Hollaback Girl

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" Hollaback Girl " is a song by American singer Gwen Stefani from her debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004). As part of Stefani's vision to create "a silly dance recording", "Hollaback Girl" is a hip-hop song that drew influences from hip hop and dance music in the 1980s. The song was written by Stefani, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, purportedly in response to Courtney Love's statement that Stefani was a "cheerleader" in an interview with Seventeen magazine. The song was released as the album's third single on March 15, 2005, and is one of the most popular songs of the year, peaking in the top ten on the majority of incoming charts. It reached number one in Australia and the United States, where it became the first digital download to sell a million copies.

"Hollaback Girl" received several award nominations, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year at the 48th Grammy Awards, but lost in both categories. "Hollaback Girl" split pop music critics, with some praising its minimalist production and others claiming it was embarrassing; the men's magazine Maxim called it "The Most Disturbing Song". In the United States, it occupied the Hot 100 Billboard for a period of four weeks and was ranked second in Year 100. The single topped the charts in Australia and reached the top ten in some other countries, including Ireland , Italy, New Zealand and the UK. It has since been certified Platinum in the United States by the RIAA, and in Australia by ARIA.

A music video representing Stefani as a cheerleader at a high school in California was released on March 21, 2005, and directed by Paul Hunter. The video received four nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards 2005, and finally won for Best Choreography. Stefani has done "Hollaback Girl" on various occasions, including on all three of her concert tours, and on several appearances on television.

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Write and inspire

Stefani has worked with The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) during the early stages of songwriting, including "Hollaback Girl", for her debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. ; however, the writer's block case produces a collaboration that is not reported to be inspired. When the album is almost complete, Stefani regains her confidence and orders another session with The Neptunes. Stefani flies to New York City to meet Williams, and after completing two songs a week, Stefani ends the session early and prepares to go home. A few minutes later, Williams called him back to the studio to write another song. Stefani said, "I'm tired, I want to go home, but he's like, 'Do not go yet.'" When he returned to the studio, Williams began to play his first solo album Stefani, and he became jealous. Pleased with his material, he decided to write another song with Williams, although he argued that the album already contained too many songs.

For inspiration, Stefani and Williams had a long discussion in which Stefani said that he has not written a song about his intentions to pursue a solo career. He commented how the album lost the "attitude song", and he remembered the derogatory remarks made by Grunge court musician Courtney Love about him in an interview with Seventeen magazine: "Being famous is like being in high school. not interested in being a cheerleader.I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani, she's a cheerleader, and I'm in a smoker's warehouse. "Stefani responded to Love's comments in the March 2005 edition of NME :" You know someone once called me cheerleader, negatively, and I've never been a cheerleader.So I'm, like, "Okay, fuck with you. You want me to be a cheerleader? Well, I'll be one of them. And I will rule the whole world, only you who watch me. "

Stefani believes that some No Doubt fans will be disappointed with his solo efforts, commenting, "[They] might be like, 'Why is he doing this tape? He will ruin everything.'" He revealed that he also did not know why he was recording a solo album. For the rest of the night, Stefani and Williams incorporate this inspiration into the lyrics that eventually became "Hollaback Girl". Both decided that Stefani did not have to have an answer to his intentions and that the choice he made was based on what he felt was wrong or right. At its creation, Stefani said, "To me, this is the freshest attitude song I've ever heard so long ago." Williams was pleased with the song, commenting, "Gwen is like a girl in high school who only has her own style."

Because Stefani never revealed the title of the song, the reviewers came up with various interpretations. In the analysis, satirical line-by-line song lyrics, OC Weekly critic Greg Stacy jokes funny that "Gwen is apparently the cheerleader team captain; she is the girl who hollas singing, not one of the girls which only 'hollas' them back ". The most commonly accepted meaning is that "hollaback girl" responds positively to the "vocation" or screams of men, but that may mean to Stefani that she prefers to take the initiative and "increase it".

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Composition

"Hollaback Girl" is a hip hop song that drew influences from hip hop and dance music in the 1980s. This is a fairly fast song, with a tempo of 110 beats per minute, and is played in a key D ? minor. Like the majority of pop music, it's set at the same time. The main chord pattern of songs alternating between B major and D ? minor triads. Most of the harmonic content of the song revolves around the turn of two chords that music theorists can consider as the L (main tone) transformation, in which major root chords are lowered half a step to form the second inversion of the chorus on a third scale level, the bit of B major, but back to D ? minor by having the same A, the fourth perfect from D ? . Gradual movement between B and A ? highlights this chord change. This is in the verse form with the bridge before the fourth and final chorus. This song has a rare instrumentation, especially the minimal beats produced by the drum machine. A guitar plays a song riff, a pattern of six notes when Stefani repeats "this my shit" during the chorus, and brass parts combine during the second chorus. Partly due to his cheerleading motives, he drew a comparison with Toni Basil's 1982 "Mickey" song.

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Critical reception

"Hollaback Girl" received positive criticism from music critics. Yahoo! Music Jennifer Nine describes it as a "stomp, stripped" song, and Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic notes that it has a "knock, a minimal beat" from The Neptunes. Richard Smirke of Playlouder calls it "a trademark of Neptune hip-hop stomp." In his review of Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone gave the song a positive review, writing that "Stefani is a reckless snap out of the beast on her beatmaster, especially Neptune in 'Hollaback Girl'." Blender listed it as the 11th best song of 2005, and the song tied up with "Welcome to Jamrock" Damian Marley for number five on Pazz & amp; 2005; Jop, a survey of hundreds of music critics conducted by Robert Christgau.

On the other hand, Jason Damas, in a review for PopMatters, felt that the song sounded "almost exactly like Dizzee Rascal", and added, "Lyric, here's where Gwen sank the lowest here, especially at the distraction where she repeats, 'Dammit this is banana/banana! ' several times". Eric Greenwood from Drawer B called the song "silly and embarrassing" I quote the lyrics, but they are so bad, I almost feel sorry for him A 35-year-old woman sings about pom-poms and "Shit talks" in high school betrays self-image misleading that it's hard not to be surprised. And on top of that, the awkward beats of Neptune and production make no sense of being bombastic. Nick Sylvester of Pitchfork also criticized the track, calling it "Queen pastiche [...] who has the same club potential as 13 years old with his dairy whiskers and father ID". However, despite this preliminary review, Pitchfork will place the track at number 35 on the list of Top 50 Singles of 2005, and at number 180 in the list of The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s. Maxim was not impressed with the song, and in the October 2005 issue published the list of "20 Most Disturbing Songs" with "Hollaback Girl" in the first place.

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Commercial performance

"Hollaback Girl" broke into Billboard Hot 100 on 82 on the issue of 2 April 2005, and within six weeks of its release, it has reached the top of the charts, becoming the number one US Stefani one. It replaces the 50 Cent "Candy Shop" featuring Olivia, who has spent nine weeks earlier at number one on the charts. It maintained its number one position for four consecutive weeks. "Hollaback Girl" was ranked second on the 2005 Hot 100 final chart, beaten by Mariah Carey "We Belong Together". "Hollaback Girl" holds the record for most US radio broadcasts in one week, with 9,582 dramas, and maintained this achievement for more than a year before Shakira and Wyclef Jean "Hips Do not Lie" took over the position. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Pop 100 chart for eight weeks, and at number 15 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song was a successful cross, and reached number four on Top 40 Rhythm and number eight on the Hot R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Songs.

The song is famous for having a large number of digital downloads, becoming the first single to sell more digital downloads than CDs. In October 2005, "Hollaback Girl" was the first single to sell a million digital downloads and then sell a total of 1.2 million downloads; it was certified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was then re-certified platinum, for the same sale, due to changes in RIAA certification criteria for single people. On the year-end list for Hot Digital Songs in 2005, the top chart "Hollaback Girl".

"Hollaback Girl" was a success in Canada, where it debuted and peaked at number 12 on Canadian Chart Singles. However, Graham Henderson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), later argued that based on the Canadian population relative to the US, the single should have sold about 120,000 copies and that a relatively lower sale of 25,000 was a sign that Canadian copyright laws should tightened to prevent the sharing of non-commercial peer-to-peer files. Columnist Michael Geist disputed the comparison, arguing that Canada's online music market is still expanding. The song was released in Australia on May 23, 2005, debuting at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart, and in Europe on June 6, 2005, reaching number five on the European Hot 100 Singles. However in the UK, "Hollaback Girl" did not perform as well as previous Stefani releases. His predecessor song, "What are you waiting for?" and "The Rich Girl", has reached number four, while "Hollaback Girl" debuted at number eight, and stops in the same position the following week. Despite its limited success in England, it remains above 40 for an additional 11 weeks. The single is largely successful across Europe, reaching the top five in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Ireland, and the top 10 in Belgium, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

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Music video

The music video for "Hollaback Girl" was directed by Paul Hunter and filmed in the neighborhood of Van Nuys and Reseda in Los Angeles, California. The video opens with a scene of Stefani spending time with her Harajuku Girls, when a crowd of students appears. Stefani and the Harajuku Girl then lowered Sherman Way past the Magnolia Sciences Academy to Birmingham High School in 1961 Chevrolet Impala, accompanied by a crowd. Stefani and the group caused a scene when they interrupted a football game by walking into the field and when they went to 99 Cents Only Store and threw cereal and other food products in the hallway. Throughout the video, there is a series of interruptions of choreographic dance filmed on the sound stage, intended to represent Stefani's imagination. Stefani and Harajuku Girls are equipped with cheerleading uniforms, accompanied by several California spirit groups: the Orange Crush All Stars, the cheerleading squad from Orange County; a marching band from Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley; a flag team named Carson High School Flaggies from Carson; and an exercise team from Stephen M. White Middle School in Carson. To visualize the track bridge, Harajuku Girl spelled the word "banana" with a sign card. The video ends with a close-up frame of Stefani with his arm in the air.

The Chevy Impala conversion from video includes paintings by artist J. Martin. The design includes Stefani as seen on the cover of the album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. with the words "Hollaback Girl" in calligraphy. The car was, ultimately, sold on eBay. Pharrell Williams, one of the song's producers, appeared as a cameo. The full version of "Hollaback Girl" is featured in commercially released music videos via CD singles and digital downloads, and some include remixes by Diplo and Tony Channels.

The video debuted on March 21, 2005 and proved successful in video graphics programs. It debuted on MTV Number of Live Requests on March 31 at number 10 and remained in the program for a total of 50 days, into what Rolling Stone called "the principal of MTV TRL ". The video reached the top of the charts and was retired at number four on June 23, becoming Stefani's first video for retirement. VH1 listed the video at number five on Top 40 Videos 2005, and at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, the video received four nominations, but won only the award for Best Choreography. Stefani did not attend the MTV Video Music Awards 2006, which prompted rumors that she was protesting her lack of nominations the previous year, some of her losses to Kelly Clarkson, and she was not asked to perform. Stefani denied the rumor, replying, "the only reason I did not attend the MTV Video Music Awards is because I'm going to record and spend time with my family."

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Live show

Stefani has done "Hollaback Girl" on several occasions, including on two concert tours, in addition to several appearances on the television show. During most of the 2005 Harajuku Lovers Tour, Stefani sang singles as an encore show, in which she wore a drum costume and encouraged the audience to sing with her. However, in the previous show, before the singel's success, he sang it before the "Serious" and "Pop Pop Bubble" tracks. During The Sweet Escape Tour, she performed a song in the middle of a show in bright red shorts and an argyle jacket over L.A.M.B. black and white shirt. He also wears a belt buckle that features the "G" motif often used in The Sweet Escape.

When Stefani agreed to become a judge during the 7th season of the American reality series The Voice , she sang a song in May 2014 with Williams, who would also appear on the show as a judge. To perform the song, Stefani wore a black outfit in contrast to Williams, who wore sweaters and Mickey Mouse jeans. Performance requested a song to include the Billboard Pop Digital Songs component chart, where it re-entered number thirty-four. On May 4, 2016, episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, Stefani sang a piece of the song with James Corden in the segment of her show "Carpool Karaoke". In addition to Stefani and Corden, actor George Clooney and actress Julia Roberts sing along; when the song was finished, Clooney declared "this banana shit". Recently, the single was included in the concert series in 2016 It Is What Actually Feels Like A Tour.

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Track list

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Remixes

Diplo made a remix for the song after M.I.A. declined the offer to generate one. Tony Kanal, a fellow member of No Doubt, produced a remix entitled Dancehollaback Remix. The song features reggae singer Elan Atias, whose debut album Channel is produced. It appears as a single on iTunes, on the single CD for "Cool", and on the deluxe edition bonus CD Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Stefani was then asked to contribute vocals on "I Wanna Yell" from Atias's debut album Together as One , and featured on her song "Allnighter". Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship also recorded a parody of the song titled "Hollaback Boy".

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Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from liner notes Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

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Certification

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See also

• Billboard Hot 100 100 single single list in 2005
• Billboard Mainstream List 40 top number 2005 songs
• List number one in 2005 (Australia)

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References

External links

• Music videos on YouTube
• Music videos (Gross Versions) on YouTube
• Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics

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