclaimed 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavilion. It was released on March 23, 2009 by Domino Records as a promo CD only. During the tours of 2007 and 2008 the song was known as "House."

Panda Bear explained to Clash that lyrically the song is about his "desire on a basic level to own my own place and kind of provide a safe house for my family and the people I care about." [1]

The song partly resembles a seminal piece of early house music, "Your Love," by Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle.

An edited version of this song appears during Jake Johnson's part in Alien Workshop's skate film, Mindfield. The song refers to Panda Bear's wife and daughter.

Contents

Reception

  • In 2009, Pitchfork listed the song at #9 of their Top 500 Tracks of the 2000's.
  • NME named "My Girls" the 5th best song of 2009.
  • In October 2011, NME placed it at number 91 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[2]

Video

A promotional music video was created, showing the three members who worked on the album performing the song with samplers and synthesizers. The video was animated by Jon Vermilyea, whose illustrations were used in the artwork for the band's live compilation Animal Crack Box. Only Avey Tare and Panda Bear's lips and Geologist's caving headlamp can be seen, with complete black bodies in colored scenarios, eventually becoming green and melting at the end of the video.[3]

Track listing

  1. "My Girls" – 5:44

References


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