"Who's That Girl" is a song by

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pop singer

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, written and composed by herself and sibling production duo The Knife for her self-titled fourth studio album (2005). The track was released as the album's second single in

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in 2005 and fifth UK single on April 28, 2008. The track became a minor success on the charts, peaking at number thirty-seven on the Swedish Singles Chart, where it was the third biggest hit from the ''Robyn'' album there. In the UK, where the single featured remixes by

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, "Who's That Girl" reached number twenty-six on the

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. The song was recorded by

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as "Qui est cette fille?" as part of the iTunes Foreign Exchange, where Robyn recorded " À cause des garçons" as "Because of Boys".

Music and lyrics

"Who's That Girl" features a "towering and architectural" electropop sound. Lyrically, it "challenges gender expectations - Robyn asks a boyfriend to switch places with her and then asks, "Would you love me any different?" - and expresses frustration about unrealistic pressures on women".

Music video

No video was shot for the

release of the "Who's That Girl" single. A video was shot for the UK release of the song and was directed by

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. It premiered on YouTube on April 8, 2008.

Track listing

; Swedish CD single (2005) # "Who's That Girl" (Original Version) – 3:50 # "Who's That Girl" (Style Of Eye remix) – 6:19 ; UK digital download () # "Who's That Girl" (

Remix) – 8:10 # "Who's That Girl" (

Mix) – 8:13 # "Who's That Girl" (

is That Girl Remix) – 5:09 # "Who's That Girl" (Seamus Haji Radio Edit) – 4:04 # "Who's That Girl" (Radio Edit) – 3:15 ; UK CD single () #"Who's That Girl" (Radio Edit) – 3:22 #"

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" (Robyn Remix) (with Snoop Dogg) – 4:25 ; UK vinyl single ()
HMV.co.uk. Retrieved April 19, 2008. # "Who's That Girl" (

Vocal Mix) # "Who's That Girl" (

Mix) – 8:13 # "Who's That Girl" (Drop the Lime Is That Girl Mix) – 5:09

Personnel

*Music by Robyn, The Knife and Alexander Kronlund *Produced by The Knife *Recorded at Cosmos Studios and Apmamman *Mixed by Christoffer Berg at Music-A-Matic Studios *Vocal mix by Michael Ilbert at Megaphone Studios *Published by BMG Music Publishing/Universal Music Publishing

Chart performance

References