A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song)
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| Single by Edwyn Collins from the album Gorgeous George |
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| Released | 1994 | |
| Format | CD single CD maxi |
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| Recorded | 1994 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:59 | |
| Writer(s) | Edwyn Collins | |
| Producer | Edwyn Collins | |
"A Girl Like You" is a 1994 single by Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins from his album Gorgeous George. The song is an Iggy Pop tribute, [1] chronicling a tale of the singer's experiences of meeting an extraordinary girl.
The song samples Len Barry's 1965 hit 1-2-3.
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[edit] Music video
The video was in turn an avant-garde tribute to its lyrics (e.g. when Collins sings the lyrics "you bring out the devil in me", a child's painting of the devil is overlaid over his face).
[edit] Production
The Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook played vibraphone on the recording.
[edit] Chart performance
- The song went to #4 on the UK singles chart and stayed on the chart for 14 weeks.
- A Girl Like You was featured in VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders at #68.
[edit] Track listings
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[edit] Chart
| Chart[2] | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 6 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 8 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 5 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 18 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 11 |
| French Singles Chart | 4 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 36 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 4 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 9 |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 32 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 32 |
[edit] References
- ^ AllMusic Guide
- ^ "A Girl Like You", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 12, 2008)
