Fell in Love with a Girl

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"Fell in Love with a Girl"
Single by The White Stripes
from the album White Blood Cells
Released	April 23, 2002 (UK)
Format	CD single, 7" vinyl single
Genre	Alternative
Length	1:50
Label	XL
Writer(s)	The White Stripes
Producer(s)	Jack White
Chart positions
#21 (UK, U.S. Bubbling Under)
The White Stripes singles chronology
"Hotel Yorba" (2002)	"Fell in Love With a Girl" (2002)	"Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" (2002)

"Fell in Love with a Girl" is the second single released from The White Stripes' third album White Blood Cells. Released in 2002, it reached number one hundred and twenty-one in the U.S. and number twenty-one in the UK. The song was re-recorded in 2003 as "Fell in Love with a Boy" by Joss Stone and was also covered as a lounge song by Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine for their second album Tuxicity.

It was also included in a polka medley by "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Angry White Boy Polka", from his album Poodle Hat.

Contents 1 Music video 2 Track listings and formats 3 Charts 4 Joss Stone version 4.1 Track listings and formats 4.2 Credits and personnel 4.3 Production 4.4 Charts 5 External link

[edit] Music video

The music video is a LEGO-style animation, directed by Michel Gondry. It has won several MTV Video Music Awards. The video is shot frame by frame with each frame having the Lego bricks rebuilt, sometimes in a complex manner to seem as if it was an actual shot, and then formed together to give the illusion of motion. The video is considered to be one of the most complex videos using Lego bricks ever made, and as in tune with the White Stripes image, the video mostly consists of red, white, and black color.

In an interview for the The Work of Director Michel Gondry DVD, Jack stated that the White Stripes' long-time collaboration with Michel Gondry started by accident; for "Fell In Love with a Girl", Jack stated that he wanted to work with the director who did Beck's video for "Devils Haircut", referring, of course, to Mark Romanek. Their record company called Michel, and got him to direct the video, thinking he directed "Devils Haircut", but Jack didn't mind, as he also did the video for "Deadweight", which Jack also liked.

[edit] Track listings and formats

• CD single

1. "Fell in Love with a Girl"
2. "Let's Shake Hands"
3. "Lafayette Blues"

• 7" vinyl single

1. "Fell in Love with a Girl"
2. "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	21
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	12
UK Singles Chart	21

[edit] Joss Stone version

"Fell in Love with a Boy"
Single by Joss Stone
from the album The Soul Sessions
Released	January 26, 2004 (UK) January 27, 2004 (U.S.)
Format	CD single, 7" vinyl single
Recorded	The Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Soul
Length	3:38
Label	Relentless
Writer(s)	Jack White
Producer(s)	Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Betty Wright, Steve Greenberg, Mike Mangini
Chart positions
#1 (Argentina) #18 (UK) #23 (New Zealand)
Joss Stone singles chronology
	"Fell in Love with a Boy" (2004)	"Super Duper Love" (2004)

In 2003, English soul singer Joss Stone covered the song, retitled as "Fell in Love with a Boy", for her debut album The Soul Sessions (2003). Released in early 2004 as the album's first single, it peaked at number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart.

[edit] Track listings and formats

• UK CD single

1. "Fell in Love with a Boy" (Radio Version) – 2:25
2. "Victim of a Foolish Heart" (Live at Ronnie Scott's, London, November 25, 2003) – 6:25

• European CD single

1. "Fell in Love with a Boy" (Radio Version) – 2:25
2. "Victim of a Foolish Heart" (Live at Ronnie Scott's, London, November 25, 2003) – 6:25
3. "Fell in Love with a Boy" (Acoustic Version) – 3:30

• UK 7" vinyl single

Side A:

1. "Fell in Love with a Boy" (Radio Version) – 2:25

Side B:

1. "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me?) Pt. 1" – 4:20

• UK and U.S. promo single

1. "Fell in Love with a Boy" (Radio Version) – 2:25

[edit] Credits and personnel

• Joss Stone — lead vocals
• Angie Stone — background vocals
• Betty Wright — background vocals
• Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson — drums
• Kirk Douglas — guitar
• Adam Blackstone — bass
• James Poyser — keyboad
• Kamal — keyboad

[edit] Production

• Producers: Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Betty Wright, Steve Greenberg, and Mike Mangini
• Engineer: Steve Greenwell
• Mixer: Steve Greenwell

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	18
Argentinian Singles Chart	1
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	62
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	23
World R&B Top 30 Singles	26

[edit] External link

• "Director brings White Stripes video to life with LEGO bricks", on the video by Michel Gondry from LEGO.com

The White Stripes
Jack White | Meg White
Discography
Albums and extended plays: The White Stripes | De Stijl | White Blood Cells | Elephant | Get Behind Me Satan | Walking with a Ghost | Icky Thump
Singles: "Let's Shake Hands" | "Lafayette Blues" | "The Big Three Killed My Baby" | "Hand Springs" | "Hello Operator" | "Lord, Send Me an Angel" | "Party of Special Things to Do" | "Hotel Yorba" | "Fell in Love with a Girl" | "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" | "We're Going to Be Friends" | "Red Death at 6:14" | "Candy Cane Children" | "Seven Nation Army" | "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" | "The Hardest Button to Button" | "There's No Home for You Here" | "Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)" | "Blue Orchid" | "My Doorbell" | "The Denial Twist"
DVDs: Candy Coloured Blues (unofficial) | Under Blackpool Lights
Other projects: Aluminium | The Go
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