No You Girls

No You Girls
"No You Girls"
Single by Franz Ferdinand
from the album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Released 6 April 2009
Format Digital download, 7", CD, 12"
Recorded 2008
Genre Dance-punk, funk rock, New Wave, indie rock[1]
Length 3:42
Label Domino
Writer(s) Alex Kapranos
Nick McCarthy
Franz Ferdinand singles chronology
"Ulysses"
(2009)		 "No You Girls"
(2009)		 "Can't Stop Feeling"
(2009)
Music video
No You Girls on YouTube

"No You Girls" is a song from the Scottish indie rock[2] band Franz Ferdinand. It is the second single from their third album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. The song received worldwide attention after being chosen for use in an iPod advertisement.

It reached #22 in the UK Singles Chart two weeks before its official release, dropped to #24 the next week and then returned to #22 upon its official release.[3] Although it therefore didn't fulfill its expectations before its physical release, it became (after "Do You Want To") the band's second longest lasting single in the UK Top 100, remaining there for ten weeks. Recently the song's intro was used in an episode of the TV show, Fringe, titled "Unleashed"[4] and a part of the chorus was used during a party scene in the 2009 movie Sorority Row.

Taken from their recent album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the single features remixes from Vince Clarke, Noze and John Disco. The single was produced by Dan Carey and the band as part of the album sessions which took place at the band’s own HQ in Govan, Glasgow and Carey’s South London studio.[5]

A slightly different edit of the song was sent to radio, mixed by Cenzo Townshend.

Contents

History

The track was debuted live on the 5th of August 2007 under the title "Katherine Kiss Me" but was subsequently changed little over a year later to "No You Girls Never Know" and then shortened, while a new, acoustic song called "Katherine Kiss Me" (following very similar lyrics to "No You Girls") was recorded for the album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.

The song is inspired by Alex Kapranos' first time he ever kissed a girl (whose name was Katherine) and "how awkward it was and how we misunderstood each other".[6] "No You Girls" is how the story would be exaggerated or told as an anecdote and "Katherine Kiss Me" is about how it would remembered more tenderly.

The vinyl release of "No You Girls" features a slightly retouched version of the original Lucid Dreams called the "Mike Frazer Mix".

The song was used to promote the 9th season of the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Awards and nominations

The song was nominated for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the 2010 52nd Grammy Awards. It was remixed by the danish artist Trentemoeller.

Music video

The music video was released on Friday the 13th of March, the same night the band performed it for Comic Relief. The music video itself, directed by Nima Nourizadeh, features various girls with large dresses dancing around the band while they perform the track, as well as machines spitting out papers with the word "NO" written on them.

Track listing

CD
  1. "No You Girls"
  2. "No You Girls" (Vince Clarke Remix)
CD - German / Australian issue
  1. "No You Girls"
  2. "No You Girls" (Vince Clarke Remix) – 5:07
  3. "No You Girls" (John Disco Reversion - Original Vox) – 4:01
  4. "No You Girls" (Nôze Remix) – 7:08
  5. "No You Girls" (The Grizzl Remix) – 6:52
7-inch (Limited)
  1. "No You Girls"
  2. "Lucid Dreams (Mike Fraser Mix)"
12-inch
  1. "No You Girls" (Nôze Remix)
  2. "No You Girls" (John Disco Remix)
  3. "No You Girls" (Raffertie Remix)
  4. "Ulysses" (Zomby Remix)
CD promo
  1. "No You Girls" (Radio Mix) - 3:22
  2. "No You Girls" - 3:42
  3. "No You Girls" (Vince Clarke Remix) – 5:07
Digital download[7]
  1. "No You Girls" (Vince Clarke Remix) – 5:07
  2. "No You Girls" (Nôze Remix) – 7:08
  3. "No You Girls" (John Disco Reversion - Original Vox) – 4:01
  4. "No You Girls" (Raffertie Vocal) – 6:44
  5. "Ulysses" (Zomby Gloop Remix) – 4:14

Chart positions

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[8] 34
Canadian Hot 100[9] 54
Japan Hot 100 Singles 82
Polish Singles Chart[10] 5
UK Singles Chart[3] 22
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 6
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 86
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs[11] 7
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs 18

Credits

  • Artwork By - Franz Ferdinand , Matthew Cooper
  • Engineer - Alexis Smith , Paul Savage
  • Engineer [Technical Assistance] - Allen Johnston
  • Mastered By - John Dent
  • Mixed By - Mike Fraser
  • Mixed By [Assisted By] - Eric Mosher
  • Photography - Joe Dilworth
  • Producer - Dan Carey , Franz Ferdinand
  • Recorded By - Dan Carey , Franz Ferdinand
  • Remixed By - Cenzo Townshend (track 1 on CD promo)
  • Written-By - Franz Ferdinand

Notes

  • Mixed at the Warehouse Studio, Vancouver.
  • Mastered at Loud Mastering.

References

  1. ^ "BBC - Seven Ages of Rock "What the World Is Waiting For"". Seven Ages of Rock. 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/programmes/what-the-world-is-waiting-for. Retrieved March 02, 2011. 
  2. ^ "BBC - Seven Ages of Rock "What the World Is Waiting For"". Seven Ages of Rock. 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/programmes/what-the-world-is-waiting-for. Retrieved March 02, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "UK Chart Position and Trajectory". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=34266. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  4. ^ Hulu - Fringe: Unleashed
  5. ^ "Domino Records: No You Girls/Video Just In!". Domino Records. http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/16-03-09/franz-ferdinand--no-you-girls--new-video-just-in/. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  6. ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Live Lounge
  7. ^ ""No You Girls" tracklisting". 7digital.com. http://www.7digital.com/artists/franz-ferdinand/no-you-girls-remixes-1/. Retrieved 2009-07-02. 
  8. ^ "AUS Chart Position". ariacharts.com.au. http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-31. 
  9. ^ "Chart Positions". acharts.us. http://acharts.us/song/42197. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  10. ^ "Polish Singles Chart". http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/notowania/?numer=1429. 
  11. ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Franz Ferdinand". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=562922&model.vnuAlbumId=1200119. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 


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External links

v · d · eFranz Ferdinand
Alex Kapranos • Robert Hardy • Nicholas McCarthy • Paul Thomson
Studio albums
Extended plays
Video albums
Singles
"Darts of Pleasure" • "Take Me Out" • "The Dark of the Matinée" • "Michael" • "This Fire" • "Do You Want To" • "Walk Away" • "Your Diary" • "The Fallen / L. Wells" • "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" • "Lucid Dreams" • "Ulysses" • "No You Girls" • "Can't Stop Feeling" • "What She Came For" • "Die On the Floor/Katherine Hit Me"
Other releases
Scotland on Sunday • Exclusive 5 Track CD
Production
Related articles
Discography • Domino Records • Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand • The Karelia • The Yummy Fur

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