"Girls" | ||||
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File:Girls Beastie Boys.jpg | ||||
Single by Beastie Boys | ||||
from the album Licensed to Ill | ||||
B-side | "She's Crafty" | |||
Released | May 6, 1987 | |||
Format | 7", 12" | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 2:14 | |||
Label | Def Jam, Columbia | |||
Writer(s) | Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin | |||
Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
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"Girls" is a song by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released as the seventh and final single from their debut album Licensed to Ill. Like "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)", this song was never performed live and it is one of the few songs on the album that are not in the vein of their standard rap songs.
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The song is the shortest on the album, lasting just over 2 minutes long. The song's instrumental is relatively simple, consisting of a drum beat being played over a vibrophone loop, with occasional pauses.
Lyrically, the song talks about the narrator (Ad-Rock)'s desire for women. He recalls a previous experience with a woman, who loves his "homepiece" MCA, who refuses to "give her play". He asks him if he can spend time with her, and after being given approval, they take a walk down to a bay, where she rejects his proposal to date her. She eventually moves away, but in the present day the narrator sees her again, "jocking Mike D to [his] dismay".
Kesha made a female version "Boys" using the same beat only it was electronic and her lyrics display boys the same way that the Beastie Boys do about girls in the final part of their song and in 2005 Molotov released a cover version of "Girls" on their album Con Todo Respeto.
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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New Zealand Singles Chart | 27 |
UK Singles Chart[1] | 34 |
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A girl is a young female human.
Girls or The Girls may also refer to:
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