Just a Girl
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| "Just a Girl" | ||
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| Single by No Doubt | ||
| from the album Tragic Kingdom | ||
| Released | 1995 (North America) | |
| Format | CD Single | |
| Genre | Ska punk | |
| Length | 3:26 | |
| Label | Interscope | |
| Writer(s) | Gwen Stefani Tom Dumont |
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| Producer(s) | Matthew Wilder | |
| Certification | — | |
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| No Doubt singles chronology | ||
| "Trapped in a Box" 1992 |
"Just a Girl" 1995 |
"Spiderwebs" 1996 |
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| German single cover | ||
"Just a Girl" is the first single from the breakthrough 1995 album, Tragic Kingdom, by No Doubt. The famous opening riff that guitarist Tom Dumont uses was actually taken from an earlier Eric Stefani effort.[1] Matthew Wilder, Tragic Kingdom's producer, was instrumental in teaching the band simplicity in getting a song's idea across.
Gwen Stefani came up with the title.[1] The song itself discusses the paradox of post-feminism. The song is heavily influenced by New Wave music, using synth noise from a Roland Jupiter 8, '80s keyboards and effects, and retro sounds.
The song helped No Doubt's career immensely, peaking #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #10 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.[2] It was also featured in the movie Clueless and the opening credits of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
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[edit] Music video
The music video was directed by Mark Kohr. It opens with Stefani sitting in front of a beat-up car while the rest of the band loads the car. They then drive off and arrive at a building where she enters the women's bathroom and the rest of the band enters the men's. The band sets up its equipment in the grey, dingy bathroom while Stefani sings in the decorated and brightly colored bathroom. Eventually, the band takes to lifting people through the ceiling to get into the women's bathroom, and the video ends with Tom Dumont and Tony Kanal standing directly in front of the wall that had been separating the bathrooms.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] U.S. CD 1
- "Just a Girl" – 3:32
- "Different People" – 4:38
- "Open the Gate" – 3:38
[edit] U.S. CD 2
- "Just a Girl" – 3:31
- "Different People" – 4:34
[edit] UK CD
- "Just a Girl" – 3:32
- "Just a Girl" (live) – 5:39
- "Don't Speak" (live) – 5:28
- "Hey You" (live) – 3:20
[edit] German CD
- "Just a Girl" – 3:29
- "Different People" – 4:34
- "Open the Gate"
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Just a Girl". Montoya, Paris and Lanham, Tom. 2003. The Singles 1992-2003 (liner notes). Retrieved December 6, 2006.
- ^ "No Doubt". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2007.
