"Good Girls" is a song by Australian

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band 5 Seconds of Summer, taken from their 2014 self-titled debut album. The song was written by Michael Clifford,

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, Roy Stride, Josh Wilkinson,

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and Red Triangle's Rick Parkhouse and George Tizzard. The song was announced as the fourth single off their debut album on 7 October 2014.

Promotion

5 Seconds of Summer performed "Good Girls" on the Australian version of ''

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''s live results show on last 6 October. They also performed "Good Girls" on ''

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''.

Music video

On 7 October 2014, the band started to tease the music video by direct messaging several fans on

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about the release date of the video. Then they tweeted the first teaser to fans who did not get the direct message on their Twitter account. On 8 October 2014, they tweeted the second teaser of the music video. The video was released on 10 October 2014.

Extended play

The extended play was released in 2014 which contains four tracks: "Good Girls - Single version", "Just Saying", "Long Way Home - Acoustic", and "Good Girls - Acoustic".

B-side

The B-side was released in 2016 which contains three tracks: "Just Saying", "Long Way Home - Acoustic", and "Good Girls - Acoustic".

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

Personnel

*Luke Hemmings – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *Michael Clifford – lead vocals,

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*Calum Hood – lead vocals,

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*Ashton Irwin – lead vocals, drums

Release history

References

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