Pull Shapes

{{Short description|2006 single by The Pipettes}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Pull Shapes

| cover = PipettesPullShapes.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Pipettes

| album = We Are The Pipettes

| released = 3 July 2006

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length =

| label = Memphis

| writer = {{hlist|Robert Barry|Joe Beaumont|Rose Elinor Dougall|Jon Falcone|Seb Falcone|Gwenno Saunders|Rebecca Stephens}}

| producer =

| prev_title = Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Judy

| next_year = 2006

}}

"Pull Shapes" is a single from The Pipettes and was released on 3 July 2006. It was available on CD, double 7" vinyl, and digital download from Memphis Industries. The expression "pull shapes" is a British English colloquialism that refers to the act of dancing.

The video for "Pull Shapes" is a shot-for-shot reenactment of a scene from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls in which the band The Kelly Affair sings "Sweet Talking Candyman."

The song was featured in The L Word, Season 5 Episode 6 ("Lights! Camera! Action!") when Jenny and Adele go shopping. It also features on the soundtrack of the 2008 film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.{{cite web|title=Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging OST|website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/angus-thongs-and-perfect-snog-mw0000810647|accessdate=5 April 2018}}

In 2017, Billboard named the song #18 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.{{cite magazine|title=100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7857816/100-greatest-girl-group-songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=11 July 2017}}