Girls (Beastie Boys song)

"Girls"
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Licensed to Ill
B-side "She's Crafty"
Released May 6, 1987
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1986
Length 2:14
Label Def Jam, Columbia
Writer(s) Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin
Producer(s) Rick Rubin
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"No Sleep till Brooklyn"
(1987)
"Girls"
(1987)
"Hey Ladies"
(1989)

"Girls" is a song by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released in 1987 as well as the music video 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.

Song structure and lyrics

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 vibraphone loop, with occasional pauses. The song contains many similarities to the song "Shout" by The Isley Brothers.

Lyrically, the song talks about the narrator (Ad-Rock)'s desire for women. He recalls an experience from two years before with a woman who had an interest in the narrator's band mate MCA. MCA did not share her feelings and permitted the narrator to pursue her romantically. Ad-Rock takes the woman for a walk near a body of water and asks for her hand. The woman rejects his proposal. She moves to a far away location but in the present day the narrator sees her back in town showing interest in his other band mate, Mike D.

Covers

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
New Zealand Singles Chart 27
UK Singles Chart[4] 34

References


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