Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet song)

"Girlfriend" is a 1991 song by American power pop musician Matthew Sweet, released as the lead single from his third album, Girlfriend. The song reached No. 4 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 10 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in Billboard magazine.[1]

"Girlfriend"
Single by Matthew Sweet
from the album Girlfriend
Released1991
GenrePower pop
Length3:40
LabelZoo Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet singles chronology
"Divine Intervention"
(1991)
"Girlfriend"
(1991)
"I've Been Waiting"
(1992)

In July 2017, Sweet told WXRT radio in Chicago that a friend and musician on the album, Lloyd Cole, convinced him that it was a good song worthy of the album.[2]

Legacy

In 1991, the music video for the song (directed by Frank Drucker) used clips from the anime film Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie.[3]

The song has been used in the Britney Spears film Crossroads (2002) and the music video game Guitar Hero II (2006).[1]

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Girlfriend"
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 71
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[5] 4
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[6] 10

References

  1. Kelly, Christina (October 26, 2011). "Matthew Sweet Looks Back on 20 Years of 'Girlfriend'". Spin. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. "Learn My Licks: Learn To Play "Girlfriend" From Matthew Sweet". July 14, 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 via YouTube.
  3. Perpetua, Matthew (October 13, 2012). "The Greatest Animated Music Videos". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 273.
  5. "Matthew Sweet Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  6. "Matthew Sweet Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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