"No You Girls" is a song by Scottish

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. It was released as the second single from their third album, '' Tonight: Franz Ferdinand'' (2009), on 6 April 2009. The song received worldwide attention after being chosen for use in an

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advertisement. It charted in several countries, including the UK, where it peaked at number 22, and the U.S., where it peaked at number 106.

History

The track was debuted live on 5 August 2007 under the title "Katherine Kiss Me" but was subsequently changed little over a year later to "No You Girls Never Know" and then shortened, while a new, acoustic song called "Katherine Kiss Me" (following very similar lyrics to "No You Girls") was recorded for the album '' Tonight: Franz Ferdinand''. The song is inspired by

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' first time he ever kissed a girl (whose name was Katherine) and "how awkward it was and how we misunderstood each other". "No You Girls" is how the story would be exaggerated or told as an anecdote and "Katherine Kiss Me" is about how it would be remembered more affectionately. Human bones were used for some of the percussion in the song. Kapranos had bought a box of junk with a skeleton at an auction to use as studio decorations, and during the recording of this song, they experimented using femur bones for a "clicky sort of sound". "The femur sounds are most pronounced near the end of the song," Kapranos wrote. Nowadays, he regrets this decision.

Release

"No You Girls" reached #22 in the

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two weeks before its official release, dropped to #24 the next week and then returned to #22 upon its official release. Although it, therefore, did not fulfill its expectations before its physical release, it became the band's second longest lasting single (after "

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") in the UK Top 100, remaining there for ten weeks. It remains their last song to reach the UK Top 40. Recently the song's intro was used in an episode of the TV show, ''

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'', titled "Unleashed" and a part of the chorus was used during a party scene in the 2009 movie ''

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''. The single release featured remixes from

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, Noze and

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. The single was produced by Dan Carey and the band as part of the album sessions which took place at the band’s own HQ in Govan, Glasgow and Carey’s South London studio. The vinyl release of "No You Girls" features a slightly retouched version of the original "

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" called the "Mike Frazer Mix". The song was used to promote the 9th season of the teen drama '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. A slightly different edit of the song was sent to radio, mixed by Cenzo Townshend.

Awards and nominations

The song was nominated for

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at the

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. It was remixed by the Danish artist

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Music video

The music video was released on Friday 13 March, the same night the band performed it for

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. The music video itself, directed by

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, features various girls with large dresses dancing around the band while they perform the track, as well as machines spitting out papers with the word "NO" written on them.

Track listing

;CD #"No You Girls" #"No You Girls" (

remix) ;CD – German / Australian issue #"No You Girls" #"No You Girls" – 5:07 #"No You Girls" – 4:01 #"No You Girls" – 7:08 #"No You Girls" – 6:52 ;7-inch (limited) #"No You Girls" #"

(Mike Frazer mix)" ;12-inch #"No You Girls" (Nôze remix) #"No You Girls" (John Disco remix) #"No You Girls" (Raffertie remix) #"

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" (Zomby remix) ;CD promo #"No You Girls" – 3:22 #"No You Girls" – 3:42 #"No You Girls" – 5:07

Credits

*Artwork by Franz Ferdinand, Matthew Cooper *Engineers – Alexis Smith, Paul Savage *Engineer (technical assistance) – Allen Johnston *Mastered by John Dent *Mastered at Loud Mastering. *Mixed at the Warehouse Studio, Vancouver. *Mixed by Mike Fraser, (assisted by Eric Mosher) *Photography by Joe Dilworth *Producer by Dan Carey, Franz Ferdinand *Recorded by Dan Carey, Franz Ferdinand *Remixed by Cenzo Townshend (track 1 on CD promo) *Written by Franz Ferdinand

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2009 singles Franz Ferdinand (band) songs Songs written by Alex Kapranos Songs written by Nick McCarthy 2008 songs Domino Recording Company singles Songs with feminist themes