"Nasty Girl" is a song recorded by American group

Destiny's Child Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. The group began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990 in Houston, Texas. After years of limited ...

for their third studio album '' Survivor'' (2001). Written by Maurizio Bassi, Naimy Hackett, and its producers

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and

Anthony Dent Anthony Dent is an American songwriter and producer, best known for co-writing global hit "Survivor (Destiny's Child song), Survivor" for Destiny's Child, as well as "Friend of Mine (Kelly Price song), Friend of Mine" for Kelly Price. Originall ...

, it features a distinct vocal interpolation of

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's " Push It" (1987) and

Baltimora Baltimora was an Italian music project from Milan, active from 1984 to 1987. They are best known for their 1985 single "Tarzan Boy" and are often considered a one-hit wonder in the United Kingdom and the United States. In other European countri ...

's "

Tarzan Boy "Tarzan Boy" is the debut single by Italian-based act Baltimora. The song was written by Maurizio Bassi and Naimy Hackett, and released in 1985 as the lead single from Baltimora's debut album '' Living in the Background''. The song was re-recor ...

" (1985). The song was released as the fourth and final single from ''Survivor'' outside North America on March 4, 2002, by

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. A moderate commercial success, "Nasty Girl" reached the top ten in Australia and the top 30 in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The accompanying

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for the song was directed by

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. The song's Maurice's Nu Soul remix served as the second single from the group's

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'' This Is the Remix'' (2002), following the

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remix of "

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Music video

The music video for "Nasty Girl" starts out with close-ups of the girls chanting the opening lyrics. It transfers to a woman (portrayed by

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) in a pink fur jacket with thin and tight pants, high heels and strawberry blonde hair carrying bags walking down a neighborhood sidewalk with women turning their heads to look and men pointing at her and talking amongst themselves. She trips and falls when Knowles sings the lyrics "Change don't come your way it will come back to you". After the chorus, it changes to two women walking out of a corner store and past a man eating a sandwich. Two guys standing there try to push their friend into the girls, but he slows down and starts to talk to one of the girls. The girl starts to wrap her gum around her finger but gets tangled in her hair and a piece of weave comes out. The screen changes to a woman dancing with a man in a club, but he dislikes the way she is dancing. He tries to calm her down but she accidentally elbows him in the face and upon seeing what she did, she shows apathy and walks away. It switches to a room full of the previous girls and more in a line waiting to be put in a machine called the "NastyZapper" which transforms them into women with better clothes and hairstyles. Destiny's Child are also in a room with brown and gold tiles and a gold wall in the back. They are also seen sitting on a couch eating popcorn in Dark Blue and gold dresses watching each of the women in the video. The previously transformed women join the girls in the brown and gold room in the end. The music video was sent to European and Australian music channels in two versions: a video with an edited "album version" and another video with the "Maurice's Nu Soul Remix Edit", which also uses other scenes at some parts. The original video was featured as an enhanced video on the European CD maxi release of the single.

Track listings

All tracks written by

Maurizio Bassi Maurizio Bassi (born 1960) is an Italian music composer and musician. He is best known as the singer of Baltimora along with Naimy Hackett and Jimmy McShane. He is also the father of Emiliano and Matteo Bassi. Career Not much is documented about ...

, and Naimy Hackett. Notes * signifies additional producer(s)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

DestinysChild.com
— official site {{Authority control 2002 singles Destiny's Child songs Music videos directed by Sanaa Hamri Song recordings produced by Beyoncé Songs written by Beyoncé Songs written by Anthony Dent Songs written by Maurizio Bassi