"I Kissed a Girl" is a song by American singer-songwriter

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. The song, released on May 2, 1995, reached number 20 on the US ''

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chart, number 67 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number 36 on the Australian

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. In Canada, it debuted and peaked at number 15 on the newly established ''

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'' Alternative 30 chart.

Music video

The music video featured Italian model

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playing Sobule's heterosexual love interest. It parodies his romance novel covers, and features young women in 1960s-style hair and dresses.

Track listings and formats

* CD single # "I Kissed a Girl" – 3:13 # "Resistance Song" – 2:59 # "I Kissed a Girl" (live) – 3:02 * Cassette single # "I Kissed a Girl" – 3:13 # "Resistance Song" – 2:59

Charts

Katy Perry song comparisons

In 2008, pop singer

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issued a song of her own called "

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" for her debut album ''

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''. The song received mixed reviews, with some reviewers negatively comparing Perry's song to Sobule's. ''Hiponline.com'' wrote that the song is "not nearly as interesting or exciting as you'd expect. It's not even half as good as Jill Sobule's song 'I Kissed a Girl'". ''Glitterati Gossip'' wrote that Sobule's song "was ten times better, because there was actual emotional content to her lyrics"."Katy Perry Irritates The Hell Out Of Me"
''Glitterati Gossip''. March 24, 2008. Sobule shared her feelings about Perry's song and use of the title in a July 2009 interview with ''

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'': In a later interview, Sobule later stated that the interview in ''The Rumpus'' was

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and in an article she wrote for ''

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'', she stated

References

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