The Girls (song)

Infobox Single
Name = The Girls


Artist = Calvin Harris
B-side = "Rock N Roll Attitude"
from Album = I Created Disco
Released = June 4, 2007 (UK) June 5, 2007 (US)
Genre = Dance, Disco, Pop, New Wave, Rave
Length = 5:31
Label = Sony/Columbia
Last single = "Acceptable in the 80s"
(2007)
This single = "The Girls"
(2007)
Next single = "Merrymaking at My Place"
(2007)

"The Girls" is the second single of Scottish-born electronica musician Calvin Harris. It was released on June 4, 2007, and precedes the release of his debut album, "I Created Disco". "The Girls" is Harris's highest charting single on the Official UK Top 40 and has currently peaked at #2 on iTunes UK. The track has received huge airplay on BBC Radio 1. As of 10 June 2007, "The Girls" has reached a peak of #3 on the Official UK Top 40. A "bootleg" version of this 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 music features a group of women in brightly coloured wigs and underwear performing a dance routine around Harris.

Track listing

Maxi CD

# "The Girls" (Radio Edit)
# "Rock N Roll Attitude"
# "The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix)
# "The Girls" (Micky Slim's Bomb Squad Mix)

12" Vinyl 1

# "The Girls" (Album Version)
# "Rock N Roll Attitude"
# "The Girls" (Micky Slim's Bomb Squad Mix)

12" Vinyl 2

# "The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix)
# "The Girls" (Groove Armada Dub)

Uses in Media

The song is used to advertise for "America's Next Top Model" on Channel 10, Australia; to advertise the addition of the two Mitchell sisters, Ronnie and Roxy on Eastenders, BBC 1, United Kingdom; and in Episode 13 of "ABC"'s "Ugly Betty". The song was also used in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 production of The Taming Of The Shrew to introduce the play.