Girls, Girls, Girls (Mötley Crüe song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Girls, Girls, Girls
| cover = Motley Crue Girls Girls Girls Single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Mötley Crüe
| album = Girls, Girls, Girls
| B-side = Sumthin' For Nuthin'
| released = May 13, 1987{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1987/FMQB-1987-05-08.pdf|title=FMQB|page=50}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Glam metal{{Cite web|date=February 26, 2010|title=MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Girls, Girls, Girls' Part Of 'Guitar Hero' '80s Track Pack|url=https://blabbermouth.herokuapp.com/news/m-tley-cr-e-s-girls-girls-girls-part-of-guitar-hero-80s-track-pack/|access-date=May 30, 2021 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}{{Cite magazine|date=June 20, 2012|title=Readers' Poll: The Best Hair Metal Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-best-hair-metal-songs-of-all-time-12979/|access-date=May 30, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-greatest-hair-metal-songs-11547/4-motley-crue-girls-girls-girls-232249/|title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Greatest Hair Metal Songs|date=February 5, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 23, 2019}}{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=March 15, 2021|title=Robert Fripp, Toyah Willcox Serve Up a Cover of Mötley Crüe's 'Girls, Girls, Girls'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-fripp-toyah-willcox-motley-crue-girls-girls-girls-1141962/|access-date=May 30, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|quote=the 1987 hair metal classic}}{{Cite web|date=July 21, 2016|last=Johnson|first=Howard|title=The Top 10 Best Hair Metal Videos|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/ten-best-hair-metal-videos|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=Classic Rock Magazine|language=en}}
| length = 4:30
| label = Elektra
| writer = Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee
| producer = Tom Werman
| prev_title = Home Sweet Home
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Wild Side
| next_year = 1987
|misc={{External music video|{{YouTube|d2XdmyBtCRQ|"Girls, Girls, Girls"}}}}}}
"Girls, Girls, Girls" is a single by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. It is the first single from the album of the same name, and was released on May 13, 1987.
The song pays tribute to strippers, referencing iconic stripper clubs in Los Angeles' Sunset Strip, Vancouver, Fort Lauderdale, Atlanta and Paris.{{Cite web |last=Whitaker |first=Sterling |date=2012-10-03 |title=Top 10 Motley Crue Songs |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-songs/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}
Production
The track was thoroughly pre-produced, and was then recorded at different studios over the course of several weeks, starting with the drum parts, then bass and guitar, and finally vocals.{{Cite web|date=December 1, 2007|title=Classic Tracks: Motley Crue's 'Girls, Girls, Girls'|url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-tracks-motley-crues-girls-girls-girls-365920|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=Mix (magazine)|language=en-US}}
Meaning
The song references several strip clubs, including The Tropicana, The Body Shop, Seventh Veil (all located on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California), the Marble Arch (Vancouver, BC, Canada),{{Cite web|date=August 11, 2005|title=Know your history - The Marble Arch|url=https://www.straight.com/article/know-your-history-the-marble-arch|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=The Georgia Straight|language=en}} The Dollhouse (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), the famous Crazy Horse in Paris, France, and Tattletales in Atlanta, Georgia.
Music video
Filmed on the night of April 13, 1987, Mötley Crüe shot their video for "Girls, Girls, Girls" with director Wayne Isham. With a strip club theme planned for the video, they originally wanted to use The Body Shop, but since that venue is all-nude and does not serve alcohol, they ended up shooting it at The Seventh Veil. By the time they finished at the club, none of the band members were functioning properly. They left the club on their motorcycles to go to Isham's studio nearby to film inserts, stopping off at a Mexican restaurant for shooters and taquitos on the way.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822141544/https://www.laweekly.com/music/motley-crues-girls-girls-girls-at-30-looking-back-at-the-making-of-an-mtv-classic-8540487|archive-date=August 22, 2017|url=https://www.laweekly.com/music/motley-crues-girls-girls-girls-at-30-looking-back-at-the-making-of-an-mtv-classic-8540487 |title=Nikki Sixx and Director Wayne Isham Look Back on 'Girls, Girls, Girls' 30 Years Later |first=Matt |last=Wake |newspaper=LA Weekly |date=August 22, 2017 |access-date=April 24, 2022}}
The original cut of the video featured topless dancers and was purposely sent by Isham to MTV before it was rejected and replaced with a more sanitized version.
Personnel
- Vince Neil – lead vocals
- Mick Mars – guitars
- Nikki Sixx – bass
- Tommy Lee – drums, backing vocals
Charts
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Motley Crue|title=Girls Girls Girls|award=Silver|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=2520-1346-1|access-date=8 December 2023}}
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Legacy
In 2010, "Girls, Girls, Girls" was made available as a download for Guitar Hero 5 as part of the "80's Track Pack".{{cite web |url = http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=447155 | title = Guitar Hero(R) 5 and Band Hero(TM) Offer Rockers a Strong Lineup of Downloadable Tracks in March | date = 2010-02-25 | access-date = 2009-02-25 | publisher = Activision}}
References
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Category:Music videos directed by Wayne Isham
Category:Songs written by Nikki Sixx
Category:Songs written by Mick Mars
Category:Songs written by Tommy Lee
Category:Song recordings produced by Tom Werman