"Toxic Girl" is a single by the Norwegian

indie rock Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produc ...

duo

Kings of Convenience Kings of Convenience is an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway, consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe. History Øye and Bøe were both born in 1975 (Øye on 21 November and Bøe on 25 October) and have known each other since they ...

. It was released in 2001, and peaked at 44 on the UK singles chart. It was released in three formats in the United Kingdom by Astralwerks. The song gained some exposure in the United States in 2002 when it was used in a

television commercial A television advertisement (also called a television commercial, TV commercial, commercial, spot, television spot, TV spot, advert, television advert, TV advert, television ad, TV ad or simply an ad) is a span of television programming produce ...

for

AT&T Wireless AT&T Mobility LLC, also known as AT&T Wireless and Trade name, marketed as simply AT&T, is an American telecommunications company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T, AT&T Inc. and provides wireless services in the United States. AT&T Mobi ...

. The song was also used in the movie ''

Shallow Hal ''Shallow Hal'' is a 2001 American romantic comedy film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black about a shallow man who falls in love with a 300-pound woman after being hypnotized into only seeing a person's inner beauty. Directed by the Farrell ...

'' when Hal first sees Rosemary. The song was also considered for the soundtrack to ''

500 Days of Summer ''500 Days of Summer'' (stylized as ''(500) Days of Summer'') is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, and produced by Mark Waters. The film stars ...

'', but was rejected because the song tracked the plot of the movie too well.

Track listing

;CD 1 # "Toxic Girl" (Monte Carlo 1963 Version) - 3:06 # "Little Kids" (Lively Version) - 2:53 # "Once Around The Block" (Our Version) - 2:26 ;CD 2 # "Toxic Girl" (Album Version) - 3:07 # "Winning a Battle, Losing the War" (J-Walk Remix) - 5:11 # "Gold for the Price of Silver" (Acoustic version) - 03:58 ;7" vinyl # "Toxic Girl" (Album Version) - 3:07 # "Once Around the Block" - 2:26

References

External links

VIDEO The official video was shot in Kings of Convenience's hometown, Bergen (Norway) on 35mm film, and directed by French director François Nemeta. * https://vimeo.com/50829538 1999 songs 2001 singles Kings of Convenience songs Astralwerks singles Song recordings produced by Ken Nelson (British record producer) Songs written by Erlend Øye {{1990s-rock-song-stub