Running Time |
3:30 | Performers |
Dwight Twilley (Lead Vocal Performance), Dwight Twilley (Piano), Dwight Twilley (Backing Vocals), Bill Pitcock(, IV) (Lead Guitar), John (Leslie) Hug (Guitar), Kenny (Lee) Lewis (Bass), Michael/Mike (Pooh Bear) Baird (Drums), Steve For(e)man (Percussion), Alan Pasqua (Keyboards), Susan Cowsill (Harmony Vocals), Susan Cowsill (Backing Vocals), Tom Petty (Counterpart Vocals), Noah Shark (Produced By), Mark Smith (Produced By), Mark Smith (Engineered By), John (Leslie) Hug (Produced By) | Comments | by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT SOUND CITY STUDIOS, VAN NUYS, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "JUNGLE" EMI AMERICA. MIXED NOVEMBER 8, 1983. RELEASED FEBRUARY 3, 1984 Dwight Twilley: "I THINK IT WAS NOAH'S IDEA TO ASK TOM PETTY TO COME DOWN AND SING ON A FEW TRACKS FOR THE JUNGLE LP. WE DID TWO SONGS, FORGET ABOUT IT BABY, AND GIRLS. I THOUGHT GIRLS WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE IT HAD THESE COUNTERPART VOCAL LINES THAT MIGHT WORK WELL WITH TOM'S VOICE. THE FACT IS, PROBABLY ANYTHING WOULD HAVE WORKED WITH HIS VOICE. ANYWAY IT WAS ALWAYS GREAT WORKING WITH TOM. I TOLD BILL I THOUGHT THE SONG REQUIRED A GUITAR SOLO THAT WAS AS FAST AND BUSY AS HE COULD MUSTER. I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE TAPE MIGHT MELT WHEN HE LAID THIS ONE DOWN. MY DAD GOT A KICK OUT OF THE FACT THAT I HAD USED THE LINE, WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY DADDY SAT DOWN WITH ME. MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN 1984, BUT HE LIVED TO SEE THE SONG BECOME A HIT. GIRLS PEAKED ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS AT #16 AND HAS BEEN IN TWO MOTION PICTURES, LADYBUGS AND WORTH WINNING." | Appears On | |
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