Drunk Girls
{{Infobox song
| name = Drunk Girls
| cover = Lcd soundsystem drunk girls.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = LCD Soundsystem
| album = This Is Happening
| B-side = {{hlist|Wooden Shjips Version|Holy Ghost! Remix}}
| released = May 3, 2010
| recorded = 2009–2010
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Dance-punk{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2295504/lcd-soundsystem-drunk-girls-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819191558/http://www.mtv.com/news/2295504/lcd-soundsystem-drunk-girls-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |title=New Video: LCD Soundsystem, 'Drunk Girls' |last=Ryan |first=Chris |date=April 20, 2010 |website=MTV |access-date=August 19, 2017}}|post-punk{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2010/artists/lcdsoundsystem/ |title=Glastonbury Festival - LCD Soundsystem |date=2010 |website=BBC |access-date=August 19, 2017}}|new wave{{Cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2010/05/lcd-soundsystem-happening-dfavirgin/ |title=LCD Soundsystem, 'This Is Happening' (DFA/Virgin) |date=May 4, 2010 |website=Spin |access-date=August 19, 2017}}}}
| length = 3:42
| label = DFA
| writer = {{hlist|Pat Mahoney|James Murphy|Gavin Russom}}
| producer = James Murphy
| prev_title = Pow Pow
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = I Can Change
| next_year = 2010
}}
{{Song ratings
| rev1 = Rolling Stone
}}
"Drunk Girls" is a song by American rock band LCD Soundsystem. It was released as the second single from their third studio album, This Is Happening (2010), on May 3, 2010. Band frontman James Murphy has described the song as "dumb" but added "I like dumb, short stuff."[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63N10H20100424 Reuters - LCD Soundsystem raises glass to "Drunk Girls"] Structurally, the song contains call-and-response elements similar to The Velvet Underground song "White Light/White Heat". The 7" single features a cover of the song by San Francisco psychedelic rock band Wooden Shjips.
Music video
The music video for the single was co-directed by Spike Jonze and James Murphy. The video features Murphy and bandmates Nancy Whang and Pat Mahoney attempting to sing while being abused by people dressed as pandas.[http://www.collider.com/2010/04/19/spike-jonze-co-directed-drunk-girls-music-video-for-lcd-soundsystem/ Spike Jonze Co-Directed “Drunk Girls” Music Video for LCD Soundsystem] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125015044/http://www.collider.com/2010/04/19/spike-jonze-co-directed-drunk-girls-music-video-for-lcd-soundsystem/ |date=November 25, 2010 }} The video was shot at Factory Studios in Brooklyn, NY.
Reception
Kevin O'Donnell of Rolling Stone gave it a four star review, feeling it was "Murphy's tightest, most accessible track yet — a four-minute disco party that brings together chugging guitar riffs, hand claps and shrieks, plus a rocket-propelled beat and a buoyant two-word hook ("Drunk girls!") that sounds vaguely Bowie-esque." and concluded it "isn't a reinvention for LCD Soundsystem, but it's sure to induce rampant fist-pumping from inebriates of both genders."{{Cite web |date=2013-02-01 |title=Drunk Girls {{!}} Song Reviews {{!}} Rolling Stone |url=https://archive.today/20130201162443/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/drunk-girls-20100401#selection-897.868-897.989 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=archive.ph}}
Track listing
=7" single=
:A. Drunk Girls
:B. Drunk Girls (Wooden Shjips version)
=12" single=
:A. Drunk Girls
:B. Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost! remix)
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (2010)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|France|47|song=Drunk Girls|artist=LCD Soundsystem|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 28, 2015}} |
| scope="row" | UK Singles (Official Charts Company){{cite web | url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_L.HTM | title=Chart Log UK – L | work=zobbel.de | publisher=Tobias Zywietz | accessdate=16 July 2013 | author=Zywietz, Tobias}}
| align="center"| 179 |
References
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Category:American new wave songs
Category:Music videos directed by Spike Jonze
Category:Songs written by James Murphy (electronic musician)
Category:Songs written by Gavin Russom
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