Where Them Girls At

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Guetta first worked with Flo Rida in 2010, when the duo collaborated for Rida's album Only One Flo (Part 1) and the Step Up 3D soundtrack. The duo released "Club Can't Handle Me" in 2010 under the condition that Rida would collaborate on a song for Guetta's fifth album Nothing but the Beat.{{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/06/22/usher-nicki-minaj-jennifer-hudson-step-to-david-guettas-beat/ |title=Usher, Nicki Minaj, & Jennifer Hudson Step to David Guetta's 'Beat' |publisher=Rap-up.com (Rap-Up) |date=2011-06-22 |access-date=2011-06-22}} Guetta would later approach Nicki Minaj for a collaboration, and although Minaj wanted to appear solo on one of Guetta's records, agreed to appear on "Where Them Girls At" after hearing it for the first time.

"Where Them Girls At" was written by Michael Caren, Jared Cotter, Flo Rida, David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, Juan and Oscar Silinas, Giorgio Tuinfort and Sandy Vee. An early version of the song featuring a cappella vocals was obtained by computer hackers, through accessing Guetta's recording studio's Wi-Fi connection. The hackers subsequently added their own production to the track and falsely posted it online as a Guetta song.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1663540/david-guetta-nicki-minaj-where-them-girls-at.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216084640/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1663540/david-guetta-nicki-minaj-where-them-girls-at.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2012|title=David Guetta Says Nicki Minaj Was Initially 'Shy' In Studio|date=9 May 2011|first=Akshay|last=Bhansali|publisher=MTV News|access-date=10 May 2011}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/13282029|title=David Guetta employs 'investigator' over song theft|date=4 May 2011|first=Greg|last=Cochrane|work=Newsbeat|publisher=BBC News|access-date=10 May 2011}} As a result of their action, Guetta then released the single earlier than planned, with no promotion. Additionally, they hired an investigator from The Pentagon to find the perpetrators.

In an interview with MTV News in March 2011, Guetta revealed he was debating between two tracks to release as the first single from his upcoming fifth studio album: a song with English singer-songwriter Taio Cruz and American rapper Ludacris entitled "Little Bad Girl" or the track with Rida and Minaj, then known as "Where Dem Girls At?"{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1660726/david-guetta-nicki-minaj.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910142950/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1660726/david-guetta-nicki-minaj.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 10, 2012|title=David Guetta Teases Nicki Minaj's 'New Persona' On 'Where Dem Girls At?{{'-}}|date=25 March 2011|first=Akshay|last=Bhansali|publisher=MTV News|access-date=10 May 2011}} A music video for the song, set to feature "a positive message", was filmed in Los Angeles in May 2011. "Where Them Girls At" hit U.S. mainstream and rhythmic radio on 17 May 2011.

The main synth was based on Guetta's 2009 hit song "Sexy Bitch". The song uses open fifths instead of a chord sequence, with a sequence of C-Eb-Bb-Ab. The song is set in modern time with a moderately fast tempo of 130 beats per minute.

Lewis Corner from Digital Spy said "[the song] is a rambunctious mix of hard-hitting thuds and candy-coated synths over lyrics spouting the standard sexy laydee and partying clichés. Its centre, however, is a sweet 'n' gooey tongue-lashing from Minaj, who commands: 'Through the club all the girls in the back of me/ This ain't football why the fuck they tryna tackle me?', in her usual quick-witted, lickety-split manner."{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a317891/david-guetta-ft-nicki-minaj--flo-rida-where-them-girls-at.html|title=David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida: 'Where Them Girls At?'|last=Corner|first=Lewis|date=5 May 2011|website=Digital Spy|access-date=15 March 2012}} He awarded the song three out of five stars.

"Where Them Girls At" saw a top ten debut in New Zealand and a top twenty debut in Ireland and the Netherlands. In addition, the song debuted at number-one on both Belgian Ultratip charts & the official Scotland charts. On the UK Singles Chart, the song debuted at number three, giving Guetta his twelfth top twenty hit.{{cite press release|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/lmfao-adele-party-on/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313143847/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lmfao-adele-party-on/|archive-date=March 13, 2013|title=LMFAO & Adele party on|date=8 May 2011|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=May 10, 2011}}

In France, David Guetta's native country "Where Them Girls At" entered at number 8 in May 2011 and later reached number 4 in July 2011, become Minaj's first top five in the country and the first top five for a female non-French rapper. {{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=David+Guetta+feat.+Nicki+Minaj+%26+Flo+Rida&titel=Where+Them+Girls+At&cat=s}}

In the United States, the song debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, selling over 160,000 digital downloads in less than one week and giving Guetta his third top 20 hit in the US.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471657/david-guetta-teams-with-flo-rida-nicki-minaj-for-where-them-girls-at|title=David Guetta Teams with Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj for 'Where Them Girls At{{'-}}|date=10 May 2011|first=Gary|last=Graff|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|location=Detroit|access-date=10 May 2011}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471630/adeles-rolling-in-the-deep-tops-hot-100 |title=Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' Tops Hot 100 |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |magazine=Billboard |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=2011-05-11 |access-date=2011-05-11}} As of December 2014, the song had sold over 1.6 million copies in the US.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6415080/ask-billboard-why-is-there-no-rbhip-hop-in-the-hot-100s-top-10?page=0%2C1 |title=Ask Billboard: Why Is There No R&B/Hip-Hop in the Hot 100's Top 10? |last=Trust |first=Gary |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=December 23, 2014 |access-date=December 23, 2014}} The song debuted at number three in Canada, becoming the highest debuting song that week on the Canadian Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=david guetta|chart=Billboard Canadian Hot 100}}|title=Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 21, 2011|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=May 12, 2011}}

On 28 June 2011, the official music video for "Where Them Girls At" was released via Facebook on a fan page named "David Guetta Turkiye" and premiered on Guetta's YouTube and Vevo channels the same day.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=p4kVWCSzfK4&gl=US|title=David Guetta - Where Them Girls At ft. Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida (Official Video)|last=David Guetta|date=28 June 2011|via=YouTube}} All three artists, David Guetta, Flo Rida, and Nicki Minaj, appear in the video. However, the vocalists only appear in each of their respective verses.{{cite news|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/06/28/david-guetta-where-them-girls-at-nicki-minajdancing/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104051811/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/06/28/david-guetta-where-them-girls-at-nicki-minajdancing/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2013|first=James|last=Dinh|title=David Guetta's 'Where Them Girls At' Joins List Of Hilariously Bad Dance Clips|work=MTV News|date=June 28, 2011|access-date=June 30, 2011}} The video shows giant bubbles which contain the song's beats, drifting across the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco. When people burst the bubbles, they start dancing uncontrollably. Flo Rida is seen rapping his verse in a poolside and Minaj is seen in an art gallery with two male models, Chadd Smith and Casper Smart of The LXD. Guetta is at a rooftop, table turning, and creating bubbles. Minaj inhales one of a bubble and starts singing to the beat of the music, while breathing out bubbles. The bubbles which Guetta produces, attract many people. especially women, to his party. In the video. David Guetta can be seen reading an Ice Watch wristwatch, using a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone to take a picture, and an animated billboard ad with a Renault Twizy Z.E. is also featured.{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.consomag.tn/actualites/ice-watch-david-guetta Ice watch & David Guetta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330221044/http://www.consomag.tn/actualites/ice-watch-david-guetta |date=2012-03-30 }}, Consomag, 2011-08-10[http://seinsider.com/2011/08/08/sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-and-xperia-play-participate-clip-david-guetta-dj/ Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and Xperia Play participate clip David Guetta DJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120714232018/http://seinsider.com/2011/08/08/sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-and-xperia-play-participate-clip-david-guetta-dj/ |date=2012-07-14 }}, SEInsider, 2011-08-08[http://www.renaultretailgroup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=186&lang=en Renault Twizy in the mix] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330221044/http://www.renaultretailgroup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=186&lang=en |date=2012-03-30 }}, Renault Retail Group, 2011-08

Minaj has performed her verses on select dates of her debut concert tour, the Pink Friday Tour.

• Digital download{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Y8VELS/|title=Where Them Girls At (Feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida)|work=Amazon.com|access-date=9 May 2011}}

1. "Where Them Girls At" - 3:14

• Digital download - instrumental{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/album/where-them-girls-at-feat-nicki/id436412850|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112075158/https://itunes.apple.com/album/where-them-girls-at-feat-nicki/id436412850|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 November 2012|title=Where Them Girls At (feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida) [Instrumental] - Single|date=6 May 2011 |publisher=iTunes Store. Apple Inc|access-date=13 May 2011}}

1. "Where Them Girls At" (Instrumental) - 3:14

• Digital download - Remixes EP{{cite web|title=Where Them Girls At (Remixes) [feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida] by David Guetta - Download Where Them Girls At (Remixes) [feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida] on iTunes|date=17 June 2011 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/album/where-them-girls-at-remixes/id442040144|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=23 June 2011}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

1. "Where Them Girls At" (Sidney Samson Remix) - 5:12
2. "Where Them Girls At" (Afrojack Remix) - 6:26
3. "Where Them Girls At" (Nicky Romero Remix) - 5:28
4. "Where Them Girls At" (Gregori Klosman Remix) - 6:17
5. "Where Them Girls At" (Daddy's Groove Remix) - 6:19
6. "Where Them Girls At" (Tim Mason Remix) - 4:36

• German CD single{{cite web|url=http://www.emimusic.de/produkt/3251565,5099908335821/guetta_david-where_them_girls_at#1|title=DAVID GUETTA // Where Them Girls At +++ EMI - Gute Musik ist besser|work=EMI Music Germany |publisher=EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co.KG|access-date=18 May 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B004YFIYIM |title=Where Them Girls at: David Feat. Flo Rida & Minaj,Nicki Guetta: Amazon.de: Musik |publisher=Amazon.de |date=2009-09-09 |access-date=2012-03-15}}

1. "Where Them Girls At" - 3:14
2. "Where Them Girls At" (Sidney Samson Remix Edit) - 3:34

• German CD single{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/David-Guetta-Feat-Flo-Rida-And-NIcki-Minaj-Where-Them-Girls-At/release/3130008|title=David Guetta Feat. Flo Rida And Nicki Minaj - Where Them Girls At|website=Discogs|date=2011 }}

1. "Where Them Girls At" (Sidney Samson Remix) - 5:12
2. "Where Them Girls At" (Afrojack Remix) - 6:26
3. "Where Them Girls At" (Nicky Romero Remix) - 5:28
4. "Where Them Girls At" (Gregori Klosman Remix) - 6:17
5. "Where Them Girls At" (Daddy's Groove Remix) - 6:19
6. "Where Them Girls At" (Tim Mason Remix) - 4:36
7. "Where Them Girls At" (Extended Mix) - 6:35

• 12" vinyl{{cite web|title=David Guetta – Where Dem Girls At Remixes on EMI (5099994970825) buy now at www.astralmusic.com|url=https://www.astralmusic.com/Where-Dem-Girls-At-Remixes-David-Guetta-5099994970825-AC154918.htm?f=dItemNo-ql420|publisher=Astralmusic.com|access-date=23 June 2011|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928055727/https://www.astralmusic.com/Where-Dem-Girls-At-Remixes-David-Guetta-5099994970825-AC154918.htm?f=dItemNo-ql420|url-status=dead}}

1. "Where Them Girls At" (Sidney Samson Remix) - 5:12
2. "Where Them Girls At" (Afrojack Remix) - 6:26
3. "Where Them Girls At" (Nicky Romero Remix) - 5:28
4. "Where Them Girls At" (Gregori Klosman Remix) - 6:17

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