Some Girls - Music

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Some Girls

Rachel-Stevens - Come And Get It

"Some Girls" Was Written By Producer Richard X And Songwriter Hannah Robinson. They Spent Several Days Working On The Song With Girl Group Girls Aloud In Mind As Potential Performers. Warp Records And Simon Fuller Of 19 Entertainment Contacted Richard X By Email To Ask That He Give The Song To Geri Halliwell Or Stevens Respectively To Record. He Agreed To Have Stevens Record The Song After Richard Curtis Asked About Using The Song For Sport Relief 2004. Richard X Later Stated That He Was Surprised Sport Relief Chose Such A Sexually Suggestive Song. When Halliwell Found Out That The Writers Were Having Stevens Record The Song She Locked Herself In Her Car In An Attempt To Change Their Minds And She Later Wrote Richard X A Love Song. The Aftermath Of The Decision For Stevens To Record The Song Became The Subject Of Another Song Written By Richard X And Robinson "Me Plus One" From Annie's 2004 Album Anniemal. While Recording With Stevens Richard X Decided To Get Spoken Soundbites From Her To Make An Extended Version For The Single's B-Side. To Fit The Song's Glam Sound He Asked Her Questions About The Winter Of Discontent To Which Stevens Reacted With "bemusement And Terror." The Lyrics Of "Some Girls" Describe A Pop Singer's Dreams Of Stardom. She Performs Fellatio On A Man Promising To Make Her A Star. Richard X Explained That He Wanted To Illustrate How The Music Industry Treats People So He And Robinson Based Some Of The Song's Lines On Anecdotes That They Had Heard.
The Song Uses Richard X's "icy" Synth-Pop Sound. The Synthesiser Used Was A Fairlight CMI Series IIx Previously Owned By Pop Group The Thompson Twins. It Also Features The German Schaffel Beat Popularized By Glam Rock. Reviewers Compared The Song's Glam-Influenced Sound To T. Rex's 1971 Single "Hot Love" And The Work Of Adam Ant. They Also Noted Similarities Between "Some Girls" And The More Recent Electronic Glam Music On Goldfrapp's 2003 Album Black Cherry. "Some Girls" Was Released As The Lead Single From The 2004 Reissue Of Rachel's Debut Studio Album Funky Dory Released The Year Before To Positive Reviews From Critics And Commercial Success Peaking At Number 2 In The United Kingdom And Topping The Scottish Chart. The Song's Music Video Was Written By Richard Curtis And Directed By Paul Weiland. It Was Filmed At Borough Market In South London. Athletes Colin Jackson Pat Cash And Audley Harrison Make Appearances In The Music Video. The Video Opens With Shots Of A Dank Underground Sewer. Stevens And A Group Of Women Walk Through The Sewer And Put On Sunglasses Before Climbing Out Of Manholes And Shafts. A Large Crowd Of Women With Stevens Leading Them Parades Down The Streets As Men Observe The Spectacle. The Women Begin Spraying Each Other With Bottles Of Water Before Stevens Returns To The Sewer. Throughout The Video Sequences Of Stevens And A Group Of Backup Dancers Performing In The Sewer Are Shown. The Video Received Heavy Play From MTV Hits And The Box. Richard X Strongly Disapproved Of The Music Video. In An Interview With NME He Stated "That Video Is Crap" And He Briefly Commented On His Official Website That Seeing It "made Him Want To Give Up His Life". The Song Was Later Included In Rachel Stevens' Sophomore Effort Come And Get It In 2005 Which Critically Succeeded But Commercially Failed Ending Rachel's Career In Music.